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Sweet, warm, and beautiful, this coconut flour-based apple kugel is the perfect comfort food. Traditionally apples and honey are served in the fall for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, to bring sweetness in the year to come, but it is a delicious treat any time. Kugel typically has egg noodles in it, which we …
Gluten-Free Apple-Cinnamon Kugel Made With Coconut FlourRead More
Zucchini bread is a much anticipated seasonal recipe in many homes. This year we lost most of our garden to a late freeze, but the zucchini plants survived just fine and we had plenty to make loaves and loaves of this goodness. This decadent zucchini bread could easily pass as a cake (as could most …
Rich in subtle earthy flavor from 4 kinds of mushrooms, this cream of mushroom soup recipe is simple to make and absolutely swoon worthy. It is a lovely healthy alternative to canned cream of mushroom soup. We make it gluten-free, keto, paleo, and GAPS friendly by thickening just with the mushrooms themselves, which puree into …
I have a confession… I’m not a huge fan of eating raw vegetables. Too cold. Too crunchy. Too raw. Now, see, I LOVE vegetables, I just generally prefer them cooked. Roasted vegetables. Grilled vegetables. Fermented vegetables (which technically are still raw). Vegetables pureed into soups. Vegetables added to meatballs. Anyway, once the warm weather hits …
Grain-Free Confetti Chicken Noodle Salad with Lime-Almond DressingRead More
Watching a can of refried beans glop into a saucepan on the stove and then turn from a can-shaped slimy solid to warm and smooth comfort food was one of my favorite dinner memories as a child. Now in an effort to make more food from scratch (especially if it’s as easy as this recipe!) …
Easy Homemade Refried Beans (Instant Pot and Stove Top)Read More
Faster to make than pepper-poppers, and with more fat than our Chicken Pepper Bites these savory keto jalapeno pepper fat bombs are a snap to make and a treat to eat. To increase the healthy probiotics, drip yogurt cheese like we did in the Strawberry Cheesecake Fat Bombs, or use organic cultured cream cheese from …
Cutest. Vegetable. Ever. Baby Bok Choy are the impulse purchase from the vegetable isle, but you can’t tell how cute they are if you chop them up. That’s why this recipe is so fun, they get to keep their adorable shape as they are roasted to bring out their sweet, slightly cabbagy, flavor. Typically their …
Beets, with their bright red color and earthy sweet flavor make a lovely winter salad. This salad keeps well, I recommend doubling or tripling the recipe to enjoy all week long. Beetroots traditionally are used to cleanse the liver, for heart health, and toxin reduction. There are many medical studies that also show the health …
Deviled eggs are a luxurious take on the humble egg. And they are a snap to make, if only you can get hard boiled eggs to peel. Enter the Instant Pot… In the Instant Pot we steam the eggs under pressure for only 5 minutes, then plunge into cold water. And the results are easy-to-peel …
With broccoli and onions available fresh in the winter, and peas being easy to find frozen, this salad is perfect for winter. The peas give it a bit of sweetness, and with the soft, but easy to pick up, vegetables, this salad is perfect for toddlers and young children. Tips: To save work, purchase frozen …
Simple & Sweet Broccoli Salad with Homemade Dressing (Paleo, GAPS)Read More
Garlic-Chive Cauliflower Mash Easier to make than traditional mashed potatoes (no peeling and the cauliflower steams quickly rather than needing to boil!) and flavorful, creamy, and buttery. The process of steaming and adding yummy garlic and chives really mellows out the flavor of cauliflower. I’ve served this to many people who dislike cauliflower and …
Surprising Cauliflower-Chive Mashed Faux-Tatoes (Low Carb, GAPS)Read More
With Thanksgiving approaching, I know the GAPS diet can seem daunting. You’re left with the choice of either watching on in envy as others enjoy yummy foods, or wrecking your progress and indulging in foods that disagree with both your body and your health goals. But there is another way! Not only can you enjoy …
