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 simple outing was conducted while traipsing in and around town like Mary Poppins […]
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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 ski motions. (He waits all year for ski season.) Winter a cometh! As the weather
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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 might set you up for disappointment. But. If you’re looking for that home variety of hot-melty-cheese-over-pizza-sauce-over-soft-with-a-little-crunch-pizza-crust,
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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, and other goodness. Serve this for a hearty
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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 more warming soups and stews. This weekend as part of
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Last night was that half-excited, half-dreaded “night before school”. Though many dinners are six around the table…one college-bound son was seeing friends for the last time before heading off to Boston and one ambitious junior-in-high-school son was eating dinner elsewhere to get training tips for making it on nearby college Nordic ski teams. That left
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Lasagna is right up there with pizza and tacos as far as crowd-pleasing. Am I right? My lasagna has been well-liked for many years and I’ve adapted it for both gluten-free (using gluten-free lasagna noodles) but now I’ve got a grain-free lasagna version that is even GAPS compliant for you. And it’s good! This lasagna
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Grain-Free Cauliflower Mac ‘N Cheese (GAPS-friendly) I am so lucky to have an assistant who is on the GAPS Diet with her little guy. Deanna came up with a simple and easy recipe for grain-free cauliflower “Mac ‘N Cheese” that even my non-cauliflower-loving child liked. I tweaked it a bit, and now I get to
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Bacon & Lentil Soup (GAPS & Paleo-Friendly) Last winter while visiting Canadian parts (far more northern than Vermont, as in -20 F for days on end) I adapted this Bacon Lentil soup from a good friend’s pot, to fit the GAPS template. We ended up eating this almost every week it was so good. The
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Grain-free taco salad One of my missions in life is to prove that when you set out to do a healing protocol or to eat in such a way that supports the foundations of health (diet, digestion, blood sugar management, fatty acid status, mineral status, and hydration)…one doesn’t need to give up food that tastes
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