WCCO Web chat – Part 1

Whew!  WCCO thought this was a very successful chat with 50-100 people popping in an out of the chat.  Needless to say, this is one long document.  I have tried to sort it out a bit and condense it.  I have also added answers and links to things I was not able to during the [...]

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Menu Plan Monday

Above are all the kiddos hanging out at our house this weekend.  Count them – TEN!!  It was the weekend of the cousin invasion.  The kids had a great time hanging out with each other and going to the zoo.  I hope you all have a great time on the rest of your trip and [...]

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WCCO story on the gluten and dairy free diet.

Last night on WCCO they ran the story on the gluten and dairy free diet as a therapy for Autism.  The video link ishere.  (edit:  okay, I guess the link isn’t working too well.  If you click on the Autism resource page link two paragraphs down, scroll down to Thursday’s story, and you can see it there.  [...]

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Slow Cooker Thursday

I admit, I am a big-time wimpy mama.  I have been loving “Princess Power Week” with the girls, but I am also missing my boy.  Just a few more days and he’ll be back from camp.  I can’t wait!  Of course, none of them will be as CLEAN as they are in the photo.  My [...]

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Saving money on food…

The biggest question I am usually asked is how to save money on food, especially with prices on the rise.  One way, of course, is to plan your menu for the week around the sale items for the week or month.  I usually also stock up on items I use often when they are on [...]

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Gluten Free Baseball??

We received free tickets to the Twins game Friday night (thanks, Wendy!) and were totally pumped.  I know FAAN and other organizations have helped to make peanut free days/sections at games in the past (great job guys!).  Based on this, I was at least hoping for a listing of the vendors provided or some sort [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Princess Power Week

My son is off to Boy Scout Camp this week (back on Saturday – the girls are counting down), which means at our house it is Princess Power week.  All girly, all the time.  We have already watched the Felicity American Girl movie, made heart shaped meatballs (yeah, nothing says “girly” like heart shaped meat) [...]

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Impending DOOM – I mean, birthday cake.

So, while standing in line waiting to see the nifty Star Wars exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota, my son and I see a photo of Yoda (Yoda, you will always be Grover in my heart!) doing some sort of fancy Jedi leap.  My son turns to me and says, “Hey, I know what kind of [...]

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Happy 15th Anniversary, Tim…

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…”
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday’s
Most quiet need, [...]

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GFCF story on WCCO

At my June gluten and dairy free cooking class WCCO news came to interview me and record part of my class for a story they are doing on the “Autism Diet,” or the GFCF diet.  One of my students had just started the diet and was letting WCCO follow the progress and effect on their [...]

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