Although all the recipes on Empowered Sustenance are suitable for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and the Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) diet, these essential posts will equip you with some staple recipes, techniques and information.
To learn about SCD and GAPS, read this page where I explain the diets and list some helpful books, websites, and complementary healing resources.
Also, you can read my post about SCD vs GAPS and which one is right for you.
Have you met my favorite grain-free flour coconut flour? Learn some coconut flour basics, find out if coconut flour is right for you, and find where I get my coconut flour for the best price here.
This SCD/GAPS Yogurt tutorial discusses everything you need to get started! Starters, goat milk vs. cow’s milk, raw vs. pasteurized milk, incubators, materials, and ingredients.
Eating lots of fats from coconut oil and pastured, happy animals will drastically boost your healing journey. Learn how to use my four favorite healing fats that your kitchen needs.
This basic formula for two-ingredient (seriously!), grain-free pancakes provides a myriad of options. In this recipe, I called for pumpkin puree, but you can substitute an equal amount of mashed squash, carrot puree or even mashed banana!
Squash provides a nourishing source of carbohydrates on a grain-free diet. Do you know the absolutely fastest and simplest way to prepare these vegetables? In the Crockpot! I have details on this technique for acorn squash and butternut squash.
What is Sun-Flour? It is a simple, affordable and nut-free substitute for almond flour!
This One-Step Crockpot Chicken will provide you with plenty of moist meat and nourishing broth!





