Mustard Thyme Chicken Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Sugar Free
I had a bunch of chicken that I wanted to cook up, but wanted something different than my usual random spices that I just throw on. I wanted something flavorful, but without any added sweeteners or processed sauces, etc… I remembered having artichoke once with mustard and thyme, and remembered that mustard with thyme was […]
Flourless Chickpea Blondies Recipe- Egg Free, Refined Sugar Free, Vegan Option
Bean desserts, cakes and cookies made from black beans, navy beans, and chickpeas have taken over the healthy eating bloggosphere. The problem with most of those recipes is that, while they are gluten free and grain free, they tend to be with eggs, and as someone who gets sick from eating eggs, they simply don’t […]
Sweet and Sour Pickled Beets Recipe- Refined Sugar Free
I wanted to apologize for not being so on top of posting on the blog lately. Life has been a little crazy. Last week a few members of my family were sick with a stomach bug, and I ended up bringing Anneliese to the ER, only to be able to avoid getting an IV last […]
Taking Care of Yourself While Pregnant
I’m sitting here, more than halfway through my second trimester of my fourth pregnancy, and, quite frankly, I feel terrible. I feel nauseous and gross, as if I haven’t left my first trimester. But for all my frustrations with my body when pregnant, that I get to experience 9 months of throwing up and nausea, […]
Italian Herbed Zucchini Soup Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free
I had the pleasure of being gifted with a huge amount of zucchinis the other day, and wanted to figure out a good dish to make with them. Then I remembered the time when, as a guest in someone’s house, I was served a delicious herbed zucchini soup. I have no idea what the recipe […]
The Cost of Living Abroad in Bahrain
This is a guest post. For many of us, living abroad, even for a short time, giving our families the opportunity to enjoy a new culture and, of course, the learning experiences that result from this, is a dream we feel is just too unobtainable. Reasons cited tend to be finances, the complicated upheaval, leaving […]
Homemade Krypto the Superdog Costume (For a Baby) Instructions
My time is short now, but I realized I had a homemade costume idea that I never shared with you, and thought the timing was right. When Anneliese was a baby, we dressed her up as Krypto the Superdog, a character in a show my boys liked to watch. It was a very easy costume […]
(Extremely) Frugally Furnishing a Home From Scratch – Bare Basics
After posting my recent post on how to have a frugal wedding, a super traditional friend of mine said “Ok, Penny, you covered the actual wedding itself, but what about all the expenses entailed in setting up a household for after the wedding?” In some traditional circles, setting up a household is part and parcel […]
The Big Reveal…
I have wanted to make this post for so long, but have been sitting on it until I felt the timing was right… But I felt bad not posting it earlier, because I felt you long time loyal readers might think either that I lost interest in my blog, and it was dying… or that […]
Lentil Chicken Meatballs Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Egg Free
My kids have pretty much told me that they will not eat lentils. They might eat them occasionally in a soup, or when I surreptitiously put them in another recipe, and on a rare occasion will eat something with obvious lentils in it, if all the rest of the ingredients combine to form something delicious, […]
