Community, Help, and Encouragement for Active Parents
Being part of the gluten free community that Udi’s has put together has opened my eyes to what it really means to be gluten free. It’s more than just cutting out an ingredient or two. Your life changes, and many people feel like they are left in the dark and all alone while they do [...]
You know how busy I’ve been lately. So at this point, any recipe that will keep my family fed and keep me from spending too many hours in the kitchen, is a huge winner for me. Hellmann’s Chicken Change Up had a great selection of recipes to choose from in this week’s Time-Saving challenge. I [...]
photo credit Statistics show many benefits from eating together as a family: better choices, better health, better relationships. But with our family’s busy schedule and lack of meal ideas, I sometimes find it hard to enjoy mealtime. Here are some things we’ve tried that have helped make it a fun experience for everybody! Check Your [...]
There are some days when all I have time for is a peanut butter sandwich, but all I really want is some decadence. I’ve talked about it in the Gluten Free Community before, but I have to share this new twist on an old sandwich here. Chocolate and peanut butter top the charts of sweet [...]
Family recipes can bring back great memories, comfort sickness, carry tradition and reunite loved ones across the miles. They are magical. When your body rebels and you find yourself or your child unable to tolerate a given ingredient, the annoyance of missing out on something like gluten is compounded that much more when it’s Aunt [...]
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The holiday season seemed to fly by this past year, and shortly after New Year’s I discovered that I hadn’t done something that normally is second nature to me: I hadn’t planned a menu for over two months! Christmas preparations interrupted my meal preparations, and it was painfully obvious in our grocery bill. The price [...]
This week’s #homechat is on Raw Foods, so I’ve been digging into what that means to different people and what it might looks like in my family. So many foods are more beneficial to our bodies when they are raw, so it is in our best interest to explore them at the very least. [...]
ADHD in children is becoming more and more commonly diagnosed. While I have my own ideas as to why this is happening, I also know that we as parents are going to have to be the ones to step up and help our children instead of relying on prescribed medications that can cause more harm than [...]
With each of my three children, it seems like my body chemistry and diet has changed. My oldest two couldn’t tolerate dairy well, and I developed rashes suddenly after eating corn with my second. The third came along with a gluten/wheat sensitivity, and I tolerated corn but not citrus. Avoid the Processed-Food Desperation Grab Whatever [...]
