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What breakfast foods are allowed on the GAPS Diet? There are many! You can have fresh fruit, meat made into breakfast sausage, eggs, bacon, homemade yogurt, almond flour or coconut flour muffins, scones, or biscuits.
Dates are the surprising ingredient that sweeten this chia pudding, and they really do give it a surprising caramel flavor! This decedent chia pudding, like our raspberry chia jam, is thickened with whole chia seeds. The chia seeds absorb liquid in the coconut milk and water and form a pudding texture, without cooking, without eggs, …
Delicious Overnight Sea Salt and Caramel Coconut Chia PuddingRead More
You would think popping a pill would be easy… but when you’re trying to get kids out the door to school, homework done, soccer practice facilitated, and lunches packed, sometimes supplements, even those that I know are really helpful for my kids, slip through the cracks of this thing we call life. To remedy this, I’ve …
By asking for whole, real, unprocessed foods we are changing what shows up in our grocery stores. RX Bars are a result of the trend toward food that makes us feel good, and helps without harming us. If you haven’t heard, RX Bars are a minimalist whole food bar that contain dates for sweetness, nuts …
The GAPS Diet doesn’t necessarily need to be bread-free. This coconut flour bread is a lovely way to fulfill the desire to serve buttered (or chia-jam smeared) bread alongside a delicious soup, make french toast for breakfast, or even make open-faced sandwiches for lunch. This recipe produces either a sweet bread (puree in some apple …
Cinnamon Roll Pullapart Breakfast Of all the food traditions around the holidays, this one might be my favorite (with Key Lime pie for birthdays being a strong runner up). Christmas morning with pullapart bread made the wait to open presents worthwhile. While growing up our rolls came from a can, this paleoified version uses a …
Cinnamon Roll Pullaparts Made with Almond Flour (Paleo, GAPS)Read More
Make your kitchen smell like fall in the morning with these protein-rich low-carb waffles infused with delicious fall flavors. They are delicious spread with apple butter and tucked into lunch boxes as well. Also! They freeze well and can be reheated in the toaster for quick weekday breakfasts. Whenever I make this recipe I double …
By baking bacon, we can do a whole pound or two at once, and get it perfect every time. No more standing at the stove, getting splattered in bacon grease every Saturday morning. Bake up a bunch of bacon and have a slice or two every day from the fridge! Ideas for using bacon …
Where lettuce is a fantastic wrap for meat and more vegetables for adults, sometimes kids (and the young at heart) enjoy a little more of a bread-like wrapper for this new take on the PB&J classic. Coconut flour crepes are used here, which pack an extra protein punch and hold delicious fillings easily. Lunch Fruit …
Crepe Roll Ups for Delicious and Healthy Lunches (Paleo and GAPS)Read More
I want to introduce you to 30 Days Grain-Free! It is a paperback book that you can look through while relaxing on the couch as the day winds down, packed with appetizing photos, step-by-step instructions, recipes for every day, tips for staying on track, and encouragement to keep your spirits up while your health …
Baking cinnamon rolls was one of my favorite things to do on lazy weekend mornings. By the time they were in the oven, we would have them for lunch, as the process with a yeast dough is longer than these quick muffins. This grain and gluten-free version comes together quickly enough that you can …
When I first started making yogurt I used a cooler to keep the yogurt warm enough to incubate. Yogurt is pretty forgiving, but for GAPS and SCD we want to use up all the lactose in the milk so the temperature needs to be kept at an even 100 degrees for a full 24 hours. …
How to Make 24-Hour Yogurt in the Dehydrator (easy directions for SCD and GAPS)Read More
Without the stand-by of cold breakfast cereal, sometimes we just need something quick and easy to hand the kids on the way out the door on an especially rushed morning. I keep a batch of these breakfast cookies in the back of my fridge for just a morning such as that (or, let’s be honest- …
No Bake Grain-Free Breakfast Cookies (Gluten Free, GAPS)Read More
