Dairy can be a troublesome food group, so I felt it necessary to dedicate an entire post to discuss our experience of Dairy Introduction on The GAPS Diet. None of our family went into The GAPS Diet with any sort of dairy allergy or intolerance, but we still roughly followed the steps outlined in The […]
Grain Free Hazelnut Cake
March 5, 2013 by
You’ll love this cake! Not only is it delicious, it’s also super quick to prepare – you simply throw all the ingredients into your food processor and mix until super smooth. This cake is perfect on it’s own or spread with one of the following topping suggestions: Double Cream (as I did in the photo […]
Grain Free Breakfast Muffin Tin Meal
February 27, 2013 by
It’s been a while since I made a Muffin Tin Meal for the kids, so I whipped together this Breakfast Muffin Tin Meal with some of their breakfast favorites. If you’re new to the concept – a Muffin Tin Meal is basically a fun way to present food to kids – a meal in a […]
Snacking On The GAPS Diet
February 10, 2013 by
We’ve been on The GAPS Diet for almost 2 months already and have completely transitioned into a Grain Free way of life. The kids have adapted really well to our new eating habits and I’m enormously proud of them. Being Grain Free (and steering completely away from processed food of any kind) has meant […]
10 Ways To Get Your Kids To Consume More Bone Broth
February 3, 2013 by
Bone Broth provides nourishment and sublime healing and is an essential element of The GAPS Diet. It can be a little tricky to convince kids to drink cupfuls of the stuff. So, I have had to find a number of ways of incorporating as much bone broth into the kid’s diet as possible, while we […]
Veggie Scrambled Eggs – 6 Ways
January 24, 2013 by
Lately, I’ve been making scrambled eggs for the kids in some form or another virtually every day – sometimes for breakfast and sometimes for lunch. I’ve been experimenting with different vegetable inclusions and you know what – they eat (well, demolish!) EVERY Veggie Scrambled Egg offering with no fuss. I’m all for teaching children about […]
GAPS Introduction Diet – Stage 6
January 22, 2013 by
It took us 3 weeks to reach The GAPS Introduction Diet – Stage 6. The 6th Stage “new foods” include – raw fruit, introduced slowly, and a wider variety of baked goods, in addition to the bread introduced in Stage 4. I was ecstatic on my first farmers market shopping trip when I could actually […]
GAPS Introduction Diet – Stage 5
January 20, 2013 by
Hooray for Cucumber! It was such a welcome treat to be greeted with a plate full of peeled, sliced cucumber. It was our first taste of raw vegetables in a couple of weeks and they were super sweet and crunchy. The following day we introduced carrots and then tomato, along with the cucumber, in a […]
GAPS Introduction Diet – Stage 4
January 17, 2013 by
Stage 4 of the GAPS Introduction Diet began with a shopping trip to buy a juicer. (I got a Breville Juice Fountain, which I absolutely love, click here for more details about the juicer.) The kids were excited at the presence of a new machine in the kitchen, but were a little underwhelmed when the […]
GAPS Introduction Diet Stage 3
January 13, 2013 by
We were all eager for new food when we progressed to stage 3 of the GAPS Introduction Diet. You should have seen how excitedly ecstatic the kids were when they were presented with a few teaspoons of mashed avocado… they went crazy as if it was a special treat. They both ate every tiny morsel […]
