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Allergy-Friendly Pumpkin Pie Custard
I made this pumpkin pie for my girls for Thanksgiving, from a recipe in the He Won’t Know It’s Paleo AIP Holiday e-book. Since then I have modified the recipe a bit to make it a little less spicy and a little sweeter. I also skip the crust and just make the custard. It is super quick to whip up in my vitamix, and my girls absolutely love it. The best part is it’s gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, and nut-free (and naturally it’s free of fish, haha) That’s right – it’s free of all top 8 allergens! It’s also legal for GAPS, SCD, and AIP diet (and probably a…
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Allergy-Friendly Animal Crackers (GAPS, Paleo, Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Soy-Free)
If you are on a special diet like GAPS, SCD, or Paleo, you can easily find recipes for crackers, and even pre-packaged store-bought items. However, if you also have allergies or food intolerances, it can be VERY difficult to find recipes that meet your dietary requirements. I have tried a few sunflower seed cracker recipes, and this one is by far the tastiest. My girls love these crackers, and I send them with Lily for a portable and non-messy preschool snack! They are slightly sweet and very crunchy, but not tough or chewy. These are great plain or dipped in yogurt or sunbutter. I think you could reduce the honey…
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Cauliflower Leek Soup
For some reason I was thinking about potato leek soup recently. My husband, son, and I could eat potato leek soup, but potatoes are too high-starch for our girls on the GAPS diet. So, I started looking for a recipe to recreate it without the potatoes. Crazy, I know! After tweaking a few that I found, I came up with the recipe below. I thought about being clever and calling it Fauxtato Leek Soup, but decided I’d just go with the obvious and call it what it is. And what it is, is pretty yummy, if I do say so myself, and I don’t even miss the potatoes! This recipe…
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Zucchini Chips
This is a fun snack that I’ve been making for my toddlers on GAPS. We call them Zuke Chips and the girls love them! I have to admit, they are pretty tasty, and a healthy alternative to potato chips. I’ve seen quite a few recipes online, but these seem the simplest. Enjoy! Zucchini Chips Print A tasty and healthy alternative to potato chips! Ingredients Zucchini Olive oil Real kosher salt Instructions Slice the zucchini thinly with a mandolin or food processor. Pat the slices dry with a paper towel. Toss zucchini in olive oil (or brush the tops after arranging them on baking sheets). Arrange zucchini slices on baking…
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GAPS Toddler Lunch – What They Eat Wednesday
I thought it would be fun to start a “what they eat” series. Ideally I’ll share every Wednesday, but as I’m a busy mom I’m not gonna commit to that! A lot of people wonder what people eat while on the GAPS diet, and in particular, what kids eat. My girls are technically on Stage 6 of Intro (the stage just before Full GAPS – woo hoo!), though we’ve had to modify it quite a bit due to food intolerances. Today for lunch, they started with a simple salad of romaine lettuce tossed with extra virgin olive oil and topped with ginger beet kraut (yep, I buy it.) Next they…
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Best Crock Pot Turkey!
While I was shopping for meat the other day I saw bone-in turkey breast, and remembered that turkey breast made in the slow cooker was moist and delicious. Who needs Thanksgiving to enjoy turkey? I thought it would be a nice change of pace from all the chicken the girls have been eating. There’s a popular recipe that includes turkey breast and a packet of onion soup mix. This GAPS-friendly turkey breast recipe is just as tasty and a lot healthier! You can even use the drippings to make gravy using either a traditional method with starch or using Great Lakes Kosher Beef Gelatin for a grain-free, GAPS-friendly gravy. My…
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Zoodles and Nomato Sauce – Grain-Free, GAPS and Paleo AIP Friendly Dinner
What the heck are zoodles? And what is nomato sauce? It’s zucchini noodles and sauce similar to tomato-based marinara, without the tomatoes! As part of the GAPS diet, my toddlers are completely grain-free. This means no pasta, not even gluten-free. No quinoa. No rice. None of that. Tomatoes are allowed, but I noticed my youngest had an eczema flare-up after eating them. I’m not sure the tomatoes were the cause, but I was so frustrated that I decided to try incorporating some AIP ideas, such as removing nightshades temporarily. I had seen the idea of making “noodles” out of zucchini a long time ago, and it came to mind recently,…
