Following special diets can be challenging in so many ways, but sometimes the hardest part isn't keeping track of what you CAN'T have, it's thinking of foods that you CAN have. Below is a list of some of the food blogs that I turn to for inspiration when I am feeling less than excited about the options in front of me. These blogs represent many different diets and food choices and I don't follow or even agree with some, but nonetheless I get inspiration from the ideas on them. I have found that an openness to food options and a willingness to sometimes fail in trying new things are essential to living well on a restricted diet.
GENERAL (many of these feature recipes that need to be adapted to meet specific needs)
The New York Times Recipes and Cooking (subscription required)
Bon Appetit Website and YouTube channel
Bruno Albouze (french)
America's Test Kitchen (subscription required)
Food52
Townsends (Historical American and British Food) YouTube channel
The Splendid Table
Food Wishes
Emmymade (exploring food with unusual recipes, testing cooking claims, using unusual ingredients)
Spain on a Fork
Dimitra's Dishes (Greek food)
The Woks of Life (Mostly Chinese cooking, but there is a variety)
Chinese Cooking Demystified
Asian at Home
Maangchi (Korean food)
Hot Thai Kitchen
Thai Table
Steamy Kitchen (Vietnamese)
My Tamarind Kitchen (Pakistani cuisine)
My Colombian recipes
Titli's Busy Kitchen
This cooking blog has a wonderful variety of recipes from around the world and has an associated YouTube channel with videos to walk you through the recipes.
Nanaaba's Kitchen (classic African dishes with a healthy twist)
Real food, slow food, recipes with foods that nourish.
The Nourishing Cook
The Nourished Life
Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook
Voodoo and Sauce
Organic and Thrifty
Recipes from Bastyr University
Food Features from Weston A. Price
GLUTEN-FREE
Gluten-Free Goddess
Elana's Pantry
Gluten-free, casein-free cooking at it's best, includes versions of many traditional Jewish dishes.
Gluten-Free Girl
Sarah Bakes Gluten-Free treats
GAPS/SCD/PALEO
Cooking GAPS
Delicious recipes for the GAPS diet (compatible with SCD, grain-free, paleo, gluten-free). GAPS is the healing diet that I credit with so much of the underlying healing that we've experienced.
Lost Arts Kitchen
This is the blog of an exceedingly talented friend that includes recipes for slow food, traditional food, ferments, and much more, as well as interesting thoughts on food relevant to many of us using food to heal.
Recipes From USWellness Meats
Nom Nom Paleo
Nom Nom Paleo's Instant Pot Recipes
Nom Nom Paleo's index of paleo recipes
Empowered Sustenance
Meat N' Veggies
Just what it sounds like. Great selection of paleo recipes with really nice photography.
Slowcooked Rx
The Paleo Mom
Kat's Food Blog
Recipes that are SCD and GAPS compliant, plus some good health info
Primal Body, Primal Mind
this site has great information and a nice recipe section.
The Food Lovers Primal Palate.com recipe section
Pretty In Primal
Mark's Daily Apple
This is a primal blog with some great recipes.
Stupid Easy Paleo
Grain-Free Foodies
This is a blog I do with a friend that has recipes for the GAPS diet.
