CHEESESLAVE

I found some dried Christmas Lima beans at the farmer’s market and I wanted to try something different for dinner: Creole Succotash with Christmas Lima Beans. This dish is full of flavor, and it’s super nutritious. And since it’s a one-pot meal, it’s easy to make without a lot of fuss or extra pans to wash.

When I was in my twenties, I spent two years on a wheat free diet (I also avoided all sugar and took therapeutic-grade probiotics). I was recovering from candida overgrowth which was caused by the large amounts of antibiotics I was given during my childhood, and a diet full of white flour and sugar.

My two-year gluten-free sugar-free diet was worth it. I completely reversed my rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, and respiratory allergies. I went from having constant colds and being sick all the time with sinus infections to being vibrantly healthy again. The chronic joint pain and physical exhaustion had vanished.

Here’s a video excerpt from Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s lecture about GAPS, the Gut and Psychology Syndrome at the WAPF Wise Traditions 2008 conference in San Francisco.
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride successfully treated her own son, who was diagnosed autistic, which prompted an intensive study into causes and treatments of autism. It was during this [...]

For gluten-free casein-free bread, this stuff is the bomb. Seriously, this tastes so much like white bread, you will be surprised.

Pretty boring day as far as food goes — I was so busy I barely had time to eat. Still no sneezing. I seem to be doing just fine with the ghee — yay!
I’ll try reintroducing the Biokult tomorrow — just a tiny bit!
I need to try to drink more broth. I’m still burned out [...]

I took no Biokult today and ate no fermented foods — and voila! My congestion has totally cleared up. I am so relieved! It feels so good to not be sneezing and stuffed up.
So, rule number one for the GAPS diet: Go slow with the probiotics and fermented foods! They say it over and over [...]

OK I’m really and officially off the Intro Diet now. I ate a salad (raw vegetables) and I had coconut milk and coconut flour. I know, I know, I’m not supposed to start introducing all of this stuff all at once. You are supposed to introduce one new thing at a time.
But I just [...]

It’s ironic that I named this blog Cheeseslave. I named it that because I love cheese so much.
But now I have to stop eating cheese. At least for a while.
I’ve been posting for a few months about how I’ve been sneezing. I was so stuffed up, it was keeping me up at night.
I [...]

Everyone loved the coconut flour pancakes I made this morning. I only made a small batch but these pancakes are so dense and filling, you don’t need much to feel satisfied.
Coconut flour is extremely nutritious (much more so than regular flour, which is empty calories), it’s high in fiber, and it’s lower in [...]

This is pretty much the breakfast Kate eats every single day.
Two pastured eggs scrambled or cooked over easy in plenty of grass-fed butter (usually raw; although I often use KerryGold). I add a couple of pinches of sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
It’s funny. At our last visit to the pediatrician, they asked me what [...]