Full GAPS

Cranberry Apple Grain Free Granola

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Every Wednesday before homeschool co-op, we have a big breakfast (the kids have a snack-time there, but I want to make sure they’re well-fed because they can’t just munch whenever they’re hungry. Before I get in the shower, I pop 2 boxes of Applegate Farms chicken & apple sausages in the oven (YUM. I could eat an entire box of these alone). Lately, I’ve also been mixing up 8 eggs with a little yogurt, cheese & spices and pouring them in a buttered 8×8 pan, and putting those in the oven too.

Chocolate Peppermint Love

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I am in love. Ok, first with my God, second with my husband, third with my kids, but fourth? Fourth with these lovely chocolates. 🙂 Have I mentioned that I love chocolate? And that we went 9 months or so on GAPS with NO chocolate because we thought we couldn’t have it on the diet? Yes, let me tell you, it was torture. 😉 Well, this is just what I needed to make up for those months of torture…

Sunday Morning Breakfast Casserole

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I came up with a recipe for a hearty breakfast casserole that I make every Sunday morning before church. If I’m on top of things, I’ll do some prep work ahead of time:

At the very least, I’ll start defrosting 1 lb of sausage on Friday evening.
If I’m really good, I’ll cook the sausage & onion before Sunday morning. My big goal? To cook a bunch of ground sausage and freeze it in 1 lb portions, ready for this casserole.
It’s nice to have the cheese cubed and ready to toss in. It would be even nicer to have cubed cheese frozen for a couple of month’s worth of breakfast casseroles. 🙂
Sunday Morning Breakfast Casserole

Fudgy Coconut Flour Brownies!

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GAPS & Paleo Fudgy Coconut Flour Brownies

I was super excited to accidently come up with this recipe. I came up with another coconut flour brownie recipe last week, and then “messed up” on it this weekend right before having guests over, and was amazed at my mistake. They were SO good! 🙂 If you know me, you know I love me some chocolate, so this is going to become a staple in my home (you know, on the weekly list, like: Make butter, make yogurt, make granola, soak seeds, make brownies). Yup. I love them THAT much. 🙂

Arugula Salad with Honey-Wine Dressing

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Since we’re shopping for 3 months, we’re eating up the fresh arugula we bought from a local farmer and enjoying it while it lasts! I found this dressing on Food Network, and then I added two extra ingredients into our salad: dried cranberries (I found local ones sweetened with honey, YUM. If you can’t find them, dry your own! :)) and roasted, salted pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds.

GAPS Legal Chocolate Honey Cake

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GAPS Legal Cake!

We got 20 eggs today (WOO HOO!), so I figured I had enough to bake a CAKE! 🙂

This is yummy, but if you’re a chocoholic, stay tuned for when I perfect the flourless chocolate cake I’m working on (it’s even MORE chocolatey). This is like a regular chocolate cake–not quite as rich or chocolatey as a flourless cake or a truffle or brownies. Ya know what I mean? 🙂 But it’s easy, and yummy, and it isn’t too rich for guests who aren’t chocolate-crazy like normal people me. 🙂