Author Archives: Stephanie

About Stephanie

My name is Stephanie and I am a work at home mom of 4. I run a web design business in between homeschooling my children. Their safety is and always has been my main concern. Read more on my About Me page.

Why are Twinkies cheaper than Carrots?

It saddens me that it cost so much to have a healthy diet in this country. We do the best we can and I still feel we have too much “junk” food, but we can only afford so much. Add in a food allergy and the cost skyrockets. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some government incentive to eat … Continue reading

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Corn and Agent Orange?

Why do we even have to think about stuff like this?! What happened to just letting nature be. I just don’t understand why we need GMO’d anything. Oh yeah, that evil little thing called money. I like reading Natural News, but I also know that things are often blown out of proportion over there. But, in the end, Agent Orange … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

These are good. I’m not a sugar cookie person, give me some chocolate, but I can not stay away from these. I always hesitate when it comes to gluten free baking, you just never know what you’re going to get. I’ve tried things before that people rave about that tastes like cardboard to me. I picked up a box of … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Chicken and Dumplings

Mmmm. Here is a simple recipe for making gluten free Chicken and Dumplings using gluten free pizza crust for the dumpling portion. Now, I remember in the past making Chicken and Dumplings in the crockpot using flour tortillas for the dumplings. It was pretty good and very easy. I’ve contemplated doing the same with some gluten free tortillas, but something … Continue reading

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Traveling Gluten Free

I love vacations. Taking a break, not worrying about the day to day stuff, just focusing on fun. Then comes meal times. For most families, it’s no big deal, but for those with allergies, meal times out of town become nightmares. At home, I know my local restaurants, I know what I can order and I know the chance I’m … Continue reading

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My crazy life!

When I wrote this blog post, back in June, about in.gredients, I never imagined that I’d be moving to Austin, nevermind by Thanksgiving! But, that’s how life goes, bad things happen and good things come of it. We took a two week vacation to Texas (there’s a half written blog post sitting here waiting to be published) and upon our … Continue reading

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Finally Friday!

It’s been a dreary week, so much rain that I could so do without. But, perfect weather for a crockpot of chili right?! I don’t have a specific chili recipe, I kind of just toss in whatever I have on hand. I’ve been using the Simply Organic mild chili seasoning pack and it’s great.  I love simple dinners on busy … Continue reading

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Back to Reality

Vacation is fun. Tiring, but fun. All good things come to an end and we’re trying to get back into the routine of things. It’s so hard. We left two weeks ago, in a rush for a semi-planned vacation to visit family. We actually bumped the planned vacation up about a week due to a death in the family. We … Continue reading

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A new direction

I use Facebook. A lot. I’m very protective online. Very. With Facebook’s new changes, I’m pretty unhappy. I’ve put a lot of thought into things and I’ve reached the conclusion that THIS blog will turn a little more personal. I have a few sites, but none of them felt quite right to blog the personal stuff on. Parenting is my … Continue reading

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“Tapped”, a must see documentary

Tapped is definitely a documentary worth watching. Did you ever think about that bottle of water you were drinking? Where did it come from? Just how “healthy” is it? This documentary examines big companies (Nestle, Pepsi and Coca~Cola) and how they get that wonderful, “healthy” water they sell. Did you know they move into communities and drain them of their … Continue reading

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