While in the DC area recently, I had my first experience with Sweet Green. I had the harvest bowl, and it was so delicious. I knew I needed to recreate it following AIP guidelines for something fun and delicious I could enjoy while on the protocol for a couple of months. It came out perfectly, and the balsamic vinaigrette is something I will use on different salads and even after I am finished with AIP.

If you aren’t following AIP and tolerate dairy, I highly recommend adding goat cheese. I am not a big cheese person, but I could eat goat cheese every day.

Adapting one restaurant bowl to AIP is doable in an afternoon. Keeping a whole week of groceries aligned to a protocol, week after week, is where most people burn out.

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