Creamy Marinara Spaghetti Squash (Dairy-Free, Grain-Free)

How to cook spaghetti squash

I’ve been sitting and thinking on this spaghetti squash recipe for a while. I think it’s time to share it! This is a simple recipe – it’s as easy as combining some extra ingredients with your favorite spaghetti sauce, and adding these ingredients to roasted spaghetti squash. We were eating our spaghetti squash and simply … Read more

Week 8 on the GAPS Intro Diet

Ginger Honey Gummy Snacks - GAPS Intro legal!

Another week has gone by! This post will probably be pretty short, but there is some news so I wanted to go ahead and update. Last week when we left off, we just learned that my oldest son (the one with a severe egg allergy and the main reason we started the GAPS diet) had … Read more

Making Tomato Powder

How to make tomato powder

So, you’ve just dehydrated the case of tomatoes you got from the local co-op, or your haul from the garden. What on earth do you do with dehydrated tomatoes? I’ll tell you what I do: make tomato powder. What is tomato powder? I’ll define tomato powder as pulverized, powdered dried tomatoes, kept in a cool … Read more

Week 7 on the GAPS Intro Diet

Easy mashed potatoes substitute.

Honestly, I wasn’t even going to update this week. We have been playing it safe with mostly Stage 2/3 foods. Leaving out eggs and nuts. My youngest three children have all passed eggs, raw yolk and scrambled. But we haven’t been really feeding them any because it makes me such a nervous wreck to have … Read more

Easy Keto Mashed Potatoes Substitute

Easy mashed potatoes substitute.

One of our favorite meals as a family is roast, mixed with mashed potatoes, and my grandma’s special sauerkraut recipe. We’re on the GAPS diet for now, which is a healing diet that limits sugar, grains, and starchy vegetables which = no potatoes. 🙁 Not even sweet potatoes. While that is a bummer, when life … Read more

Week 6 on the GAPS Intro Diet

GAPS Intro

Hello! Time for another GAPS Intro update. Actually, I’m a little overdue! I didn’t do an update last week. (There wasn’t much to report.) But I’ll still fill you in. When I last wrote, I had introduced new foods too quickly and forgot to balance the new foods with plenty of healing sauerkraut. Well, that … Read more

20 Creative Uses for Leftover Juice Pulp

what to do with leftover juicer pulp

I have always loved juicing, but I have never done it consistently until recently. Juicing can be such an easy, healthy addition to your lifestyle! Fruits and vegetables processed through a juicer provide energy and nutrients that are streamlined to your body in a very easy-to-assimilate form. Are you new to juicing and interested in more information? … Read more

Week 4 on the GAPS Intro Diet

Week 4 on the GAPS Intro diet

Patience is a virtue. All good things come to those who wait. Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. He that can have patience can have what he will. The theme of Week 4: you guessed it. I got in a hurry. When we … Read more

SweetHeart Smoothie

Try a SweetHeart Smoothie this Valentine's Day - or any day.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a quick recipe for a sweet smoothie I came up with a few months back. I thought it tasted exactly like those little sweet/tart candies I used to love when I was little, so I thought I’d debut the recipe on Valentine’s Day. Hope you enjoy. SweetHeart Smoothie 1 cup frozen … Read more