The GAPS Diet is a strict protocol of foods and supplements for healing the gut. Essential oils have many healing properties and are useful for people who are trying to heal from various ailments. You might wonder, do the two go hand-in-hand? I was curious about the same thing, so I contacted Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride … Read more
It’s that time of year again! All of the advertisements and sales are about: working out/getting fit diets organizing Since this isn’t an exercise blog, and I (ahem) don’t exercise enough (don’t quote me on that one…I’m changing tomorrow, right?), I won’t be telling you to pull out your yoga mat or sprint a half … Read more
I found this post in my Que., not yet published. I wrote it back when we lived on the farm. I hope you enjoy it! Meet Violet! She’s our new cow. Isn’t she beautiful? We’ve had her 2 weeks now. For a long time, we wondered about getting a dairy cow, but it was a steep … Read more
My family really likes Chipotle. It’s our “fast food” go to–but admittedly, it’s a bit pricy for a family of 6. I am not complaining though, because I would rather pay for good quality ingredients and know that we are fueling the bodies of our family members WELL. Food is one area of life where … Read more
photo credit 1 and photo credit 2 We raise pigs. We currently have 24 pigs on pasture. Needless to say, fattening pigs is on our mind. Our last pigs, American Guinea Hogs, ate way too much feed for the amount of meat we got off of them (1,000 lbs of feed each–roughly $500, and they … Read more
Soy is touted as a health food, and yet it is found, unfermented and highly processed, in just about every junk food and processed item in the grocery store. And unfortunately, all commercial chickens, turkeys, ducks, dairy cows, pigs and beef cows (unless specified “grass fed”) are fed a soy-based diet, which impacts the health of the … Read more
If you’re a parent of 2 or more children, I am guessing that at least one of your children has allergies. Or asthma? Your kids have asthma, don’t they? Or at least, you know someone (or a lot of people) whose kids have allergies. I’m right, right? 🙂 I was dining out with 2 of … Read more
I am picky about where I buy my meat. Honestly, I do buy some meat at the grocery store, but only grass fed stuff from the local stores that I can trust. I never buy meat from the large chain stores. My ideal is to buy it from farms only. Or, even more ideally, someday, we’ll produce it … Read more
Since we’re on GAPS and we also have nut allergies in our home, we use a lot of coconut flour. Some of our favorite coconut flour recipes include Coconut Flour Snickerdoodles Fudgy Coconut Flour Brownies Coconut Flour “Corn Bread” Coconut Flour Pumpkin Muffins What are the benefits of using coconut flour? But where do … Read more
I was able to participate in a very FUN “Food Swap” that my friend Bethany put together. People brought all kinds of great homemade stuff to trade. I loved it! If you’re looking for me, I’m the giggly one. I always get like that when I’m on camera. 😉