Day 31, Stage 5

Nothing crazy was eaten today.  No gas or stomach pains either. 

Hamburgers w/avocado and tomato for breakfast.  Lunch was leftover hamburger and some asparagus soup.  Dinner was chicken sausage w/onions and peppers.  Late night snack - carrot juice.

I recently went to see an applied kinesiologist.  He told me that the Cod Liver oil wasn't what my body wanted or needed...so I'm now taking a DHA.  My body apparently LOVES the Bio Kult probiotics.  I was also put on a Riboflavin (vitamin b), which makes my urine fluorescent yellow and a molybdenum.  I will say that I will finish out the bottles, but not buy more.  I researched molybdenum online and it isn't something that people are usually short on.  In very rare cases there is a deficiency.  I've been super sleepy, and coincidentally, over usage of molybdenum causes sleepiness. 

I also stopped eating pork.  My fingers started to peel again.  They had been peel-free for two weeks.  Then, I started eating sausage like it was going out of style.  I love pork and was so thrilled that my butcher could make a sugar-free pork sausage.  I did some more online research and found that pork and psoriasis can go hand-in-hand.  I stopped eating it 6 days ago and the peeling is not getting worse.  It's fading away. 

Getting to know my triggers is key.  I get frustrated when things go awry, but I'm thankful that I'm so in tune with what is going on that I'm able to eventually see what is adversely affecting my body.  Instead of masking the symptoms...taking a pill for the ill...I'm getting to the root of the problem.  I am sad that bacon may not be a part of my life anymore... Gosh...I love bacon.

Day 26, Stage 5 (day 5)

Soups were simple to make, but as I move through the intro, soups are becoming less and less.  I've been eating more baked foods.  The challenging thing has been breakfast, for two reasons:

1. Throwing a bunch of food into a soup pot and walking away is easy.  Baking up separate things has been more difficult.
2. Trying to figure out what to eat, in itself,  has been difficult too.  Baking a chicken in the morning is time consuming.

There are definitely things to remedy my whining.  Cooking food ahead of time is one option.  I'm not that prepared as of yet. 

I've actually started cooking things on the stove in a cast iron pan.  I've been adding water so as not to "fry" the stuff.  It's almost like cooking a soup, but without all that liquid.  I take the food out once it's cooked and there's barely any water left. 

This morning the kids wanted haddock for breakfast.  They're learning fast.  A pound of haddock split between two kids and me.  The other kid ate the last piece of sprouted spelt bread.  I hope he enjoyed it. 



homemade breakfast sausage patty, red pepper and sweet onion




This one was left in the skillet a little too long while I tended to a child-related "emergency".  It happens.
Sausage, onions, garlic, spinach.

 Our chickens either stopped laying momentarily, or started laying somewhere I cannot locate.  Silly husband of mine unplugged their light and neglected to plug it back in.  We've been without eggs for 3 days, so my egg consumption has come to a halt.  Eggs are definitely always a terrific breakfast option.  I like mine poached.  I don't do it Julia Child's style, but they are still yummy nonetheless.

Easy Poached Eggs

Boil water.  When it just starts to boil, crack the egg into the water.  Turn off the water and let it sit.  When the egg whites are cooked through, remove with slotted spoon.  The yolk might be super runny or partially cooked, depending on your gauge of white-doneness (that's not really a word is it?). 

Day 26, Stage 5

I haven't been cooking anything extraordinary enough to take pictures.  I've had a raw slice of cucumber.  I have been baking food, like sausage with veggies.  Below:  zucchini, roma tomatoes, and onion, tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper.  Baked until done.  Yum!

Here's what the top of my stove looks like on any given day.  Meat defrosting for that night's dinner.  Crockpot full of broth.  Raw yogurt or soured cream fermenting, wrapped in a tea towel, next to the crockpot for warmth.  Soup.  This soup actually is not for me.  

I ate a piece of raw cheddar cheese about ten minutes ago.  We'll see...

Day 22, Stage 4 (day 6)

I baked some GAPS bread today.  I had to omit the almonds and substitute with sunflower seeds. 

Recipe for "bread":

1.25 cups of sunflower seeds, ground into a flour in the food processor

1.5 eggs (I just saved the other half of the egg for later)

2 Tbs soured cream

1/2 of a small organic zucchini

Blend everything until like porridge.  I greased a glass pie dish with coconut oil, put a piece of parchment down and pressed.  Then I flipped the parchment over and pressed again, so that both sides were greased.  

I poured the mixture in and baked at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. 

I ate it.  Oh man!  It was disgusting.  Tolerable, because I'm a grown up, but disgusting just the same.  My 2-year-old took a huge bite, started chewing and spit it back out.  I thought he was going to cry.  He kept saying, "I don't want this, it's disgusting!"

Now, I'm a grown up, so I could give it another go.  I cooked up some sausage, peppers and onions.  I cut up an avocado.  When eaten all together and you can't taste the "bread", it's okay.  Once I can add things like honey and dried fruit to it, I'm sure it'll be better.  But as it stands, it needs to be consumed smothered in other goodness.  I also have a pie plate full of the "bread" and I cannot waste it.  I will eat every last piece. 

Sausages!  If you know your butcher, go talk to him (or her).  My butcher over at Whole Foods Market was kind enough to make me special sausages.  Pork, salt, pepper and fennel.  I also had him whip up a batch of chicken sausages with the same ingredients.  The regular ones they have out have sugar in them. 

Onions and Peppers!  One onion, one yellow pepper, one orange pepper mixed with 1/4 cup of leftover sausage fat (from last night's dinner) and a sprinkling of sea salt.  Baked at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until the desired tenderness. 

Tomorrow I will begin Stage 5.  I haven't had any other adverse reactions to roasting meats or to any of the other foods.  I'm excited to eat a baked apple!