Author Archives: Monica Corrado
and now, to add Insult to Injury…
have a little phyto-ESTROGEN in your ice-pop, little girl or boy!!! Ice pops are TOXIC POPS!! Yes, yes, indeed. Don’t look now–yes, LOOK NOW! They are adding SOY PROTEIN to ice pops! What’s so insidious about this? The soy is … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Testimonials, Health and Wellness
“You’ll STARVE on GAPS”–NOT!
It seems to me that there is a lot of misunderstanding and confusion about what I call the “GAPS healing protocol” and others call the “GAPS diet” in terms of knowledge of the diet and implementation in the kitchen and … Continue reading
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Dairy-free/Casein-free Pate’ Recipe!
While teaching a Liver Pate’ class on Saturday, I had a student who was casein-free. So we experimented together, and stumbled upon a delicious dairy-free/casein-free chicken liver pate’ recipe! I am using the “/” because one can make it either … Continue reading
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Ferments: A Cornerstone of GAPS(TM)
Seems that everyone I talk to that is “doing the GAPS diet” is not actually doing the GAPS diet. FERMENTS are a cornerstone of the GAPS diet, so why aren’t folks eating them and using them as they need to? … Continue reading
Ditch the Hummus: Three Nutrient-Dense Dips your Kids will Love and so will You!
Hummus has become a favorite snack food for kids and adults alike…it is touted as a health food because it is low fat. That alone should send up warning flags and caution nutrition-savvy moms not to buy it often. Or … Continue reading
Why I Love Tom Cowan and the Fourfold Healing Conference
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend this year’s Fourfold Path to Healing conference in Baltimore this past weekend. It was my second year; last year I flew to San Francisco to attend and exhibit. This year, I … Continue reading
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Making pate’ for 200 at Fourfold Healing
So I received a call last Monday that I needed to make pate’ for about 200 people on Thursday for the Fourfold Path to Healing conference in Baltimore. I thought, “Fun! Fun! Fun!” and so it was. After a flurry … Continue reading
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I found the perfect bones…and my new favorite soup: oxtail!
Oh yes…it was a bit of an accident, but a happy one at that…I found the perfect bones for GAPSTM stock! I found the perfect bones for a nutrient-dense stock! I was in my local butcher shop, my local grass-fed … Continue reading
Healing Soups series…let’s step back to Stock.
Can’t believe I started a Healing Soups series without first writing about Stock…aka, meat stock…bone broth. Maybe it’s because I am immersed in stock right now, (not literally, don’t worry!) I am making stock like crazy for a little boy … Continue reading
Under stress? got the flu? Healing Soups series…
Let’s do a series of soups that are healing tonics, that will give you the minerals and vitamins you need… and electrolytes. We’ll start today with a variation on the theme of Bieler Broth…from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon…it is … Continue reading