Melanie, Author at Honest Body

Gingerbread Chocolate Custard Dessert (Grain Free)

Desserts, Grain Free, Holiday, Recipes / Melanie

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.88″ background_layout=”light”] Gingerbread Chocolate Custard Dessert This crowd-pleasing, decadently rich, party-in-the-mouth dessert has been a favorite for a couple of holiday seasons and is now offered up on the inter-webs in hope that some more folks will find it satisfying as a dessert. This Gingerbread Chocolate Custard dessert is really two desserts […]

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Chocolate Ginger Cookies & Crust (Grain Free)

Desserts, Grain Free, Holiday, Recipes / Melanie

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] These chewy, chocolatey, ginger morsels are a family favorite. Inspired by the Cocoa Ginger cookie recipe in one of my favorite cookbooks, My Paleo Patisserie (get it and you’ll have so much fun creating special treats!) I have adapted the grain free Chocolate Ginger Cookies for use as both cookie and crust

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Melanie’s Walnut Garlic Mayo (Paleo & GAPS Friendly)

Fats, Lunch, Main Dish, Recipes, Salads & Sides, Snacks / Melanie

I’m not sure how long I’ve had this recipe on my fridge…on a wrinkled and much used index card. I finally wrote it down after developing this homemade mayo that everyone loved. The secret ingredients? Melted butter & walnut oil. This mayo is made with health-full fats, nourishing egg yolks, and immune boosting garlic for

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Fresh Tomato Salsa – Full GAPS Friendly

General / Melanie

Fresh Tomato Salsa Depending on your locale, you may not be in “tomato abundance land” quite yet. It’s unusual for us to have anything but greenhouse tomatoes right now, but our Whole Diet CSA had tomatoes earlier than they ever had, as it has been an exceptionally warm and dry summer. For those who have

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Raspberry Ice Cream – GAPS friendly, creamy, amazing

Desserts, Recipes / Melanie

Raspberry Ice Cream Before I get to the raspberry ice cream recipe, let me give you a picture of what it’s like around here. Berries are in high season here in Vermont. Along roadsides, in backyards, in garden plots, on farms…blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, black raspberries, black currants, red currants, golden raspberries…I can hardly contain my

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Grain free banana bread (GAPS, gluten free, paleo friendly)

Breakfast, Desserts, General, Grain Free, Snacks / Melanie

Grain-Free Banana Bread (GAPS, Gluten-free, Paleo-friendly) As a young(er) wife and mother, I remember making banana bread often. I was an avid quick-bread and muffin baker and I found it to be an excellent way to use up my over-ripe bananas…that didn’t make it into the baby food grinder or a toddler’s little fists. I

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Russian custard

Breakfast, Desserts, GAPS, General, Snacks / Melanie

Russian custard This Russian custard recipe is SO simple, it hardly merits being called a recipe. However, it is a delicious addition to the GAPS Diet protocol, an easy-to-make dessert, and a wonderful way to get more (healing and nutrient-dense) raw egg yolks into yourself or your family members. It also makes a great topping

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Gluten free buckwheat pancakes & waffles – a GAPS ‘transition’ food

Breakfast, GAPS, General / Melanie

Transitioning off of GAPS is not something that is talked about as often as the Full GAPS Diet or the GAPS Introduction Diet. Let’s talk about a very delicious transition food – gluten-free buckwheat pancakes & waffles. Gluten-free buckwheat pancakes & waffles When you have put in the extensive time that GAPS requires, and you

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What is the GAPS Diet?

GAPS, GAPS Basics, GAPS Diet, GAPS Practitioner / Melanie

What is the GAPS Diet? Perhaps you are already familiar with what is the GAPS Diet. Maybe you’ve even read the GAPS™ book, heard stories from friends, or even tried implementing a few changes with your own family…I knew about GAPS myself for quite some time before I actually used it with my own family.

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The GAPS Diet for FPIES

GAPS, General / Melanie

GAPS Diet for FPIES If they shared the nitty-gritty details of what being a parent would involve…how many of us would sign up? 😅 Raising small humans to adulthood is worthy enough of sainthood, but add to that a child with special needs and you will find some of the toughest, most courageous, most inspiring

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