“I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can't change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.” ― …
GAPS and Essential Oils
Photo credit: donnierayjones via Visualhunt.com / CC BY Anyone who has gone through the GAPS diet knows that starting the diet is not the easiest thing you've ever done; it may have been the hardest. The Introduction Diet can be brutal, in terms of how you feel when you are in the throes of detox …
Squash Bars
If there is one thing that helped us get through the GAPS Introduction Diet the first time we did it, it was squash bars. After days of eating soup and veggies and a little egg mixed in, the boys and I were ready for something that seemed to have a little substance to it (and …
Who Should Try GAPS?
Photo credit: teacher_caroline_acsp via Visual Hunt / CC BY If you're the average person living in America, as I am, you probably aren't familiar with the GAPS diet. Despite being swarmed daily with a multitude of different diets, somehow healing diets like GAPS or even the SCD (Specific-Carbohydrate Diet) do not come up in everyday conversation. You may have heard …
Homemade Yogurt
It's been a while since I've posted something new, and I apologize for that. It's been kinda crazy around here lately. The end of summer is always a busy time in the garden, with pickling, fermenting, canning ... the tomatoes have been coming on crazy lately, and I still have cabbages, carrots, and chard waiting …
