I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
So Olivia and I are cutting back on gluten again. It appears we may not need to be completely gluten-free, but we definitely need to be consuming less of it. And I had just perfected my wheat pizza crust, too. {Pout} But tonight, I was motivated to try my hand at a gluten-free crust again. [...]
Filed under: The Cooking, The Gluten-Free on April 23rd, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Meatloaf is one thing I learned to adapt to a gluten-free lifestyle pretty quickly. And while staying at Josh’s Grandma’s for three months, I was blessed to learn the existence of two very important meatloafs: Pizza Meatloaf and Mexican Meatloaf. Today, I will share with you her recipe for the former. (It looked better in [...]
Filed under: The Cooking on February 11th, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It has no flour. None. None at all. Not wheat, not rice, not tapioca. It’s held together with chocolate chips, eggs, garbanzo beans, and butter. It rises with the help of a mere teaspoon of baking powder. It is moist, flavorful, rich and reminds me of a brownie. With over 5 grams of protein [...]
Filed under: The Cooking on June 23rd, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A hearty, healthy, cheap soup that changes based on what I have available. Ingredients for this particular batch: 1 c. dry great northern beans (or navy. or cannellini.) 1 c. dry kidney beans 4 c. beef broth* 2 c. water* 2 cans tomato paste 1/2 large onion 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced 1lb cooked [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 6th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Baking day got off to a slow start this morning. I just wasn’t feeling as motivated. But I eventually got around to it. I started a quick soak for the beans for dinner tonight. (Pasta Fagioli in the crock pot) Next, I started the pizza dough for breadsticks. [No picture.] Then I started the waffles. [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 5th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is a base recipe that you can tweak any way you want! Make it as frugal or as fancy, as healthy or as decadent as you wish. (Double recipe shown in picture) Ingredients: 3 c. quick cooking oats 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk 2 Tbs melted butter 3 1/2 c. mix-ins One [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hearty, healthy (kinda), crispy, buttery cornbread! Perfect for days when crockpot chicken is on the menu. Ingredients: 1/2 c. whole wheat flour 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 3/4 c. corn meal 2-3 Tbs sugar 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 1 Tbs butter 2 eggs 1 c. milk 1/4 c. oil Preheat oven to [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Before I knew it, it was time to get dinner ready! Whipped (stirred?) up some cornbread to go with the… …chicken. And then in went the… …apple pie (made with butter crust, brushed with milk, and sprinkled with sugar). I’m about to lick my screen. Oh, wait. That’s my pie. Off to the kitchen, be [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 3rd, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Granola bars are cut up. Half-Whole Wheat Honey Oat Flax Bread (aka Bread With Longest Name Ever) is cooling. Zucchini bread is baking. I totally spaced and make it all white. To make up for the lack of nutrients, I added two tablespoons of ground flax seed. There, now it’s healthy again. (Nevermind the full [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More expensive, yes, but BETTER. Ingredients for a double-crust: 2 1/4 c. flour 3/4 tsp salt 2/3 c. butter 8-10 tbs COLD water* *The main thing to remember when making a butter vs. shortening crust is to keep everything as COLD as possible. Shortening does not soften/melt/get all ooey-gooey sticky like warm butter does. First [...]
Filed under: The Baking Days, The Cooking on November 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments »
