GAPS Tomato Soup

January 22, 2014

Monday was one of those perpetually grey, drizzly days that are perfect for a homemade soup. I was craving tomato soup so I picked up the tomatoes, along with celery and carrots and hoped for the best. The only thing I would've changed is the amount of carrots I used- I think one less would've made it perfect. For a garnish I used our homemade sour cream. Sour cream is ridiculously easy to make, is a healthy, healing probiotic food and an essential component to the GAPS diet. You can get the recipe in my eBook (along with a bunch of others, yoga sequences and meditation prompts) for free when you sign up for the YogaByCandace newsletter.

Eastern Carrot Kale Juice

January 20, 2014

One of the benefit of spending time away from the US is experiencing food I don't normally see at home. In Dubai, I saw strange looking squashes. In Thailand, I saw all sorts of sea animals I'd never seen elsewhere. And the other day in Germany, I picked up eastern carrots.

GAPS Stuffed Peppers

January 15, 2014

A couple weeks ago I was in the store and I couldn't believe the price of peppers. For three peppers it was the equivalent of $7.00! Am I a cheapskate or is that a little ridiculous for peppers? Anyway, a few days later I spotted a bag on sale and snatched them up, hoping to make stuffed peppers for dinner.

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Good Morning Green Juice

January 13, 2014

The first few months of the GAPS diet was difficult for me because everything needed to be cooked and my stomach wasn't in shape enough to handle raw foods of any kind. Including juices. Brutal!

Anyway, two weeks ago I had my first salad, and started...

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GAPS Butternut Squash Soup

January 9, 2014

Butternut squash is one of my favorite cold weather foods. Whipped in the blender with a little butter is my favorite way to eat it, but the other day I switched it up and used it as the main part of a soup. It came out creamy and filling, but not too heavy, and was so good we had it for lunch the next day.

Riced Cauliflower Stir Fry

January 2, 2014

Sometimes you have an idea like riced cauliflower, and in your head it looks so perfect that you decide it'd be easy to just chop the cauliflower by hand rather than use the food processor. In reality, chopping cauliflower is messy and you'll still get giant cauliflower chunks no matter how hard you try so take it from me, bust out the ol' food processor and save yourself the headache. Now that the disclaimer is over, let me just say that apart from the cauliflower explosion all over my kitchen floor, this meal is a win. It's easily customizable, too - just use whatever favorite veggies you've got laying around. I wish I had some carrots on hand to add a little color, but I'll have to use them next time around.