My gluten free adventures began in January of 2006, at a time when gluten free was better than six years before that, but not as good as it today. With all of the hype that gluten free will help you lose weight, here is my thoughts: To answer the question, the answers is YES and […]

Born and bred from Chicago (yes, I say it through my nose) we often get made fun of for talking through our noses. It amazed me as a kid how someone could pick up that I was from Chicago, now it is just a friendly travel joke. A few months a local Celiac sent out […]

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I thought I would share my delicious Strawberry Colada Green Smoothie recipe. It got the thumbs up from my 4yr old daughter. This makes it a fantastic post workout smoothie. Strawberries and pineapple are full of vitamin c which helps with fat utilization (or burn fat) and helps bind […]

Recipe time! Oh this one turned out oh so yummy, I promise you. It was first created for Artizone Chicago, a gourmet delivery service that brings local, gourmet foods right to your door. It is a fab service. I made it again over the weekend, but added Dole asparagus to it, because asparagus is in […]

The weather was amazing in Chicago last week, such a tease for us. However, I was in the midst of detoxing and wanted to make something refreshing and light to eat when winter officially changed over to spring. Knowing a few spring detoxing veggies that are in season, this recipe just came to mind. What […]

I have so many recipes to post, it is insane! I can thank my mom for the creativity in the kitchen. But cooking and baking more from scratch is not as bad as many think. Honestly, many fear the kitchen because they don’t want to fail for all of their efforts…well my go to meal […]