Soaked and Sprouted Red lentil soup

This is just a basic red lentil soup that can be an addition to a meal.  I like to soak and sprout lentils but feel free to omit this part.  The soaking/sprouting part took about 3 days!  Just prepare however you prepare your lentils.  Sorry I didn't get a picture of this.

Ingredients:

1 cup red lentils, soaked and sprouted
Black pepper
Thyme
Sea salt
A few slices of bacon(fried) and cut into pieces
Water

In a pot, add the lentils then water just enough to cover it. Bring to a boil. Add the spices except for sea salt.  Boil for a few minutes then cover simmer til lentils are cooked.   Add the salt and bacon pieces after the lentils are cooked.

Comfort Food

I've been the worst blogger. I haven't updated in so long.  The truth is I have tons of new recipes but just haven't had the time to go here and update.   We're not really on strict GAPS anymore. We're more paleo again. We're still doing all the fermented foods and broths but I've added digestive enzymes into my daughter's regime.  I still take digestive enzymes too.

Anyway it's been raining quite a bit here and so I made this comfort food.  I cheated a little and added peas(that I found in the freezer) and potatoes that I bought from a local farmers market.

Ingredients:

A pound of grass-fed beef
1/2 onion
garlic, maybe about 1/2 head
black pepper
1 bay leaf
Sea salt
peas
organic red bell peppers
organic Brussel sprouts
organic potatoes, washed, peeled and diced
water
pork lard

Heat large skillet, add pork lard.  Add garlic and onions.  Saute. Add all other remaining ingredients and cover to boil.

I cook mine til the water dries out a little.  You can add as much water as you like. This would all depend on if you want a dry or a soupy consistency.

Enjoy!

Bison meatballs, fake noodles and omelet

can't have enough!

 

 

Zucchini's in season now so I had to figure out a way to incorporate it into our diet.  My daughter is not a fan so I cut the zucchini to make them look like noodles and sauteed it in coconut oil, garlic, onion, pepper, a little bit of *peanut butter(use almond butter to make it paleo).  She's always saying how she misses noodles, well here you go then! She ate them! 

The omelet is just pastured eggs, scrambled with sweet onions, also from the farmers market.

If you haven't tried bison yet, I think you should. It's really good and it's one of my favorites.  This is just something I put together at the last minute:

Once again, I'm eyeballing:

1/2 pound ground bison
dash of pepper, sea salt, organic garlic powder, some sage
About 2 Tbsp pureed peach(no skin)
1 tsp honey

Just mix it all together and form into small balls.  Bake at 350 degrees F til it's brown. 

*I make my own peanut butter.  I soak the peanuts for 12 hours in salty water. Rinse well and roast them at 350 degrees til crispy.  I get skinless peanuts.  After roasting, I process it with a little honey and unrefined coconut oil. 

Bone broth anyone?

Gut-healing broth

I can honestly say that I am now addicted to bone broth ever since starting on the GAPS diet.  My day feels like something is missing if I don't have any.  Thankfully my daughter feels the same and that makes me very happy!  When we first started on GAPS, she refused to touch broth at all.  Now she welcomes it everyday and I'm glad because I know it's been instrumental to our healing.

We are currently on stage 4 of GAPS now (can I hear a woot!?).  We started in March and I've decided that I will not rush things through. I think we'll stay on stage 4 for a few more months.

Anyway, back to the broth.  Simple and nourishing and a must have for every meal.

For this one pictured, I used grass-fed beef bones (I'm not sure what kind, it had a lot of marrow).

Water, sea salt, pepper, onions, garlic, a dash of apple cider vinegar.  Just throw them all in there. Simmer for 2 hours.

After the broth cools, I normally put them in zip-lock bag and then freeze them.  I use them for dishes or just drink them plain with our meals, or add egg or other veggies to it.

Beet Kvass

Another nourishing, lacto-fermented drink for you to try! 

Looks pretty doesn't it?

Ingredients:

2 quart glass container
2 organic beets, skinned and diced roughly
4 tsp sea salt

Put beets in the jar, add the salt then fill it up with filtered water all the way to the top.  Stir. Cover and let it ferment for 2 days. Some say 3 days will make it better, that's totally up to you.  After the alloted time, transfer kvass into another jar.  Add more water to the remaining beets and ferment again for 2 days.  The second batch will not be as potent as the first time but that's okay!

Enjoy!

Coconut Waffles

This is quick and easy and paleo!   It's always a hit at my house.  I eyeballed everything so I'm giving you approximate measurements in this post.

1/4 cup coconut flour
2 large duck eggs (you can use chicken eggs too but you may need 3).
1 tsp GF vanilla
2 tbsp coconut milk(I made my own)
a dash of salt
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp virgin coconut oil

Pre-heat your waffle maker.  Mix everything and make sure to remove all lumps.   Cook! Serve. I served this with honey lemon creme that I purchased from an SCD-legal website.

Pumpkin Seed Crackers

I didn't have a chance to take a photo of this. They just went fast! So I suppose that means that it was good.  It's really easy to make.  I just eyeballed this recipe.  I believe I used a cup of soaked/dehydrated/ground  pumpkin seeds and 1 duck egg.   I pre-heated the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.   I baked til it browned on the sides.  I added some Celtic sea salt after I took it out of the oven.  Enjoy!  It's easy.  I promise to take a picture the next time I make it.

I just broke mine apart, no need to look perfect. I rather liked them looking quite rustic.

I've also made this recipe with pecan and walnut with great results.  I'll be continuing to tweak this recipe.