Transitioning family to GAPS--help w/ food allergies/sensitivities!

[Guest guest]

I am slowly working on transitioning my family to a GAPS diet--not an easy feat

with a somewhat skeptical husband (who is overall supportive, yet skeptical), a

4-year-old carb/dairy fanatic, and an 8 mo. old baby.

Currently my daughter is severely allergic to nuts, so we can't use almond flour

or any other nuts/nut butters. My 8 mo old son is, I'm fairly certain,

sensitive to eggs and/or egg whites (red, raw bum after eating them both alone

AND with the few coconut-flour recipes I've tried).

My baby's diet is primarily breastmilk but he does love to eat with us, and I

think it's important that he eat with the family--and eat WHAT the rest of the

family is eating as much as possible. Same with our daughter who is allergic to

nuts.

I already batch cook on weekends as much as possible (husband and I work

opposite schedules so I essentially make all our evening meals on the weekends).

That's not too much of a hassle, but now I'm wondering what some quick, easy

meals for breakfast and lunch that are: are nut/egg/gluten/dairy free, and

appeal to kids (extra special bonus if it can also be easily consumed by a

baby). I need to have a life on the weekends and not spend every moment

cooking. :-)

Am I wishing for the impossible???

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[Guest guest]

Hi Krista,

My partner and I are in stage two of GAPS Intro. We have a 6-month old

baby. We're eating lots of bone broth and simple soups made with the

broth. Before going on intro, we were doing full GAPS for a few months. I

found that we ate a lot of spaghetti squash casseroles! Also, I think it

helps to have things like mini meatloafs (with liver!) stashed in the

freezer as well as a blended mushroom soup that can be used to thicken

other soups or provide a quick and easy base for other casseroles.

Good luck! Our weekends are filled with cooking and putting up broth,

yogurt, etc. but it's worth it so far!

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:30 PM, redmt3218 <nielsen.krista@...>wrote:

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> I am slowly working on transitioning my family to a GAPS diet--not an easy

> feat with a somewhat skeptical husband (who is overall supportive, yet

> skeptical), a 4-year-old carb/dairy fanatic, and an 8 mo. old baby.

> Currently my daughter is severely allergic to nuts, so we can't use almond

> flour or any other nuts/nut butters. My 8 mo old son is, I'm fairly

> certain, sensitive to eggs and/or egg whites (red, raw bum after eating

> them both alone AND with the few coconut-flour recipes I've tried).

> My baby's diet is primarily breastmilk but he does love to eat with us,

> and I think it's important that he eat with the family--and eat WHAT the

> rest of the family is eating as much as possible. Same with our daughter

> who is allergic to nuts.

> I already batch cook on weekends as much as possible (husband and I work

> opposite schedules so I essentially make all our evening meals on the

> weekends). That's not too much of a hassle, but now I'm wondering what some

> quick, easy meals for breakfast and lunch that are: are

> nut/egg/gluten/dairy free, and appeal to kids (extra special bonus if it

> can also be easily consumed by a baby). I need to have a life on the

> weekends and not spend every moment cooking. :-)

> Am I wishing for the impossible???

> Thanks in advance for any advice!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

A lunch that is a big hit around here is tostadas. You could batch cook

homemade Refried beans (which are SOOOO much better than the canned variety-I

recommend making them with lard as it adds a lot of flavor). To serve, we add

frozen corn to the beans. You could then spread the mixture on a rice cracker

or something equally suitable for little ones, and add meat/toppings of your

choice. This is a good way for me to get veggies into Klara... I just kind of

smoosh everything down into the beans and she's less likely to pick them off!

--Greta

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> I am slowly working on transitioning my family to a GAPS diet--not an easy

feat with a somewhat skeptical husband (who is overall supportive, yet

skeptical), a 4-year-old carb/dairy fanatic, and an 8 mo. old baby.

> Currently my daughter is severely allergic to nuts, so we can't use almond

flour or any other nuts/nut butters. My 8 mo old son is, I'm fairly certain,

sensitive to eggs and/or egg whites (red, raw bum after eating them both alone

AND with the few coconut-flour recipes I've tried).

> My baby's diet is primarily breastmilk but he does love to eat with us, and I

think it's important that he eat with the family--and eat WHAT the rest of the

family is eating as much as possible. Same with our daughter who is allergic to

nuts.

> I already batch cook on weekends as much as possible (husband and I work

opposite schedules so I essentially make all our evening meals on the weekends).

That's not too much of a hassle, but now I'm wondering what some quick, easy

meals for breakfast and lunch that are: are nut/egg/gluten/dairy free, and

appeal to kids (extra special bonus if it can also be easily consumed by a

baby). I need to have a life on the weekends and not spend every moment

cooking. :-)

> Am I wishing for the impossible???

> Thanks in advance for any advice!

>