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GAPS Fast foods or “Oh No I forgot to plan dinner!”

Photo by Jeremy Brooks

Does this seem like an oxymoron? Believe it or not sometimes I don’t plan ahead. Sometimes I don’t have leftovers waiting for lunch and some days it is 5 pm before I think “What should we have for dinner?” And some days we leave the house [...]

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Cooking Basics: How to Roast a Chicken

In the past every girl would have learned how to cook from her mother. Those lessons would have included basics like how to roast a chicken and a beef roast, how to bake a cake (from scratch), how to prepare various vegetables, and lots of other important kitchen skills. Now the cooking [...]

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GAPS Basics: Meat Broth and GAPS Pate

One of the biggest questions people have when starting GAPS is what is the difference between bone broth and meat broth. NCM recommends meat broth for starting out on GAPS and moving to bone broth later on. I have already done a post on bone broth. We really love the flavor of meat broth and save [...]

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Coconut Butter Pancakes

My youngest turned 4 recently and when I asked her what foods she wanted to eat for her birthday she said “Pancakes” I took this as an opportunity to work on my pancake recipe. I think it turned out pretty good. Let me know what you think.

Coconut Butter Pancakes

2 cups unsweetened shredded [...]

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Traveling on GAPS

When you think about traveling on GAPS is this what you picture? You may not be able to cross the country with only a carry on bag anymore but there are ways to travel without bringing your entire kitchen with you.

My family took a 2 week vacation by car this past October. Along the [...]

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GAPS Basics: Cooking Fats

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After possibly a lifetime of hearing that fat is bad for you and the cause of all diseases here is Dr Campbell-McBride telling you to eat them in great quantities. An even bigger shock is that those vegetable oils that were supposed to rescue us from heart disease [...]

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GAPS Oopsie Buns

Oopsie rolls have been a staple of the low carb community for many years. I first encountered them while following the Schwarzbein Principle program. They faded from my memory for many years but recently the arose in my subconscious and I went looking for the recipe once again. They are quick and easy to make and have [...]

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Spaghetti Sauce Soup

This is a soup one night I invented in desperation trying to find something soupy my kids would eat. (W in particular generally hates soup on principle). I have made it twice now and they loved it each time. It has a deceptively large amount of broth in it and every bit is gobbled up. [...]

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Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

Ok this dish is so simple that I feel guilty writing a recipe for it but I know I need some inspiration sometimes so I’ll go ahead and do it. Thanks to the Leptin Reset and the fact that my eldest will only eat a big breakfast if it includes bacon we have a lot [...]

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Yummy Cheeseburger Soup

Our church was having a pot luck meal centered around soups. I quizzed my soup hating daughter as to what kind of soup she would like. ”Cheese!” she said. Ok she wanted a cheese soup. I hadn’t ever made a cheese soup and I wasn’t sure I knew how but I did a little bit [...]

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