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Save Time with Bulk Cooking: The Grain Free Freezer Cooking Guide from Health, Home and Happiness

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Meghan Slocum • 0 Comments

Cooking real food for the last three years has forced me to develop some strategies for saving time and energy in my kitchen. One of my best strategies is cooking in bulk and cooking for my freezer. When I take extra time to prepare a lot of food at once, I get to enjoy several days of easy meals and snacks, perfect for those times when I don’t have time to cook or even just don’t feel like being in the kitchen.

Getting started in bulk cooking was really challenging for me, though, which is why I’m so happy to share a new e-book on this topic, the Grain Free Freezer Cooking Guide from Cara Faus at Health, Home and Happiness.…

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Wrapping up GAPS Intro

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Meghan Slocum • 2 Comments

Yesterday we “officially” wrapped up GAPS intro. I say “officially” because we’re planning on adding in non-intro foods one at a time, rather than all at once, so it will probably still feel like we’re on intro for a little while. Nevertheless, we made it through!

In total we spent thirteen days on intro. In case you’re wondering, yes, that is a short intro. I would guess a more typical duration to be around a month. Thirteen days was what we were up for, though, and I really do think that even our short intro was worth it. If nothing else, it got us to drink a LOT more broth than we normally do, probably around four to six cups a day rather than our normal one cup.…

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GAPS for Beginners Series: The GAPS Introduction Diet

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Meghan Slocum • 13 Comments

This is the last scheduled post in my GAPS for Beginners Series. I may, however, add more posts at a later date if I think they’re warranted. Is there anything I’ve missed that you’d like me to cover? Or do you have any other questions? I’m happy to answer.

Today I want to spend a little bit of time talking about the GAPS introduction diet. (Or intro, for short.) I’ve left this until the end because I feel that reading about the introduction diet can be really overwhelming when you’re first learning about GAPS. The prospect of doing the introduction diet may even be enough to keep you from doing GAPS altogether.…

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GAPS for Beginners Series: Dairy

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Meghan Slocum • 3 Comments

I briefly mentioned dairy in my post about modifying your diet for GAPS. I think it deserves a bit more attention, however, since dairy can be a confusing part of the GAPS protocol. Unlike grains and starches, whether or not you can eat dairy depends on how it’s been produced – specifically whether or not it’s been fermented. To complicate matters further, that fermentation process must be competed for a set amount of time, depending on the type of dairy product in question.

Lactose

The reason that only some dairy products are allowed on GAPS is because of lactose content.…

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GAPS for Beginners Series: Juicing

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Meghan Slocum • 3 Comments

Like detox baths, juicing also helps detoxify the body and is thus an integral part of the GAPS program. Juicing is beneficial because juices are fiber-free, meaning that your body is able to absorb the nutrients from the fruits and vegetables much more quickly than normal. Juicing also provides a concentrated source of nutrients, since you can consume far more fruits and veggies in juice form than you would ever be able to eat whole. We do, of course, still eat whole fruits and vegetables on GAPS, but juicing provides the body with an additional source of nourishment.

My Experience with Juicing

I have to admit that I have not been very good at juicing regularly.…

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