Where will you be on January 1st? Bloated and tired from three months of holiday celebrating? Or will you be feeling energetic enough to tackle a 5k? The choice is up to you, and it starts now. It starts with setting a goal and making a commitment. Thanks to Lifetime Fitness (my gym which I adore) and GoTribal (an incredible women’s group that I am just getting started with), I…
Happy Halloween! Did you carve pumpkins? We finally worked on ours last night. Joe and Leila sketched pumpkin faces out on paper and Jeff carved them into the pumpkins. I love their originality! See if you can tell which child enjoyed the pumpkin guts and which one wanted nothing to do with them. Happy Halloween! For those of you who need it, here’s a link to this year’s gluten-free Halloween…
I left you last week with a cry of frustration over my disease. While I think it was a good thing to write in the moment to let others know what celiac disease is really like, I also know it can be poison to let these frustrations take over. I spent Friday in bed with a migraine and bouts of nausea. Saturday I started feeling better but still felt like…
The other day, I went searching for a granola recipe with no added sugar. I found one on Pinterest labeled “sugar-free granola”, clicked through to the recipe and found honey in the ingredients. Hmm…not quite sugar-free. I started playing around with the ingredients I had on hand and came up with this mix. Oats, almonds, coconut, and seeds tossed with coconut oil and cinnamon. With no sugar, this granola doesn’t…
I’m mad. And sad. And frustrated. And ticked off. Mad at myself. Mad at this disease. Mad at those who call my disease “trendy”. Two weeks ago, I was “glutened” in a restaurant. I went through all the right steps, asked all the right questions, and still got sick. Halfway through my meal, I felt the tingling in my brain telling me gluten had entered my system. Crap. I decided…
Scooter time, silly faces, growth charts, dance class, and Snow White. What are you thankful for today?
Bored with plain pancakes? Check out my new post on Van’s Natural Foods blog to see how we give our pancakes a little kick!