Gardening, Harvesting and Foraging

If you’ve been following my gardening efforts at all, you have read how I turned my backyard flowerbed into a raised garden this year.  Here is the update I wrote about two months later.  Above is a picture of how it looked about three weeks ago.  It seemed to explode almost overnight!  We have had a wonderful late summer/early fall here in the Pacific Northwest.  Little to no rain for 80+ days!  That means we have had an extended harvest, for which I am very grateful because I got started so late in the spring.  Here, let me share what we … Continue reading

Butternut Squash Pancakes – A GAPS Intro Recipe

Oh my goodness!  I just made these for breakfast this morning, and they were so delicious I just had to share them with you. If you have read my previous posts you know I am doing the GAPS Introduction diet to try to heal from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  I am currently on stage 4, and it is time to introduce coconut flour. In the GAPS book, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride recommends making pancakes with squash, eggs and organic nut butter.  I decided to use coconut flour instead of nut butter.  They turned out really well and are super easy … Continue reading