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How to Prepare for Going on the GAPS Diet

January 24, 2011

Just today I was over at a friend's house and as I said "no thank you" to the offer of coffee, I casually mentioned we had just started a special diet. She asked which one, and (as a mom of children with special needs) when I said the GAPS diet, she responded with a knowing [...]

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Chewy Gingersnaps (No Gluten, No Grains, No Dairy)

December 8, 2010

These cookies may be "free" of a lot of things (gluten, grains, dairy) but they do definitely have some things in abundance: ginger, protein, taste, yumminess.
Since we have two little munchkins who don't do gluten or dairy at all, I like to find treats to make that everyone can enjoy, rather than trying to make [...]

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Cream of Tomato Soup: Quick and Easy Fall Comfort Food

November 11, 2010

With fall and cooler weather comes the return of soup simmering on my stove. Too hot for summer dining, it is just the perfect, warming end to a crisp autumn day, and so soup begins to find its way back on our table once again.
I have been making this simple Cream of Tomato soup recipe [...]

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Strawberry Coconut Cream Popsicles (Dairy-Free Indulgence for Summer Days)

July 21, 2010

I made this recipe accidentally the other day, when I realized I had blended too many strawberries and didn't want them to go to waste. It was a hot, hot day so popsicles sounded like the perfect fix, and they were!
Most ice-cream style popsicle recipes are incredibly simple. Blended fruit, mixed with a creamy base [...]

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Dairy Free Alternatives That Work For a Traditional Diet

May 21, 2010

I have to begin this post by stating that we love dairy. I mean, we really love it.
Our desire to take dairy out of our diets has been for one reason only-- while doing the GAPS diet for two months, we noticed that each time we tried to add dairy back in, several members of [...]

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Video Blog: How to Make Coconut Milk Kefir

May 17, 2010

Since beginning the GAPS diet back in March, our family has been dairy-free. Although we are currently not on the GAPS diet anymore, through doing the diet we discovered that at least two members of our family react poorly to dairy.
Though I am a huge advocate of raw milk (and cheese and creme fraiche and [...]

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