Homemade Spiced Ketchup

I am not a big fan of ketchup (I'm more of a mustard girl), but this ketchup is WONDERFUL.  Not only that, it is fermented, and so it's full of beneficial probiotics to help improve your gut flora.  Between my oldest son and I, we finished it off pretty quickly 🙂 Why make homemade ketchup …

GAPS Introduction Diet – Stage One

Tomorrow is the day! Last week, I talked a lot about how we were preparing physically and mentally for starting the Introduction diet.  (See articles: "Gearing Up for GAPS Intro" and "The Countdown Begins")  So you can probably imagine that today I'm going to talk about how I'm making meat stock in preparation for all …

The Countdown Begins!

Less than a week to go until we start the GAPS Introduction Diet for the third time! This week, I've been doing a few things to get ready for Intro.  For one, I've been planning our supplement regimen (probiotics, essential fatty acids, fermented cod liver oil/butter oil, salt water sole with lemon essential oil in …

Creamy Chicken Chili

This was a Paleo-converted-to-GAPS recipe that I found at paleomg.com.  When we first started GAPS, there weren't many GAPS-friendly recipes out there, and definitely no cookbook like "Heal Your Gut".  But I found that often Paleo recipes were the easiest to convert to GAPS, and Paleo has been more popular lately; thus, more Paleo recipes! …

Better Than Oatmeal

This is a recipe that someone posted on Facebook, and I decided to give it a try.  My boys and I both love this.  It's easy to make, looks surprising like oatmeal, and obviously tastes better than oatmeal as my boys weren't big oatmeal fans before GAPS and they absolutely love this recipe!   Better …