Butternut squash Swiss roll – GAPS intro safe

Butternut squash Swiss roll – GAPS intro safe

by Marie MannNo Comments
Yes you can have cake on GAPSintro diet - this cake works on stage 3 when you have introduced eggs and nut butter successfully. If you love Butternut squash you'll love this, but careful it is so yummy that you might end up having more than you planned. GAPS intro diet is not easy but it is certainly doable and if you do it properly from the start you will enjoy food more when it gets introduced because your body does not retaliate when you have it.   Makes: full size oven tray sponge Prep time: 10 min Cooking: 10min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf) Cooling: 30min Setting: several hours in the fridge   For the sponge cake base you need: 6 eggs separate ( egg whites beaten stiff) 300g cooked/ blended butternut squash 80g cashew nut butter 1/4 tsp bourbon vanilla 1-2  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller...
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Spicy buttery butternut squash jelly, GAPS intro diet dessert

Spicy buttery butternut squash jelly, GAPS intro diet dessert

by Marie MannNo Comments
In mind August 2015 I took the plunge and started GAPS intro diet stage 1 to see if I can get my Ankylosing spondylitis flare under control again. At first I was worried that I would find eating to the strict rules very hard but after a couple of days it became quite natural, I do spend a lot of time cooking so I am always prepared ahead of meal time. My oven had been broken for several weeks prior and I had really looked forward to baking things again, on GAPS intro there is no backing  :-( so I had to be creative to come up with this GAPS dessert. Though I liked tea jelly it is very low in nutrition even after adding the Greatlakes gelatine with it's amino acids I longed for something more nourishing that was not soup. I decided to try butternut squash jelly with cinnamon, I know cinnamon does not seem to be allowed at this stage, so if...
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