Lots of times my best recipes happen by mistake. Or because I'm out of a certain ingredient and need to improvise. This Chicken salad was one of those. I was running out of time to cook something for lunch. A quick look in the fridge showed me that except for some cooked chopped … [Read more...]
Avocado Mayonnaise
This egg free mayonnaise substitute happened by accident one day while I was scouring the fridge trying to make lunch in a hurry. I was hungry for chicken salad and didn't know what to use instead of mayonnaise. I spied the avocados I had been planning to make guacamole with. I … [Read more...]
Mistakes -and what we are doing about them!
The best way to learn is by doing something! Here are five of our biggest mistakes and how we are trying to fix them. And five other things we are doing differently that have helped us. On to our big mistakes: Too much meat. Not enough broth and vegetables. Last year I … [Read more...]
GAPS stages simplified
For those of you who are not familiar with the GAPS diet, this post is for you! Nothing takes the place of reading the GAPS book by Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride, but till you get your hands on a copy, this is a bit of a simplified explanation of the main stages of the GAPS … [Read more...]
GAPS Diet Personalized!
When we as a family did GAPS last year we started brave and hit the introduction stage one and went from there. But it was HARD. We tried to stick to the book. Stage 1 exactly like the book didn't last very long. I had children fussing all day every day. Children hungry all … [Read more...]