Primal Provisions is our recipe collection developed specifically for the migraineur implementing the Migraine Miracle plan. Our archives have almost a year of weekly recipe plans.
We see meal planning as the most important habit for long term success, especially for those still getting started, and for whom eating like this has yet to become second nature.
Three Meal Plan Options
We have three sets of meal plans – one is our Primary (or classic) menu, the second is the Keto menu containing carb counts, and any necessary modifications and the third is an Easy menu for those who want the simplest recipes possible with the fewest ingredients.
In Each Issue
Each issue is set up with a grocery list, instructions for how to prep everything on the weekend before your busy week ahead, and daily completion instructions to help you get a hot meal on the table in minimal time. Or, if you choose, you can also pick and choose from the standalone recipes to create your own menu!
Just log into the Migrai-Neverland Member Home Page to access all the Primal Provisions recipes and meal plans!
Primal Provisions FAQ:
Q: Aren’t there triggers in your recipes?
A: We can understand why you might think that. As you learn more about the Migraine Miracle plan, you’ll understand more about the mindset shift around trigger foods. You can read more here.
Q: Some of the items that you use in your Primal Provisions recipes are not on the Migraine Superfoods list (found in the Beast Slayer Training Academy). Can you help me understand that? Should I not eat things that are missing from that list?
A: This is such a common question that we have a special Migrai-Nevercast just for it! You can find that episode here.
(In case you’re just learning about Migrai-Nevercast, you can find it linked on the Member Home Page along with instructions for installing it in your podcast player. You’ll need to set it up to listen to it the first time.)
Q: I have issues with dairy. Will I be able to use this?
A: We do use dairy in some of our recipes. However, it’s entirely possible you can still make this work. Read on.
When it comes to the world of “dairy” issues and sensitivities, there is much confusion.
This is partly from the fact that, in many instances, dairy has been wrongly blamed for symptoms that were arising from other problems, but also from the fact that “dairy” is a large category that encompasses many different things.
Just as you might be sensitive to pineapple but have no problems eating other types of fruit, most folks with a dairy issue will only have problems with certain forms of dairy.
The two types of problems people can potentially have dairy are:
1. Lactose intolerance. This results from an inability to break down the sugar in milk, which is in the form of lactose. This results in bloating and digestive upheaval.
Lactose intolerance isn’t considered a dangerous condition but does result in unpleasantness after eating dairy that has lactose. Usually these symptoms are obvious after drinking milk (the form of dairy with the highest dose of lactose).
The degree of unpleasantness also correlates with the amount of lactose in the dairy. Forms of dairy that are free of lactose (butter, ghee, sour cream, cream cheese, heavy cream, and some cheeses) do not pose a problem.
2. Dairy allergy. Dairy allergy results from an immune system reaction to dairy protein, usually casein (and potentially only certain breeds of cow).
This causes an allergic reaction after consuming dairy that has dairy protein in it. The most common symptom is a rash that develops after eating dairy (more intense reactions with hives and breathing problems can occur but are rare, and more commonly occurring in children).
Forms of dairy that have had the dairy protein removed (butter, ghee, sour cream, heavy cream) do not provoke an allergy (since the allergies are caused by immune system reactions to proteins).
To recap, dairy products that have had the substances that cause a reaction removed do not pose a problem. And these also happen to be the primary forms of dairy we use in our recipes.
In cases where we have used a form a dairy you could react to, then it’s more than likely you’ll be able to substitute with a recipe from one of the other plan variations, or leave out the dairy if it’s a non-essential ingredient (e.g. salad topping, etc.).
As I said earlier, it’s not uncommon for symptoms that have been attributed to dairy sensitivities to be from something else entirely (typically “leaky gut syndrome”).
We’ve had many folks now who previously thought they had problems with dairy, only to find that they cleared up after adopting the Migraine Miracle plan (likely through improvements in gut health) and that dairy had been falsely accused.
MOST of our recipes can easily be modified to be dairy-free (marked DFM) or are naturally dairy-free already (marked DF).
Q: I’m allergic to tree nuts. Will your recipes contain nut flours or nuts?
A: We very seldom use nut flours (and don’t recommend it as we’ll talk more about in Migrai-Neverland). We do use nuts occasionally, but if so it’s as a non-essential ingredient that could be left out.
Q: Is this way of eating restrictive?
A: We certainly don’t think so.
While eating this way does involve eliminating certain items from the diet (most notably added sugars, highly processed foods, refined and processed vegetable and seed oils, and gluten grains), these are not things we miss, as they not only invite visits from the beast, but they are also associated with all manner of chronic illness, degeneration, and decrepitude.
We’d prefer to avoid such things.
It also involves adding back certain foods that we were wrongly told over the past few decades that we should avoid, advice that has led to a crisis of obesity and metabolic syndrome. So while you lose some things, you gain some others.
We are also blessed to live in a time of incredible food abundance, with access to a range of ingredients our ancestors could’ve only dreamed about, and are able to eat a diet that’s more rich and varied than at any other point in human history.
Thus, we choose to focus on all the wondrous things we CAN eat and still enjoy migraine freedom, boundless energy, and good health, rather than the few items we choose to avoid to save us from throbbing head pains, chronic fatigue, and a hastening of our demise.
And without a doubt, since adopting this way of eating, we not only eat a wider range of foods, but enjoy eating more than ever before.
Q: I want my migraines to go away, but I really don’t like to cook? What can I do?
A: There’s no better way to know EXACTLY what’s going into your body than to prepare your own food. And so there’s no better way to reduce your chances of being visited by the migraine beast than to prepare your own meals.
In fact, one of the main reasons we created Primal Provisions was to help those folks who don’t love meal planning and cooking, but who still want to enjoy the benefits of eating this way.
It’s also why we’ve included a EASY plan (simple and easy recipes with 5 ingredients or less) for those who want to minimize their time in the kitchen.
Q: I want to search for a specific recipe by ingredient, cooking method, or recipe type. Can I do that?
A: Yes you can! We have added a search function and in the video at the top of this page we teach you how to use it!
