Elimination Diets…What Are They, and Why Should You Care?

As a full-time wellness advocate who is certified in personal and children’s nutrition, works regularly with essential oils and various holistic means to wellness, I am often asked all kinds of questions about every health goal you could imagine.     I love this because it helps me stay on top of vital information and […]

Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry; Review and Giveaway!

I don’t do giveaways often. When I do, it is always something that I have personally used, products I believe in and things that have the potential to make life easier.  If you are following me on here, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram, I earnestly hope it’s because you enjoy what I have to share […]

Where I’ve Been and a Christmas Giveaway for you!

I’ve been a bad blogger lately. Life has gotten in the way. I have been exhausted and needing to spend my attention elsewhere and so, my blog has had to take an unannounced break. Even with this my followers continue to grow. For that, I owe each and every one of you a tremendous amount […]

Culinary Creativity, a review and a giveaway!

If you followed the Healthy Lunchbox 2012 series, undoubtedly you are familiar and slightly enamored with my friend Dawn Allen’s bento boxes. I mean seriously, how cute is she? Recently, Dawn wrote a cookbook that goes way beyond the bento. Way beyond. Excited to know that every recipe is 100% gluten-free and dairy-free, I was […]

Well Fed Review, Country Captain Chicken and a Giveaway!

A   couple of weeks ago I decided to float around in the “Your Recommendations” section of Amazon. Amid the number of books Amazon thought I might be interested in was one that, while it had been floating around on my list for a while, I had never really taken the time to dig deeper into. […]

Eat Like a Dinosaur and Yummy Egg Pie

If you are a regular visitor of the gluten-free blogging world, it is likely you have heard a lot of buzz about the new cookbook from Paleo Parents titled Eat Like a Dinosaur. Well let me tell you, this book is worth buzzing about. I was honored to work with Stacy and Matthew, the paleo […]

7 links recap and giveaway winner. Happy New Year!

A few months ago, I was honored to be selected by Heather the Gluten-Free Cat to participate in a blogging challenge.   Unfortunately, at the very time she made this selection I was changing servers and my site was down…for nearly two weeks. By the time I had everything back up and running, it seemed […]

the dairy-free & gluten-free kitchen, flourless chocolate almond cake (plus a New Year’s giveaway!!)

‘Tis the seasons of surprises.   Imagine how tickled I was to receive a package from Ten Speed Press with a new cookbook just before Christmas! Denise Jardine’s The Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free Kitchen is everything this lovely cover cracks it up to be…   I mean, seriously, what screams gluten and dairy more than pizza?  […]

Healthy lunchboxes, a surprise gift and a giveaway

As many of you know, I am a mother of 5 children; two of whom have special diet requirements and are following a gluten-free, casein-free and shellfish-free lifestyle. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you have heard me mention that in addition to being a mother, I am also an educator. Couple these […]

Elana Amsterdam’s New Cookbook: Gluten-Free Cupcakes

When Elana Amsterdam recently asked if I would like to review a copy of her new cookbook, Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour, I felt extremely honored and a tad bit flabbergasted…a bit like Porky Pig; tripping over my tongue in attempt to utter a simple phrase.  Thankfully, we were […]