Trips to the apple orchard to pick fresh apples in the fall are a favorite family memory, leaving us with pounds and pounds of amazing, delicious apples. There are so many things you can do with apples! One of the best things you can do, in my opinion, is make your own raw apple cider … Read more
Let’s talk vanilla. Yum, right? How can a house be without it? You’re right; it’s can’t. 🙂 We have always just purchased vanilla extract from the grocery store, no harm, no foul. However, that changed when we started the GAPS diet. The vanilla we were buying at Costco had sugar in it, so it wasn’t GAPS … Read more
Recipe time. Zucchini is one of the most versatile veggies available. It’s a staple at our home! You can make noodles (zoodles) out of it, you can roast it, sauté it, barbecue it (’cause that’s totally a verb), and you can even make porridge out of it, using the same technique as this post. And … Read more
Time for another quick recipe! 🙂 This time I have to give credit where credit’s due: my hubby came up with this amazing fruit salad. He is the salad master at our home! Which is PERFECT, because I hate making salads. True story. However, I do love EATING salad. Especially fruit salad. 🙂 Anywho, here you … Read more
We became very acquainted with butternut squash porridge during our recent stint on the GAPS Diet. I was happy about that; I didn’t really use butternut squash very much before the diet, but now we love to have it many different ways. My children’s favorite way to eat butternut squash, however, is a very simple recipe … Read more
Hatch Chiles. . . I can’t imagine a world without ’em. So, when my local Bountiful Baskets offered a 20-pound box of them, do you think I could pass them up?! No way!! 🙂 I knew I wanted to roast most of them and freeze them for later use (can you say SALSA?), because roasted … Read more
Hello all! Time for another quick recipe. I’ve felt super busy these past few days trying to get homeschool curriculum ordered and get ready for a garage sale. It will feel SO GOOD to get all this clutter out of our house, I just know it. Anyway, just wanted to share this easy, nourishing, and … Read more
We have just recently reintroduced potatoes into our meals after a 6-month long potato hiatus (<— say that fast three times) while on the GAPS diet. (I will share more about our coming off of the GAPS diet very soon!) But oh, man! I’ve missed potatoes! So I was messing around in the kitchen and … Read more
When I was a young, newly-wedded lass, by accident I discovered something quite magical: If I put baby carrots into a jar of leftover pickle juice, I would end up with crunchy, juicy, mouth-watering carrot pickles. Yes, my husband did think I was crazy, but it was a feeling he would be growing accustomed to … Read more
So, the other night, I found myself in a quandary. It was suppertime, and I had NO MEATÂ thawed to eat. Nothing! The only thing I could do was try to cook some frozen ground beef (the fastest thing I had available to cook) – and quickly try to figure out what else we could have … Read more