What do you eat?

Hello again...

I know it has been a long time since I've posted, but life got very busy: In June, our entire household went on the GAPS Intro Diet for 2 months. This meant I was cooking around the clock, but we were really only eating chicken stock and soup made from said chicken stock. Eventually, we got to add in other foods, but it was a slow, isolating process that brought most other things to a halt. In July, we moved back to Zürich, into my husbands old apartment, where we started looking into the Paleo diet as an alternative to GAPS. We also found out that our little guy is allergic to eggs, nuts, soy and dogs. So in August we had to say goodbye to our little dog, Finn (he found a good, happy home where he has new doggy friend). We also decided to start a Paleo Meetup Group. In September, we had our first, very successful, meetup potluck. Before which we went on a juice cleanse and tried out the Blood Type Diet. I was also looking into the Raw Food movement. In October, I just tried to wrap my head around all this new nutritional information and how we were going to apply it to our lives.

On top of all these food changes, I am a stay-at-home mom to a now 18-month-old darling who happens to have both allergies and eczema. He has a tiny list of food he can eat without a reaction or a flare-up. My husband and I choose a larger list, but some foods we just don't keep in the house anymore. So then the question is: What do you eat?

Over the next week, I'll be posting what we eat everyday. I'll include photos and recipes, plus tips and tricks to help anyone looking to get on a path to wellness.

Today I'm going to share what all these diets have in common: they all ditch the sugar and the gluten. Both of these ingredients are highly inflammatory and lead to a host of health issues. We have neither of these things in our house currently. Here's what we use instead:

We also keep eggs, soy and peanuts out of the house. We use ground flax seeds instead of eggs, coconut aminos instead of soy sauce and we are very careful about the almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts we do keep around. We are also very, very selective of the dairy we consume. Our little guy, against the advice of our pediatrician, gets none. We eat butter, a little sheep's milk yogurt or cheese, and rarely some organic mozzarella.

Other than that, it is all meat, fruits and vegetables. So, until tomorrow...

En Guete!