Health Home and Happiness

02/18/2026

In a sourdough mood this winter. 🍞

Almost all of these are from the same recipe:
100 g starter
400 g water
650–700 g flour if high gluten, 800 if regular flour
50 g honey
40 g avocado oil
20 g salt

Make sure the starter is in contact with the flour for a total of 24+ hours across all the rises. A couple stretch and folds or a couple turns in the kitchen aid across this time. Make sure it fully doubles (when in doubt add another hour or two) Before baking.

Makes 2 loaves 400*f for 40 min or rolls for 20+/-
min.

09/05/2024

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04/25/2024

I realized I never posted this here, but I'm loving this change in my life ❤️
Also, heads up tomorrow April 26th-Tues April 30 I have my Carnivore and Soup Kindle Books set for F R E E !

Links~ Soup Challenge: https://amzn.to/3UAuPOt and Carnivore Meal Plan: https://amzn.to/49YaPJU

Hello everyone! I have had such a fantastic journey writing at Health Home and Happiness for the past 15 (!) years. It’s time for a new chapter in my life as kids and I all get older :) Contents hide 1 What to expect from me going forward: 2 What I’ve been up to instead […]

11/20/2023

A must-have for both campfires and hot cocoa, marshmallows are fluffy sweet candies that are surprisingly easy to make! With just honey, water, gelatin, and a pinch of sea salt these marshmallows are also suitable for many allergen-free diets including SCD and the GAPS diet.

Contents hide 1 Equipment Used 2 Marshmallows A must-have for both campfires and hot cocoa, marshmallows are fluffy sweet candies that are surprisingly easy to make! With just honey, water, gelatin, and a pinch of sea salt these marshmallows are also suitable for many allergen-free diets including S...

11/19/2023

I make these a few times a year to soothe coughs and sore throats- make sure you use celyon cinnamon for maximum benefit.

Watching liquid honey and powdery cinnamon transform into delicious and soothing hard cough drops is an exercise in science, cooking, and healing for both the home cook and the involved children. This recipe uses the healing properties of honey and cinnamon in an easy-to-consume little homemade coug...

11/17/2023

All the flavors of the season in a fun little treat!

Contents hide 1 Coconut Cream 2 Honey & GAPS Diet 3 More Low-Carb Treats: 3.1 This month's ebook! These indulgent pumpkin spice fat bombs are made with real pumpkin, coconut cream, and pumpkin spice. The dairy-free pumpkin spice fat bombs are melt-in-your-mouth delicious! Enjoy this smooth autumn-fl...

11/16/2023

Bacon mayonnaise is a high fat creamy condiment made with just bacon grease, egg, and salt. If your bacon is particularly salty, omit the salt.

Each brand of bacon will be a little bit different when it comes to grease content. For this recipe I used 20 ounces (2 packages) of ButcherBox Bacon- look at all these bacon sprinkles that we get too! Use Bacon Grease Mayonnaise in the following recipes: Ranch Deviled Eggs (Whole 30, GAPS, Paleo) C...

11/16/2023

Cheesecake is already a dense and filling less sweet dessert option. When we use no-carb natural monkfruit sweetener, we can make this classic dessert low-carb as well. These mini cheesecakes have an almond and coconut flour crust, which is optional if you’re short on time. The strawberry topping comes together quickly with only 3 ingredients as you wait for the cheesecakes to cool.

Contents hide 1 Note about Monkfruit 2 GAPS adaptions: 2.1 More keto dessert options: Cheesecake is already a dense and filling less sweet dessert option. When we use no-carb natural monkfruit sweetener, we can make this classic dessert low-carb as well. These mini cheesecakes have an almond and coc...

11/15/2023

This GAPS-friendly Dairy-Free Hot Cocoa Recipe makes a large pot full of dairy-free nourishing hot cocoa. if you’d like to make one cup at a time you can keep the cocoa mixture prior to adding water in a mason jar in the fridge (use within a week) and then just add boiling water to your desired amount of cocoa mixture. Recommended: 2-3 tablespoons of the mix to about 3/4 cup boiling water.

Coconut milk, honey, and unsweetened cocoa powder make this delicious hot cocoa. Directions for an instant 'concentrate' are in the recipe as well.

11/14/2023

These are our family's Superhero Gummies – they contain elderberry for immune support, along with tart cherry juice to increase the natural melatonin in the body, which helps with sleep, and lastly gelatin, which helps keep the mucous membranes of the nose in tact and as our first line of defense against germs

  Anyone who works with children, or has school-aged children, is on the edge of their seat at this time of year. Colds, the flu, unexplained tummy bugs – they’re all going around where people are gathered indoors and more in contact with each other’s germs. Sleep deprivation from being *so e...