Breakfast. It’s the one meal of the day that I don’t typically “cook” for my family. At least not on a weekday. Mom and Dad are up early. The kids get up a bit later. Sometimes we’re relaxed. Sometimes we’re rushed. But that doesn’t mean breakfast isn’t important to me! Quite the contrary. I know […]
Easy Gluten Free Nut Free Breakfast Mudball Recipe Read More »
Hooray, summer! Time to break out the (homemade, dairy-free) ice creams, popsicles, and other frozen treats. *laughs* Who am I kidding? I have been pretending it is popsicle season for a few months, ever since we were able to sit outside in only a light jacket, and barely shiver, while eating them. No matter what the
I love dairy. In all forms. If I could choose one food group to never have to give up…it would be dairy. And yet I or someone in my family (or a combination) have been dairy free for anywhere from six months to two or more years at a time during the past seven years.
While recovering from an eating disorder only to learn I had food allergies I have learned much from my relationship with food. I continue to learn as I grow in my ability to adapt foods to be allergy-friendly. Learning to cook many of my favorite comfort foods has become a new and welcome challenge! Adapting
When your 3-year-old and 6-year-old boys both like a meal with cabbage, apples and chicken, what do you do? Cheer and run around like a crazy woman because it’s a miracle. Figure out how to make it quick and easy with only one pot. Put on your skeptical hat because there’s no way it can
One-Pot Sweet & Savory Chicken with Cabbage Recipe Read More »
As a kid, food was fun. Important to life, nourishing, sure – my mom always cooked healthy food from scratch for us even before it was trendy. But it wasn’t stressful, until life threw me some curveballs. After overcoming an eating disorder in college, I was diagnosed with food allergies as an adult. This is
Troll’s Feet & Toxic Waste Mac: Quick, Healthy Fun for Halloween Dinner {GUEST POST} Read More »
My husband will tell you he’s not a picky eater, but don’t believe a word of it. Even now that I’ve convinced him real food is good for us, there are foods he won’t touch. He doesn’t like cucumbers, Brussels sprouts, beets, sweet potatoes or any other mushy orange vegetable, and quinoa. Until now. Apparently
Vegetarian Taco Quinoa Chili Recipe (for Instant Pot too!) Read More »
If you’re a parent, you might laugh at the beginning of my how-to video today for this easy, frugal BBQ chicken recipe – I wasn’t sure if I’d make it in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot pressure cooker and then guess what? It was suddenly 5:20 p.m. I’ll give you one guess which
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Ever just need an easy meal and wish you could run to fast food? Chipotle, anyone? But we’re a make-from-scratch kind of site and want to be good stewards of our budget…so I present to you this Instant Pot barbacoa beef recipe! This recipe has all the great flavors of Chipotle barbacoa meat, and is
Instant Pot Barbacoa Beef (Slow Cooker, Freezer, & Allergy Friendly!) Read More »
There’s a funny thing about Dinner Time – it happens every. single. day. And despite this known fact, even the best of us can have complete-panic moments. If you’ve been around KS for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the phrase “meal plan” more than once. For some, making a meal plan is really just combining two four-letter
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That moment when you realize it’s too late and dinner is torpedoed? Been there. You may know this story: You were going to start the slow cooker with chuck roast beef barbecue after breakfast and it just didn’t happen…and you knew it would be no problem to start it after lunch for 4 hours on high
Can a gluten free bread really be… Crispy on the bottom. Salty on the top. Piping hot and soft in the middle. And no wheat, egg-free, dairy-free, fast, and freezable? You can’t ask for a better gluten-free bread to go with your favorite winter soup, like my warming chicken turmeric soup with cabbage, or our
Gluten-Free Flatbread in 7 Minutes (no flour needed!) Read More »
School is right around the corner (I said it…don’t throw tomatoes). Depending on where you live it could be a month, a couple weeks or even days away! Of course that means school lunches are coming too. When you have to manage food allergies, your choices are limited. No more pb&j. No crackers and cheese.
The Best Real Food Allergy Friendly Lunches {Portable & Easy} Read More »
Kids like to snack. No question about it. And summertime is no exception. You head to the park for some fun, spend the day at the beach or load up the car for a family vacation. Or maybe you prefer staying home and you’re just playing in the sandbox in the back yard. Either way
The Best Real Food Allergy Friendly Snacks {For Your Road Trips & Summer Fun} Read More »
I’ve always been someone who wants to have a signature dish. You know, the kind you become famous for – and maybe even have people beg you to make it for them. My mom has several signature dishes (oriental lemon chicken being among them). And while they taste DELICIOUS, they are also a labor of love
I get a little cynical when it comes to single-serve cups of “food” that I see in kids’ school lunches. If you read the ingredients, almost none of them are things I have in my kitchen – except sugar. Which I only use sparingly. I’m not a big meanie and averse to all fun foods,
Homemade No-Cook Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe (Dairy-Free Options) Read More »
With summer in full swing it’s nice to be able to give the kids a cold treat without loading them up on sugar. Not to mention it’s way more fun to be playing outside then spending a bunch of time inside the kitchen preparing food! These frozen banana bites are fun to make and fun
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It’s the kind of comfort food you pine for when it’s gray and cloudy outside. There’s not too much heat to make you want to avoid using the oven. And mashed potatoes on the side sound just right. In other words, it’s fair to say that when it’s cloudy, there’s always a chance of… You
Easy Kid-Friendly Meatball Recipe {Egg Free, Grain Free} Read More »
You know how they say you’re not supposed to bank on the person you choose to marry actually changing at all to fit your liking better? That you should never expect to be able to mold or form that person to become the person you think they could be? We were talking about this over
I’ve been trying so many new things with this Instant Pot challenge! I’ve purchased a few kinds of meat I never tried before, and these “country style boneless pork ribs” that I bought for a Vindaloo recipe definitely count. I had half a package leftover (Costco!) and was getting a little tired of Mexican or
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