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Book Promotion Week at Naturally Knocked Up by Donielle Baker

I first learned about fertility awareness when I attended the local La Leche League group as a young mother with my first born son. Ever since I have been interested in how our bodies work. If Donielle’s book had been out 20 years ago I would have definitely had a copy of her book alongside my favorites.

I would highly recommend this book to any couple that has had difficulty conceiving. Donielle goes over all the important factors: avoiding toxins in our environment, how to live naturally, exercise and fertility, alternative therapies, what you should not eat, and the super foods that you should eat, the effect stress can have on your fertility and there are even recipes and instructions for the perfect fertility diet.

Naturally Knocked Up covers a great deal of information and is a must have in every home for couples hoping to achieve a pregnancy and women who want a healthier body overall.

Infertility now strikes one in six couples, one of five known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and modern women are suffering from chronic and degenerative diseases at alarming rates.

With practical information that is easy to read, Naturally Knocked Up is the perfect resource for women everywhere.

And this week only, when you purchase this book in paperback (available on Amazon or Vintage Remedies) you’ll receive over $35.00 in free ebooks, one of which is my eCookbook, Beyond Grain & Dairy.

These amazing downloads will help you learn even more about the benefits of natural living and give you the tools you need to make these changes.

Here are the freebies you can download:

Printable Recipe Pages

All the recipes you’ll find in Donielle’s book, PLUS printouts of the recipes that were cut from the original manuscript because it was getting too long! These extra pages include plenty of fabulous how-to’s and incredible recipes from some of Donielle’s favorite “real food” and natural living friends.

Menu Plans

Donielle will be putting together a couple of menu plans to give you an idea of what your “fertility diet” could look like as well as a sample whole foods cleanse menu.

Fertility Foods Checklist

This basic nutritional recommendation list is a great way to start making sure you get in all the nutrients your body needs. Just put it up on the fridge and mark it off as you go through the week.

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Herbal Nurturing ebook by Michele Augur of www.FrugalGranola.com

As a “friend along the journey,” this 44-page book walks you through preparing basic herbal remedies for you and your family, from childbirth to arthritis, and everything in between!

Naturally prepare for cold/flu season, PMS, headaches, sunburns, postpartum, tummy aches, rashes, and more with over 30 recipes, additional homeopathic suggestions, and healthy-living tips.

$8.95 value! Michele is also the author of A Natural Noel and Flourishing Spring.

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Week-by-Week Guide to Your Pregnancy eBook by Angela England of http://untrainedhousewife.com

What changes should a woman expect during her pregnancy? How does the baby grow each week? This pregnancy development ebook will answer all those questions, and more. Not only does A Weekly Guide to Pregnancy cover each week’s changes for both mother and baby, but the book also includes some bonus material including morning sickness, easing back pain, and other pregnancy complaints.

Over 60 pages of week-by-week information at your fingertips.

A value of $4.97! Angela is also the author of Backyard Farming and 30 Days to Make, Market, and Sell a Fabulous Ebook.

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Beyond Grain & Dairy, an eCookbook by Starlene Stewart of GAPS Diet Journey

When you’ve been told you can no longer eat gluten, grains and dairy, it might seem there is nothing left to eat. Beyond Grain & Dairy is a recipe book with 113 delicious recipes made with real food which will show you that there is plenty of delicious food. There is no need to feel deprived, move Beyond Grain & Dairy and you may feel better than you have in your whole life.

A value of $17.00! In addition to Beyond Grain and Dairy, Starlene is also the author of Making Baked Goods Using Coconut Flour.

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The Kitchen Herbal by Jessie Hawkins (digital addition) of Vintage Remedies

Herbs and spices have been used medicinally since antiquity, but not in the capsules and preparations we use today. Traditionally, the line between food and medicine was blurred, as many functional foods served as medicine, and many medicinal herbals were taken with food. This leads to an explosion in flavor possibilities that will please the palate while boosting wellness.

In this book, Jessie Hawkins explores eighteen traditional culinary herbs. You will learn how to cultivate them, harvest and store them, and how to add them to your table. She covers the nutritional and medicinal use of each herb, then provides recipes and tips on pairing flavors for maximum taste. This delightful book combines food, health and wellness in a fun and enjoyable culinary experience.

A value of $4.95! Jessie Hawkins is also the author of Handbook of Vintage Remedies and Guide to Bread: Unlocking the Mysteries of Grains, Gluten and Yeast.

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Sugar Detox Challenge eBook by Donielle Baker

Addicted to sugar? Or maybe you’re just looking for ways to reduce the amount you regularly eat. This ebook will walk you through 8 weeks of cutting out sugar from your diet.

Whether you’re just starting on your journey to ‘real’ and natural foods, or you’ve been on this road for some time and just need a bit of encouragement, this eBook is for you!

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Is Your Flour Wet? eBook

A multiple blogger project I’m involved in, put together by Katie of Kitchen Stewardship. Your guide to soaked, sprouted, and fermented baked goods with plenty of recipes. You’ll learn the reasons behind why you’d want to prepare your grains this way and also gain tutorials on how to do it properly. The recipes have been contributed by other bloggers who have worked to make sure they’re both tasty and nutritious.

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What Is Thyroid Detox and Why You Need It To Feel Like Yourself Again ebook by Magdalena Wszelaki, Certified Holistic Health Coach and Josie Lincoln, UK Naturopathic Nutrition Advisor

How to enjoy a healthy weight, happiness, enthusiasm and get lots of energy despite your thyroid condition. Learn about some of the toxins that could be causing problems with your thyroid.

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To get access to these A.MAZE.ING freebies worth over $35.00, just email Donielle at assistant AT naturallyknockedup.com (replace the AT with the @ symbol) with either your e-receipt forwarded from Amazon or Vintage Remedies showing you purchased this book in paperback OR a photo of the book in your possession. As an added bonus, this offer also applies to everyone who has previously ordered a paperback copy of the book!

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January 23, 2013
Curried Pork over Cauli-Rice with Vegetables
Curry has become one of my most favorite spice mixtures. I’ve been using a homemade version from my friend Jessica, from Delicious Obsessions. I’ll link to her recipe below. Consider making a double batch of the sauce (coconut milk [affiliate link], almond butter [affiliate link], curry powder) it is very delicious tasting, very thick and creamy.
- 1 head cauliflower, riced
- 1 red bell pepper
- 2 small zucchini squash
- 2 large carrots
- 6 green onions [affiliate link]
- 4 Tablespoons butter or bacon grease
- 1 pound pork cut into small cubes
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 Tablespoons curry powder (see which curry powder I use below)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt [affiliate link]
- 2 Tablespoons almond butter
Rinse cauliflower. Break into small pieces and pulse in the food processor until pieces are small like rice. Place in a pan with 1 inch of water or broth at the bottom.

Cover with a lid and bring to a boil over medium heat (you’ll know this because steam will be forced out of the pan).

Once the pan has come to a boil, remove from heat and allow to sit with the lid on.

After about 5 minutes, place cauliflower into a mesh strainer to remove liquid. If you are using broth, you may use the leftover broth to cook the vegetables.

Slice zucchini squash into 1/4″ rounds.

Slice carrots into 1/4″ rounds.

Chop green onions into 1″ long pieces.

Slice red bell pepper into thin long strips.

Place zucchini, carrots, green onions and red bell pepper into the pan you cooked the cauliflower in with the broth, or 1 inch of water at the bottom. Place a lid on the pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and allow to boil gently for 20 minutes.

Cut the pork into small cubes. Melt 4 Tablespoons butter or bacon grease in a skillet. Place the pork in the skillet and fry on medium heat until browned on one side, about 10 minutes. Turn over and continue cooking until done on the other side, about 10 more minutes.

Add 1 cup coconut milk, 2 Tablespoons curry powder, 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, and 2 Tablespoons almond butter into the pan with the pork. Mix together thoroughly. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until mixture becomes thick like gravy.

Place Cauli-Rice on a plate, dress with vegetables and finally spoon curried pork over the top.

Serves 2 to 3, depending on how hungry you are.

This recipe was included at Fat Tuesday on January 22, 2013.

This is my favorite curry powder – it is a homemade recipe by my friend Jessica from Delicious Obsessions. By the way, for the “parts” I just substituted Tablespoons. For the 1/2 part cardamom I used 1 teaspoon and 1/2 teaspoon.
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Curried Pork over Cauli-Rice with Vegetables

Author: Starlene Stewart

Recipe type: Main Meal

Cuisine: Eastern Indian

Serves: 3

The curry gravy in this recipe is thick and creamy, and adds a nice taste to the vegetables and pork.
Ingredients

1 head cauliflower, riced

1 red bell pepper

2 small zucchini squash

2 large carrots

6 green onions

4 Tablespoons butter or bacon grease

1 pound pork cut into small cubes

1 cup coconut milk

2 Tablespoons curry powder

½ teaspoon sea salt

2 Tablespoons almond butter
Instructions

Rinse cauliflower. Break into small pieces and pulse in the food processor until pieces are small like rice. Place in a pan with 1 inch of water or broth at the bottom.

Cover with a lid and bring to a boil over medium heat (you’ll know this because steam will be forced out of the pan).

Once the pan has come to a boil, remove from heat and allow to sit with the lid on.

After about 5 minutes, place cauliflower into a mesh strainer to remove liquid. If you are using broth, you may use the leftover broth to cook the vegetables.

Slice zucchini squash into ¼” rounds.

Slice carrots into ¼” rounds.

Chop green onions into 1″ long pieces.

Slice red bell pepper into thin long strips.

Place zucchini, carrots, green onions and red bell pepper into the pan you cooked the cauliflower in with the broth, or 1 inch of water at the bottom. Place a lid on the pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and allow to boil gently for 20 minutes.

Cut the pork into small cubes. Melt 4 Tablespoons butter or bacon grease in a skillet. Place the pork in the skillet and fry on medium heat until browned on one side, about 10 minutes. Turn over and continue cooking until done on the other side, about 10 more minutes.

Add 1 cup coconut milk, 2 Tablespoons curry powder, ½ teaspoon sea salt, and 2 Tablespoons almond butter into the pan with the pork. Mix together thoroughly. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until mixture becomes thick like gravy.

Place Cauli-Rice on a plate, dress with vegetables and finally spoon curried pork over the top.
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January 21, 2013
Day 7 Last Day HealThy Mouth World Summit Preview

Today I listened to the three speakers and learned quite a bit. I’ve been posting some of the things that were interesting to me on my Facebook page. I really like Dr. Cate Shanahan, she shared her scientific based argument against flossing. Basically she was saying that you could be moving bacteria from one area of your mouth to another and stressed that you should not ram down the floss, and should use a different area for each tooth area. Dr. Mike Godfrey talked about the connection between cancer (particularly breast cancer) and oral health. Dr. Paul Rubin’s talk was entitled “Is Your Dentist Mercury Safe”. I feel good knowing that the holistic dentist I’ve chosen seems to meet the criteria.

Listening to all this makes me very grateful that my children do not have amalgam fillings. My youngest son has only had one cavity and as a young child he was insistent on not having “that ugly silver stuff” in his mouth. Thank goodness as his cheapskate mother would have just had him get an amalgam had he not fussed so over it. My oldest has not had cavities.

By the way, I missed the first five days of this summit and there is an option to “upgrade” which will allow me to purchase all the materials and be able to review the previous days that I missed. There will be video and audio versions of each talk, as well as transcripts. If you are interested in this option, once you are logged in to the free seminar just look for the upgrade tab. This link is the free sign up.

Here is the line up for tomorrow:

Day 7 (January 19)

Dr Julian Holmes

author of Ozone: Revolution in Dentistry
“The Use of Ozone in Dentistry”

In his witty, British accent, world renowned expert, Dr Julian Holmes shows us how dentistry can change from doing dentistry like we lived in the 1800s to what he calls minimally invasive or micro dentistry. Dr Holmes shares with us how the use of ozone in dentistry completely revolutionizes the need for drill, fill and bill dentistry. Topics addressed include: REmineralizing filling materials!, the use of ozonated oils to address problem areas, and how we need to change our thinking around dentistry in order for the field to change. Very inspiring information!

Gray Graham

author of Pottenger’s Prophecy
“Price, Pottenger and Epigenetics… This is Good News!”

Gray Graham delivers a fun, empowering explanation how each of us can dramatically shift our genetic expression. Drawing from his decades of experience supporting others in navigating to greater health and vitality, Gray brings together the work of Weston Price and Francis Pottenger to explain to us how the diet and lifestyle changes we make today impact not only our health, but the health of our grandchildren! Gray shares little known facts about Pottenger’s famous studies with cats. This is definitely good news!!!

Dr Hal Huggins

Yoda of biological dentistry, author of several books on the subject
“A view from above – What dentistry can look like in the future”

Dr Hal Huggins bats last in the HealThy Mouth World Summit! Get ready to see through the eyes of a person who helps coach people how to heal themselves from auto immune diseases including multiple sclerosis, lupus, parkinson’s and arthritis. In this awesome interview, Dr Huggins helps us see through his eyes what dentistry can look like and how the dental profession can be a fundamental component in creating optimal health. Dissecting the customary separation of medical professions, some of the questions Dr Huggins addresses are: Tools currently available to drastically increase the healing benefits of removing mercury fillings, why the order in which a dentist addresses oral health is crucial, the fundamental role of testing blood chemistry to determine our ‘Ancestral Diet’ and so much more. Dr Huggins also shares with us the MOST important factor to create positive change in our oral health!! Be sure to come be inspired by Yoda of biological dentistry!

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January 18, 2013
Day 6 HealThy Mouth Summit Preview

The HealThy Mouth Summit is live. The new session begins at midnight each night. Tomorrow (Friday January 18th) is Day 6. Each day’s speakers can be listened to one day only, I missed the first 5 days so I am considering the upgrade. Sometimes having a “real” job can really cut into the things I want to do. My friend Patty from Loving Our Guts told me about the upcoming HealThy Mouth Summit (nice play on words there “Healthy” and “Heal Thy”) and I looked into it and signed up but wasn’t really able to pay attention to the sessions. Tomorrow is my day off so I will be watching and listening throughout the day.

I have talked before here at the blog about my amalgams. I really want to get them out and I’m very lucky to have found a holistic dentist. This summit going to share some information which I think I will find very helpful in deciding how to proceed with having my amalgams removed. It is confusing trying to figure out what to do.

Here is a summary of the speakers for Day 6 (Friday January 18th). I’m especially interested in hearing Dr. Cate Shanahan’s science based argument against flossing!

And Dr. Mike Godfrey is going to share alternatives to mammograms. One of my younger sisters recently told me she really wished I would get mammograms. I had one set and then I decided I wasn’t going to do that to myself. It worries my sister since our maternal grandmother lost a breast to cancer in the 50s.

Dr. Paul Rubin is going to share how to safely remove mercury fillings. The “regular” dentist I’ve seen for years does not believe there is any problem with mercury fillings and takes no precautions whatsoever in removing them for anyone: not himself, the patient, his staff, the office is wide open and I would think even patients in the waiting room are exposed.

Day 6 (January 18)

Dr Paul Rubin

Cofounder of New Directions Dentistry – a group who educates dentists how to be mercury safe
“Is Your Dentist Mercury Safe?”

Dr Paul Rubin offers us an excellent interview focused on the protocols of how to safely remove mercury fillings. Dr Rubin draws from his decades of experience as a mercury safe dentist to explain to us exactly what actions must be taken by a dentist during the removal of an amalgam filling to minimize the exposure to mercury. He goes on to go explain the difference between mercury free dentistry and mercury safe dentistry. This presentation is a must for anyone who is planning to have mercury fillings removed. Dr Rubin discusses questions to ask your dentist to determine if they are mercury safe.

Dr Cate Shanahan

author of Deep Nutrition and Food Rules
“Walking on Both Sides – How to Eat to Support Greater Oral Health & What Each of Us Can Do in the Mouth to Create Positive Change”

Have you ever dreamed of having a medical doctor patiently explain to you exactly why you should be eating healthy food (not just the food pyramid)? You are in for a treat to hear Dr Cate expertly school us on exactly why certain foods cause a breakdown in our health and immunity and what foods we can eat to navigate back to greater oral and whole being health. Drawing from her background in biochemistry and medicine, Dr Cate offers several gems from which even the veteran real foodie will gain insight. Dr Cate also shares with us her science based argument against flossing!

Dr Mike Godfrey

semi retired medical doctor
“Doctors Are Not Taught to Look at Teeth – the connection between cancer, particularly breast cancer and oral health”

Dr Mike Godfrey offers us a no nonsense, detailed interview sharing the connection between cancer, particularly breast cancer, and oral health. Dr Godfrey draws from his over 40 years of clinical experience to explain to us how 97% of breast cancers have an oral implication! If it’s true that the information we grasp impacts the decisions we make, then you owe it to yourself and your loved ones to grasp the significance of oral health in the cause of breast cancer. Questions Dr Godfrey addresses include: What impact do oral metals play in cancer? What can folks who are less than ideal health do? and What other tools are available to more effectively screen for breast cancer than mammography?

Join me at the summit!

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January 17, 2013
Starlene’s Polka Dot Chocolate Cake
Back when I first started on GAPS, chocolate was not legal. I decided to cheat in June 2010 to make a cake for my husband for Father’s Day and modified this recipe from Elana’s Pantry’s The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook. the cake was amazing and delicious, and Elana’s is one of my favorite cookbooks! Because it was not legal to have chocolate at that time, I asked Shirley from Gluten Free Easily if she would host my cake recipe and it has been there ever since. Shirley recently started a new site called All Gluten Free Desserts… All the Time and asked if she could include this recipe there. I thought that would be pretty cool. Shirley asked me if I would like to “bring my recipe” home since it’s been a couple years, and since GAPS now allows chocolate and baking soda [affiliate link] when baking, I thought that was a great idea too. Thanks, Shirley!

Polka Dot Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Almond Butter [affiliate link] Frosting

Chocolate Cake:
- 2 cups and 1 Tablespoon blanched almond flour [affiliate link]
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder [affiliate link]
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup honey [affiliate link]
- 2 whole eggs [affiliate link]
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla [affiliate link] extract
Preheat oven to 350°F. Gently whisk cocoa into the almond flour, then add the salt and baking soda, whisking again. In a different bowl, mix the wet ingredients together: honey, eggs and vanilla extract. Pour the wet into the dry and stir just until fully mixed. Butter an 8-inch cake pan (the kind with the little piece that goes around to help release the cake works best) and flour lightly with almond flour. Don’t forget to flour with almond flour as this cake will stick. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The texture of the cake will be brownie-like.

Frosting:
- 1/2 cup raw almond butter, at room temperature
- 2 Tablespoons softened butter
- 2 Tablespoons and 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- pinch salt
- sliced almonds [affiliate link] as garnish, optional
Mix the frosting ingredients together. Frost the cake when it has cooled for about fifteen minutes. Frosting it while warm helps the frosting spread easily. The frosting is just enough for a one-layer cake.

Serves eight. This cake is very rich and decadent. Also tastes great frozen for twelve hours.
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Starlene’s Polka Dot Chocolate Cake

Author: Starlene Stewart @ GAPS Diet Journey

Recipe type: Chocolate, Dessert

Serves: 8 svgs

Great GAPS cake for special occasions.
Ingredients

Chocolate Cake:

2 cups and 1 Tablespoon blanched almond flour

½ cup cocoa powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ cup honey

2 whole eggs

1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

Frosting:

½ cup raw almond butter, at room temperature

2 Tablespoons softened butter

2 Tablespoons and 1 teaspoon honey

¼ cup cocoa powder

pinch salt

sliced almonds as garnish, optional
Instructions

Cake:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Gently whisk cocoa into the almond flour, then add the salt and baking soda, whisking again. In a different bowl, mix the wet ingredients together: honey, eggs and vanilla extract.

Pour the wet into the dry and stir just until fully mixed.

Butter an 8-inch cake pan (the kind with the little piece that goes around to help release the cake works best) and flour lightly with almond flour.

Don’t forget to flour with almond flour as this cake will stick.

Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Frosting:

Mix the frosting ingredients together.

Frost the cake when it has cooled for about fifteen minutes.
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If you love desserts like this, I have two cookbooks you really need to check out ASAP! Naturally Sweetened Treats for gluten-free dessert needs and Baker’s Dozen Volume 4, Chocolate Treats for amazing chocolate desserts and snacks.

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January 15, 2013
Some of my Favorites in the Toadally Primal Wellness Bundle

Have you bought yours yet? If you haven’t, there’s still time to make your purchase.

If you’ve already bought your eBundle, I know there are a lot of eBooks to look through and I haven’t even looked through half of the Healthy eBundle which I bought a couple of months ago! Speaking of the Healthy eBundle, I saw that Wardeh from GNOWFGLINS answered a question about how many books were similar in the two bundles. She said there was an overlap of just 7.

At any rate, I wanted to point out to you which eBooks I would recommend looking at sooner than later. 🙂

Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat by Melissa Joulwan from Clothes Make the Girl Value $15

I first learned about Melissa Joulwan’s blog Clothes Make the Girl when one of my friends posted a link to her recipe for Pad Thai. I have never eaten Pad Thai, but it just looked delicious. I tweaked it just a bit and loved it so much I made it for dinner two nights in a row. I spent some time on Melissa’s blog and found she used to be in roller derby and wrote a book called Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track. I admire women that engage in rough and tumble sports like roller derby although I can’t even stay upright on skates. LOL. I bought Rollergirl and found it fascinating. And I love Melissa’s cookbook. Lots of GAPS legal recipes. I have just gone through the entire book and of the 75 recipes, I found only 7 that are not GAPS legal. I also have drool on my chin, thank you very much. There are a lot of Chinese food recipes in here like Egg Foo Yong and Chinese BBQ Pork and the aforementioned Pad Thai also makes an appearance. The book is stunning.

Lacto-Fermentation by Wardeh from GNOWFGLINS. Value $20

Wardeh is one of the kindest bloggers I know. You can just feel that coming through in her posts and words. This eBook is a companion book to the online courses provided by Wardeh when you are a member, but here’s the good news. You do not need to be a member in order to get full benefit from this book. Wardeh says, “There’s something to be said for watching someone demonstrate a technique, and you’re always welcome to become a member of our online classes. But, the bottom line is: yes, you can use this book on its own.” This book contains information on how to ferment nearly everything with 23 lessons, a suggested schedule, information on cultures and supplies at a discount, and the what, why and how of each topic.

Cooking with Coconut Oil by Jennifer Saleem from Hybrid Rasta Mama Value $20 (affiliate link)

Have you been looking for more ways to get coconut oil [affiliate link] into your diet? Jennifer shares 68 recipes in this eBook for adding coconut oil into the foods you eat. If you are doing GAPS, 30 of the 68 recipes are already GAPS legal as written. Several others are easily altered to be GAPS legal. So far I’ve tried the Baba Ganoush – I’ve never had this before. Jennifer’s rendition was so yummy I was eating it with a spoon!

Indulge: 70 Grain-Free Desserts from Carol Lovett from Ditch the Wheat Value $25 (affiliate link)

Okay, this eCookbook as written has 23 GAPS legal recipes (out of 70 total) due to a couple of illegal ingredients. I have been chatting with Carol by email and I am planning to do a review on her book and I can get into more details at that time about which recipes are easily converted. The most important thing is these desserts are already grain-free, so that is huge. The illegal ingredients are arrowroot powder, cream of tartar, coconut palm sugar and maple syrup. The maple syrup can be subbed for honey [affiliate link], and for some of the recipes it may be possible to simply omit the illegal ingredient. For example, Carol says the meringues would likely do well without the cream of tartar. The raspberry jam calls for arrowroot powder and I know for a fact it’s easy peasy to thicken jam by simply cooking a bit longer to reduce the liquids. Here is a photo – I’ve indicated of these which are GAPS legal with an asterisk (*) and which are easily adapted with the hash sign (#). These are gorgeous and look so delicious!

Toadally Primal Smoothies by Todd Dosenberry from Primal Toad Value $10

This eBook has a ton of smoothies in it, although I did see that some have whey and protein powder there are dozens that do not. At any rate, if you are looking for ideas for smoothies, this is a huge collection (over 150). Every smoothie has a photo, and there is nutritional information on each one as well.

Oh, of course I have to mention my own eCookbook, Beyond Grain & Dairy. Every recipe is GAPS legal, and there are color photos for every recipe. I really enjoyed putting this book together and I am really enjoying having my recipes printed out for easy access. I just printed mine on my laser printer (black and white), used the three hole punch and put the pages into a binder. If I get enough interest, I will consider a paperback version. So far my mom and my boss have requested a paper copy but we’ll probably just do the notebook deal for their copies. The other thing I wanted to point out is that if you have a Kindle, my book looks great on Kindle (even though it is not proper Kindle format). Just email the PDF to your Kindle (feel free to ask me if you don’t know how to do that).

Paleo Ice Cream by Ben Hirshberg from BenHirshberg.com Value $10

Last but not least, this book on making your own homemade ice cream. 24 as written are GAPS legal. Some flavors that caught my eye: Banana Almond Butter [affiliate link], Papaya, Pumpkin [affiliate link] Pie, Watermelon, Avocado, Banana Walnut and of course, Classic Chocolate.

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If you have not yet bought your bundle, don’t forget I’m offering a bonus if you use my link to purchase your bundle. All you have to do is forward your email receipt to bonus@gapsdietjourney.com to notify me of your purchase and I’ll email the books out the first chance I have at the computer.

The first of the two eBooks you will receive is my brand new, hot off the presses Making Baked Goods Using Coconut Flour [affiliate link] which will tell you all about working with coconut flour including step by step conversion instructions to guide you through converting your own favorite recipes.

Along with my eBook I’m also giving you a copy of Millie Copper’s Design a Dish. Millie is the blogger at Real Food for Less Money. Design a Dish is a fantastic resource offering formulas which will help you to learn how to cook without being dependent on recipes! This eBook does contain formulas for non-GAPS foods but there are formulas for soup, stew, crock pot dishes, egg entrees, meat salad and salad dressings.

Thanks for your support! As a contributor to this bundle, I am an affiliate and will earn a commission when you purchase through my link.

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January 12, 2013