I’m not sure how much this dish actually tastes like pad Thai. I have only had real pad Thai a couple of times so I don’t feel qualified to comment. Regardless, however, Jesse and I think this is a delicious stir-fry. Using the spaghetti squash intersperses a noodle-like texture throughout the dish. It’s not the same as rice or wheat noodles but it’s quite good in its own right.

Amounts of vegetables are approximate; feel free to modify based on your preference. If you increase the total volume of vegetables I would recommend also increasing the amount of sauce to compensate.…

I’ve had a hard time finding GAPS-legal Italian sausage that is both grass-fed/pastured and also within my price range. Since we still wanted to use Italian-flavored meat for pasta sauce and pizza, we came up with this recipe, which we call “Italian beef.”  I use beef because I’m always looking for more ways to eat grass-fed beef, but I’m sure that the recipe would also be very tasty with ground pork.

This recipe can easily be doubled (or tripled or quadrupled) to make a large amount of Italian beef for future meals. I usually cook a lot at once and then freeze it using my special method for freezing ground meat.…