I cannot stress enough how important it is to read food labels! I also cannot stress enough that it is up to you to decipher food manufacturers clever tricks, too. Wheat Belly certified health coach April Duval leads the 10 day detox on the group’s Facebook page. One...
Surviving the season with these keto holiday recipes
The holidays can be a non-stop temptation of sweets if you aren’t prepared. With fewer office parties, and holiday parties in general, this pandemic just might keep you on track with your eating. Lemonade out of lemons, friends. I have never met a cookie, piece of...
How to make Bulletproof coffee
I started hearing about this thing called “Bulletproof coffee” I was intrigued. Butter in your coffee?? What?! My first attempt was awful! With just butter and no sweetener, I was underwhelmed. Once I found the Wheat Belly Facebook page where health coach April...
The best keto pumpkin cream pie recipe!
Thanksgiving is just days away, and nothing says Thanksgiving to me like PUMPKIN PIE! Since going grain-free, searching for compliant recipes has been my full-time hobby! My first go-to was a crust made out of crushed pecans. Not bad! But then I found Carolyn...
How to make keto pizza at home
You can eat pizza on Keto and it’s not a cheat! I've tried several recipes for different kinds of crust. The cauliflower crust was too soggy, and the packaged crust mix from Wheat Free Market was better, but I knew there had to be another option, and there is! My...
Keto lasagna – best low carb recipe EVER!
When we began our keto/grain-free lifestyle, pasta was one of the first things to go. Slowly but surely, we have found fantastic substitutes for just about everything we've missed. This lasagna recipe is adapted from Suzanne Somers' Fast & Easy cookbook....
How Instant Pot Cooking Made Life Better!
A few years ago, I kept reading about this new and improved pressure cooker- the Instant Pot. I was intrigued but slightly intimidated. Ever since one of my teachers in grade school told us a cautionary tale about her mishap with an old school pressure cooker, (it...
Are Grain Free and Gluten Free the same thing?
Gluten-Free is the new “low fat” craze that is filling supermarket shelves these days. Remember the “Fat Free” and “Low Fat” fad that swept the country in the ’90’s? Yeah, we all got on that train thinking fat free or low fat was a “get out of jail free” card....
Simple switches to reduce chemical toxins in your life
Has anyone really thought about the toxic chemicals we expose ourselves to in the name of beauty? Deodorant, makeup, and dryer sheets are some top offenders. For years the rumor/warning about a link to Alzheimer’s, dementia, and cancer and commercial deodorants...
Take care of your gut!
This past week we watched two amazing documentaries on Amazon: “What’s with Wheat” and “The Gut: Our Second Brain”. Both stories reinforced what I have been reading for some time now: Your gut is indeed your second brain. People that consume grains (ALL grains: wheat,...