AIP-style recipes for Hashimoto’s meal planning

AIP Slow-Cooked Beef and Liver Pâté with Apricot and Sauerkraut

A small AIP plate built around shredded slow-cooked beef chuck and a quick-seared beef liver pâté, finished with unsulfured dried apricot, raw sauerkraut, and a slice of apple. Heme iron from the beef and liver pairs with vitamin C in apple and sauerkraut to keep absorption strong.

AIP Berber-Spiced Ground Beef Skillet with Cassava Mash and Wilted Spinach

AIP Iron Breakfast Skillet with Beef, Calf Liver, Caramelised Plantain and Wilted Spinach

A grounded AIP morning skillet — a small portion of grass-fed beef seared alongside a few cubes of calf liver finished in bone broth, served with caramelised plantain and quickly wilted spinach. Beef, liver and spinach together carry the iron emphasis comfortably, in the simple traditional pattern AIP rests on — no eggs, nuts, seeds, grains or dairy.

AIP Beef and Calf Liver Lunch Bowl with Cassava and Roasted Roots

A grounding AIP lunch built on grass-fed beef and a small portion of calf liver, served over cassava and bone-broth-glazed roasted roots. Liver is the densest single-food iron source available.

AIP Lamb and Roasted Beet Hash with Wilted Spinach, Apple and Coconut-Lemon Drizzle

An AIP-strict lunch hash of rendered lamb shoulder, sweet roasted beet and parsnip, finished with quickly wilted spinach, sliced apple and a bright coconut-cream-and-lemon drizzle. Heme iron from lamb stacks with non-heme iron from spinach; the apple's vitamin C carries the non-heme absorption.

AIP Spiced Lamb Kofta Bites with Coconut Yogurt and Apple

Three small lamb kofta bites seasoned with cinnamon, mint, and a pinch of sea salt, served with a spoonful of plain coconut yogurt for dipping, raw sauerkraut, and crisp apple slices. Lamb is the densest AIP-friendly source of bioavailable zinc.

AIP Olive-Oil-Poached Tuna with Cassava Mash and Garlicky Wilted Chard

A slow, gentle dinner — tuna poached in extra-virgin olive oil with garlic, rosemary, and lemon, served over a smooth cassava mash with a tangle of garlicky wilted chard alongside. The technique is the older Mediterranean way to keep oily fish moist without breading or batter, and it sits cleanly inside an AIP framework.

AIP Pan-Seared Oysters and Lamb with Plantain Mash and Wilted Cabbage

A grounded AIP plate of pan-seared oysters and quick-seared lamb, served over plantain mash with wilted green cabbage. Oysters are nature's zinc-dense food — even four bivalves cover the daily target several times over — and lamb adds a calmer, more familiar second protein.

AIP Rustic Beef Bites with Roasted Sweet Potato and Ginger

A rustic AIP snack of seared grass-fed beef and roasted sweet potato cubes with fresh ginger, parsley and a squeeze of lemon.

AIP Rustic Beef Bites on Cassava Crackers with Apple and Coconut-Lemon Drizzle

A small AIP snack — gently warmed shredded beef chuck on cassava crackers with a coconut-cream and lemon drizzle, finished with thin slices of green apple. Slow-cooked beef is the densest AIP-compatible source of zinc, and 60 g lands more than half the daily target without seeds, legumes, or nightshades.

AIP Rustic Cod Bites with Caramelised Plantain and Ginger

A rustic AIP snack of gently poached cod broken into flakes over caramelised ripe plantain, finished with fresh ginger, parsley and lemon.

AIP Rustic Sardine Bite on Cassava Crackers with Lemon, Olive Oil and Herbs

A small AIP snack — flaked oil-packed sardines dressed with lemon and fresh herbs, spooned onto cassava crackers. Sardines are one of the few AIP-compatible foods that deliver real selenium without nuts or seeds, and a half tin lands more than 90% of the daily target.

AIP Slow-Braised Beef with Roasted Beet, Carrot and Bone-Broth Pan Sauce

A grounding AIP-strict lunch — beef chuck slow-braised in bone broth with roasted beet, carrot, and sweet potato, finished with fresh thyme and parsley. The beef is the B12 anchor, while the bone broth and root vegetables build the kind of warm, simple meal AIP centers — closer to a grandmother's Sunday plate than any modern substitute.

AIP Slow-Braised Beef and Heart with Cassava Mash and Roasted Roots

A traditional, gut-soothing AIP dinner where beef chuck and a small portion of beef heart braise low and slow in bone broth with bay, thyme and orange zest. Heart is one of the densest natural sources of iron — this serving delivers roughly 8 mg, around 45% of the daily target.

AIP Slow-Braised Beef Chuck with Caramelised Plantain, Warming Spice and Stewed Pear

AIP Slow-Braised Lamb Shank with Bone Broth, Cassava and Roasted Roots

A rustic AIP-strict braise of lamb shank cooked low and slow in bone broth with garlic, rosemary and bay, served over silky cassava mash with roasted carrot and parsnip. Lamb and bone broth together cover a full day of B12 in one grounding bowl.

AIP Slow-Cooked Lamb Shoulder with Cassava Mash and Charred Cabbage

A slow-cooked AIP dinner — bone-broth-braised lamb shoulder shredded over cassava mash with garlicky charred cabbage and a coconut-lemon drizzle. Lamb is the AIP-friendly zinc heavyweight.

Greek Lamb Meatball Skewers with Herbed Coconut Yogurt

Pan-Seared Trout with Roasted Sweet Potato, Asparagus and Coconut-Lemon Drizzle

A simple AIP-friendly pan-seared trout served over roasted sweet potato and crisp-tender asparagus, finished with a coconut-cream-and-lemon drizzle and fresh dill. Trout delivers around 6 mcg of vitamin B12 in a single fillet — about 2.5 times the daily target.

Slow-Braised Beef Chuck with Sweet Potato, Cabbage and Bone Broth

Slow-Braised Lamb Shoulder with Carrot, Parsnip and Bone Broth

A grounding, AIP-compliant braise — lamb shoulder slow-cooked with carrot, parsnip, garlic, and rosemary in bone broth. Lamb provides heme iron the gut absorbs efficiently, while the broth adds collagen and gentle warmth.