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Jul30

Philly Cheesesteaks…GAPS style!

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This was actually supper gone awry, but it turned out SO good.  I intended to make salisbury steaks, and to my dismay, the grocery store had NO MUSHROOMS.  Sigh.  Anyhow, I examined my booty from the farmers market today and came up with this instead:

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Philly Cheesesteaks…GAPS Style!

4 pounds of ground beef

6 onions (I cut in half and sliced from there)

4 green peppers, cut in strips

3 c. sliced fresh mushrooms (I did have some left in my fridge, and they were a bit wrinkly, but they worked)

1 T. sea salt

1/4 c. of fresh parsley (or more if you like)

2 quarts beef broth (I do mine like this)

more sea salt to taste

shredded cheddar, optional

Mix hamburger with 1 T. sea salt and the parsley.  Form into patties.  Fry in frying pan and brown on both sides; add onions, peppers and mushrooms.  I sauteed all that for a bit, then added the broth, and heated through until all the veggies were tender.  Salt as needed and top with shredded cheese.  My favorite is to shred a brick of Organic Valley raw milk sharp cheddar.  Yum!  I don’t buy shredded cheese because they are generally not GAPS legal, and they often contain other fun things like “cellulose” which = “wood pulp”.  Personally, I try to say “no thank you” to wood pulp as much as I can.

I almost always make massive batches of food, since the whole family is on the GAPS Diet (and we all eat like lumberjacks), and then this way we have enough for supper and also lunch the next day.  So you can cut this recipe in half if you don’t want that much.  This recipe made 11 large hamburgers.

I ended up topping this with mashed avocado for my husband and I because we are avocado addicts.  It was a great add on…I’d recommend it! 🙂

Jun28

Tropical Kefir Smoothie

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I made these yummy kefir smoothies for breakfast this morning.  They are super easy…and super nourishing!

Tropical Kefir Smoothies

2 quarts of whole milk kefir (here is a great post from Nourished Kitchen on the whys and the hows of milk kefir)

3 bananas

the juice of four oranges

1/4 c. raw honey

Put in blender, with a little ice, and blend away.  Serve and enjoy!

This made a huge amount – four of us drank up – and I pigged out and had a whole quart.  So please feel free to tweak this recipe however you need to if you don’t want that much.  I had enough left to make three of these:

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A note on the milk kefir…you can order kefir grains here.  I did, and being as impatient as I am, I don’t think I gave them long enough to rehydrate.  So if you go that route – try to be more patient than I was!   But I did luck out and was able to bum some extra grains from someone I know. 🙂  They have done beautifully, and I have been able to share some of my own as they multiply.

And…the popsicle molds shown above, you can get here.  They are BPA free, and they totally rock.  🙂

This post was shared at Butter Believer’s Sunday School; The Prairie Homestead’s Homestead Barn Hop; Real Food Forager’s Fat Tuesdays; Cooking Traditional Foods Traditional Tuesdays;

Apr12

Grain Free Salmon Patties (GAPS/GF)

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IMG_0922[1]I made these for supper tonight with buttered broccoli…this recipe made 12 patties.  Enough for supper, and enough for lunch tomorrow too.  Being on the GAPS Diet, I like to cook in bulk…it saves me work in the long run.

Grain Free Salmon Patties (GAPS/GF)

You will need:

5 – 7.5 oz cans of salmon (I used Trader Joe’s sockeye salmon – bones and all and I’ll tell you why in a minute…)

3 eggs

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1 red onion, quartered

3 celery stalks, cut in half

2-3 T. coconut aminos

5-6 T. coconut flour

coconut oil for frying

**I get my coconut flour and oil here…we use expeller pressed oil, no coconut flavor. 🙂

Blend all ingredients EXCEPT the coconut flour in a food processor until it is a fine paste and you no longer have big chunks of onions, etc.  The salmon that I used had the bones.  I was initially a little horrified upset and had visions of spending an hour picking them out…when I realized how brittle they were.  The bones are a great source of calcium and magnesium, so I decided to run them through the food processor and see what happens.  They were totally ground up – no crunchy bits in the patties – you’d never know they were there. 🙂  It did take a few minutes to get it all to the consistency I wanted, so don’t lose hope if it is taking awhile…I also wanted to be sure the bones were totally ground or I knew no one would eat supper!  At that point, add the coconut flour, and process further until thickened and the flour is mixed in well.

Form into patties and fry on both sides in 1/4″ coconut oil in a large frying pan until well browned.

Enjoy!

This post has been shared at Butter Believer’s Sunday School; The Prairie Homestead’s Homestead Barn Hop; Real Food Forager’s Fat Tuesdays; Cooking Traditional Foods Traditional Tuesdays; The Tasty Alternative’s Allergy Free Wednesdays; GNOWFGLINS Simple Lives Thursdays; Vegetarian Mamma’s Gluten Free Fridays; Food Renegade’s Fight Back Fridays;