For months now, we’ve been wanting to make brownies but balked because the gluten makes my stomach hurt and get all bloaty, and the gluten-free recipes we’ve found seem too complicated or involve buying flours we would use for only that purpose and nothing else. However, today we found a gluten-free brownie recipe that finally…
What’s funny about this post is that it was actually an accident. Only a few days ago, I had read Shaye Elliott’s post on Yogurt Cheese, and I thought Oh, that’s cool. I’ll have to make it sometime. But I didn’t expect to make it by accident a week or so later! Frank and I…
There’s a trend going around a lot of the natural family/organic living circles. This trend is to STOP using shampoo (or conditioner) in order to avoid all the chemical ingredients. I’ve heard about it. I’ve read about it. I’ve THOUGHT about it. And I finally decided that there were too many crunchy mamas blogging about…
This recipe is really simple, takes about 40 MINUTES with both prep and cook time, and is delicious! Frank specifically requested this one this week, and I’m glad because I had honestly forgotten about it, since the last few times we’ve eaten red meat, I’ve wanted steak! Anyway, first CHOP up the following: 1 large…
Since childhood, I’ve lived with the constant bane of eczema, other various skin rashes, and hives. Through the years, I’ve gotten rashes all over my body—under my eyes as a toddler, moving to under my knees, armpits, and in that crease where your elbow bends. As a teenager, it moved to my hands and feet,…
When Frank and I married a little over two years ago, we received a variety of cookware as gifts. Among these gifts were two skillets. One was a Le Creuset iron handle skillet. And one was a Calphalon jumbo hard-anodized frying pan. For some reason, I must have read the label wrong, or perhaps I…