These recipes will help you simplify your time in the kitchen with healthy food that you and your family can enjoy. Cooking can also be a great time to spend together as a family.
Sep 18
This month our family is living off of food storage to save money for a trip to Disneyland. We also wanted to get an idea of what it was really like to only eat food storage and to see where we were strong and where we were weak in terms of what we store. As …
Sep 15
Living off of food storage is a challenge for me. Our family is LDS (Mormon). Our leaders have asked us to keep garden as well as a year’s supply of food in case of an emergency or job loss. It feels good to be prepared! We have a serious garden and we have had our …
Sep 07
I hate complaining. I hate it even more when the kids complain about what I make for dinner. Oh it bugs me! I have one child in particular who just hates to eat anything with meat which is generally what I like to cook. Since being GFDF there’s really not a whole lot to …
Sep 05
My visiting teacher, Heather, just adopted the most beautiful baby boy this summer. He is so squishy and cute! He has lots of dark brown hair and is just adorable. The adoption happened unexpectedly and at the very last minute and this baby is her first so she had absolutely nothing for the baby so …
Sep 03
Since being gluten and dairy free, I have missed making recipes with creamy soup bases. One day I decided just to make my own so I could still enjoy those rich comfort foods. I don’t know what I had been waiting for! Making this dairy free cream of chicken recipe was so easy to make …
Jul 10
HOW TO GO GLUTEN FREE Since going Gluten Free (GF) 3 years ago, many of my friends, neighbors, and friends of friends have contacted me for help about how to go gluten free. Why? Because frankly going gluten free is overwhelming. It seems like wheat is in everything these days. Many of my friends feel …
Jul 03
I love smoothie recipes. Smoothies just make my day better and give me lots of energy and I feel healthier when I drink them. This one was a really good one. It has spinach in it, but the spinach taste is not overpowering. I used frozen strawberries to make it really cold and raspberries fresh …
Jun 28
Sometimes at our house, we are lacking good breakfast ideas. I’m always looking for something healthy, yummy, and of course gluten free and dairy free (GFDF). Believe it or not, this is also sugar free. It has the natural Agave sweetener in it, but this dish is naturally sweet. We made the rice the night …
Jun 25
This is the first year I’ve planted lettuce in my garden, I’ve been a little bit apprehensive to in the past because I didn’t know how to grow or harvest it. A neighbor showed me how, and it’s very easy. After planting the lettuce, you simply peel off the leaves that you want each day …
Jun 25
I was asked to bring a vegetable dip to a recent family get-together and since going gluten and dairy free (GFDF), I have really missed being able to eat dips, so I decided to make up a recipe that I could eat and could use some fresh herbs from the garden. I also wanted to …
