This week I have a guest post for you from Jill of Food Forager. Her blog is a unique take on food foraging in today's modern world, and I am excited to be able to share this post with you.
I am a
Real Food Forager.
I admit it. Not the kind that that rummages around in the forest. Oh
no. You wouldn't catch me getting my hands dirty or, heaven forbid,
touch a worm. Yuck! No, I am a modern day, suburban real food forager.
Let
me explain. You may think it impossible to forage in a suburban area,
but what I mean is, I forage in the stores and markets that sell real
food. First and foremost this means that I belong to a buyer's club that
has a real farmer deliver real fresh pastured foods like eggs, meat,
poultry and dairy products on a weekly basis.
What with all this
foraging, I have found that the very best quality foods comes directly
from the farmer and that is why I founded The Great South Bay Chapter of
the Weston A Price Foundation.
Farm to consumer food is by far a
win - win situation for all involved. It allows the farmer to directly
sell to consumers and get a higher price for their goods. It allows the
consumer to buy the highest quality and freshest possible products at
reasonable prices. And equally as important, it cuts down on fossil fuel
usage as well as pollution by eliminating shipping across the country.
Real
Food Forager features recipes that are gluten- and grain-free,
dairy-free, sucrose-, starch-, and soy-free and appropriate for the
SCD/GAPS diets as well as ancestral diets like Paleo and Primal diets.
As
a Clinical Nutritionist/Chiropractor with a specialty in SCD (Specific
Carbohydrate Diet) and GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome), I found
myself giving Weston Price Foundation, SCD or GAPS style advice again
and again. It became clear to me that I needed a way to get this
dietary information to people in a usable, concise, outline without
having to repeat myself again and again. I realized that if I used the
format of a blog, it could reach a lot of people and also allow us to
have a dialog. Importantly, I could refer people to this blog for the
details they would need to be successful on these various diets.
My favorite recipes are:
- Macaroons
- Grain-Free Carrot Cake with Icing
- Pecan Crusted Apple Crisp
- Grilled Tri Tip Roast
- Courgette Al Dente!
Welcome
to this blog and find out more information about real food, the dangers
in our commercial food supply and the implications to our health, what
good nutrition really is, and how to follow these restricted diets and
still eat like a king!
