May 31
This dairy free pasta alfredo recipe takes a little help from the grocery store (or from Amazon), but is big on flavor. It’s super easy and a great thing to put on pizzas, or in this case pasta. It is also gluten free. You will need 1 box of Gluten Free Dairy Free Elbow Macaroni. …
May 28
I am 28 weeks pregnant and experiencing a lot of shortness of breath pregnancy symptoms. I am a small person, only about 5 foot 3 and I carry my pregnancies high as you can see from the photo! The baby is always up in my ribs and my lungs and stomach get a little compacted …
May 24
This is a fun recipe to make with the kids. I altered the recipe from the bette crocker site to make it a gluten free chex muddy buddies recipe. It is dairy free as well. Of course you can modify as you wish. This is a wonderful recipe to satisfy that pesky chocolate peanut butter …
May 17
This gluten free pizza soup recipe is so delicious. It’s becoming my go-to meal when we are having company over to our house. It’s so easy to make in the slow cooker and adults and kids both like it. Find the recipe here on one of my favorite blogs. I omitted the mushrooms because they’re …
May 10
Chocolate is life. I can’t live without it! I’ve been dairy free and gluten free for about 3 years now and I thought at first that I would have to give up chocolate altogether. But, alas, no! There are options out there for us allergy sufferers! I wish I could have found a list of …
May 08
This sugar free banana bread was given to me by a dear friend and neighbor who has gestational diabetes when she is pregnant. It is so moist and so sweet! I had no idea it was sugar free. Best of all it’s also gluten free and dairy free so it fits in perfectly with our …
May 06
I love to read. I love to be educated on health and wellness and especially want to be educated on pregnancy and birth, since I do plan a home birth this time around. I find myself having a lot more choices than I have had while having a hospital birth and I want to make educated …
May 03
I’ve always wanted a food dehydrator, but I don’t really have anywhere to store it and would only use it a few times a year, so I don’t really think it’s a necessity. I have made dried fruit and fruit leather successfully in the oven with cookie sheets and I think it’s a delicious …
Apr 30
Ok, it’s TMI time! So this is very embarrassing for me to publicly talk about this, but I hope to help someone else who also struggles with hemorrhoids during pregnancy. This is my 5th pregnancy and first one where I have had chronic hemorrhoids that won’t go away. Early in my pregnancy, I had pretty …
Apr 26
My daughter woke up one morning and I noticed a giant hair knot that covered the entire back of her head (like dreadlocks but all folded under into itself). This photo wasn’t taken until after we got that folded part all out by pulling a few strands at a time and lots of crocodile tears. …