Basic Meat Stock

We're gearing up for GAPS Intro Round #3 this fall, and so I want to include several recipes that we use to get us through the Introductory diet of GAPS.  It seems like this is the hardest phase for most people to be able to think of recipes for each stage and to add enough …

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Photo via Visualhunt.com In my mind, it's a little early to be thinking about fall, especially as its been so hot and muggy this week.  However, a recent article that was circulating Facebook about the ingredients in Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte and the opening last week of Edward's Apple Orchard (I admit: I do still …

Waffles

When you first start the GAPS diet, you become so consumed with the broth, getting enough sauerkraut juice in you, and doing things "right", that maybe for a time you don't miss some of the old foods you were eating.  Eventually, though, when the dust settles, you start to crave a few of your old …

Refreshing Summer Drink

Last week, I finally got around to picking all the cucumbers that were in my garden.  Before that, I would just pick a bag or two here and there; enough to ferment and give to friends.  After clearing out my garden, I had SEVEN large paper bags full of cucumbers on my kitchen floor, with …

Fermentation – Simple and Delicious

Photo credit: That Bill Fellow via Visualhunt / CC BY-SA     Before I started fermenting things in my kitchen, I had a very different mental picture when I thought of "fermentation".  I imagined something with a strong sour smell, maybe something putrid, a mad scientist-like character watching something bubbling and brewing and spilling over …