by Melanie | Jan 19, 2020 | Dinners, Full GAPS, GAPS 5, GAPS 6, General, Soups
GAPS Garam Masala Carrot Soup In Vermont, we can get local carrots, and other root vegetables, throughout the entire winter. Local farmers like Elmer’s Farm in East Middlebury, VT harvest them in the fall and keep them in cold storage on behalf of their... 
by Melanie | Jan 5, 2020 | Dinners, GAPS, General, Soups
GAPS Squash Sausage Soup My mom has a way of making ordinary…extraordinary. Her idea of taking her granddaughters on an outing over Christmas break was to take them out to lunch and to the craft store, buying them each a bundle of fun, creative stuff. This... 
by Melanie | Nov 3, 2019 | Dinners, Full GAPS, GAPS 4, GAPS 5, GAPS 6, General, Grain Free, Lunch, Main Dish, Soups
Hungarian Beef Stew The first snowflakes are showing up on my little-not-so-little handheld device weather app. Old Man Frost showed himself on windshields and windows on my morning run yesterday. My 17-year old son is starting to move through the house making Nordic... 
by Melanie | Oct 27, 2019 | Dinners, Full GAPS, General, Lunch, Main Dish
3 Cheese GAPS Diet Pizza I’ve had some good pizza in my life. Pepe’s pizza in New Haven, CT… The best deep-dish pizza in Chicago…So, if one were to compare homemade 3 Cheese GAPS Diet pizza ‘apples to apples’ with those legends it... 
by Melanie | Oct 6, 2019 | Dinners, Full GAPS, GAPS 6, GAPS Diet, Holiday, Main Dish
There is roast chicken, and then there is Roast Chicken with Plums. Two beautiful whole, organic chickens are marinated with a special rub that includes ground sumac and plenty of garlic with healthy fats and then set to roast over a sheet pan full of plums, shallots,... 
by Melanie | Sep 29, 2019 | Dinners, Full GAPS, General, Main Dish, Recipes, Soups
Grain-free Crab Chowder We still have warm days here in Vermont, but there is a different hue and feel to them. Winds kick up more frequently, gray skies dump rain, it makes sense to close the windows at night more often… With cooler weather comes the desire for... 
