Sunday, September 30, 2012

Fermented Tomato Salsa

Fermented tomato salsa,is just like normal salsa only on steroids! The flavour is amazing with a touch of Zing. My family love it and if your family likes salsa I'm sure they will too :)


5 tomatoes, diced
1 cucumber, diced and peeled if skin is rough
1 capsicum, diced
1 bunch spring onions, sliced
1 bunch fresh basil leaves, chopped

¼ cup whey
salt to taste

Combine all ingredients in a bowl; spoon into sterile jars and push down until juices cover the top. Add a splash of filtered water if necessary to cover contents. Leave a little head space. Let sit on the bench for 1 day, then refrigerate and enjoy!

Fermented Raspberry Mint Sauce

1 Kg of Frozen or fresh Raspberries
½ cup of Raw Honey
30 Mint leaves, more if you like.
½ cup of whey.

Mix all together, mashing the raspberries to break them down a bit. Bottle and ferment on the counter for 2 days, then move to cool storage, fridge. Will Keep for 1 month.

Very tasty over ice cream, in yoghurt, in smoothies, etc

Kimchi Recipe



1 Chinese cabbage, sliced to a crunchy thickness
5 carrots, shredded
2 chillies, or to taste
1 fat thumb-sized ginger, diced very small
6 cloves garlic, diced very small

¼ cup whey
salt to taste

Combine all ingredients in a bowl; mash together with hands, meat hammer, or similar until juices are flowing. Spoon into sterile jars and push down repeatedly so that it packs tightly in, until juices cover the top. Add a splash of whey and filtered water if necessary to cover contents. Leave a little head space. Let sit on the bench for 5 days, then refrigerate and enjoy!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Week 6 stage 4 for another week

Busy busy week. As you may have read, this weekend Ben and I held a GAPS information day. So this week has been a little messed up for us. We were on stage 4 until friday, when I cooked some tasty full GAPS treats for people to try, and we just couldn't serve people YUMMY food without trying some of it..... Well we could have but we REALLY didn't want too. So we have over indulged in full gaps food this weekend. Also during the week we haven't added many of the stage 4 elements that we were aiming to, like juicing. So for those reasons this week we will be staying on stage 4.

Foods allowed on stage 4

* Meat stock
* Fish stock
* Organ meat - liver should be included at least once a week.
* Well boiled veggies, onions, garlic, carrots, broccoli, leeks, cauliflower, courgettes, zucchini, squash, pumpkin, Asparagus, beetroot, Eggplant, Kale, Spinach, Tomatoes, anything on the allowed list that is not too fiberous.
* Boiled meats
* Mineral Salt and Pepper
* sauerkraut juice
* Ginger root - for fresh herbal tea
* Honey - Raw, only a small amount in herbal tea.
* Lemon - only a small piece in warm water as morning drink
* Apple Cider Vinegar for bone broth, and in the morning glass of water to aid in digestion.
* homemade Ghee
* Homemade Yoghurt - if tolerated
* Egg yokes, soft boiled eggs, pouched eggs.
* Fermented veggies.
* Fermented fish.
* Fresh herbs.
* Scrambled eggs
* Activated Nuts
* Nut Pancakes
* Start adding Olive oil
* Grilled and roasted Meats.
* Introducing freshly pressed juices, starting with Carrot juice, then try celery, cabbage, lettuce, and fresh mint leaves.
* A GAPS milk shake - but adding yoghurt to juice.
* Baking Bread with Nuts and or seeds.


So we will aim to get juicing in every morning this week, adding our minerals and lemon juice to it.

Snacks for the week: Activated nuts, Yoghurt with some honey, any left overs, and ferments.

Monday
Breakfast: Salmon Pancakes,lemon sour cream and Sauerkraut. ( I use fish broth as some of my liquid for the pancakes.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup and fermented Kimchi.
Dinner: Roast Chicken Served with boiled veggies, ghee, gravy and Sauerkraut.


Tuesday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Chicken soup with fermented tomato sauce.
Dinner: Roasted chicken with boiled veggies, ghee, gravy and sauerkraut.

Wednesday
Breakfast: Omelete, left over lamb and gravy with cherry chutney.
Lunch: Chicken soup with fermented tomato sauce or chutney.
Dinner: grilled steaks with gravy, boiled veggies, ghee, and sauerkraut.

Thursday
Breakfast : Omelete, with mashed avocado, fermented salsa, kefir cheese and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Leek Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Poached fish, in fish stock and lemon. Served with Julienned boiled veggies, and Sauerkraut.
Snack : Activated pecans.

Friday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and Avocado Mash.
Lunch: Onion and leek soup and sauerkraut.
Dinner: Lamb roast, with boiled veggies, and baked pumpkin gravy and sauerkraut. (I did extra pumpkin for pancakes in the morning)

Saturday
Breakfast:Pumpkin pancakes, with honey and sour cream. Side plate of left over lamb and gravy.
Lunch: Onion and Leek Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Roasted chicken, with baked veggies, gravy and sauerkraut.

Sunday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and Avocado Mash.
Lunch: Pumpkin soup with egg yoke and ghee
Dinner: Slow Roasted lamb with boiled veggies and Onion Gravy.

Again this is my meal plan, so please adjust the meals to ones that your family will enjoy. Giving new soups a try, like beetroot soup, carrot soup, cauliflower soup, Zucchini soup etc. We really love lamb more than we do beef, so if you like beef casserole, or steaks change to them. :)


Love to hear from you some time about what it working for your family. :)

GAPS Info day.

Yesterday I had the an awesome opportunity to share GAPS with a group of people looking for information and answers. There was a lot of work in the prep for it, but I really feel like to was God desire, because it all came together well. Normally in the past I would have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. This last week was different my timing feel into place, I was able to get were I wanted to be with out too much stress. I was nervous to begin with but once I got into it, I totally forgot about being nervous and really got into sharing the information that I am passionate about. I hope that I was able to help someone get closer to there GAPS Healing. :)

Looking forward to doing it again.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

My Meal Plan for Stage 4

Hi all I hope you have had a good week, and all well and making your way through intro. This week for us we will be moving to stage 4. We haven't included a lot of nuts so far, we may do more this week. We know that Ben has had a bit of a problem with nuts so we are aiming to take it slow with that one. However I am really looking forward to adding Juice to menu.


Foods allowed on stage 4

* Meat stock
* Fish stock
* Organ meat - liver should be included at least once a week.
* Well boiled veggies, onions, garlic, carrots, broccoli, leeks, cauliflower, courgettes, zucchini, squash, pumpkin, Asparagus, beetroot, Eggplant, Kale, Spinach, Tomatoes, anything on the allowed list that is not too fiberous.
* Boiled meats
* Mineral Salt and Pepper
* sauerkraut juice
* Ginger root - for fresh herbal tea
* Honey - Raw, only a small amount in herbal tea.
* Lemon - only a small piece in warm water as morning drink
* Apple Cider Vinegar for bone broth, and in the morning glass of water to aid in digestion.
* homemade Ghee
* Homemade Yoghurt - if tolerated
* Egg yokes, soft boiled eggs, pouched eggs.
* Fermented veggies.
* Fermented fish.
* Fresh herbs.
* Scrambled eggs
* Activated Nuts
* Nut Pancakes
* Start adding Olive oil
* Grilled and roasted Meats.
* Introducing freshly pressed juices, starting with Carrot juice, then try celery, cabbage, lettuce, and fresh mint leaves.
* A GAPS milk shake - but adding yoghurt to juice.
* Baking Bread with Nuts and or seeds.


My plan for this week will be to start the morning with Veggie juice, and add some minerals to it. Starting with Carrot juice and building up to including more veggies. Next week we will aim to add a little fruit. The plan is also to maintain the good habits that we have been building into our lives, like having adding ferments to each meal, and making sure that we are still having broth with each meal. Both of these tend to be the first to go when times get stressed or busy, but they are some of the most important parts of the diet. So make sure to keep them up.


Snacks for the week: Activated nuts, Yoghurt with a little honey, any left overs, and ferments.

Monday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and onion gravy and fresh herbs, sour cream and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup and fermented Kimchi.
Dinner: Grilled lamb chops Served with boiled veggies, ghee, gravy and Sauerkraut.


Tuesday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Roasted chicken with boiled veggies, ghee, gravy and sauerkraut.

Wednesday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and Onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Chicken soup with fermented tomato sauce or chutney.
Dinner: grilled steaks with gravy, boiled veggies, ghee, and sauerkraut.

Thursday
Breakfast : Scrambled eggs and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Leek Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Poached fish, in fish stock and lemon. Served with Julienned boiled veggies, and Sauerkraut.
Snack : Activated pecans.

Friday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and Avocado Mash.
Lunch: Onion and leek soup and sauerkraut.
Dinner: Slow cooker Lamb roast, with boiled veggies, gravy and sauerkraut.

Saturday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and fresh herbs and fermented salsa, and fried onions in Ghee.
Lunch: Onion and Leek Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Lamb casserole (with the left over lamb from the night before) with boiled veggies,ghee and sauerkraut.

Sunday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and Avocado Mash.
Lunch: Pumpkin soup with egg yoke and ghee
Dinner: Slow Roasted lamb with boiled veggies and Onion Gravy.

The meals are pretty much that same. A special not for those that need to continue to loose weight. The closer to stay to the first two - three stages the more you will continue to loose a faster rate. You will still continue to loose (if needed) as you move forward but it will be slower.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

My meal plan for intro stage 3

We have had a good week with several successes. This week Ben has a full day with low pain levels, and a full nights sleep which he has had for a really long time. Lets hope that this is a sign of things to come. So with this we are moving forward to stage 3. SO what can we now look forward to? Avocado, activated nuts, Nut pancakes, Scrambled eggs.






Foods allowed on stage 2.

* Meat stock
* Fish stock
* Organ meat - liver should be included at least once a week.
* Well boiled veggies, onions, garlic, carrots, broccoli, leeks, cauliflower, courgettes, zucchini, squash, pumpkin, Asparagus, beetroot, Eggplant, Kale, Spinach, Tomatoes, anything on the allowed list that is not too fiberous.
* Boiled meats
* Mineral Salt and Pepper
* sauerkraut juice
* Ginger root - for fresh herbal tea
* Honey - Raw, only a small amount in herbal tea.
* Lemon - only a small piece in warm water as morning drink
* Apple Cider Vinegar for bone broth, and in the morning glass of water to aid in digestion.
* homemade Ghee
* Homemade Yoghurt - if tolerated
* Egg yokes, soft boiled eggs, pouched eggs.
* Fermented veggies.
* Fermented fish.
* Fresh herbs.
* Scrambled eggs
* Activated Nuts
* Nut Pancakes

My Plan this week is alternate meat balls and scrambled eggs. SO that we don't need to drink bone broth on the days that we have scrambled eggs, I will be using bone broth in the scrambled eggs. Instead of making them with milk, you simply replace it with bone broth. All mornings will start with room temp mineral water, with ACV or lemon juice.

Monday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup and fermented Kimchi.
Dinner: Boiled lamb chops Served with boiled veggies, ghee and Sauerkraut.
Snack : Activated Walnuts.

Tuesday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Boiled chicken with boiled veggies, ghee, and sauerkraut.

Wednesday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and Onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Chicken soup with fermented tomato sauce or chutney.
Dinner: slow cooked steaks with gravy, boiled veggies, ghee, and sauerkraut.

Thursday
Breakfast : Scrambled eggs and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Leek Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Poached fish, in fish stock and lemon. Served with Julienned boiled veggies, and Sauerkraut.
Snack : Activated pecans.

Friday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and Avocado Mash.
Lunch: Onion and leek soup and sauerkraut.
Dinner: Slow cooker Lamb roast, with boiled veggies, gravy and sauerkraut.

Saturday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and fresh herbs and fermented salsa, and fried onions in Ghee.
Lunch: Onion and Leek Soup with fermented chutney.
Dinner: Lamb casserole (with the left over lamb from the night before) with boiled veggies,ghee and sauerkraut.

Sunday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and Avocado Mash.
Lunch: Pumpkin soup with egg yoke and ghee
Dinner: Slow Roasted lamb with boiled veggies and Onion Gravy.


Sunday, September 2, 2012

My Meal Plan For stage 2 - week 3

Hi, I hope if you are following along that you too have had a great week. If you totally new to GAPS that you are starting to settle in, and find your way. For us this week we have decided to stay on stage 2. My reason for this is because we haven't yet, included a ferment at every meal, which is our personal goal, and we haven't included eggs. The plan was to add an egg yoke to every soup, well that didn't happen. I added if for one day mid week, so that will be a goal this week. However today we had scrambled eggs for breakfast, we forgot to get mince out last night for breakfast, so far we haven't had any reaction. So this week we will be looking more at add soft boiled eggs.



Foods allowed on stage 2.

* Meat stock
* Fish stock
* Organ meat - liver should be included at least once a week.
* Well boiled veggies, onions, garlic, carrots, broccoli, leeks, cauliflower, courgettes, zucchini, squash, pumpkin, Asparagus, beetroot, Eggplant, Kale, Spinach, Tomatoes, anything on the allowed list that is not too fiberous.
* Boiled meats
* Mineral Salt and Pepper
* sauerkraut juice
* Ginger root - for fresh herbal tea
* Honey - Raw, only a small amount in herbal tea.
* Lemon - only a small piece in warm water as morning drink
* Apple Cider Vinegar for bone broth, and in the morning glass of water to aid in digestion.
* homemade Ghee
* Homemade Yoghurt - if tolerated
* Egg yokes, soft boiled eggs, pouched eggs.
* Fermented veggies.
* Fermented fish.
* Fresh herbs.

So my plan for this week will be simliar to my one from last week, with breakfast balls, soups and soft boiled eggs for lunch, and an evening meal. All mornings will start with room temp mineral water, with ACV or lemon juice.

Monday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup with egg yoke and fermented Kimchi.
Dinner: Boiled lamb chops Served with boiled veggies, ghee and Sauerkraut.

Tuesday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup with soft boiled eggs, and fermented tomato sauce or chutney.
Dinner: Boiled chicken with boiled veggies, ghee, and sauerkraut.

Wednesday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggie and Onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Chicken soup with Soft boiled egg, and fermented tomato sauce or chutney.
Dinner: slow cooked steaks with gravy, boiled veggies, ghee, and sauerkraut.

Thursday
Breakfast : Meat Balls with veggie and Onion gravy and fresh herbs and Sauerkraut.
Lunch: Leek Soup with Soft boiled egg, and fermented tomato sauce or chutney.
Dinner: Poached fish, in fish stock and lemon. Served with Julienned boiled veggies, and Sauerkraut.

Friday
Breakfast: Boiled eggs and Fermented tomato sauce, or Chutney and a cup of Broth.
Lunch: Onion and leek soup and sauerkraut.
Dinner: Slow cooker Lamb roast, with boiled veggies, gravy and sauerkraut.

Saturday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with veggies and onion gravy and fresh herbs.
Lunch: Onion and Leek Soup with egg yoke.
Dinner: Lamb casserole (with the left over lamb from the night before) with boiled veggies,ghee and sauerkraut.

Sunday
Breakfast: Meat Balls with Veggie and Onion Gravy and fresh herbs and soft boiled egg.
Lunch: Pumpkin soup with egg yoke and ghee
Dinner: Slow Roasted lamb with boiled veggies and Onion Gravy.


Now if you are following along, Please remember this My meal plan, so what my family might like your might not. My family has never really been a big soup family so they don't really like many different types of soup. So please feel free to change those for soups that your family likes, but I do encourage you to try and make double what your family needs for one meal, so that you can use it for two days, and save yourself some cooking and cleaning. Also having extra soup means that if someone if hungry at other times in the day you can always offer soup.

Also you will notice that Friday we are having boiled eggs instead of meat balls. For us fridays is a busy day, so having eggs is a little quicker than meatballs. You may also notice that we are having a cup of broth that day. There is no broth in the meal so to make sure that we have enough we will be having a cup of it. Any meal that doesn't contain broth, should have broth on the side. However if you are happy to you can have broth in the meal and on the side. The more broth and fats you consume the quicker the healing.

If you are happy to move on to stage three, things that you can add this week are scrambled eggs, and avocados. Looking for a full list of foods allowed on each stage, here is another great blog.

I hope you have a good week, and are seeing progress. Please leave a comment if their is anything you would like to see, or need me to explain more.