It’s 43 degrees (F) and raining here in South-central Alaska. It’s chilly, damp, and my baby girl has a cold with a fever. After an emotional week last week, Abbi girl and I were in need of some serious nourishing comfort food, so I decided to make soup using some of the beautiful baby Portobellos…
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Delicious Paleo Carrot Cake Muffins
It’s springtime in Alaska, which ultimately means blizzard like conditions. I keep painting my toenails and wearing my flip flops around the house hoping it will improve the weather outside. No such luck. oh well… I tried! 😉 Outside may definitely still look like winter, but inside… inside it’s springtime full speed ahead! I’m really…
Quick & Healthy Meal in Under 30 – Sausage & Veggies
This is one of those quick and easy meals I keep in my back pocket when I’m short on time. It’s healthy, hearty, kid-approved, and excellent for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Quick & Healthy Meal in Under 30 – Sausage & Veggies: Yields 3 adult sized servings, or 2 adult & 2 kid-sized servings 12…
Desert Essence Organics Giveaway
I am so excited about this giveaway! After years of searching for the perfect shampoo, I’ve finally found the one I love most! I discovered Desert Essence Organics Fragrance Free shampoo and conditioner about a month ago on Vitacost, and found not only are they made from organic ingredients, they are gluten free, vegan, and…
Gluten Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Believe it or not, these Grab & Go! Oatmeal Breakfast Bars were the result of a homeschool assignment yesterday. My daughter, Kylie (age 7), and I rewrote a recipe from Laura Ingalls (THE Laura Ingalls, also known as Laura Ingalls Wilder). Over the past few school years, I’ve been using curriculum from Moving Beyond the…
Grain Free Sushi for Kids (fully cooked)
My love affair with sushi started when I was in high school. My boyfriend then, and his mom, took me to eat sushi at the one Japanese style restaurant we had in our small town of Kodiak. I had never tried it before (my parents were definitely not sushi eaters). When I received my meal,…
Easy 2-Ingredient Chocolates (soy & nut free, vegan)
True confession: I used to hate Valentine’s Day. Like seriously disliked it. Every year I’d set unrealistic expectations about the silly holiday and always, always end up disappointed. It wasn’t until after I was married that my ideals and expectations about Valentine’s Day changed. How precious and blessed am I to be loved by a…
No Bake Rice Crispy Treat Granola Bars
The New Year has gotten off to quite the bang for me. I haven’t been feeling well for weeks. My nervous system (thanks to my autoimmune disease) has been in a “heightened” state, causing all sorts of things in my body to be imbalanced. I’ve had bouts of nausea, more IBS and digestive issues, chills,…
Refined Sugar Free Peanut Butter Spread with Chia Seeds (mock Jif)
Prior to overhauling the way my family eats (and becoming gluten free), Jif Peanut Butter was our peanut butter of choice. When I finally stopped to check out the ingredients, I realized the Jif needed to go: Ingredients:Made from roasted peanuts and sugar, contains 2% of less of: molasses, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils (rapeseed and…
Dairy Free Irish Cream Liqueur (refined sugar free & vegan)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Can you believe it’s almost 2013? I can’t… but yet I’m very thankful for the upcoming new year. 2012 was an incredibly tough year for me and my family (a new medical diagnosis, and there were multiple family deaths). I am hoping 2013 will be much more calm, kind, and gentle on…
Gluten Free Dog Treats (with grain free option)
I wrote this post yesterday evening (Thurs, Dec. 13) and scheduled it to go live on my website this morning (Fri, Dec. 14) at 7am Alaska time. It went live just a few short hours before I found out about the horrific tragedy in Connecticut. My heart is absolutely broken for those suffering because of one…
Nirvana Pasta (gluten & dairy free w/grain free option)
What a BUSY couple of weeks! There’s been lots going on here at home; between homeschool, another spondylitis flare (I’ll try to update my medical journal soon), working on the editing the cookbook manuscript, Abbi’s birthday, other family birthdays, and a 70 pound yellow lab puppy with a benign tumor on his paw and a…
Toll House Style Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten free, dairy free, soy free)
As of lately, it is very rare for me to eat a really sweet indulgent treat. Don’t get me wrong, anyone who knows me well knows I love sweets, but I normally prefer ones that have been made healthier in some way (lower in sugar, lower in fat, etc.). Not this time. In a moment…
A cookbook review of Nourishing Meals… and a giveaway!
A few weeks ago I got an email from Ali Segersten of Whole Life Nutrition asking if I’d be interested in reviewing her and her husband, Tom Malterre’s, new cookbook, “Nourishing Meals.” Like a giddy school girl I hastily responded with a resounding “YES!” I’ve been an avid fan of Ali and Tom’s since I…
Bacon Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Goat Cheese
My husband and I went on a date a few weeks ago. The restaurant we went to had these amazing dates… wrapped in bacon and stuffed with goat cheese (and they were even gluten free). They were to die for. Since then, I’ve wanted to recreate the bacon wrapped dates. I finally bought some bacon…
Hearty Curried Carrot Soup (vegan)
I do most of my blogging from my laptop at the dining room table, which is just off the kitchen near the glass doors leading to our backyard. I love sitting here with a nice big cup of hot coffee. I’m able to look out and watch the girls playing (either inside the house or…
Blueberry Coconut Butter
Blueberries grow wild in Alaska. We had tons of blueberry bushes in Kodiak where I grew up and {much to my mother’s delight} I loved to pick them! My friends and I would go blueberry picking and come home with our little buckets full of blueberries. We would fill the kitchen sink up with water,…
Marinated Veggie Kabobs for the BBQ
Invited to a barbeque or a family get together and need to bring a dish to share? No problem! These veggie kabobs will feed several people, fit several diet types (gluten free, allergy friendly, GAPS, Paleo, Primal, vegan, etc.) and will certainly be a popular favorite. Marinated Veggie Kabobs Recipe: For the Marinade: 4 tablespoons…
Garlic Lover’s Roasted Cauliflower
This Garlic Lover’s Roasted Cauliflower is one of my family’s favorite recipes. We fight over the crunchy bits of garlic! This Garlic Lover’s Roasted Cauliflower is seriously my favorite way to eat and prepare cauliflower. When cauliflower is roasted in the oven, it gets nice and golden, and a little crispy! It’s almost like a…
Homemade Kimchi
My best friend is half Korean. When I was 8 or 9 years old I remember sitting at her kitchen table while her mom served us lunch. I was mortified when I discovered there was seaweed in my won ton soup. My friend recognized the look of horror on my face and said, “Eat it….