Date sugar is a marvelous alternative sweetener. It’s not even really a “sugar” in the sense that it was derived from something and processed into concentrated sweetness. Wanna know what it actually is? Cooked and ground-up dates! Really, that’s it. And dates are just an all-around awesome food. High in carbohydrates, they’re a great thing…
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GAPS Intro Diet: Reflections On Our First 30 Days of Healing
Well, we really did it! We made it through a full month of the GAPS Introduction diet, successfully moved through all the stages, and have begun to transition to the Full GAPS diet. I’m so happy we went through with this — we feel great and the whole thing was relatively painless. I thought I’d…
GAPS Intro Update: Fruit Fails and The Home Stretch In Week 4
Week four, the last of our 30 Days on GAPS Intro, came to us with promises of the stuff of dreams — the elusive fruit we’d been waiting for the past 20-some days. But we would have to start slow. First on the menu was cooked apples, in the form of homemade applesauce. Why I…
How to Make Ghee in a Crock Pot
Butter is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t make you fat, you can eat as much of it as you want and be healthier for it, and you can use it in so many ways. You can bake with it, cook with it, flavor it, melt it, or eat it raw. In India, it’s…
GAPS Intro Update: The Best Food I’ve Ever Eaten in Week 3
Yeah, I know. The “Best Food” ever? Not exactly the kind of description you would expect for someone writing about going through the GAPS Intro diet. After all, Intro is this horribly scary, super-depriving bout of self-torture where you’re stuck in a state of utter anguish ingesting nothing but hot soups and soured cabbage, right?…
GAPS Intro Update: Cravings, Perseverance, and “Pancakes” in Week Two
We’ve now made it halfway through Intro! I’m so glad we’ve been able to stick it out so far. The beginning of week two meant the introduction of Stage 3 — egg whites, soaked and dried walnuts, avocado, and our first FRIED food happen on this stage. Needless to say, we were super jazzed…
What Can I Eat Now? 30 Days On GAPS Intro Handbook
If you’re interested in starting the GAPS diet and going through Intro, you’re gonna want to read this! We’re having a giveaway of the What Can I Eat Now? 30 Days on GAPS Intro Handbook from Cara of Health, Home, and Happiness. First though, I gotta tell you about how much I love this little book!…
GAPS Diet Update: We Survived One Week of Intro
And no, we’re not giving up yet! I had been putting off going on GAPS for a while. I was very apprehensive about the idea of restricting myself from eating healthy foods that I liked. Because honestly, I used to not like food. I also wasn’t real thrilled with the idea of eating nothing but…
Gearing Up for GAPS: What You Need to Get Started
Well, friends, if you’ve been following on Facebook or Twitter, you might already know that I’ve officially begun the GAPS diet. It’s day 3 of the Introduction portion of GAPS, and so far, things are going okay. I’m getting a little sick of eating nothing but boiled meats and vegetables, and homemade stock of course, but…
I’m Going on the GAPS Diet
I’ve mentioned in previous posts and ramblings on Facebook and Twitter, that I’m planning on going on the GAPS diet — or the Gut and Psychology Syndrome Nutritional Protocol. I’m starting to realize that to those who may be unfamiliar with GAPS, hearing a Real Fooder spouting off about going on some “diet,” may sound…