Grain-Free Spicy Whole Roasted Chicken

One of the things I learned on the farm, raising our own chickens, was that farm chicken isn’t easily served up as boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs. Most of the time, our home-grown chicken was served as whole, roasted chicken. This brought about the need to create different and interesting whole chicken recipes! 🙂 … Read more

Grain-Free Carrot Raisin Salad

We’ve been making this salad since we were on the GAPS Diet (which we started approximately 10 years ago & were on for 3 years!). My kids love this salad. It is a nice dinner addition and quite easy to prepare. This recipe is in my GAPS Meal Plans. Grain-Free Carrot Raisin Salad Author: Brenda … Read more

Grain-Free Tomato Soup

This soup is from my GAPS Meal Plans & we enjoyed it again for lunch last week! This is really quite simple to prepare, and it is suitable for people who are eating GAPS, Paleo, Primal, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and even vegetarian or vegan. My family serves this alongside gluten free grilled cheese sandwiches. There is … Read more

New Improved Extra Chocolatey Chocolate Coconut Flour Cupcakes (Paleo Style)

I wrote my original Extra Chocolatey Chocolate Coconut Flour Cupcakes recipe 6 years ago! Can you believe it!? My family had 3 successful years on the GAPS Diet. Then we went through some big life changes (like saying goodbye to our beloved foster kids of 14 months, etc.) and I dropped the ball on GAPS. … Read more

GAPS Intro Recipe: Lemon Basil Chicken

My family did the GAPS Intro again just after Christmas. It’s a good thing to do every now and then to re-set and cleanse the body–especially after a holiday season with cakes, and pies, and dinner rolls and candy! If you don’t know about GAPS, you’ll want to check out the book: Gut and Psychology … Read more

Grain-Free Valentine’s Day Recipes

grain-free Valentine's Day recipes

Valentine’s Day is coming up in less than a week! When you are on a restricted diet, sometimes it is difficult to go out to eat and find something that won’t make you sick. I get it! I wanted to gather up as many grain-free Valentine’s recipes as I could for you.    Snacks Try … Read more

GAPS Legal Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup!

Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

If you attended public school and ate in the cafeteria (or if your mother made this when you were young), you might just miss grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Well, we’re strict GAPS/SCD eaters around here, and yet, we were able to eat this meal tonight! Want my secrets? Ok, I’ll share! 🙂