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Gluten free natural dye play doh

First off, look at this picture: That’s my attempt to make a rainbow of colors.  Do you see blue?  Green?  Purple?  Anything remotely out of the red color spectrum?  That’s what I thought.  But I couldn’t find a decent food dye that didn’t have weird chemicals or scary crap…so I went with India Tree dyes and hoped for the best.  Turns out, the red and yellow are awesome, but the blue doesn’t work. Anyway, the play doh was easy and has lasted over a month without any real special care, so I thought I’d share… Read more >

January 9, 2015 Uncategorized Read more >

Allergy friendly chia dried fruit bars

I’ve previously mentioned TJs dried fruit bars because they are a relatively healthy on-the-go option for kiddos with allergies (the only ingredients are dried fruit).  I don’t love the amount of sugar in them, but since that’s my only issue, I’m cool with it.  However, every time I buy one (at 99 cents per bar) I think in my head how easy they would be to make.  The only ingredients are literally dried apples + dried _______ (whatever the flavor was – coconut, banana, strawberry, mango, etc).  They continue to make more flavors which has been nice.  Variety… Read more >

January 8, 2015 Uncategorized, Read more >

New Year’s Eve 2015

Hi new year!  I’m not the kind of person to set “resolutions” really.  I’ve sorta done it in the past, because who hasn’t (?), but I usually gave myself vague goals like “drink more water”.  That said, I can definitely see the appeal in resetting your focus after the holidays, when desserts are impossible to turn down and there’s always some sort of feast in front of your face.  But I exercise regularly all year and that’s always a priority for me, whether it’s January or not.  Similarly, I always want to eat good quality whole food…. Read more >

January 7, 2015 Uncategorized Read more >

Allergy friendly baked French toast

This was our Christmas day breakfast spread.  Yummmm…I want it all again now that I’m seeing it here. I promised to share the recipe for the baked french toast because it was allergen free (except for eggs) and delicious (according to my family at least), so here it is. Bonus: It can be made ahead of time so you can focus on hanging out with company while still serving an awesome breakfast! I found these Udi’s French Baguettes in the freezer section at Whole Foods, but I know they are carried elsewhere.  There are other brands… Read more >

January 6, 2015 Uncategorized, Read more >

The weekly menu

I have SOOOO much catching up to do with the weekly menus!  That’s how things go around the holidays though, yes?  Some stuff (i.e. blogging) just falls by the wayside.  Even though I haven’t been posting about it, I’ve still been consistently planning and prepping our meals all through December, in spite of the wild cards that are the holidays(!!).  And it’s been good at keeping our budget somewhat in check.  Of course we spent lots more than normal this past month, but that’s expected.  It’s just the way it is.  Had I not been… Read more >

January 5, 2015 Uncategorized Read more >