We're going to do things a bit different this week. Call it a partial fast or a digestive cleanse, whatever you will, but we are feeling a tug in this direction.
Our meals will be GAPS friendly, grain free, and dairy free (with the exception of fermented dairy and organic, free range eggs). We will include some type of fermented food (rich in healthy bacteria) each day. I do plan to make an exception to this meal plan just one evening this week, during our church's ladies meeting, which is an international-style dinner. That will be a fun time of fellowship!
For simplicity's sake, I'm hoping to make large dinners and use the leftovers for lunch the next day.
Here's what we're planning:
Breakfasts
Eggs with dill x2 (I will vary it a bit from this recipe)
Gently cooked apples with cinnamon and homemade yogurt
Fruit bowls with homemade yogurt, hardboiled eggs
Strawberry smoothies (using yogurt, not milk)
Yogurt with cinnamon and honey, freshly made carrot juice
Dinners
Chicken soup with homemade, nourishing, bone-in broth
Beef stew (sans potatoes) with nourishing, bone-in broth
Roasted chicken with light lemon sauce* and capers, lentils, and spinach
Beef roast with lemon* and fennel, squash
Sirloin patties, green beans with dill, honey glazed carrots
*Meat-centered meals can be acidic on the tummy; lemon turns alkaline in the tummy and aids in digestion
Have you ever done the GAPS diet, a whole foods cleanse, or went grain/dairy free? Do you fast (even a partial fast) for physical and/or spiritual reasons?
Warmly,
*also shared at the Homestead Barn Hop and Monday Mania
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Yes! I have done a similar cleanse, lasting three weeks (wheat/dairy/sugar free). I felt so much better after, and I felt I could digest grains more easily after. I still keep sugar and grains to a minimum and use sprouted Ezekiel bread and raw (as opposed to pasteurized) milk, otherwise my body rebels with various symptoms that lead to full on sickness, including recurring strep throat. It was an answer to prayer to find out how to stop all of that. I read having one raw veggie or fruit per meal is a great jumpstart for digestion, but bone broths are better than even that
We do a lot of soup in our house.
I hope your cleanse does wonderful things for you, I believe it is led of the Lord.
I am always glad to see another GAPS diet individual. I just started the Intro after reading and reviewing the diet for many months. It seemed all so overwhelming but I just not so difficult after you get going on the diet. Keep us posted on how the diet is helping you and your family.