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Pork & Fennel Sausage Patties, Take 2! (The Liver Edition)

We had an entire pig liver from the last time I bought half a pig. Pig liver isn't known as the choicest of livers, but I'm determined to use it as more than just dog and cat food.   And what have people been using for centuries to hide the stuff they don't want to eat? Sausage! So I took my Open Original Shared Link recipe and added chopped liver. I knew it was there, but the kids didn't. Success!   Pork & Fennel Sausage Patties (with Liver!) serves 6 (4 if two are voracious children)
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Wait, Real Food From Real People Is *less* Expensive?

Most of have an image of the local farmers' market as the place where rich people go to buy their expensive heirloom tomatoes, eggs, and artisan cheeses. Turns out, though, markets are not just a place for rich folks to shop.   In a Open Original Shared Link, researchers found that, with the exception of eggs and potatoes, farmers' market produce was actually cheaper than its grocery store equivalent.   Plus, you don't have to deal with fluorescent lighting, terrible chemical smells, and r
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Pork & Fennel Sausage Patties

This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Open Original Shared Link!   I really wanted to make these sausages for breakfast, but it just never worked out. So I made them for dinner!   If you are sensitive to eggs or don't have any, you can leave them out. I just put them in to stretch the pork. I might even add 4 eggs next time. The herbs are also flexible - add more if your family likes a more herby sausage and less if they like plain better.   My pork came from Open Original Shared
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Egyptian Mummy Reveals Awful Truth

How's that for a Weekly World News headline!   The American medical community wants us to believe that heart disease is a modern invention. Our hearts are failing because we're sedentary. We eat too much sugar and meat. We smoke and we're stressed out. To beat heart disease, we need to get more exercise! Quit smoking! Quit stressing! Eat less sugar! Cut out meat!   Let's look at the Egyptians. They got plenty of exercise. Refined sugar hadn't been invented yet. They ate very little meat and,
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Crazy Diet People, Part Three

No matter what your special diet is, it will take some doing to stick to it. I don't even think about our diet much when I'm at home, because we've set ourselves up for success. The whole family is cooperating, the foods we can eat are easy to get to, and the foods we can't eat right now are out of sight and out of mind.   But it gets a lot harder when I go out with friends and everyone is sharing appetizers I can't have, or when we're invited to dinner and know that our friends don't have the
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Oven Fried Chicken

This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Open Original Shared Link. Jupiter said, "This tastes like Open Original Shared Link chicken fingers, only better, because it's healthy!"   I have mixed feelings about my kid comparing my lovingly prepared grain and vegetable oil free oven fried chicken to processed crap. But I guess I'll take the compliment as it is intended: highest praise.   Jupiter ate a drumstick, a thigh, and a wing. When he turned his hungry eyeballs toward the last dru
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Sauerkraut, Day 4

I think Day 4 might be even more boring than Open Original Shared Link. Check your kraut. Fix the water level if needed.   I'm going to leave you to your own fermenting devices now. Check your kraut daily. I'll post again when something interesting happens with this batch.   Until then, good fermenting luck!
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Sauerkraut, Day 3

Miss something? Go back to Open Original Shared Link or Open Original Shared Link.   Day 3 is pretty boring. Check your kraut. Make sure the water level is right. If it's too high, pour some water out of the pint mason jar. Too low, either push down on the jar or add a little brine (1 c water to 1 T salt).   Give it a good sniff. Smells like cabbage, huh? Give the friendlies a couple days to really get to work. It will start smelling sour pretty soon and lose that cabbagy aroma. Since I kee
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Sauerkraut, Day 2

Miss something? Go back to Open Original Shared Link!   I got up this morning and was just so excited to check on my kraut! It had been sitting on the counter since yesterday and I had pushed down hard on that mason jar every time I passed it. When I went to bed, the water level was almost to the top of the cabbage. I had high hopes that the cabbage would be well submerged by morning.   Well, my hopes were realized and more! The water had actually overflowed and now there was a lovely puddle
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Roasted Winter Squash

In the fall, when winter squash are in season and CHEAP, we buy lots of them. We roast 'em, bag 'em, and freeze 'em. That way, we have winter squash puree all year. Winter squash is an incredibly versatile ingredient and adds a nice sweetness to soups.   Our favorites include buttercup, ambercup, carnival, delicata, sweet meat, pink banana, and hokkaido. If you do not have a meat cleaver or ax, stick to the smaller squash like delicata and ambercup. Otherwise, go for the big ones! They're more
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Winter Squash Souffle

This post is part of The Healthy Home Economist's Open Original Shared Link!   I have never had any kind of souffle, so I am not sure if these little treats resemble it in any way other than it puffs up and falls. When I hit on this recipe, the kids were immediately in seventh heaven. Souffle is our number one requested food around here.   Winter Squash Souffle Serves 4 1/4 c Open Original Shared Link 1 c Open Original Shared Link, cooked 8 large eggs 4 T ghee [*]Preheat oven to 350 de
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Crazy Diet People, Part Two

In Open Original Shared Link I came to the conclusion that writing myself off as a "Crazy Diet Person" isn't the best choice I can make when describing our diet or turning down an offer of a meal. If we want to succeed at maintaining our family's health through our diet, we need to believe in it, and not discount ourselves out of hand. We need to be clear on the reasons what we are doing actually makes good sense.   But maybe our diet is kind of crazy, just like any diet that bucks the Open Or
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Walnut-Almond Butter

A variation on a theme! Quite rich and so delicious. Open Original Shared Link - it makes them digestible and, in the case of walnuts, makes them less bitter.   Makes approx. 2 cups 1 c crispy almonds 2 c crispy walnuts 1/2 c ghee (room temp) or coconut oil (barely melted) 1 T raw honey 1 t sea salt (finely ground Celtic or Himalayan)   Grind nuts and sea salt in food processor to fine powder (like flour). Add honey and coconut oil or ghee and process until smooth. Store in fridge.
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To The Beach!

A couple weeks ago we went to the Oregon Coast for a few days to visit Kelsy's grandma. Even small trips like this always take quite a bit of planning and preparation in order for us to maintain our diet!   Kelsy packed us up - this is what we brought: Eggs from our hens Homemade sauerkraut Ghee Baked winter squash Chicken stock Borcht (beet soup in a beef stock base) Roast beef Cauliflower Kale Broccoli Carrots Almond muffins Orange curd Thermoses
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Evolution Of A Garden

I bought our little falling-down house on a big city lot back in the late summer of 2007. The 1/4 acre lot complete with large shade trees enchanted me. I imagined the kids in tree-houses, me in a hammock, a thriving vegetable garden, chickens clucking, and friends having dinner around a fire. We've put a lot of work into trying to achieve that dream over the past few years, but it's been a haphazard process of trial and error.   This year, we decided to scale back our garden and finally make
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Gaps Resources

Lately people have been asking us for where to go on-line to get good information and support for the GAPS Diet. This diet is aimed at restoring the health of the gut, and the balance of the bacteria and fungus that live there. By giving the gut a chance to heal, many health problems can be reduced or eliminated.   It can be tricky to find good information, because a lot of people who think they are doing GAPS are not actually following the diet! Additionally, there are many stages of the GAPS
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Crazy Diet People, Part One

UPDATE: This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Open Original Shared Link!   Way back when, I had a vegan husband. He wasn't just any vegan, he was one of those vegans who actually didn't own a piece of leather, avoided drinking beer, and wouldn't use china because of the bone in it. I learned to cook vegan, pack food to other people's houses, and make polite excuses for his unconventional diet. When we got divorced, one of my favorite things was not having to explain. I relished being a
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Let The Liberation Begin

This blog is basically a mirror of the blog that Open Original Shared Link keep at Open Original Shared Link. You'll see a blitz of posts for a while as I get all our old posts transfered over here! We randomly post about what we're eating, the garden, and whatever else might come to mind. Because our family is on the GAPS diet and is 100% gluten-free, that's a bias! You can read about how we ended up making those dietary choices at Open Original Shared Link.   Here's the first, about the bus
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From: Celiac Diagnosed Just Today!

Shopping can be overwhelming so I always tell new celiacs to shop the outside of the store and stick to simple foods. Label-reading will take a little practice and research. It's easy to tell that a banana or a potato is gluten-free. I detour around the bakery section. I feel like an invisible cloud of gluten is hovering in the air.   I mostly live on fruit and veggies (fresh or frozen without sauces), potatoes, rice, beans, meat, nuts, and eggs to cook. I often grab some rice cakes, Mi
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From: Your Top Two Pieces Of Advice

1. You're going to get glutened occasionally no matter how careful you are. It's OK. Pick yourself up and keep going.   2. Don't worry about what others think. There will be people who say you are worrying too much about cross-contamination. You might meet celiacs or people who don't stick to the diet very well and say it's fine to cheat (it's not). You might have family members or friends who will try to guilt you into eating gluten-containing foods they have prepared. Be kind, be compas
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Recipe Sites!

Here are my favorite cooking blogs for gluten-free recipes.   Gluten-free crockpot recipes Open Original Shared Link   Gluten-free Bay Open Original Shared Link   Hey, that tastes good! Open Original Shared Link   Kill.the.gluten Open Original Shared Link   Tartelette - French Pastry with regular and gluten-free versions Open Original Shared Link   Straight Into Bed Cakefree and Dried Open Original Shared Link
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Free Sampler Box Of Gluten Free Baked Goods

Katz Gluten Free has a promotion where if you pay for the shipping ($8 for me), they'll send you afree sampler box of gluten free baked goods.   All of their stuff is dairy and nut free, for those who need that. For me, I like nuts- the people and the food- because they add flavor and texture to life! So, I sweetly asked my Marine to get out his credit card and voila! I received the package in a few days. Since I'm watching my weight, each day I try one small item.   (For pictu
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A Good Gluten Free Bar?

Looking for a good gluten free bar for my daughter. We have tried different ones and so far we have not found one that she likes ...any suggestions?
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  • Blog Comments

    • dixonpete
      Another conversation with ChatGPT about hookworms

      I suppose it's all in how you ask the question. I just asked ChatGPT how much it would cost to resolve my gut issues the way hookworms have, and ChatGPT's response was "$15,000–$30,000/year for the most plausible UC biologic/small-molecule route, or $10,000–$40,000+/year for omalizumab-style allergy modulation".

      That assumes such medication actually worked. Considering that all I have now is a reactivity to nuts, I'm highly doubtful that a drug result would even come close to what hookworms achieve for me for free (free because I incubate).

      I completely agree that most celiacs won't get a free pass on gluten from hookworms. However, I also do believe that most celiacs would have their reactivity to gluten reduced, some greatly so, and that has value. My own reactions to gluten when I'm not on hookworms are catastrophic, completely disabling, even when the exposure is small. I'm completely free of that now. Would you seriously argue I am making the wrong choice?

    • Scott Adams
      Another conversation with ChatGPT about hookworms

      My question to ChatGPT:
      Is purposeful Hookworm infection a reasonable treatment for those who have many food intolerance issues, including those with gluten intolerance who want to eat gluten?

      Answer:

      No — purposeful hookworm infection is not a reasonable or medically accepted treatment for broad food intolerance, gluten intolerance, or for people with celiac disease who want to eat gluten.

      There is real research behind the idea: hookworms can alter immune responses, and small celiac studies explored whether Necator americanus infection might make gluten exposure less symptomatic. But the best placebo-controlled trial found that hookworm infection did not restore tolerance to sustained gluten intake of 2 grams per day. It was associated with some symptom/quality-of-life improvements, but not enough to make gluten safe or to replace a gluten-free diet. (PubMed)

      For celiac disease, this is especially important: fewer symptoms does not necessarily mean the immune injury is gone. A person could feel better while still risking villous damage, nutrient deficiencies, anemia, bone loss, neurologic issues, infertility risks, or other complications from gluten exposure. The only established treatment remains a strict gluten-free diet.

      For non-celiac gluten sensitivity or multiple food intolerances, hookworm therapy is even less justified. Food intolerance can come from many causes: IBS/FODMAP sensitivity, lactose or fructose intolerance, histamine issues, mast-cell disorders, SIBO, bile acid problems, eosinophilic GI disease, medication effects, true food allergy, or poorly controlled celiac disease. Infecting oneself with a parasite does not diagnose or reliably treat those.

      There are also real risks: hookworms can cause abdominal symptoms, rash at the entry site, anemia/iron deficiency, eosinophilia, protein loss, and complications in people who are pregnant, immunocompromised, underweight, anemic, or medically fragile. Helminth therapy is not FDA-approved as a treatment, and outside a regulated clinical trial it is basically self-experimentation with a live parasite. (Medical News Today)

      A safer path would be: confirm whether this is celiac disease, wheat allergy, or non-celiac gluten sensitivity; check for nutritional deficiencies and inflammation; and work with a gastroenterologist/allergist/dietitian on a structured elimination-and-rechallenge plan. For someone with celiac disease who wants future gluten tolerance, the more reasonable options are legitimate clinical trials of drugs, enzymes, immune therapies, or vaccines — not deliberate parasite infection.

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