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The kids are back to school signaling the end of one of the craziest summers we’ve had in a long time. My husband was laid off in June and he’s spent the summer being a stay at home dad while job hunting. As the current bread winner, I’ve been busier than ever working here at [...]
Lime is one of more popular flavors used in paletas – paletas de limón. I love lime too, especially in a mojito with mint leaves. So I used the combination, plus a little orange, and came up with a mojito flavored popsicle sans the rum. The Mojito Popsicles are very tangy and strong, so you [...]
After catching my kids watching Family Guy the other night while I was working upstairs, I’ve been searching for more family friendly TV and movie fare. That’s why I signed up to be Friday Night Ambassador to tell you about the latest Family Movie Night show, Who Is Simon Miller?, premiering Saturday, August 6th at [...]
I recently saw an article in Fast Company about trendy ice pops that mentioned a wonderful cookbook, Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aguas Frescas by Fany Gerson. I quickly reserved a copy at my local library and have been using it for recipe inspiration. What are palentas? A paleta is [...]
Due to my food sensitivities to sugar and milk as well as a desire to make healthier snacks for my kids, I’m experimenting with various frozen treats this summer. While I do have a ice cream maker, I wanted to try out some simpler recipes for fruit popsicles, granitas and paletas first. Granitas Granitas is [...]
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sunkist. All opinions are 100% mine. Green is good when it comes to Sunkist Valencia Oranges Have you ever noticed that your Valencia oranges get a little green in the summer? That’s called “re-greening” and is a completely normal thing. Sunkist® Valencia oranges may [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of being invited to Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery Recipe Contest Cook-Off in Boulder, Colorado. I was in town for the Fitness & Health Bloggers Conference, so stopped by Restaurant 4580 to watch the three finalists cook their gluten free recipes. John Inderdohnen of Centereach, NY was first. He [...]
Taste of Home Magazine is donating 10¢ for each unique visitor to their new Flag Cake recipe on the magazine’s website at www.tasteofhome.com/uso. It’s their way of partnering with the USO to provide a simple way for Americans to say thanks to our military and their families from Memorial Day through the Fourth of July [...]
With warmer weather here – or nearly so – my thoughts turn to cooling down with a yummy chocolate shake. However, like other people with food sensitivities to dairy and sugar, I have to forgo ice cream shakes. So I created this chocolate shake made with tofu and sweetened with stevia for those who want some [...]
Here’s another gluten free dessert inspired by the Grand Canyon Cook Book. This recipe caught my eye because I LOVE bread pudding, but have to stay away from it due to my food sensitivities to gluten, baker’s yeast, milk products and sugar. My son who’s a big fan of Lärabars, which are date based, loved this [...]
My family and I just came back from visiting the Grand Canyon. It was one of the best trips we’ve ever taken, and if you have a chance – GO! While we were there I picked up a fun little cookbook called The Grand Canyon Cook Book, Southwestern recipes from Arizona’s natural wonder by Bruce [...]
One of the most challenging aspects of eating around my food sensitivities is trying to make desserts that are sugar free, dairy free and gluten free. My first try was a very successful sugar free, dairy free chocolate mousse, which my daughter, Lucie and I LOVE. It was based on a recipe from Clean Start: [...]
Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well is Terry Walters’ follow up to her first cookbook, Clean Food: A Seasonal Guide to Eating Close to the Source with More Than 200 Recipes for a Healthy and Sustainable You. Even though I’m not a vegan, having to avoid milk and wheat products has [...]
The frustrating thing about my food sensitivities has been the lack of ready made desserts. I have a sweet tooth and love a piece of chocolate after a meal. Unfortunately, almost all commercially made chocolate bars are made with sugar or cane sugar, which is on my “avoid this” list. There are a few companies [...]
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