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Red, White and Blue Scones
Memorial Day is usually spent up North, visiting family in the town I grew up in. There is a parade, which includes the elementary and high school bands, both of which I remember marching in. Hard...
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Birthday Cake Ice Cream
We just made our first family bike ride of the season to the neighborhood ice cream shop. The allergic kids usually get a frozen lemonade or Spiderman popsicle, but they always take a look into ice...
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Michigan Asparagus
We’re at the very end of Michigan asparagus season, there’s just a bit in the farmer’s market at this point. For non-Midwesterners, Michigan is a BIG asparagus state…the 3rd biggest producer in the...
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Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!
Lightening McQueen cake for my sweet little boy. No problem! I’m not very good at following directions, but loosely followed the instructions here. I made a double batch of chocolate sheet cake to...
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Orange Push-Ups
Wow. Record heat! To tweak a phrase from the mayor of Chicago, never let a good weather pattern go to waste…and this scorcher was the perfect opportunity to buy a new gadget and recreate one of my...
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S’more Prep
We’re packed up for some tent camping at Lake Michigan this weekend. Well, actually I’ll be staying at my folk’s house with our youngest while my husband roughs it with the girls down at the state...
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Nana’s Fresh Blueberry Pie
This summer’s drought and heat, combined with the insane March heat wave, have pretty much decimated the Michigan fruit scene this year: plums, pears, apples, peaches, cherries…all gone. The only...
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Funnel Cakes
It’s County Fair time here in Michigan! Fair food is something I’ve always wanted to share with my kids: neon red candy apples, giant caramel apples resting in a bed of nuts, bright yellow popcorn,...
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Zucchini Sandwich Cookies
Just when it looks like the vine has given up its last fruit, another zucchini sneaks in under the radar. I thought I’d cleaned the garden out and was getting ready to till everything under when the...
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Pumpkin Ice Cream & Spiced Waffle Bowls
Yes, I got a new gadget at the end of summer. Actually, I got two…but I won’t talk about the awesome cotton candy maker right now. I’ll stay on task and report my new love: the waffle cone maker....
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Egg Nog Cake–Easy Bake Oven Style
This little recipe comes from my girls, a creation they invented this weekend in their Easy Bake Oven. Cakes are their specialty, and they’ve created more flavors than you can imagine. Egg nog seems...
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Liberty
Something very disheartening has happened in the blog world in the 5 years since I started, and it has escalated over the past 2 years: intolerant trolls. I suppose some of the attention has to do...
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Homemade Worcestershire Sauce
I’ve been doing this allergy thing for over a decade now, but every once a while, I’m surprised by how difficult the simple things can be. I wanted to make Chex Mix for the kids, and figured I’d just...
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Classic Chex Mix
Between the various holiday and sports-watching parties recently, I’ve been a snack-mix making machine. Back in the olden days when I was a kid (stop laughing, mom) …there really was only one type of...
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Chubby Hubby for my Skinny Minnies
It’s March in Michigan, a time when gray skies & vitamin D deficiency induce a mild psychosis, the moral compass fails and you struggle with basic questions like: Should I go running or take a...
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Rhubarb Shortbread
It’s spring, finally! I went out in the garden and found two big surprises. The first was the utter audacity of suburban rabbits, so lulled into security, they actually built their nest to raise all...
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A Book Written Just For Us
One of the fun things I get to do in my spare time, is be part of the medical advisory board for KidsWithFoodAllergies.Org. Even better, is that I get the best job ever: reviewing cookbooks and...
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Free EpiPen Coupons!
Oh, how I love love love competition in the marketplace. It drives down prices, improves quality, encourages innovation…and yes, the wonders of capitalism and competition apply to healthcare as well...
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Choosing the Perfect Dairy Free Milk Substitute
So how do you choose the perfect dairy free milk substitute for your allergic child? There are a few factors to weigh, but in the end, it’s all good because we have so many great options these days....
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Camper Cookies
One of my favorite parts of life as an American, is the freedom for everyone to dream, set goals, work towards those goals and enjoy accomplishments. I guess you could say I’m a huge fan of the...
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