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For health reasons we are going to try going grain free for about a month and see how we feel. I have been off of grains for the most part for a while, but now the whole family is going to get in on it.
We are doing a modified version of the GAPS diet in the hopes that our guts will finally heal from the antibiotics and poor diets we once had. We are also having guests for a few days this week so there are things like beans, sourdough bread and corn tortillas on the menu for them.
I am not entirely convinced that grains are that good for you, even if soaked/sprouted and prepared properly. But I have another post in the works about that.
As usual lunch is generally leftovers or a salad. Here is our menu for the week:
Monday
- breakfast: eggs, sausage, oranges
- dinner: roast chicken w/ roasted carrots, southern style braised greens, salad w/ homemade dressing
- prep: make chicken stock
Tuesday
- breakfast: poached eggs over leftover greens, oranges
- dinner: hamburgers, sauteed mushrooms, steamed broccoli, salad w/ homemade dressing
- prep: strain chicken stock, make yogurt
Wednesday
- breakfast: eggs & sausage, sauteed mushrooms, oranges
- dinner: sunflower seed pizza, braised cabbage
- prep: chop vegetables for breakfast, start pizza crust in morning
Thursday
- breakfast: eggs, potato-free “homefries”, oranges
- dinner: greens quiche, sourdough toast, blueberry-coconut smoothies, roasted sweet potatoes
- prep: soak beans in morning
Friday
- breakfast: leftover quiche, smoothies
- dinner: taco salad/tostadas with beans (for guests) with guacamole and homemade salsa, carrot cake cookies
- prep: start beans in morning, bake cookies
Saturday
- breakfast: smoothies
- dinner: nitrate free hot dogs, salad, fruit
- prep: none
Looking for more menu plans?
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Best of luck going grain-free! I’ve tried similar diets for shorter periods (based on Elaine Gottschall’s SCD) and found it challenging–but very helpful. I’m about to embark on an anti-candida diet, so our menu plans will overlap in many ways.
Just wondering what you put into your potato-free “home fries”–will you be posting a recipe?
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Doug Kaufmann of http://www.knowthecause.com advocates a Phase One diet that starves mold, yeast, fungus from your system and gets rid of inflammation in your body. I know that it works!
You can view his daily show(30min) on the website Monday-Friday.
His Phase One diet outline is on the website under Frequently Asked Questions.
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Thanks for the link! Hopefully those caveman cookies help with any grain cravings!
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I’d also like to know what your “home fries” are going to be. We eat low-carb (though my kids still eat some whole grains) and I’m always looking for other low carb replacements to high carb favorites.
I make a radish hash that’s actually really good. The radishes become soft and mild and resemble potatoes more than anything else I’ve tried.
I hope you post your recipe!
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Ricki & Motherhen – Yes, I will definitely post a recipe for the homefries, if they work out
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Thanks for the SF pizza link! I hope you like it! Let me know how it turns out for you. We liked it, but the expectations have to allow for a bit more crumbliness w/o the gluten
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Looks like a great menu! I am so glad to have a fellow paleo meal planner!
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Thanks for the SF pizza link! I hope you like it! Let me know how it turns out for you. We liked it, but the expectations have to allow for a bit more crumbliness w/o the gluten
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Looks like a great menu! I am so glad to have a fellow paleo meal planner!
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I have really enjoyed your blog and an learning a lot. We get raw milk and I am making things with that, and we also buy organic meat. I have a lot to learn in the grain department, I am not even soaking at this point. I really look forward to your post on why you think we should be grain free.
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Oh yay! Another Nourishing Traditions-friendly paleo dieter. Welcome to the fold, sister.
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I want to try going grain-free sometime but am a shameful grain/carb addict and even a grain free day to be daunting
Maybe your efforts will inspire me? 
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