Clean eating with autoimmune disease

What better way to spend them morning after a gym workout than sitting outside on the balcony with a protein shake. The only trouble I have found with dairy free shakes is for months every one I made always just tasted like nut milk. I could never figure out the right ingredients to add to sweeten it or I always ended up adding way to much nut milk. So after having several amazing shakes when I would go out to cafes I thought I would again begin experimenting making protein shakes this time with some different ingredients. One of my favourite ingredients I like to use is peanut butter, so I thought I would try adding it into my shake along with only a few other simple ingredients. This is my favourite flavour protein shake so far. Ingredients: 1 & 1/4 cups of almond milk 2 large tablespoons of natural peanut butter 2 teaspoons of pure Canadian maple syrup 1-2 scoops of protein powder 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract  handful of ice cubes Blend all ingredien...

Weekends are meant for pancakes for breakfast. Although when I went On the GAPs diet for my autoimmune disease I struggled trying making pancakes it just wasn't the same. I tried lots of different recipes although they never quite turned out, as there was always some ingredient I wasn't supposed to have. Eventually improvising using a few ingredients from different recipes I managed to find pancakes that actually tasted like pancakes. This recipe makes 4 big pancakes. 1 cup buckwheat flour 1/2 cup arrowroot flour  1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract  1 cup almond milk 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 cream of tartar  Optional 1-2scoops of protein powder  Optional handful of dairy free choc chips  Combine all wet ingredients and slowly adding in the dry ingredients. If the mixture is too thick add small amount of extra almond milk to the mixture. I like to add a handful of dairy free choc chips into the mixture after everything else is combi...