Two rules for converting a baking recipe to its gluten-free counterpart.

These bars look so good and will be perfect made with leftover cranberries.  When looking for recipes to make with gluten free ingredients, there are two rules of thumb: 1.  Most of the ingredients are naturally gluten free 2.  The recipe doesn't rely on the gluten-ous texture of the flours to create the texture of the whole ... Continue reading...

A Gluten Free Spa Birthday Party – 11 year old

What do you do with a daughter who has a sugar-restricted diet, and a husband who has a gluten-free diet?  You don't focus on food! The party was a blast - and the food was really, truly, just an after thought.  After a couple hours of spa-ing, we were all a little famished. Invitations We sent out Spa Appointment Cards that said: Appointment ... Continue reading...

Gluten Free Play-dough – and you don’t have to make it yourself!!

I stumbled across this by accident tonight on Etsy.  And I'm so pleased!! I made my first batch of gluten free playdough nearly 4 years ago.  And its a well loved post on this site.  But this idea was picked up by Kari Erickson and turned into a business - and it is so much more than I ever dreamed of.  She uses organic essential oils with ... Continue reading...

The same old & updated

Well, this week I've done exactly ZERO cooking.  (unless you count pancakes)  So it seemed a good time to update some of the shopping lists up there in my nav bar.  I'll keep this list up to date as I go: Updated Feb. 2010 Meats & Proteins ... Continue reading...

A little BBQ Humor

I posted on my personal blog today a little BBQ humor from a completely FAILED attempt at it last night! See it here: http://www.mommymotivation.me/humour/what-i-learned-re-bbq/ ... Continue reading...

Moving Right Along…

Image by Muffet via Flickr Ack!  I dropped the ball around here!  But I've been busy behind the scenes making the posts more searchable... (now that the links actually work...) and I've updated some of the shopping pages too.  These are designed to be used by the newly diagnosed.  Those, who are in the what-the-heck-do-I-eat stage! Check ... Continue reading...