glutenfree
The day is quickly approaching (18 days!!!) until we move from Berlin back to the US. How do I feel about this? Excited, sentimental, happy, sad, and totally underprepared, to name a few of my many bursting emotions. But (most of all?) frantic to enjoy as much of the amazingly underpriced foods here in Germany … Read more
So, here we are, back in the US for good. The whole living in Germany thing was fun, but being home is even better. We are back in my glorious home state of Michigan, less than 15 minutes away from the beautiful, sandy beaches of Lake Huron. The move went great (mostly). We flew from … Read more
From Grandpa, I learned how to be frugal. When we would go to Sam’s Club (partly for the groceries, mostly for the free samples), he would always buy us a big pop right when we got there. He always advised us to drink it fast so we could get a refill, and as we walked … Read more
You know the feeling. 5 o’ clock is rolling on in and you still have no dinner plans. You look in the cupboard and find a box of spaghetti noodles. “Hello, old friend,” you say to yourself. You thaw a brick of ground beef in the microwave and get out the familiar can of … Read more
Greetings. I’m here today to offer up to you my copycat version of Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana. Or maybe I should say a copycat of a copycat of Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana, seeing as how I’ve never actually had it at Olive Garden myself. I only even knew about its existence through the wonderful world … Read more
Here I am, sitting in Wyoming, (mostly) all moved in. Actually, I could be folding the millions of garbage bags full of clothes sitting in my room or organizing my new cupboards, but since I currently have a sick baby snoring on my chest, I have no choice but to tell you all about these … Read more
So tell me, does the candy corn scattered in this beautiful, crunchy mess make you gag or did your mouth start watering for it as soon as you flipped the calendar to October? I know there are strong feelings about candy corn. I wasn’t sure what mine were though. I thought that maybe, being pregnant … Read more
If there’s one thing that I love as much as sweet potatoes (or dare I say… even more??) it’s cranberries. That’s why I am totally stealing this old post of mine from 2011 and remaking it. Partly also because those pictures were horrid and partly because I wanted to try them out gluten free because … Read more
My future (in 8 days!!) sister-in-law and I spent a couple of days in the last few weeks making about a couple hundred cupcakes for her wedding and freezing them. My poor, celiac mouth watered as I surveyed them all lined up like an army across my kitchen counters. “Aren’t there a few other gluten … Read more
When you’re preparing to move across the Atlantic Ocean in less than a month and working on cramming all of your life’s possessions into one suitcase every day between your baby’s diaper explosions and sporadic naps, sometimes the only thing standing between you and complete insanity is a big, cheesy pan of creamy pasta. And … Read more