My in-laws invited us to a last-minute birthday dinner, and I offered to bring the cake. On short notice, some people would drop $60 on a pretty cake at the nearest bakery. Now, birthday cakes are very important in my family, but I’ve never set foot in a bakery because paying for baked goods I […]
Homemade Chili Powder Recipe: Clean Eating on a Budget
Homemade chili powder is easy to toss together. Cheap chili powders often include modified food starch, sugars, and MSG, and non-organic chili powder is usually irradiated. That’s bad. Make chili powder with no fillers or scary stuff with this simple recipe. You probably already have everything you need to make homemade chili powder in your […]
Better Than Guacamole Recipe: The Amazing Avocado Sauce Recipe
[Skip the obligatory personal story and scroll down to get the printable recipe for Amazing Avocado Sauce right now!] With five kids in the family, we basically lived at the Little League ballpark every spring once my brothers hit t-ball age. My brain has repressed the one gawky year I played baseball, but I do […]
12 Gluten Free Meals to Take To a Mom with a New Baby: Take Them a [Gluten Free] Meal!
One of the last remaining signs of civilized society in our increasingly screen-focused world is the practice of taking real people real food when they have a real baby. It doesn’t matter how many Facebook likes those pink cheeks and long eyelashes get…Mama needs to eat! But what if Mom or someone in the family eats a […]
Grandma’s Barbecue Chicken Recipe: Easy Gluten Free Recipe with 3 Ingredients!
My grandma makes a mean barbecue chicken. I tried to duplicate her recipe at least four times just winging it and each time, it turned out so-so…nothing like Grandma’s, which is falling-off-the-bone tender, nicely browned and sweetly sticky. For my most recent attempt, I smartened up and called her to find out exactly what she does to […]