Anti-Inflammatory Weight loss plan Meal Prep: 6 Weekly Plans and 80+ Recipes to Simplify Your Therapeutic

High hopes!
I ordered this anti-inflammatory meal prep book because I have an auto-immune condition that when it flares, it makes daily life miserable. I won’t go into the details, suffice it to say it is an IBD. When I discuss it with close friends, their automatic response is: You don’t look sick. Those of you who have IBD will understand.So, in comes this book. It didn’t have very many reviews, but I ordered it anyway. It came way sooner (Friday 10/9/20). I glanced through it and tossed it on the coffee table. On Saturday, I looked at it again, concentrating on week one. Hmm. Ok. I went shopping for week one today, 10/11/20. I spent about $80-85, only because I was out of a lot of the spices, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, ect. I had already looked ahead into the book, and you will be using these same condiments and others through out, so I didn’t mind the initial expense.Any way, I began the process following the step by step instructions, which are fabulous. I have already decided I need some sort of food processor for chopping. Doing the chopping of everything was the most time consuming. I bought a small jar of minced garlic (game changer) as well.So, I made the Overnight Oats with Cinnamon, Berries, and Soy Milk (I used almond milk), Tempeh Taco Salad (I used ground turkey), and the Lemony Split Pea Soup. I placed each recipe into five containers. I had purchased 21 three compartment containers with lids and used these for all three recipes. All of the recipes fit perfect into the five containers. I had a bit of the split pea soup that fit into a sixth container, I ate that for lunch today. It is delicious. Everything else made five nice servings. I had also purchased a cantaloupe for the snack.My husband helped me divide it all up. I was very happy looking into my garage fridge at 15 prepared meals. This took me about 31/2 hours to complete from start to finish. When I have a food processor, this will cut down the time even more.At this moment, I am very happy with the purchase. I have never done this type of meal prep before. I mean I’ve made left overs into Tupper ware containers and used the next day for dinner. But I have never made breakfast, lunch, and dinner for five days.My hope is that using all of these fresh ingredients, the anti-inflammatory spices, etc. that I can get the inflammation in my body to subside somewhat.I saw some of the reviews saying this is nothing new and you can find all this on the internet for free, yada, yada, yada. Well, it is new to me and I like having it all in one book, and right now, I have 15 prepared meals in my fridge for the week!! I haven’t decided what to do for the weekend meals. I will figure that out as I go. Usually we eat chicken or salmon, rice, and a vegetable. Breakfast is either oatmeal or eggs, sometimes I will add an avocado, and lunch is usually tuna salad on crackers or toast.Week one is a hit. I am sure weeks 2-6 will be just as good. The recipes for week one were very easy, and like I said, the step by step instructions for cooking everything is wonderful.

Great book, only needs more pics!
My only complaint about this book is that I wish it had more pictures. There are only a handful throughout the book.Aside from that, I have been meal prepping for years and there’s nothing worse than a plan designed for PREP that expects you to eat something different for every meal of every day. If you’re looking for a book that will put you on autopilot so you can do something other than slave away in the kitchen, I would recommend this one. If you need variety with every meal, I’d consider a book less geared towards the art of meal prep and more towards general recipes.The recipes are a little ingredient-heavy, but the shopping lists are laid out so well that I didn’t find this to be much of a deterrent. I also like how the index is laid out both by recipe and by ingredient, making it very convenient to look things up.Each recipe is tagged as vegan and/or dairy, gluten, nightshade, nut, or soy free, and includes nutritional info per serving.If not for the lack of pictures, I’d have given it five stars. I can’t speak to whether or not it will help with inflammation yet as I’ve just started this journey with trying to heal with the right foods. But I’m optimistic this book will be a great tool along the way!

Underwhelming
I wanted to love this book, and maybe you will. I found this book to be underwhelming. The author does wonderful work in the field of nutrition, and meal planning/ prepping is going to make your life easier….. but this just feel short of the inspiration and organization strategies I was hoping for. The author steps you into a “full” anti-inflammatory diet progressively by week, but if you’re looking for anti- inflammatory meal prep, your probably already committed; in which case the many pages of “benefits” discussion is redundant. What I disliked the most- the “meal plan” involved the same 3 meals a day all week long. Thats not meal preparation- that’s batch cooking, which can be good in its own right. The meals were simple, but nothing particularly new or inspiring. More photos might have helped. My favorite part is the dressing/sauce section. There might be some easy but tasty options here that are great to make ahead and can transform a dish/salad quickly. Overall, I think you might find a few recipes to add into rotation, but probably actually a meal prep guide. I would however look up this author, follow her and her organizations, and have a consultation with a professional in person. Specialists can help you make a diet transition, this is doable and might help you feel better! Good luck!

The info in this book was helpful. However, I was not excited by the recipes included in the meal prep.

There’s some really good recipes in the book with tips on prepping ahead so I’ll be using it to complement my current cooking and give some more ideas on healthier options.The plan provided assumes you will want to eat the same few dishes over the course of a week which I find quite dull so I won’t be following it.There is also a lack of pictures. Some amazing sounding recipes but I feel pictures would help grab the attention of the reader more.It’s a nice quality print and smart layout and overall a good addition to the kitchen.