by Melanie | Jan 19, 2020 | Dinners, Full GAPS, GAPS 5, GAPS 6, General, Soups
GAPS Garam Masala Carrot Soup In Vermont, we can get local carrots, and other root vegetables, throughout the entire winter. Local farmers like Elmer’s Farm in East Middlebury, VT harvest them in the fall and keep them in cold storage on behalf of their...
by Melanie | Jan 5, 2020 | Dinners, GAPS, General, Soups
GAPS Squash Sausage Soup My mom has a way of making ordinary…extraordinary. Her idea of taking her granddaughters on an outing over Christmas break was to take them out to lunch and to the craft store, buying them each a bundle of fun, creative stuff. This...
by Melanie | Nov 3, 2019 | Dinners, Full GAPS, GAPS 4, GAPS 5, GAPS 6, General, Grain Free, Lunch, Main Dish, Soups
Hungarian Beef Stew The first snowflakes are showing up on my little-not-so-little handheld device weather app. Old Man Frost showed himself on windshields and windows on my morning run yesterday. My 17-year old son is starting to move through the house making Nordic...
by Melanie | Sep 29, 2019 | Dinners, Full GAPS, General, Main Dish, Recipes, Soups
Grain-free Crab Chowder We still have warm days here in Vermont, but there is a different hue and feel to them. Winds kick up more frequently, gray skies dump rain, it makes sense to close the windows at night more often… With cooler weather comes the desire for...
by Melanie | Nov 16, 2018 | bone broth, Dinners, Full GAPS, General, Main Dish, Recipes, Soups
Bacon & Lentil Soup (GAPS & Paleo Friendly) Last winter while visiting Canadian parts (far more northern than Vermont, as in -20 F for days on end) I adapted this Bacon Lentil soup from a good friend’s pot, to fit the GAPS template. We ended up eating...
by Melanie | May 2, 2017 | Dinners, GAPS, Lunch, Main Dish, Soups
Cream of Chicken Soup (GAPS Diet friendly)Adapted from Broth & Stock from The Nourished Kitchen.When I first made this Cream of Chicken soup, it was dubbed by my 10 year old, her “favorite soup ever”.That could be all that is needed to be said, but I...