I am very excited to have my dear friend Alisa Fleming guest post here today. Alisa is the founder and chief editor of the popular website, Go Dairy Free, she also authors her personal blog, Alisa Cooks. In addition to running two websites (phew, I need a nap just thinking about that!), Alisa is also […]
Menu Plan – Week of September 26 (and giveaway winners)
posted on September 26, 2011 by
Monday: Minestrone (I’ll set aside some of the soup for myself before I add the gluten-free pasta for my guys) and salad with dairy-free Ranch dressing Tuesday: Sea Bass with Mediterranean Sauce Wednesday: Pork with Apples, Calvados and Apple Cider (I will use coconut oil instead of the butter and canned coconut milk in place […]
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
posted on September 25, 2011 by
Sugar: The Bitter Truth If you’ve not yet watched the following video presentation by Robert Lustig, M.D., I highly recommend you put it at the top of your priority viewing list. I’ve watched it no fewer than a dozen times now and I’ve also shared it with many of my friends and family. It never […]
Enjoy Life Foods New Crunchy Cookies, A Review and Giveaway!
posted on September 21, 2011 by
I was the recent recipient of 4 complimentary packages of Enjoy Life Foods New Crunchy Cookies and while I did not personally sample them (I avoid all grains and cane sugar), my guys had a lot of fun “working” on my behalf…it’s a tough job, ya know! 😀 I really like Enjoy Life Foods, they […]
Menu Plan – Week of September 19
posted on September 19, 2011 by
Well, I survived my camping trip this weekend, albeit a little worn and tattered (but that which does not kill you, right?). Just as I had suspected, “Heidi” and “Camping” are two words that do not belong in the same sentence! Here are just a few words/phases that highlight my weekend: wolves, animal bones, dead […]
Celiac Crisis: Rare or Rarely Recognized?
posted on September 14, 2011 by
After sharing my personal story of living with undiagnosed celiac disease last spring, my father brought a series of frightening events that occurred just over a decade ago to my attention and asked why I didn’t mention them in my post. The plain and simple truth was, I didn’t (and still don’t) know if the […]
Heidi’s Favorite Trail Mix
posted on September 13, 2011 by
I’ve never been a huge fan of trail mixes, especially those of the store-bought variety because there’s usually too many things going on in them that don’t appeal to my taste buds. Nor do I care for protein bars. I know a lot of folks like them (my boys love LÄRABARS) and they are very […]
Camping (Mis)Adventures, A Weekly Menu Plan and A Few Giveaway Winners
posted on September 12, 2011 by
I must confess that I’m not much of a camper, it’s not something we did when I was growing up in a family of 4 females and one token male. I’m really not sure why we didn’t go camping either. Afterall, my parents met when they spent their college summers working at Roosevelt Lodge in […]
Remembering 9/11
posted on September 11, 2011 by
I will never forget where I was the moment the mighty towers fell. I live in the Mountain time zone (2 hours behind Eastern), so it was still quite early in the morning here. I was already at the hotel where I worked, making sure my convention was running smoothly when a co-worker approached me, […]
Freedom Foods Tropic O’s Cereal (a.k.a. Gluten, Allergen and Synthetic Dye Free “Fruit Loops”) with a Giveaway!
posted on September 6, 2011 by
Gluten and allergen free moms, REJOICE! The day has finally arrived that our kiddos can make the dreaded Fruit Loop necklace along side their classmates and no longer feel left out! 😀 It was precisely the above situation that led me to Freedom Foods in the land down under a couple weeks ago. When Luke […]
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