1942
I look and see the sheeple all around
Afraid to think
Afraid to perceive
They find it easier to just agree
Careful not to stand up
Careful not to stand out
They choose to keep their head down
Swipe left
Swipe right
A quick accent or disagree
Think no more
Think no less
Just fill your head with the meaningless
Shuffle along with crowd
Shuffle along with your head down
If you looked up you would see
Chains on your fingers
Chains on your eyes
They have you by the throat
Quick its not to late
Quick before the shadows secure
The red furor of the past
Conformity in thought
Conformity in action
You give your life away
One thoughtless choice
One calculated lie
Differ and die is the veiled cry
Sheeple you where made for more
Sheeple you are still free to choose
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
5 things I learned on GAPS
I began the GAPS diet a while ago maybe a month or two. Its going better now but you know how you see all those posts and pin on getting ready for GAPS? Well now do not just skip over those and dive right in if you can help it. I needed to because of how severe my food reaction are I simply could not keep going as I was. It however has made it more complicated and a bit more expensive (saur kraut is not cheap!). Here is what I have learned about starting the GAPS diet and how you can get off to a better start than I did.
1) READ THE BOOK!
The Gut and Psychology Syndrome book is vital to your success with this diet. It will gives you the how, what, and whys. Go buy it or check it out of your local library and read it.
http://www.gapsdiet.com/ you can also visit this site for more information.
2) GET THIS BOOK TOO!
Broth broth and more broth thats what this diet is based on. This book teaches you how to make everything you will need to do this diet. Has stage by stage recipes and is my go to book.
3) THEN PLAN PLAN PLAN
Sit down and plan out how your going to proceed. Find a local CSA for veggies, meat, and if you tolerate dairy one for dairy too. They can save you money and are a great source of nutrient dense foods. Look at the list of foods for each stage and familiarize yourself with them what they look like and how to prepare them for cooking. Check out your local stores and see who has good quality for a good price produce. Use a GAPS intro cooking plan there are many on the web and i have pinned a few to my pinterest GAPS board.
4) COOK AHEAD!
Make lots and lots of broth ahead of time and freeze it in individual serving size portions. I love this woman's plan for how to store broth. Also store the meat from the bones you use to make the broth in individual portions. This will make putting together your soups easy which is vital during stage one when moving seems like to much effort. It passes and your better for it so stick with it. Cook as much food ahead and freeze as you can. There are many recipes on my pinterest board that will be great for cooking ahead and freezing. Make more broth that you would think you would need.
5) GO EASY.
Do not rush it. It is not worth it. Go easy and slow and be patient with your body. Be careful and watch your sugars. Keep your sugars below 25 grams. The recommended daily amount. Its hard but you will feel better for it. You CAN do this, stick with and lean into Jesus.
I hope this list helps you!
Let Love Rain
Grace
1) READ THE BOOK!
The Gut and Psychology Syndrome book is vital to your success with this diet. It will gives you the how, what, and whys. Go buy it or check it out of your local library and read it.
http://www.gapsdiet.com/ you can also visit this site for more information.
2) GET THIS BOOK TOO!
Broth broth and more broth thats what this diet is based on. This book teaches you how to make everything you will need to do this diet. Has stage by stage recipes and is my go to book.
Sit down and plan out how your going to proceed. Find a local CSA for veggies, meat, and if you tolerate dairy one for dairy too. They can save you money and are a great source of nutrient dense foods. Look at the list of foods for each stage and familiarize yourself with them what they look like and how to prepare them for cooking. Check out your local stores and see who has good quality for a good price produce. Use a GAPS intro cooking plan there are many on the web and i have pinned a few to my pinterest GAPS board.
4) COOK AHEAD!
Make lots and lots of broth ahead of time and freeze it in individual serving size portions. I love this woman's plan for how to store broth. Also store the meat from the bones you use to make the broth in individual portions. This will make putting together your soups easy which is vital during stage one when moving seems like to much effort. It passes and your better for it so stick with it. Cook as much food ahead and freeze as you can. There are many recipes on my pinterest board that will be great for cooking ahead and freezing. Make more broth that you would think you would need.
5) GO EASY.
Do not rush it. It is not worth it. Go easy and slow and be patient with your body. Be careful and watch your sugars. Keep your sugars below 25 grams. The recommended daily amount. Its hard but you will feel better for it. You CAN do this, stick with and lean into Jesus.
I hope this list helps you!
Let Love Rain
Grace
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Hello Everyone!
I have a new recipe for you. Pumpkin Bread Bites! Yum, these are gluten, grain, dairy, egg, legume, free deliciousness.They also use a new love of mine. Essential Oils! Okay on to the recipe!
You will need
3 tbsp Psyllium Husk
1 can Pumpkin Purée
3/4 cup Coconut Flour
1/8 tsp Clove
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 drop Wild Orange EO
1/2 cup coconut oil (if you ok with dairy butter or ghee would work also)
Pinch of salt teeny tiny
(I made mine without sweetner but 2 tbsp of honey, coconut sugar or 1 tbsp of maple syrup would be soooo good)
A 8x8 baking dish (pie dish will also work they won't be square but you can call em scones!)
Parchment Paper
Blend Pumpkin and coconut oil together till combined. Add psyllium husk and combine. Then add Wild Orange essential oil, clove and cinnamon. Now add 1/4 cup of coconut flour SIFTED at a time stiring to combine between each 1/4 cup. The batter will be thick and dough like. Place parchment in dish and put dough on top. Spread to cover dish. Bake at 350 for 30 mins. Let cool. Slice. Then PUT BACK IN for 10 mins to crisp edges!
Yum!!!!
I have a new recipe for you. Pumpkin Bread Bites! Yum, these are gluten, grain, dairy, egg, legume, free deliciousness.They also use a new love of mine. Essential Oils! Okay on to the recipe!
You will need
3 tbsp Psyllium Husk
1 can Pumpkin Purée
3/4 cup Coconut Flour
1/8 tsp Clove
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 drop Wild Orange EO
1/2 cup coconut oil (if you ok with dairy butter or ghee would work also)
Pinch of salt teeny tiny
(I made mine without sweetner but 2 tbsp of honey, coconut sugar or 1 tbsp of maple syrup would be soooo good)
A 8x8 baking dish (pie dish will also work they won't be square but you can call em scones!)
Parchment Paper
Blend Pumpkin and coconut oil together till combined. Add psyllium husk and combine. Then add Wild Orange essential oil, clove and cinnamon. Now add 1/4 cup of coconut flour SIFTED at a time stiring to combine between each 1/4 cup. The batter will be thick and dough like. Place parchment in dish and put dough on top. Spread to cover dish. Bake at 350 for 30 mins. Let cool. Slice. Then PUT BACK IN for 10 mins to crisp edges!
Yum!!!!
Monday, May 19, 2014
Making Plans and Shedding Tears
Good Afternoon!!
As we fumble along on this RepairVite/AIP/donteatanythingitwillkillyou diet, we have learned so much! So here are a few things I have learned.
1) ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS read the label. Do not just assume its fine, check every time you go to the grocery store. Companies are always changing their formulas and ingredients and you never know when that will be.
2) PLAN AHEAD. Plan out your weeks meals. Prep and Prepare too! We try to have a smoothie or two in the freezer, some soup in the fridge and the stuff for wraps in there too!
3) EDUCATE. Inform those around you, friends who want to have you over for dinner, taking care of your kids be it day care or church nursery with enough information for them to safely do so. Be careful though not to overwhelm them. Its A LOT to take in. We want them on our side, not running from the lady spewing all her food facts, dram and stress on them.
4) RELAX and TRUST GOD. This is the hardest one for me, but He says
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Mathew 6:25-34
5) BRING YOUR OWN. Always bring your own food, If it somehow works out that there is something you can eat awesome! but more often than not you will need to bring your own food. Plan ahead and bring a treat that will make it seem less hard to be eating something different than everyone else.
6) READ THE LABEL. Worth repeating always read the label. Always.
7) ASK QUESTIONS. Do NOT be afraid to call the company, or ask the cook/chef to speak with you about how they prepare food. You are not being a hassle or annoying if they take it that way that is what THEY will need to deal with. You are in charge of you so stand up for yourself and ask what's in the food! Be courteous and kind always. Patient when they have no idea what gluten is, or if there is soy in the soy sauce.
8) GRIEVE. I watched a wonderful series on forgiveness called "Have the Funeral" https://store.jamesmacdonald.com/p-2200-have-the-funeral-gods-plan-for-your-past.aspx . The reason I mention this is that well sometimes when faced with something hard, scary and new we pretend everything is fine and that its better this way. It may be better this way but it is still hard, still scary and still new. We miss the food we can no longer eat and while some get many foods back for many its going to be years and possibly lifetimes of certain foods be off limits. So I say grieve, let your self cry for all the traditional forms of ice cream, pizza, cookies, cakes, soups, chili, bread, pasta that you will not get to eat. Let yourself feel that loss. THEN give it to Jesus. Walk away from the sadness and loss to the joy of HEALTH AND HEALING! Let yourself then embrace this journey with all that you are. Know that God has a plan for this that He sees you in the midst of this and will not leave you. He wants to give you good things and will. He wants you healthy and will SUSTAIN you on this journey.
So ladies hold you head up high, stand up straight, dry your tears and close that complaining mouth. (don't we love to whine sometimes?) Walk on to the healing that awaits knowing God will give you new favorite foods, and new memories and new traditions for the holidays!
Drenched In His Love;
Maddie Grace
As we fumble along on this RepairVite/AIP/donteatanythingitwillkillyou diet, we have learned so much! So here are a few things I have learned.
1) ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS read the label. Do not just assume its fine, check every time you go to the grocery store. Companies are always changing their formulas and ingredients and you never know when that will be.
2) PLAN AHEAD. Plan out your weeks meals. Prep and Prepare too! We try to have a smoothie or two in the freezer, some soup in the fridge and the stuff for wraps in there too!
3) EDUCATE. Inform those around you, friends who want to have you over for dinner, taking care of your kids be it day care or church nursery with enough information for them to safely do so. Be careful though not to overwhelm them. Its A LOT to take in. We want them on our side, not running from the lady spewing all her food facts, dram and stress on them.
4) RELAX and TRUST GOD. This is the hardest one for me, but He says
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Mathew 6:25-34
5) BRING YOUR OWN. Always bring your own food, If it somehow works out that there is something you can eat awesome! but more often than not you will need to bring your own food. Plan ahead and bring a treat that will make it seem less hard to be eating something different than everyone else.
6) READ THE LABEL. Worth repeating always read the label. Always.
7) ASK QUESTIONS. Do NOT be afraid to call the company, or ask the cook/chef to speak with you about how they prepare food. You are not being a hassle or annoying if they take it that way that is what THEY will need to deal with. You are in charge of you so stand up for yourself and ask what's in the food! Be courteous and kind always. Patient when they have no idea what gluten is, or if there is soy in the soy sauce.
8) GRIEVE. I watched a wonderful series on forgiveness called "Have the Funeral" https://store.jamesmacdonald.com/p-2200-have-the-funeral-gods-plan-for-your-past.aspx . The reason I mention this is that well sometimes when faced with something hard, scary and new we pretend everything is fine and that its better this way. It may be better this way but it is still hard, still scary and still new. We miss the food we can no longer eat and while some get many foods back for many its going to be years and possibly lifetimes of certain foods be off limits. So I say grieve, let your self cry for all the traditional forms of ice cream, pizza, cookies, cakes, soups, chili, bread, pasta that you will not get to eat. Let yourself feel that loss. THEN give it to Jesus. Walk away from the sadness and loss to the joy of HEALTH AND HEALING! Let yourself then embrace this journey with all that you are. Know that God has a plan for this that He sees you in the midst of this and will not leave you. He wants to give you good things and will. He wants you healthy and will SUSTAIN you on this journey.
So ladies hold you head up high, stand up straight, dry your tears and close that complaining mouth. (don't we love to whine sometimes?) Walk on to the healing that awaits knowing God will give you new favorite foods, and new memories and new traditions for the holidays!
Drenched In His Love;
Maddie Grace
Friday, February 28, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
I'm BACK!
Sorry for the long pause. My computer had trouble and life got busy. Posts will be short again as when I let them get long I do not post. We are currently on a VERY restricted diet but I wanted to show you some photos to encourage and inspire you! This meals is dairy free, gluten free, soy free, legume free, sugar free, nut free, and other stuff free too!
Sorry for the long pause. My computer had trouble and life got busy. Posts will be short again as when I let them get long I do not post. We are currently on a VERY restricted diet but I wanted to show you some photos to encourage and inspire you! This meals is dairy free, gluten free, soy free, legume free, sugar free, nut free, and other stuff free too!
We also had today Apple Gate Hotdogs (for Hoss), avocado spinach salad, a blueberry, carrot spinach smoothie, and a sauted cod carrot and spinach salad.
(the beets and onions are for tomorrows breakfast the artichoke is cause I am still hungry!! :) )
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Day 8 Avocado Pesto Pasta
Oh My oh my! This dish is one that makes me not miss my macaroni and cheese. It satisfies that craving for creamy pasta. It is rich and decadent. It is also gluten, dairy and soy free. It is avocado pesto pasta. The avocado make the pesto rich and creamy.
Avocado Pesto Pasta (adapted from http://chefchloe.com/entrees/avocado-pesto-pasta.html)
You will need-
You will also need-
Avocado Pesto Pasta (adapted from http://chefchloe.com/entrees/avocado-pesto-pasta.html)
You will need-
- 2 Medium to Large Avocados
- 1 bunch fresh basil (we used dried today and it is not as good go for fresh)
- 1/2 Cup Sunflower Seeds
- 1/2 Cup good tasting Olive Oil (this matters if you put in yucky cheap oil it will taste yucky don't buy the bargain oil blends, it does not need to be expensive but it must taste good)
- 3-4 Cloves Garlic
- Sea Salt
- Fresh Ground Pepper
- 1 Bag of Rice Pasta (We bought this from Amazon.)
You will also need-
- a blender or food processer (if you omit the nuts you can use a fork and just chop the basil real find it will not be the same consistency but you will get the flavors. You could also go old school and make your pesto in a mortar and pestle then add in the avocado in the bowl)
- pot large enough to make your pasta in
- colander
- large bowl
- Prepare your pasta according to package instructions.
- While your pasta is cooking place your avocado, sunflower seeds, olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil in your food processor. Blend till creamy.
- Combine drained pasta and avocado pesto in your large bowl. Stir well.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Enjoy with your favorite people to make it all the better!
MMMM so good Mama! Our little man lost it when we tried to move him to the table to feed him dinner. He thought he was not going to get any more. He devoured two bowls.
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