This week we have a timely and helpful guest post by one of my longtime readers, Angela Privin - who is also a digestive health coach: The best thing I've ever done for my digestive health was to break my sugar habit. It allowed me to rebalance my biome and heal my irritable bowel syndrome [...]
I'm very picky about my hummus! Perhaps because I lived in an area of London known as 'little Cyprus' for a year. At any rate, I tried many variations on hummus recipes before coming up with this one and I tell you the truth: EVERY single person who has tasted this creamy hummus recipe, LOVES [...]
When you need to avoid spicy foods because your gut can't handle it (or if you're allergic to chilies) this recipe will satisfy your craving for intense flavor (or if you're missing Indian food), without being hard on a sensitive or inflamed gut. As long as you're at the stage in your healing where you [...]
Alright, I just have to share this super easy, quick, and versatile honey mustard recipe. Instead of honey, I just use stevia and/or luo han guo (monkfruit) to sweeten this sauce (making it sugar-free!). I then use with everything from scrambled eggs to chicken strips - or even as a veggie dip. It's so delicious [...]
Okay, just had to share with you one of my latest addictions - goat cheese dip. I first had this in a restaurant and was crazy for it - but since it is a half hour drive away, I had to figure out how to make it myself! If you are sensitive to acidic foods, [...]
If you're new to kale, or thinking about trying it, or trying to introduce it to your kids, here's a super yummy yet easy cranberry kale salad you can make to introduce it gently. Just use the proportions given and make as large or as small a salad as you wish: Cranberry Kale Salad Half kale [...]
I talk a lot about the health benefits of drinking raw cow's milk or raw goat's milk on this blog, but for those of you that cannot tolerate it, are vegan, or who cannot obtain pasture-fed raw milk where you live, an excellent alternative is Raw Almond Milk! With raw almond milk, you can still [...]
Here's another recipe for you to add more food-based probiotics to your diet. Remember that if you don't tolerate dairy, yogurt can be made from raw cow’s milk, goat’s milk, or coconut milk. Goat milk yogurt has smaller fat and protein globules than cow’s milk, and the protein is more similar to human breastmilk, making [...]
Most recipes for culturing yogurt will advise you start with some store-bought yogurt and use that as the fermenting culture for your milk. Of course, that will work, and it will produce yogurt, but what will be the quality and potency of that yogurt as a probiotic? Not very good. Potent probiotics strains are a [...]
MORE FOOD-BASED PROBIOTICS If you've seen my recipe for the Best Lacto-Fermented Mayonnaise Ever, but you don't know how to obtain the fresh liquid whey (the probiotics contained in fresh liquid whey are used to lacto-ferment mayonnaise, grains, vegetables, etc.) then here are detailed instructions: When you extract the liquid whey from yoghurt, you automatically [...]
I did a lot of experimenting to determine which oils provide the best-tasting mayonnaise, whilst providing excellent nutrition – I think this recipe is my fifth variation and I’m finally happy with it! My never-ending thanks to Nourishing Traditions cookbook for providing the lacto-fermentation method whereby the mayonnaise keeps for 3-4 months, rather than a [...]
I am just crazy for this pre-soaked, sprouted bean/lentil product. Of course, it's organic, but it's also available for a great price at Costco! It's the TruRoots Organic Sprouted Bean Trio and it contains mung beans, green lentils and adzuki beans. Most of us know we should be eating beans and lentils once our guts [...]
For years I have raved about the positive effects of very ripe bananas when suffering from digestive upset - the riper the better! When bananas are black (by ‘black’ I mean normal, yellow-skinned bananas that have been left on the counter to ripen until their skin turns black) they are naturally pre-digested, absorption is enhanced, [...]
If you've read my older post on the benefits of homemade broth, you already know I always suggest drinking meat and veggie broths - both for everyday health and in between the Absorb Plus shakes (if you are on an elemental diet). Not only are there TONS of health benefits to making and consuming homemade [...]
I have been on a Love and Lemons kick recently - which is easy to do when they have so many GREAT recipes. I've also been on a soup kick, if you haven't noticed - but hey, soup is comforting and warm for these cold days, and I just love a good, non-dairy recipe that [...]
This soup is just wonderful when you are craving something creamy and comforting - without actually indulging in any dairy! Seriously, you cannot tell there is no cream in this soup. This is a recipe I slightly modified (I omitted some ingredients) from Jeanine & Jack's Love and Lemons recipe blog - which is chock [...]
Who doesn't love a fresh, healthy, body-fueling meal that's also incredibly easy to prepare? And did I mention...chocolate?! Here's a chocolate pudding (which can also be made as a smoothie, if you'd prefer) that contains a bunch of super healthy ingredients like avocado, spinach, chia and bananas - yet is sugar-free and tastes both yummy [...]
After we shared our Creamy Rice Pudding recipe, we had many people write in asking for the gut-soothing congee porridge with bone broth recipe I mention in my 8 Key Steps for Natural Healing of Crohns, Colitis, Diverticulitis & IBS talk on YouTube. Traditional Chinese congee (or in Korean culture, jook) with broth is a [...]
If you have listened to my 8 Key Steps for Natural Healing of Crohns, Colitis, Diverticulitis & IBS talk on YouTube, then you may have heard me mention using traditional congee rice porridge with bone broth to provide bowel rest. If you cannot afford to go on an elemental diet, cannot pay for the targeted healing [...]
Jini's Chocolate Cashew Butter Fudge (Dairy-Free, GF) When you give up dairy, and then you give up sugar, you can feel SUPER deprived. But this treat makes all the deprivation and cravings for old vices disappear! We tried SIX versions of this recipe before perfecting it to my nit-picky standard for fabulousness. Now, [...]
Whenever I serve this healthy Caesar salad dressing, I ALWAYS have people asking me for the recipe. And it's so simple! I have yet to meet any child who doesn't care for it (as long as they don't know there are anchovies in it!). The anchovies are optional, however, so you can choose to leave [...]
I am just crazy for this pre-soaked, sprouted bean/lentil product. Of course, it's organic, but it's also available for a great price at Costco! It's the TruRoots Organic Sprouted Bean Trio and it contains mung beans, green lentils and adzuki beans. Most of us know we should be eating beans and lentils once our guts [...]
As mentioned in the Health Benefits of Broths blog post, if you've read the IBD Remission Diet then you know Jini strongly advocates that people drink meat and vegetable broths in between the Absorb Plus shakes on the Diet - mostly due to the amazing health benefits of homemade bone broths, but also to alternate [...]
Those of you who already have my IBD Remission Diet book, have these recipes already. But for those of you who don't, or who are vegetarian so don't want to use my chicken broth recipe (with it's healing gelatin), here are two ways to prepare a healing vegetable broth. Henry Bieler recommended this first broth [...]
Making the Most of One Organic Chicken As you may know, I'm all about getting the "biggest bang for your buck". I'm always looking for ways to make life more efficient; obtain the same results with less effort, so that I have more time to play! So in the steps below I'm going to show [...]
If you're at the place in your Healing Journey where you can tolerate some of those fabulous cruciferous vegetables again, you are going to love this quick and easy cauliflower leek soup recipe! The surprising thing for me, was how "cheesy" this soup tastes. If you're craving a melted cheddar taste experience, this soup will [...]
If you are following the Minimize Gas & Bloating Diet, or the Maintenance Diet from my book, Listen To Your Gut, then this recipe is for great for you! Chock full of yummy herbs, mushrooms, barley (or quinoa) and squash, this mushroom stew recipe warm favorite for the approaching fall season - but is sure [...]
Jini's assistant Savannah here -- you may have already heard, but Absorb Plus has gone VEGAN! Many of you have been waiting a LONG time for this (I know), and I am excited to announce the time has FINALLY come. If this is news to you, check out Jini's recent blog post and YouTube video. [...]
Although these meals are not good for people healing from a gut disorder, perhaps you have a teenaged son or daughter, or a niece or nephew who just wants to eat better? My son's friend, Caleb, lives in a home where neither parent likes to cook, so he's always eaten processed food. We were talking [...]
Those of you who like to avoid grains may have heard the debate over whether quinoa is in fact a grain, or, a seed... This article in the Huffington Post (among others) asserts that quinoa is a seed because, "botanically speaking, it’s a relative of spinach, beets and chard. The part we eat is actually [...]
For those of you strong enough to do a bit of food-based detox, here's a simple recipe, courtesy of Amanda Goodwin. Although it's best for people with Crohn's, colitis or any kind of immune system challenge to avoid grains, I know that sometimes that's not always possible, or your body can't tolerate enough other foods [...]
The Pigs at Sumas Mountain Farms Well I'm feeling very much the pioneering, homesteader today as I finally got up the gumption to attempt rendering lard! Of course, I would only use fat from a fully pastured, naturally-fed and housed animal. Aside from the humane issues, fat is the storehouse of hormones and [...]
Oooh sometimes in my dairy-free, wheat-free - mostly sugar-free life - I allow myself a wee treat or two. This week I found two 'naughty' items at my local organic grocer that sparked my imagination - a Halloween Hot Chocolate Recipe! First, presto-ready coconut whipped cream in a can - at the push of a nozzle!: [...]
We've just had a big, fresh snowfall here in Vancouver, Canada and the kids have been out sledding, making snowmen, and thoroughly enjoying themselves. Then this morning, my daughter Zara comes in with a big hunk of snow to snack on - which is exactly what I used to do as a child! However, she [...]
Many people have been asking for a vegetarian version of Absorb Plus and believe me, we are desperately wanting to make that available to you! In the meantime, I have sourced some ingredients for you so that you can make up your own Vegan elemental shakes, and I have packaged the ingredients into Kits for [...]
I am beyond thrilled to be able to FINALLY have an outstanding superfood 100% grass-fed whey protein shake for all of you to enjoy and assist you on your Healing Journey. And I'm also going to share with you my favorite shake recipe (scroll down). But why do I say finally? Because I have searched [...]
Just a heads up that I am currently in testing to determine the best vegan protein powder for you guys. I posted on Facebook and asked for your favorites and I am currently taste-testing and usage-testing several lines, so I can cherry-pick the best products for you. Here's an example of what my kitchen island [...]
Those of you who have been reading my blog posts on eating organ meats and watching my videos on healthy fats, already know why this recipe is super healthy for you. What you won't know - until you make it - is how amazingly delicious this is! I served this pate to a friend of [...]
A low-residue diet can be helpful during an IBD or diverticulitis flare-up, to get rid of common irritants and to help calm the gut. This low-residue diet can also be used as a low-fibre diet (less than 10 grams of fibre per day) before or after surgery to reduce bowel volume. Of course, the best [...]
I sure hope you don't have kids like mine - who hate sandwiches, but also won't take anything else to school that can't be eaten in about 5 minutes flat. And no, they won't eat healthy, easy things like cold chicken either. So how do I send them off with a healthy school lunch? So, [...]
I've written about the safety of raw milk before in my Infoletter - Good Health Is Real Wealth, however, this issue came up again when I received an email from reader who read a blog post about Organic Pastures Dairy being sued over an E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak in 2006. The blog post was [...]
We recently had a joint birthday party at my place with 54 adults and 33 kids. So many people asked for my recipes that I've decided to post them here on my blog. If you're planning a party, this mix of recipes is ideal because: 1. They can be made over a 3-day stretch before [...]
In preparation for my teleseminar with raw milk therapy expert, Jim Ehmke, CN, I went on a one week raw milk diet myself! Watch the videos below - shot on Day 1, Day 4 and at the conclusion of the Diet, to find out how it went, what I learned and whether I would ever [...]
Raw Almonds – In Their Shells Restoring Raw Almonds from California — Farmer Lawsuit Moving Forward With Your Help We Can Win This Fight! A lawsuit filed in the Washington, D.C. federal district court late last year, which would throw out the USDA’s raw [...]
