Happy Mother's Day - 1 month FREE to Conscious Box

I am excited to be able to offer you another chance to win a free month of Conscious Box, just in time for Mother's Day :) If you didn't win the last amazing giveaway I offered for this company you have a second chance!

A little more about the company:…

For the most part I have stayed Gluten Free since my fast in January. I've tried a few GF products and have compiled a list of my favorites (and two to stay away from!).



Fruits and veggies are the biggest part of my diet though. I'm still trying to find different recipes that work for me that are healthy but aren't time consuming to make. As a toddler mom, I need to use every minute…

Meringue Pie Crust  (one 9-inch crust)

2 large egg whites

¼ teaspoon cream of tartar

1/8 tsp teaspoon salt

½ cup granulated sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

METHOD

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar and continue to…

May is Celiac Awareness month. In honor of Celiac Awareness month, we would like to share a resource created by our friend, Debbie Simpson. Debbie has created a children’s book to help others understand the emotional and psychological impact of being left out and of how a little preparation can include everyone – which is especially important in the classroom. 

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

One lucky winner will receive a copy…

I am SO SO excited about this giveaway I can offer you. This company is fantastic and I cannot say enough good things about it. You know how I have talked about the clever marketing of companies with labeling their products “all natural” “made with real fruit” “organic ingredients”? It is so hard to take the time to read the labels, get past the marketing and truly find products that are good for you.…

IMPORTANT: Please make sure you visit the actual post on my site to enter. Commenting on this post will not be an official entry.

I am SO SO excited about this giveaway I can offer you. This…

Day Twenty Two.

I feel like I am on one big roller coaster that is never ending. It is exhausting both physically and emotionally. Just a couple days ago I was on top of a mountain with joy over my sons poop being “normal” and today I am in a deep valley with worry and fear because his symptoms are bad again.

Have you ever been there as a mom or dad or even just a friend or relative? You know, the over analyzing every teeny tiny detail and fact…

I had a meeting that provided childcare and snacks were going to be served. I knew the snacks would not be gluten free and certainly not non GM. I brought snacks for both kids and made sure I informed the workers that my children were not to eat any gluten. For sake of not being rude, the story ends…

This Panini is so yummy! You've got to try it.

Grilled Banana and Nutella Panini recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3  ripe bananas, sliced
• 12 slices whole-grain gluten free bread
• 1 cup Nutella
• 16 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 3…

I've been making these delicious peanut butter cookies for a year now. Everyone loves these cookies except my son who doesn't like peanut butter. These are so easy to make and only have 4 ingredients!

• One cup creamy peanut butter
• One cup white sugar
• One teaspoon baking powder
• One egg

Preheat the oven to 350…

Flourless, High Protein Breakfast Cookies

I've been getting a lot of questions about this fast and what I'm eating on it. So I figured a post would best describe it…

When my Pastor said two weeks ago that this fast would be life-changing. I didn't know exactly how life changing it would be.



A few days into it I was starving. Not hating life…

New year seemed a good time to post this here =)

This is pretty long, so.... I bolded the main points. You can skim through and get the general idea by just reading the bold words- if you aren't inclined to read the whole thing ;-)

I'm a semi crunchy stay at home wife and mama of two…

Any parent knows how crazy the bath time/ bed time routine can be and if you have more than one you are looking at huge redundancy in tasks like teeth brushing, shampooing, flossing, etc.. With homemade lotion bars you can cross one of those tasks off your list. Each child gets their own bar and while I wrap up Babe in a towel and give him a…

Eating pizza is always a challenge since out 2 year old son is allergic to milk. Now we know Uncle Maddio's offers goat cheese as a topping along with other vegetarian, gluten-free and non-dairy menu options.

Check out the review of our dining experience:…

Halloween is around the corner, all the stores are full of pumpkins, skeletons, witches, and bats which is what gave me the inspiration to make these chocolate bats. My daughter's birthday was last week and she wanted something with a Halloween theme for her birthday dinner.  These simple peanut butter filled chocolate bats fit the request…

The canning story continues after learning how to make brown sugar. I began turning the 40 cups of rhubarb my husband's quartet friend gave us into Rhubarb Relish. My husband and daughter love rhubarb relish so much they can eat it by the spoon…