Dec 31, 2016 | Autoimmune Disease, Batch cooking, Celiac Disease, Cook at Home, Food, Food Allergies, New Year's Eve Celebration, Special Occasions, Travel and Eating
New Year’s Eve | Celebration | Ideas One of my pet peeves as a Food Allergic Person (FAP) happens almost every time I want to take part in large-scale celebration. Let’s say it’s an upcoming New Year’s Eve event at a beautiful hotel. The organizer is selling tickets to the posh event, Read more…
Dec 19, 2016 | Autoimmune Disease, Celiac Disease, Cook at Home, Fermented Food, Food Allergies, How To, Kitchen Appliances, Kitchen Must-Haves, Real Food, Tools, Travel and Eating
Last year around this time, I wrote about five “must-haves” that ever person who wants to cook real food to improve their health should have in their kitchen, and now I’m ready to add five more for this year’s list! When you are eating food you make yourself all year round with Read more…
Dec 12, 2016 | Autoimmune Disease, Cook at Home, Food, Food Allergies, Food Intolerances, Food Sensitivity, How To, Nutrition, Real Food, Scratch Cooking
Stop trying to eat like everyone else. Just STOP. On any given week, I receive well-intended yet unhelpful suggestions from people who believe they can “help” me. Sometimes it’s from a well-meaning Vegan person who thinks my Paleo options are not only immoral and cruel, they are unhealthy for me. As usual, Read more…
Nov 26, 2016 | Celiac Disease, Cook at Home, Food, Food Trends, Holiday, How To, Real Food, Recipes, Special Occasions, Thanksgiving Day
Bacon Wrapped Duck with Cranberry Mandarin Orange Sauce I don’t like Turkey. There, I said it. Gawd. I don’t like turkey meat. Even if it was cooked well, with the juices basting the meat and leaving it tender, I find that I just don’t feel the same excitement about turkey that Read more…
Nov 11, 2016 | Autoimmune Disease, Celiac Disease, Food Sensitivity, NSAIDs
WHY NO NSAIDs FOR YOU If you have an autoimmune disease and/or gastrointestinal issues, strongly consider not taking NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) for pain relief or as an anti-inflammatory medicine, and discuss with your doctor other options for pain or inflammation treatment. Yes, that’s you, even the one who is saying, “But Read more…