Vaccine Exemption Letter

  With school starting soon, I’ve been getting requests for the vaccine exemption letter we use. I have this posted within a long post I did on “Why We Don’t Vaccinate”. But, some people have had trouble finding it so I thought I’d post it separately. This one is specific to Illinois so if you […]

30 Days of Feingold Dinners (Week 2)

Our second week of dinners. These are dinners from 30 days straight in May. I’ve just now gotten around to putting the post together. Please see the previous post (Week 1) for details on what diets we do, etc. Thanks!  Wednesday BBQ Shredded Beef I order this and the BBQ sauce from www.grasslandbeef.com. You can get […]

Chocolate Granola Bars – Feingold Stage 1

You can make these GFCF or regular. My daughter likes these. They’re good right out of the freezer and hold together better when making them gluten free. I like that they contain a lot of oats. Oats have a calming effect. Ingredients:  3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter, softened (for dairy free I used 1/4 cup […]

Breakfast Sausage

1 lb ground beef (I use grass fed beef from www.grasslandbeef.com) 1 tsp dried sage 1 tsp salt ½ tsp pepper ¾ tsp ground fennel seeds (I grind up fennel seeds in a clean coffee grinder) 1/8 tsp marjoram 1 tsp light brown sugar (optional – Domino brand) 1/16 tsp crushed red pepper flakes Variations: […]

23 Ways to Lose Weight Naturally

Ready for swimsuit season? My daughter is! She puts on her “swimming soup” as she calls it, and begs me to take her swimming. If you’re not as excited about summer, here are a few tips on how to slim down naturally. I don’t believe in the typical diets out there to lose weight because […]

30 Days of Feingold Dinners (week 1)

When people hear all the dietary restrictions my kids have, the first question I get is, “What can they eat?”, followed by “What do you feed them?” It’s actually not all that different than what they were eating before, just without the gluten and dairy. I decided to take pictures and document everything we eat […]

The Yeast Beast and Our Yeast Protocol

They say 100% of kids with autism have yeast overgrowth, so you better know how to treat it. I would add that most if not all kids with ADHD and other learning disorders also have yeast overgrowth. Almost all overweight people also have yeast overgrowth.  Yeast is a beast that you do not want to […]

Berry Muffins

This recipe is from Julie Morris’ cookbook, Superfood Cuisine. It contains no white sugar. I make some changes to the original recipe. This can be made gluten free or with regular flour, whole wheat is recommended. 1 ¾ cups flour (I use the GF flour mix from “Cooking for Isaiah” cookbook) 2 tsp baking powder […]