The chili we had on vacation was sooooo good, I came home wanting more chili. Yes, in the middle of the summer. Weird, huh? But I didn’t want to make the same ‘ol, same ‘ol, so I used some chicken and black beans. It was delish. Actually, I haven’t really had lunch yet, so maybe [...]
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Easy Gluten-Free Dinner
On vacation last week, I accidentally re-discovered a healthy cooked treasure, and it’s gluten-free. Salsa Chicken I was making fajitas, and didn’t have my normal spice cabinet to pull from to season the meat, and felt it needed something. (my spice cabinet at home:) I spied a huge jar of salsa that I knew we [...]
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So we went on vacation to Orlando for a week, had to be gluten-free and use a limited budget. That’s hard. I planned a grocery list, looked up the sale fliers in the area, packed coupons to take, and even took groceries with me. The plan, of course, went astray. So why did we go [...]
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My hubby woke up sick this morning. He was taken out to a business lunch yesterday, where he ordered a turkey wrap. In a flour tortilla. Late last night, he realized his mistake. Nauseous, headache. Yep. Too much gluten. He had to call in sick today. So I determined he needs to go to work [...]
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The road to gluten-free has often been one with many speed bumps. There are some things that we love that we just don’t want to give up. And this has caused me to give some of my recipes a “makeover.” Sometimes that’s easy and sometimes it’s not. I do it anyway. Enter chicken springrolls. I [...]
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Yet another morsel of appetizery goodness, complete with a recycled ingredient. I have this absolute VAT of sweet vinegar slaw in my fridge that my mom sent home with me the other day. I love the stuff, but can’t seem to make it disappear. So I blanched some of it and made pancakes. Potato pancakes. [...]
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Today I feel kinda munchy. It seems too hot for a full meal, but I am definitely hungry. So I announced to the fam we are having an appetizer night. I’ll be making an appetizer or more each hour, letting us eat and enjoy. I am also getting leftovers OUT of the fridge. My first [...]
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You know when you start to get to the bare bones in the fridge and you need to go to the grocery store but you just don’t want to make the trip out in the heat? Yeah. That day. I had that day yesterday. When I met up with it and needed a side item, [...]
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I looked around last night and discovered I had neither rice nor potatoes. What’s odd about that is that we haven’t bought rice in a year (we bought a 20 lb. bag last time) and we don’t necessarily eat one or the other for every meal. But I was stumped. So after refusing to cook [...]
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With summer in full force, I am always seeking ways to not only entertain the kids, but also get things done around the house. This morning was definitely one with an aha! moment. I was reading the other day that including shredded newspaper can help you to maintain a balance between “greens” and “browns,” that [...]
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