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Dill Pickle Gelatin – GAPS, keto

We forget that the healing powers of gelatin don’t have to come with sweet treats! This pickle gelatin is a simple savory gelatin that uses that probiotic-rich pickle juice that is probably sitting in your fridge because you can’t bear to throw out it’s goodness but don’t know what to do with it. I’ve seen …

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The No Plants Modification to the GAPS Diet

There is a little-known variation to the GAPS intro diet that is endorsed by Dr. Natasha herself and thousands of people have been finding success with. That is the No Plant version of the GAPS Diet. It is just as it sounds, only animal foods are consumed, and it is a successful method of healing …

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GAPS Intro Stage 3 Butternut Squash Pancakes

Butternut Squash pancakes are a favorite in this house, and a much-awaited addition to the tremendously healing GAPS Introduction diet. If you’re not on GAPS, squash pancakes are still good. A little more crumbly than wheat pancakes, but they would be a great substitute for babies with few teeth- they nearly dissolve when bit! Because …

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GAPS Intro Stage 5 Applesauce

The sugars in fruit can be hard to digest, as well as feed yeast in the body’s system. For this reason, it is omitted from the GAPS Introduction diet for the first stages. In stage 5 we can introduce cooked peeled apples, topped with ghee. In my ebook What Can I Eat Now? we do …

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GAPS Intro Gut-Healing Anti-Inflammatory Ginger Tea Gummies

These gelatin treats are a beautiful and nourishing addition to a gut-healing diet. To make them, we make a strong ginger tea, and then add gelatin and optional sweetener. The sweetness these sweeteners provide can encourage children to consume needed liquids, and gummies made with these can be useful as rewards and incentives to finish soup …

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GAPS Intro Summer Squash (courgette) Stage 3 Pancakes

GAPS Intro Summer Squash Pancakes Summer Squash (zucchini, crookneck) pancakes are a favorite in this house, and a much-awaited addition to the tremendously healing GAPS Introduction diet. If you’re not on GAPS, summer squash pancakes are still good. A little more crumbly than wheat pancakes, but they would be a great substitute for babies with …

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Simple GAPS Intro Stage 4 “Bread”

These squash muffins have been a favorite both in the Grain Free Meal Plan and the GAPS Intro Book. They are gut-healing and great to make with zucchini in the summer and winter squash in the winter. GAPS Intro Diet The GAPS Intro diet is a very powerful, yet restrictive and strict protocol designed by …

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Homemade Ghee (Clarified Butter) for GAPS Intro, Whole30, and Dairy Allergies

Beautiful golden ghee is a favorite of cooks and those suffering from allergies. Ghee is clarified butter; butter that has had the small amount of milk solids (protein and lactose) removed. By removing these solids, you are left with a delicious butter-flavored cooking fat that has a high smoke point and is safe for most …

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How to Cook Spaghetti Squash – Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, and Oven Directions

Spaghetti squash is a delicious substitute for pasta. It’s a fun stringy veggie that children and adults all love! I had to have a friend show me how to make it the first time – it’s not the pulp that becomes the ‘spaghetti’ strands like I originally thought, but actually the flesh breaks into little …

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Sauerkraut: Just Cabbage and Salt (lactofermented recipe)

Sauerkraut is a super healthy inexpensive food. Since it’s cultured, beneficial bacteria are plentiful (like yogurt), it’s dairy free for those sensitive to dairy, and the culturing also makes the cabbage easier to digest and absorb vitamin C from. This kraut is raw, so it contains the live cultures and enzymes that pasteurized kraut …

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Detoxifying & Antiinflammatory Herbed Olive Oil

Not only is this fresh herbed olive oil a delicious way to include bright flavors from herbs in your diet, it also is packed with all sorts of things that you need for health. If that wasn’t enough, by suspending fresh herbs in oil, we also preserve them. If you’ve ever watched a bunch of …

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Simple Warming Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut squash soup is rich and creamy, and the bone broth makes it nutrient dense as well. Butternut squash soup is one of my favorite fall meals, it just invites you to light a beeswax candle with dinner, doesn’t it? Garnish with thyme or other fresh herbs and serve with grain free banana-nut muffins. This …

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