Time for the weekly menu Nov. 27 – Dec 3, 2017. It’s almost December! How did it go by so fast? New favorite goat cheese alert. Brett found a sliced goat’s milk Dutch cheese from Trader Joe’s that is wonderful. It melts well and has a very mild flavor. It has been a game changer for us. Being able to eat goat cheese in general...
Thanksgiving 2017 Well the holiday season is here. This week will focus on our gluten-free Thanksgiving menu plan. Do you have your menu plan ready? I’m super excited about Thanksgiving this year because I’ve finally worked out the kinks to making some of our traditional favorites both gluten and dairy free. Turkey We ordered a veg-fed, organic, antibiotic free bone-in turkey breast from the Wheatsville...
Weekly Menu Time Again! Hello friends. Well this week is going to be nice and quiet. The calm before Thanksgiving and celebrating my husband’s birthday. I’m getting excited about pulling out all the Christmas decor and getting festive, too. But man does time seem to be flying by. It’s been almost two years since we adopted Lizzy dog. Seven years since going gluten free. Over...
What’s On the Menu this week? Well we’re making a lot of pasta and meatballs this week, because I’ve had trouble with my teeth and I’m searching for soft foods that are easy to chew. I’ve got a temporary crown on one side and a missing molar on the other side, so eating has been a little difficult. I should be getting the permanent crown...
Goat Cheese Broccoli Rice This version of broccoli cheese rice is made with smoked gouda goat cheese, jasmine rice, and coconut milk. It’s perfect for those of us trying to avoid the casein found in cow’s milk. Plus who doesn’t love goat cheese? Or creamy cheesy broccoli rice dishes. Recently, at my favorite store the goat cheese section expanded. We found a goat cheese...
MTHFR! Hi all! Well as it turns out I have a few gene variants that would account for why I am so sensitive to chemicals, why I have been driven to eat so clean, and why changing so many things over the years has helped my health improve (filtered water, no chemical cleaners, concrete floors, using glass instead of plastic, and all the food stuff…)....
Let’s Talk About Glyphosate This week I want to talk a little more about glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weed killer Round-Up) and GMOs. Glyphosate is designed to kill weeds and normally sprayed on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) who are modified to be resistant to it. In this case plants like corn, soy, and beet sugar. Glyphosate targets and blocks an essential pathway in...
Hi everyone! Hope your week is starting off great! Well we had a blast at the annual Food & Wine Fest here in Austin. Such a great group of friends that get together over the last 10 years for the festivities. It’s pretty awesome. And I’m so glad it didn’t get rained out like last year. And there were so many bites that were gluten...
Well it’s time for the weekly menu Jan 30 – Feb 5. I need a lot of comfort food this week. Of course, it is all gluten free, mostly non-GMO and organic… It has been tougher than usual for me to find gratitude these days with the world feeling like it is imploding. But I will say that I’m grateful for people standing up for...
Hello 2017! Time for a new healthy comfort food weekly menu Jan 2-8 that is also gluten-free and dairy-free. Plus we have a lot to look forward to this year! My last two classes start next week – Food Microbiology and Genomic Sequencing and Analysis. I’m really excited. I should finish the certificate in May. I really loved my phylogenetics class (and actually got a perfect...
