Breakfast & Lunch on GAPS

My dear friend Kyce wanted to know what I’m eating for breakfast and lunch, after I posted a GAPS-friendly dinner menu.  So here you go!  Honestly, it’s a little hard for me to remember which of these were breakfast, and which were lunch, lol.  That is one of the hard adjustments at first, but now it feels very freeing – breakfast in our house used to be mostly homemade grains and eggs.  Oatmeal, scrambled eggs, bacon, pancakes, toast, etc . . .  It was hard to imagine what I would eat for breakfast when I first started taking out grains and eggs to help the baby’s tummy.

But guess what? It’s pretty simple to reheat leftover soup, or to quickly make some with veggies and broth.  I usually saute some veggies, and I often eat a bit of leftover fish or meat from a previous dinner, and I always have lacto-fermented veggies on the side.  As a breastfeeding mother, I eat a pretty generous portion of protein.

In the middle, you see a lunchbox I packed for my daughter to take to school (yes, she loves olives).  She also had leftover meatloaf, tomato sauce, and a lacto-fermented pickle.  Not too shabby.  I think I mentioned before that our whole family has really increased our vegetable eating these past few months, which is lovely to see.  We loved vegetables before, but now we really heap them on our plates!  I’ve drastically reduced our snack and fruit intake (even before reading French Kids Eat Everything – now I’m really inspired!), and it’s been interesting to see the effects on my daughter.  The other night for bedtime snack (soon to disappear in our house, shh), she wanted fruit, I said no.  She asked repeatedly for things I said no to, and then she finally said, “Fine.  I’ll make some kale,” and proceed to cook some kale in bacon fat, then eat the entire plate with relish.  Yeah baby.  That was probably the highlight of my week.

This entry was written on March 7th, 2013 by adrie and filed under Cooking, Family, Food.
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7 Responses to “Breakfast & Lunch on GAPS”

  1. 1
    Holly
    written on March 7th, 2013

    Adrie,This looks awesome,your making me hungry!!!I am seriously thinking of trying this,my abdomen in so sore 98% if my life the kids hurt it when the sit on it.My digestive system is so inflamed,this might work,I would just have to figure out how to eat meat again!!Do you have any favorite books with recipes??????? Now I need to find food!!Hol :) :):):):):)

  2. 2
    sarahkeith
    written on March 7th, 2013

    I am loving your GAPS posts. We don’t eat this way, but I’m very interested. It all seems so overwhelming, but I like the way you break it down.

  3. 3
    Taisa
    written on March 7th, 2013

    I am enjoying reading about your GAPS journey and your meals so much. We are slowly going off GAPs now, but the way we eat has really shifted- and yes, so many veggies! I love that Kale story- that is the best!

  4. 4
    adrie
    written on March 8th, 2013

    Holly,
    Just let me know how I can help, dear one! I’ve got a GAPS Guide you can borrow at the next meeting. And sure, I can rustle up some cookbooks :)
    Blessings,
    Adrie

  5. 5
    adrie
    written on March 8th, 2013

    Glad you’re enjoying them, GAPS or not, it’s still yummy food :)
    Blessings,
    Adrie

  6. 6
    Kyce
    written on March 8th, 2013

    Thanks Adrie. Somehow, seeing someone actually doing it makes it seem doable. Love the kale story…I think we have a ways to go before anything like that happens in my house! Ella’s teacher must shake her head in amazed delight at lunch time when Ella unpacks her basket.

  7. 7
    adrie
    written on March 14th, 2013

    Thanks Kyce! Lol, I think Ella’s teacher is a bit mystified by me, but that’s ok :)

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