Makiko Oka-Castro, a Natural Healing Artist, will help you and your child with Posture Balance Integration to heal, develop, and emerge!

Category: Recipes

GAPS Diet protocol based recipes

  • Fermented Condiments Recipes

    Fermented Condiments Recipes

    Switching to natural condiments is important. Commercialized condiments are very toxic. You may think that using a small portion of condiments does not impact your health. However, you use a little bit every meal and every day, so you may end up eating a lot of toxic substances with condiments. When I learned about the… Read more

  • Sauerkraut

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    The GAPS Diet is a beneficial bacteria restoration diet not only for the gut flora but also for what 90% of our body is made of. Can you believe it? 90% of who we are is made of microbiome! Only 10% is human? Marvelous, is it? So, when they are not happy, we can not… Read more

  • Liver Pate

    When I was a child, my mom often cooked my father’s favorite. One of them was liver pate (either chicken or beef). She made pate with onion and garlic. I didn’t like liver back them. They were too gamy to me. But a few years ago, my husband and I were in Mexico. We found… Read more

  • Lacto-Fermented Onion Families

    Spring is the season for onion-family vegetables such as ramps, purple scallions, garlic, etc. You can find Organic fresh ones in various stores and markets.  Recipe: Fill 2/3 of a pint-size mason jar with the onion of your choice. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt and the juice of 1 whole lemon. Close the… Read more

  • Lacto-Fermentation Recipes

    Below is an introduction to basic lacto-fermentation. I like to use a quart-size mason jar except for sauerkraut and Chinese cabbage. Select a non-leafy vegetable (preferably seasonal), such as turnip, carrot, celery, radish, garlic, eggplant, etc.…… Basic options: -Fill 2/3 of a jar with vegetables, and add 1 ½ teaspoons of sea salt -Fill 2/3… Read more

  • Marination Recipes

    Many clients with GAPS are susceptive to gamy smell. I found that when those animal based foods are marinated in probiotic foods, they are purified by good bacteria. Therefore, those foods become much more flavorful and easier to digest. Below is some idea of marination. Miso and Ginger juice MARINATED PORK TENDERLOIN One long piece… Read more

  • Meat Stock

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    GAPS Meat Stock is a very special type of soup. “It is a whole meal designed for healing to heal and seal the gut lining quickly,” said Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride from her famous yellow book, Gut And Psychology Syndrome. When you start to eat it almost immediately, you can sense the change in your gut… Read more

  • Banana Pound Cake

    A Baking recipe use nuts flour for baking instead of wheat flour and raw honey and ripened banana instead of sugar. I introduce you my basic pound cake recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup almond flour 1 cup hazel nuts flour 1/2 coconuts flour 3 eggs separated 1/4 cup melted butter and some more butter for greasing… Read more

  • Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar

    Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar is so easy to make. I could not believe it! What you need is only organic apples and water. Cut 5 apples into small pieces and wait till their surface become brown. Put the apples and water into a large mason Jar. Please make sure that the water is not chlorinated… Read more

  • Basic Stew

    Beef , pork, Lamb or any meat, with bones, muscles, connective tissues, and fat. Covered by GAPS Meat Stock, Bone Broth or water. Cook with sea salt, pepper, and herbs until it starts to boil on high heat (but do not boil), then lower the heat to simmer for 5 to 6 hours until the… Read more