Last week, we shared three ways to navigate the holiday season with food allergies or restrictions. But sometimes going to other people’s parties and finding
Going to holiday parties and gatherings can be stressful if you have food allergies or restrictions. You might feel like a burden to the host
In our Beyond Limits series we’ve been exploring how to navigate eating and meal planning while dealing with food restrictions. We reached out to our friend
Plan to Eat is completely customizable, which makes it a great tool for anyone on a special diet. Regardless of whether you are into Paleo, Vegetarian, Vegan,
This is the time of year that I get several requests to talk about managing big, holiday meals. Everyone wants the best tips for navigating
Cereal is a delicious way to start your day. It’s also easy and fast, which means your meal is ready in a matter of minutes.
It’s bound to happen — at around 10:00 pm, you start to feel hungry. You ate dinner, but for some reason, those hunger pangs start to kick
I hear it all of the time, “Joe won’t eat his broccoli, how can I get him to at least try it?” Just so you
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When one finds out that they are unable to eat a certain food, the mind automatically goes to extremes. “I guess I’ll never eat ice
Our son is going through a fairly strict elimination diet regimen right now. Poor guy is a growing eight year-old with some long-standing tummy issues
Thinking about grocery budgets makes me want to crawl under a rock and hide from the three real food meals per day that I feed
About eight years ago we began to look into eating organic foods. I was, up until that point, a bargain shopper, stocking our freezer with
When I discovered lacto-fermentation seven years ago now, my mind was blown. What do you mean I can make delicious pickles without boiling everything good
It wasn’t very long ago that I was making dinner with taco kits, pasta nights, frozen perogies. The convenience was something that fit my life
So far we have discussed breakfast, lunch, and snacks. When I discussed our lunch routine, I hinted at making extras deliberately. That’s because I often
Up until recently lunch was a simple affair with not much thought necessary. In college it was mostly sandwiches or canned soup – a last
Feeding a growing family can be as complicated or as simple as you allow it to be. I am grateful to have a husband who
These days creating meals for my family is kind of like solving a puzzle. We have food intolerances – wheat, dairy, fruit, and sugars. We
It’s no secret to most people that certain foods are cheaper during certain times of year. Obviously, the best time to buy a watermelon is
If there is one thing I’ve learned about eating well it is that we need some enzymes. Well, that and good bacteria, but definitely enzymes.
This time of year, in our part of the country, CSAs are starting up. CSA is shorthand for Community Supported Agriculture. Folks agree to buy
I’m not here to tell anyone they have to avoid GMOs. But judging by the outpouring of action against all things GMO recently, many of
Our favorite pasta salad – really the only one we make – is a pretty simple combination of noodles, sausage, greens, beans, onion, and some
Pictured below: the non-GMO corn tortillas that led me into so much more! (here is part 1 and part 2 that started this story). Before
My first round of GMO-free, organic home made tortillas were great. Bob’s Red Mill brand of Masa Corn flour worked well… but would soaking my
There are SO many health benefits to making salmon and other fish a part of your diet. However, there are NOT many benefits to your
One thing leads to another. There’s that moment you realize diet can actually help heal your child’s chronic ear infections – and before you know
I am standing next to the stove chopping collard greens from our garden. There’s a pot of white rice seated next to a skillet full
Friends, it was not always an easy journey, but here I am at the end of it. I ate a strict Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP)
As anticipated, week three of my Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Diet* was more difficult. There was more going on to make it difficult than just
If Week 1 on the Paleo Diet Autoimmune Protocol was the honeymoon, I suppose I’d call Week 2 the 1 year anniversary. Some of the
I may still be on my AIP honeymoon, but as I write this I am fairly infatuated with my new diet. The Autoimmune Protocol is
Friends, I am beginning (another) journey with (another) special diet. And since so many of you followed along with my journey on the GAPS Diet,
I received a pre-release copy of a book on feeding children last week. I read through it and enjoyed it. Most of it contained information
It is hard to see why we need a food culture unless we understand what one really is and where it comes from. Certainly those
There is no doubt that our current American culture lacks a true food culture, as so aptly pointed out by Eddie. We are a country
There are times when it is easy to show hospitality through a meal. The dishes are all done, the children have been cared for, laundry
Well, friends, I thought I had written my last GAPS post, but I find that my healing journey did not end with deciding to “quit
“Purity lies not in separation from but in deeper penetration into the universe.” – Teilhard de Chardin The day after Thanksgiving two years ago was
It’s that time again, dear readers. It is time to say good-bye to my newest cookbook friend, The Art of Real Food. I’m so glad
Friends, it’s hard for me to believe that my six month GAPS experiment has come to an end. Back in April, I began this GAPS
Even as I typed the title of this post, I had to shake my head. I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for 5 months.
I miss a lot of foods on my restricted diet, but dairy is one of the ones I miss the most. I’ve had issues with
Oh, friends. I am so excited to share with you the newest secret ingredient in my cupboard. It’s delicious, and surprising, and no one at
Friends, do you notice anything exciting about my breakfast plate pictured here? Look closely. Why, yes! That is an egg white on my plate! After
Yes, I do know it’s July. And I know that the temperature here has been hovering near 100 the past few days. But GAPS protocol
I long for the day when I can eat food that isn’t placed in quotation marks. Who wants “ice cream” when you can have Ice
When I started the GAPS Intro Diet way back in April, I already knew about our family’s travel plans at the end of June. And
I know that by now it is really and truly summer. We are well into July, the heat index is high. You do not feel
Friends, it’s getting hard for me to come back here every month to “update” you on my GAPS progress, and to only say that things
Friends, we have come to that all-too-familiar time when we bid farewell to our current cookbook, and begin our exploration of a new one. I
I did promise you monthly updates on how my GAPS journey is going. Here I am, keeping my promise. I confess that I was hoping
Our family likes to read books together, and we’re kinda weird in that we read the same books over and over again. One of our
They told me that week 3 was when I would start feeling better. Actually it was week 5. Yes, I’m beginning to think that all
A friend of mine asked me this week how my GAPS diet was going. “I hope it’s going well,” she said. I had to think
I had heard that the third week on GAPS was supposed to be the week I started to feel better. I went into week 3
Friends, GAPS has me feeling like I’m in a Dostoevsky novel. You know, back in the dark ages of medicine. The doctor exits from the
I really thought I was prepared for this diet. I’ve lived without dairy and gluten for several years (making exceptions for birthday cakes–I am only
Those of you who have been here for a while know a lot of my story. For those who don’t, I’ll give you a drive-by
Friends, I’m interrupting this regularly scheduled blog to ask a question. I don’t mean to be nosy, I’m just curious. What’s missing from your diet?
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We have been reading the Little House on the Prairie series to our girls at bed time. It is a wonderful series that I never read
Congratulations to Lisa. She is the winner of the final giveaway in our Jamie Oliver cook-along. We have really enjoyed cooking through much of Jamie’s
Wheat and dairy are two of the most allergenic foods today. When a member of the family is diagnosed with a food intolerance, either by
About a year or so ago, I picked up a copy of Michael Pollan’s In Defense Of Food. Little did I know, it was going
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