Tallow is a wonderful animal fat that you can use while on the GAPS Diet (and anytime, really!) Tallow is made from suet (which is just raw beef or mutton fat). Tallow is solid at room temperature; it can be stored for a month at room temp, in the fridge for several months, or in …
Meatball Soup
This recipe is acceptable on the GAPS Introduction Diet stage one. It is also something that I can get my boys to eat even when they don't have much appetite in the beginning 🙂 Meatball Soup 1-2 quarts of meat stock (I like chicken) 2 onions, diced 2 shallots, diced several cloves of …
GAPS Introduction Diet – Stage Two
Hooray! You made it past your first stage of the Introduction Diet! You are likely still in the throes of die-off at this stage, and although moving up a stage feels good, stage two is not much different than stage one (however, the things you get to add in this stage are significant, so still …
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 …
