GAPS Onion and Meatball Soup

I came across the GAPS diet several years ago and quickly realized that that diet would be the answer that my husband was looking for.  Kevin has been sick since he was 5 years old and a constant parade to doctors, specialists and naturopaths led to dozens of tests and yielded no results.  He has spent most of his life unwell and not truly knowing what good health is or what it feels like.  His list of health issues read like a grocery list and more seemed to get added as time went on.  It broke my heart to see him struggle and to see him so unhealthy.  I knew once I read about the diet that he was a perfect candidate but when I first approached him about it he said no.

GAPS is not for the faint of heart.  Intro is tough and many go through some awful symptoms before the good starts to happen.  The diet cuts out a lot and with the corn allergy posed a challenge to find enough safe foods.  As the next two years went by and Kevin got sicker and lost even more food choices I once again approached him about GAPS.  This time he agreed to do it and I knew that he had hit bottom and truly had the desire to turn things around.  He has been on GAPS for 10 months and the progress in his health and diet has been immeasurable.  He has added so many new foods and has solved so many of his health issues that he is like a new person.

I made him this soup and he devoured it - it is the closest thing to his favourite soup, French Onion Soup.

Onion and Meatball Soup

3 cups beef broth
3 onions chopped
1 lbs ground beef, rolled into meatballs
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp garlic minced
2 tbsp. tallow

Combine the beef broth and onions in the crockpot with the salt, garlic and tallow.  Simmer on high for 4 hours.  Add the meatballs and simmer for 30 minutes on high.