As the Honest Body Assistant I love sharing what I’m doing in the kitchen with you, dear readers. At 38 weeks pregnant, these days I’m preparing to have this baby! In the kitchen, that looks like freezing grapes and fresh juice into ice cubes for labor, making electrolyte drink for labor, drinking lots of raspberry […]
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Every year we split a cow with my mom’s household and our freezer is filled with delicious grass-fed hamburger. I think it’s a mom’s axiom- “you can never have too much burger in the freezer.” This is because hamburger is versatile and it thaws quickly for those days when you didn’t plan ahead. For instance,
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If you have made yet another batch of chicken stock and are looking for a fun new way to eat it- look no further than this GAPS White Chili recipe! It works well for leftover turkey too. This recipe is suitable for full GAPS. See this post for more ideas on how to use leftover
Rich, sweet, and beautifully colored, this meatball borscht is grain-free and GAPS legal. Perfect for a cold or snowy day. Originating in Eastern Europe, borscht is one of those foods with so many variations that it defies definition. This borscht is akin to the most common versions of recipes which use beetroot. It’s different than
Meat stock is a staple of the GAPS diet protocol. Consuming the recommended 3-5 cups per day for therapeutic dosage means lots of boiled meat. Using drumsticks, wings, or necks to make your meat stock will yield less meat. Still, eating chicken soup can get a bit old after a while, so we came up
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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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