Author Archives: Monica Corrado

About Monica Corrado

Monica Corrado, MA, CNC, is a traditional food chef, holistic Certified Nutritional Consultant, member of the Honorary Board of the Weston A. Price Foundation and professional member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants. Monica’s primary intention is to inspire people to well-being. She does this both in her private practice and her Cooking for Well-Being classes. Monica is passionate about teaching people how to cook nourishing, traditional food as well as providing them with resources and tools to do so. She has been on public television speaking on the issue of children and nutrition, is involved in the White House Chefs Move! to Schools initiative and was featured on the front page of the Washington Post Food Section in September 2010 for her fermentation classes in Fermentation: A Wild Way to Make Food Come to Life! as well as numerous other newspaper articles. Monica has been involved in the sustainable and local food revolution for over a decade, and her organic catering company catered some of the first Wise Traditions conferences. She taught the all day cooking seminar on traditional diets at Wise Traditions 2010 and 2011, and acted as liaison between the Weston A. Price Foundation and the chefs to coordinate the food preparation and meals for Wise Traditions 2011. Monica is an adjunct professor teaching traditional foods preparation in the Masters of Science in Nutrition and Integrated Health at Tai Sophia in Columbia, MD. Monica just published her first book, with Love from Grandmother’s Kitchen: Traditional Cooking Techniques for Well-Being. She has taught hundreds of people how to cook nourishing, traditional food over the past 6 years. Let Monica teach you, too! In Monica’s private practice, she helps people come to balance and works with them to clear the cause of any symptoms or dis-ease in the body. It is her joy to help people see the connection between real food made well and good health. Monica loves to work with moms and parents and all those who work with children, to educate them on how to nourish and grow a healthy child. Much of her work is with children with AD/HD and Aspbergers, on the Autistic Spectrum, or with allergies and other health issues. She also works with those with fertility issues and “failure to thrive” diagnoses. Her intuitive insight often provides the missing piece on a client’s journey to well-being.

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

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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