More Resources for Fighting Inflammation  

If you have the Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, first, thank you. I hope you are getting a lot out of it. I did my best to explain inflammation as clearly as I could and provide recipes to make anti-inflammatory eating a tasty experience.

If you want more ideas for feeding your body in ways that helps decrease the inflammation that’s causing your pain or keeping you from living your best life, check out these resources.

Ideas for daily snacks and salads

• 18 Anti-Inflammatory Salad Ideas

• 25 Anti-Inflammatory Snack Ideas

Want more recipes?

• More Anti-Inflammatory Recipes

Read my deeper dives into inflammation, where it comes from, and how it affects us

• What is Inflammation?

• Chronic Inflammation & the Immune System

• What Causes Chronic Inflammation?

• Chronic Inflammation’s Links to Disease

Take a cooking class with me, or 1-on-1 sessions

Check out my Classes page. I offer 1-on-1 sessions as well as online cooking classes.

My cooking classes take place over Zoom, and each one focuses on a theme such as “Roasting and Broiling Vegetables,” “Taco Party!,” and “Butternut Squash and Pumpkin.” Sign up for a class and cook along in real time (including free trouble-shooting help!), or just watch me demo the recipes. In addition to the class, you get a recipe packet and a PowerPoint with nutritional information and ideas for making delicious meals.

The 1-on-1 sessions (five 45-minute sessions) also take place over Zoom and are customized to each person. If the 1-on-1 sessions aren’t available through Portland Community College because of over-enrollment, please contact me and we can work out a package for you.

Other resources to check out

Here are some of my favorite books and websites that include information about inflammation and how to calm it.

• Dr. Michael Greger, How Not to Age (click here to download my Summary of “How Not to Age”)

• Dr. Michael Greger, How Not to Diet (click here to download my Summary of “How Not to Diet”)

• Dr. Michael Greger, How Not to Die

• Dr. Brooke Goldner, Goodbye Lupus (her recommendations cover most autoimmune conditions, not just lupus)

• Shilpa Ravella, A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease

• Monica Aggarwal and Jyothi Rao, Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It