Ades and Ale to Aid Upset Tummies, Part 2: Dr. Rosi’s Miracle Punch Recipe (Sometimes Known as Witch’s Brew)

Note: This does not constitute medical advice. It's mother advice. Consult with your own doctor as needed. I served switchel exclusively for upset tummies until I learned of a trick from a family practitioner that  worked so well, I converted. A family doctor we used to know is the source of a recipe we have …

Gluten Free Cranberry-Orange-Almond Coffee Cake

My friend Julie Goldberg gave me a coffee cake recipe from the King Arthur Flour website at Thanksgiving. It looked amazing, but needed some tweaking to make it work for my family. I made a Gluten Free version of it and it WAS amazing. So much so, I decided to make it again with my …

Gluten-Free Bread

I was just reading some posts on a website called Earthclinic where participants were asking about using a gluten free diet, how to find gluten free bread, and which breads are safe.   These are important questions. I began writing a long reply on their website and then decided to post it here for blog readers …

Cranberry Relish

One of my favorite holiday dishes is something my bonus mother-in-law started making ten years ago "for a change", to give the family an alternative to cranberry sauce (jelly) at Thanksgiving. After several years we got together for one of these dinners, and the relish wasn't on the table. "Hey, where's that cranberry dish you …

Shoo, Flu! Don’t Bother Me!

We visited some of the outlaws this past weekend for Thanksgiving, and our last morning there The Physicist came down with a ferocious cold. It knocked him flat all day Monday, and not much does that. So I'm steering clear and getting things done. Coming up: One of my favorite holiday dishes -- which happens …

Egg Free Chocolate Cake

One of the hostesses I worked with this fall in my direct selling business has a daughter who is also allergic to eggs. She mentioned a chocolate cake recipe she uses and was kind enough to send it to me. She said it was a family recipe from her friend Megan's family, and that all …

Gift From an Outlaw: Oatmeal Nutbutter Cookies (No-bake, Wheat free, Egg free; Can be modified to Gluten free)

When my mother-in-love came to visit this week, she gave me a recipe from Penzey's new catalog. Penzey's is a great store with a delightful catalog. The fragrant spices and savory seasonings I have found there have been worlds apart from the dry powders I've picked up at any grocery store. One of the things …

The Sweet Roommate and Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes

I went to our local health food store on Wednesday and met sweet Emily. She's a young college student here in town whose roommate has recently figured out that she is gluten intolerant. Sweet Emily had come to find some safe ingredients to make her roommate something yummy to eat. Emily was hunting for gluten …

Then You May Take Me to the Fair, Part II (Funnel Cakes: gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and yummy)

Continued . . .With our four day rotation diet we alternate between different fruit, vegetables, grains, proteins, and oils. The day we went to the fair was a day for Oats. (I would have juggled things a bit, but we had another food event that weekend that the children preferred to keep on schedule, so …

Then You May Take Me to the Fair, Part I (Funnel Cakes: gluten free, dairy free, egg free, potato free [can be corn free, too] and yummy)

We recently had our county fair and I took the children there. We spent most of our time with the livestock in the rabbit house, the goat barn, and the Home Ec building. We had two free tickets, and the other two were discounted. In our quest to save money and eliminate debt, I decided …