We have two Birthdays back to back in October. We have boys who are 2 years and 3 days apart! (plus one in the middle who doesn’t have his Birthday until December!) Farm Boy 3 turned 8 this month (so, for a couple of months, we have two 8 year olds!). For his Birthday, he … Read more
Let’s face it, real food cannot be prepared as quickly as a TV Dinner. While you might find 5 ingredient real food recipes, and possibly even 30 minute dinners, you will likely have to do some prep work (like mincing garlic ahead of time, etc.). Animal protein takes a while to cook. And since animal … Read more
Baked Apple Slices (GAPS Intro Stage 5 with apples and cinnamon only, Full GAPS for the full recipe) Ingredients: One apple per person cinnamon, to taste where to buy cinnamon 1/4 c. nuts (we enjoy walnuts the best), soaked and dehydrated then roughly chopped where to buy nuts 2 Tbsp. honey, divided (optional) 2 Tbsp. Butter or … Read more
Bacon Wrapped Apple Slices (GAPS Full Diet) Ingredients: One apple per person 1 package of bacon (make sure it is a GAPS legal package that has no sugar or chemical preservatives) 1 pkg. Toothpicks, optional Directions: Cook bacon according to directions and allow to cool. Meanwhile cut apples into slices. Wrap one slice (or 1/2 … Read more
PrintGAPS Legal Apple Kebabs Ingredients6 apples, or one per person 1 c. honey 1/4 c. ghee (butter could possibly work, but I’ve only used ghee) pinch of sea salt 6 bamboo skewers, 1 per personMethodIn small sauce pan warm up honey, ghee and salt on medium heat until well incorporated. Remove from heat and pour … Read more
One of the ways our family saves budget money (to use the savings for our food $$) is to have in-house date nights! To us this usually means that on Friday night when the kiddos are in bed (sometimes earlier than usual!) we enjoy a “treat” and a borrowed movie from the in-laws or a … Read more
This is me before we started the GAPS Diet: We had eaten gluten free for 1 year at this point (gluten free made me gain weight. My body does not like rice flour and potato starch!). This is me after we were on GAPS a little over a year: (ignore the squinty expression on my … Read more
This is our kitchen on a day when we must have been having people over good day. I LOVE my kitchen. Sure, there are things I don’t like about it: the 1 drawer that is unfinished. The water that really needs a water softener hooked up to it so that my dishes won’t be … Read more
I shared on Facebook last week that I had made up a sausage recipe for breakfast. I promised to give you all the recipe, too. Well, here it is! These were really yummy. My only wish is that I’d doubled or tripled this recipe! 🙂 ENJOY! Chicken Apple Breakfast Sausage Patties INGREDIENTS 1 lb ground … Read more
This is a guest post by my friend, Tarena Beckham. So…maybe, just maybe your kind-of thinking of trying GAPS. Maybe. Well, I thought I would share a bit about what it might look like and what you should do before you start GAPS. (Jackson on our first day of GAPS enjoying some stock!) A … Read more