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Going Gluten Free

April 26, 2012

My kids love going to the Doctor, mostly because Dr. Mary is really sweet and fun. We usually get there about once a year, but I realized it had been two years since our last checkup.  On this visit I had a list for my youngest son which included: Dr. Mary suggested we try gluten [...]

Harvest Festival Salsa

October 4, 2011

One of the first things I ever canned and one of the things I still love to make every year about this time is salsa.  I gather all the tomatoes, pepper, cucumbers still growing in the yard.    I have yet to successfully  grow a cilantro crop that is ready in the the fall, and [...]

A super secret pickle recipe . . .

September 19, 2011

In my life the term B.C. means before children. B.C. is defined as: Everything that happened before children seems so much more exotic, earth shatteringly quiet, full of fun and freedom.  I was a time that I didn’t appreciate fully until I had kids. One of the ways I spent some of this copius free [...]

We all ride in a tippy canoe . . .

August 6, 2011

Whistle the tune to the Beattle’s song  Yellow Submarine here . . .   In July we went canoeing for a week with my husbands family at Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Washington. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “I need a vacation from my vacation” and in our case it is true. But perhaps for different [...]