Bored of the same old meats or struggling with allergies? Learn How to Swap Proteins on the AIP Diet!
Got some extra ground beef you’d like to use up, or maybe you don’t like a certain fish that is called for in an AIP recipe? Use these protein swap ideas that I teach inside my AIP Reintro Ready Coaching Program to help you substitute meats, poultry, or seafood!
Whether you need to stick to your grocery budget, have a food intolerance or allergy, or simply a preference for one over the other, you’ll love these tips below to help you switch one protein out for another.
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How to Swap Proteins on the AIP Diet
How to swap out STEAK OR BEEF ROASTS:
Use chicken, bison, pork, shrimp, or ground beef (formed into patties or meatballs) instead of beef steaks or roasts.
How to swap out CHICKEN BREASTS:
Use chicken thighs, shrimp, scallops, sardines, or steak instead.
How to swap out GROUND BEEF:
Use ground pork, ground lamb, ground chicken, or ground turkey instead.
How to swap out GROUND CHICKEN:
Use ground turkey, ground beef, ground pork instead.
How to swap out GROUND LAMB:
Use ground beef, ground pork, ground chicken, ground turkey instead.
How to swap out GROUND PORK:
Use ground beef, ground bison, ground chicken, ground turkey instead.
How to swap out PORK:
Use beef, chicken, bison instead.
How to swap out SALMON:
Use tuna, chicken, sardines, oysters, cod, wild-caught fish instead.
How to swap out SARDINES:
Use tuna, chicken, oysters, salmon, mussels instead.
How to swap out SHRIMP:
Use chopped chicken breasts or thighs, chicken livers, scallops, chopped steak, sardines, smoked oysters instead.
How to swap out TURKEY:
Use chicken, pork, beef, lamb, bison instead.
Recipes To Try Now That You Know How to Swap Proteins on the Paleo AIP Diet
Paleo AIP Chicken with Rosemary Mushroom Sauce
Try this with pork chops or your favorite fish filets instead of chicken!
Paleo AIP Slow Cooker Meatloaf (Whole30, Gluten-Free)
Try this with ground pork, chicken, or your turkey instead of beef!
AIP Curried Mango Shrimp Kabobs (Paleo, Whole30)
Try this with cubed salmon, turkey breast, or steak instead of shrimp!
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