Category: Quirky Cooking Chats

Nicole Azzopardi is the author of ‘The Alchemy Cookbook’, where she shares simple, delicious, traditional recipes that fit so beautifully into the GAPS way of eating. In this episode, Jo and Nicole discuss the importance of bringing traditional foods back into everyday eating. Nicole also shares the story of her family’s healing journey, starting with… Continue reading AQJ 34 : Nicole Azzopardi – Healing the Gut with Traditional Foods

This podcast is especially for those of you with GAPS questions that you need answered by a health professional, who has studied GAPS as well as other methods of healing. Shalani McCray, naturopathic nutritionist, medical herbalist and GAPS practitioner, joins Jo this week to answer your questions. Learn more about: how to decide if GAPS… Continue reading AQJ 33 : GAPS Q & A with Shalani McCray – Naturopathic Nutritionist and GAPS Practitioner

This week’s story is absolutely fascinating – an amazing story of hope and healing, with Mary Kelly of ‘Good Mood Food’. Anaphylactic to wheat, dairy, eggs, nuts, and sesame seeds, and allergic to just about everything else except white rice and corn, life was difficult for little Daniel. He survived on a hypoallergenic formula, but… Continue reading AQJ 32 : Anaphylactic Allergies, FPIES, Post Natal Depression, Parasites, and Hope for Healing!

In this episode, Jo is joined by her foodie friend, Fouab Kassab, and they discuss how Jo’s family has benefitted so far from the GAPS diet, as well as Fouad’s experience with the Paleo diet. They share the many positive changes in their health through these healing diets, then approach the question, ‘What next?’ Should… Continue reading AQJ 31 : Should GAPS or Paleo be a lifetime diet?

Essential oils can be a powerful tool in your ‘health and healing’ toolbox! They are more than just a lovely way to keep your house smelling nice – they can be used for first aid, for relaxation and reducing stress, for natural medicines and for non toxic cleaning products and pest deterrents. In this episode,… Continue reading AQJ 30 : Essential Oils 101 with Samantha Bulloch of The Alchemist’s Tree

Do you need some tips for helping your kids to cope with the changes to their diet, and with how they will feel in the first couple of weeks? Are you worried they will refuse to eat the food you make? Are you wondering how other families have coped in this situtation? Listen in as… Continue reading AQJ 29 : Cathy Benson – How to help your kids to cope with starting GAPS

Did you know that if you’ve given birth within the last decade, you may be still suffering some consequences, such as lethargy, anxiety, memory disturbances, ‘baby brain’, and poor energy levels? It’s not just because life gets busy when a new baby comes along, but also because the process of growing a baby exacts a significant toll… Continue reading AQJ 28 : Dr Oscar Serrallach – Postnatal Depletion

How can a gut healing diet, natural therapies, and working daily with your kids to encourage optimal learning, help them to cope with the world around them?   In this episode, Leah shares some recent results of their family’s healing journey, the story of their big move out of the city, and their recent transition… Continue reading AQJ 27: How good gut health helps kids cope with the world around them!

This week’s episode is all about fermented foods! Katrina Kehoe of Kehoe’s Kitchen joins Jo to share her story of the past four years – from GAPS to a paleo diet, with a focus on using fermented foods as natural probiotics to help with the healing process. Find the answers to the following questions, and… Continue reading AQJ 26 : Kehoe’s Kitchen: helping to heal the gut with fermented foods

On today’s podcast, Jo has a very special co-host, her 14 yr old son Isaac. Jo’s family started GAPS (the Gut and Psychology Syndrome protocol) because Isaac was suffering with severe OCD. A year ago Isaac was barely able to function – now he’s doing amazingly well and loves to share what he’s been learning. Jo and… Continue reading AQJ 25 : Q&A with Isaac – gut healing simplified, and kids on GAPS