Menu Plan Monday

Happy Labor Day! Wow, it’s hard to believe that September is already here. It feels so crisp and cool outside and reminds me of the telltale start of school. Speaking of which, my daughter Kirsten is starting a morning program 3 days a week at our church’s [...]

Nourishing Portable Foods: SCD Kid-friendly snacks/lunches

We interrupt the regularly scheduled weight loss Wednesday for Kimi’s (the Nourishing Gourmet) challenge: nourishing portable foods. Here are some tips and a newly-discovered recipe!
Kid-friendly Standard Carbohydrate Diet snack and lunch ideas can be hard to come by, but here are some of our [...]

Menu Plan Monday

After writing yesterday’s post, I popped over to Cheeseslave’s blog and read this. Amazing! Her post couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time for me. I’ve always known about GAPS, but wasn’t sure it was something we needed to do. I thought perhaps that Gluten Free was enough given my daughter’s issues.

Not to [...]

Back in business!

Aaaah. After two weeks, I’m finally back online! There were a couple of snaffoos in the process of getting back online, but here we are.
Here’s a quick summary of what’s been on my mind:
My Daughter’s Health: We have been dealing with unexplained “tummy aches” after eating. The naturopath says it’s a yeast overgrowth (she has [...]

Technical Difficulties

Well, my “free ride” has come to an end. In the spirit of being “thrifty”, we have been using “free wireless” workgroups that we could access from home. Lately, we haven’t been able to log on, so I haven’t been able to update posts, respond to comments, or read all of your amazing [...]

Weight Loss Wednesday: Eat Fat Lose Fat

This might be a bit ambitious, but I’m planning on doing a weekly review of diet books/fads/etc. that have to do with weight loss. I am always reading the latest weight loss books out of curiousity and have found that there’s a lot of information floating around in my head to share! I’m going to [...]

My daily routine

Posting my menu plans every week has really helped me to be accountable to “using what I have” and has really helped save time and money and stress. In that vein, I’ve been thinking about how to best manage my time in other areas as well; cleaning house, educating/playing with children (w/o TV), exercise, rest, [...]

Teff Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten Free/Vegan)

These delicious, nutritious cookies were directly inspired by Bob’s Red Mill. Bob’s is local to Portland, and they are a great resource for nutritious, affordable gluten-free grains (and regular grains, too!)
I was recently reading in Woman’s Day (or someplace like that!) about Teff. I had heard of teff long ago, probably because we [...]

Menu Plan Monday: Vegetarian week

The first week of August is upon us, and we Orthodox Christians are preparing for the feast of the Dormition by fasting for the first 14 days of August. In my family, the adults are fasting from meat, which means that dinners will be vegetarian, while breakfasts and lunches will still include meats for the [...]