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It’s Not About the Food: A December 2013 Meal Plan

redroundorgreen December 3, 2013 Cooking, Meal planning Christmas, cooking, family, family dinner, holidays, Household organization, meal planning, weeknight dinners

I’m looking at the calendar, at my freshly holiday-decked house (translation: “bedazzled by a drunk elf with bad taste”), and at my pre-Christmas to-do list. I’m not stressed, actually. The to-do list is shrinking admirably, the house — however awkwardly

November 2013 Meal Plan: Rolling Towards the Holidays

redroundorgreen October 29, 2013 Cooking, Meal planning cooking, family, family dinner, food, GF/CF diet, holidays, Household organization, leftovers, meal planning, Sunday dinner, weeknight dinners

Here and now, we officially enter THE HOLIDAY SEASON. *Cue scary organ music* It’s time to make sure all that Thanksgiving planning is done. And Christmas shopping. And decorating. And baking. And wrapping! It’s time to do ALL THE THINGS!

Twelve Weeks of Christmas Treats: Gluten-Free Grizzly Bars

redroundorgreen October 23, 2013 Cooking baking, Christmas, cookies, GF/CF diet, gluten, holidays, party, potluck, recipes

What, you may be asking yourself, is a grizzly bar? Well, if you’re Davy Crockett, it’s just a big old animal that lives in the woods and had an unfortunate run-in with you when you were only three. *Rim shot*

Twelve Weeks of Christmas Treats: Salted Caramel Krispie Bark

redroundorgreen October 16, 2013 Cooking baking, Christmas, GF/CF diet, gluten, holidays, party, recipes

You. Guys. You don’t want to miss out on this stuff. If there’s one holiday treat recipe that I’d say is darned near perfect for just about every occasion, this has to be it. Fun nibble for a casual get-together?

Twelve Weeks of Christmas Treats: Grain-Free Lemon Meringues

redroundorgreen October 10, 2013 Cooking, Feeding kids baking, Christmas, cookies, family, GF/CF diet, gluten, holidays, recipes

Late in his life, my grandfather was diagnosed with celiac disease. He took the news, and the subsequent dietary adjustment, quite well for someone who’d been eating wheat for sixty-odd years. I rarely, if ever, heard him complain about it.

Twelve Weeks of Christmas Treats: Chai in a Cookie

redroundorgreen October 2, 2013 Cooking baking, Christmas, cookies, holidays, recipes

When I think about the holidays, I tend to go straight to a place where everything is filled with warm spices. Cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom are the smells and tastes of Christmas to me, and I use them both liberally

October 2013 Meal Plan: Busy Busy Busy!

redroundorgreen September 30, 2013 Cooking, Meal planning cooking, family, feeding kids, holidays, Household organization, meal planning, recipes, Sunday dinner

I think we have something EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND in October. At any rate, that’s what it feels like — between concerts with the Philharmonic for me, school/sports/music events and lessons for both boys, and social invitations for all of us,

Twelve Weeks of Christmas Treats: Whoopie!

redroundorgreen September 24, 2013 Cooking baking, Christmas, cookies, holidays, recipes

I know it seems a bit early to be thinking about Christmas treats (although realistically, I’ve already got some major wish lists created on Amazon to track gift ideas for every member of the family, and I bet some of

Monday Menus: Mac and Cheese and Veggies, too!

redroundorgreen September 16, 2013 Cooking, Feeding kids family, family dinner, feeding kids, parenting, recipes, weeknight dinners

One of the big downsides to committing early on to raising kids who are HEALTHY EATERS, gosh darn it, and therefore not at all accustomed to “kid food,” is that you can end up with a couple of kids who

Reader Requests

redroundorgreen September 5, 2013 Cooking, Feeding kids, Lunchbox back to school, baking, family, feeding kids, gluten, lunchboxes, recipes, school lunch

In the past couple of days, I’ve gotten quite a number of requests for two recipes: my homemade chicken nuggets, and my spelt zucchini muffins. Both of these items have shown up in L.’s first-week-of-first-grade lunches, which have been posted