It’s Thrifty Tuesday! If you read my last post, you’ll see that I recommend a super el-cheapo “lemonaide” to get fluids into your children.
It got me to thinking, why do I insist on spending (literally) close to $50 a month on milk substitutes? Is it because:
1. I think kids need milk to grow properly?
2. I [...]
Archive for January, 2009
27 Jan
Liquid Thrifty
26 Jan
Soy Milk Challenge Update
So, Sunday was a tougher day for Nathan too. He wasn’t quite a volatile, but certainly not completely himself either.
Another odd thing I noticed – he’s taken to asking for a stool when he’s having a bowel movement – for extra “leverage” if you know what I mean…
So, I asked him this morning – [...]
25 Jan
Soy Milk Challenge
I decided about a month ago (when I had over a case of almond milk in the cupboard) to cut out the soy milk in our house. Don’t get me wrong, I love soy milk. The flavour, the texture…yummmmm. But, everything I read suggests that soy proteins are so close to gluten and [...]
23 Jan
My Plans for the Weekend
My lovely husband will be away all weekend. This used to be a source of “Oh My God. I hope the kids don’t flip out all weekend” No longer folks. Now, it is a good time to get some stuff “done” in the kitchen without having to be interrupted.
So here’s what [...]
22 Jan
Tinkyada White Rice Spaghetti
Who doesn’t love spaghetti? My guys ask for it at least once a week. We eat a lot of corn & quinoa macaroni noodles and brown rice noodles, but they really wanted the “long skinny noodles”.
I heard great things about Tinkyada so as soon as I found it, I had to try it. [...]
21 Jan
Chicken Nuggets
What child doesn’t love chicken nuggets? Pre-GFCF, I had 2 kids that would eat Chicken Nuggets morning, noon and night. Now, they’ll eat tons of food, but they still covet Nuggets.
Here’s a super-simple recipe for Chicken Nuggets
2-3 cups GF Crispy Rice Cereal
2 tsp Mrs. Dash original
1 cup GF Cornflakes Cereal
1 cup GF Cheerios [...]
21 Jan
Shop Around Baby!
Sorry Sorry Sorry. I totally forgot to post yesterday for Thrifty Tuesday. You know, the day I try to find ways to spend LESS money on GFCF?
Here’s my shop around story for the week. I went to the local drugstore, you know, the one where a tube of toothpaste is worth about [...]
18 Jan
Six Months Gluten Free
We are now 6 full months GFCF! We started this journey back in August & while we haven’t been fully compliant and are still finding cross-contamination and infraction problems, we have experienced amazing changes.
What changes you ask? Well, here’s a short list:
- Increased eye contact, Nathan will look you in the eye now. [...]
17 Jan
The Value of Pantry Cleaning
I have a confession to make. I hate my kitchen. Ok, if you knew in “real life” you’d know that isn’t a secret! My kitchen is on life-support, it is so old and broken. The appliances are just fine, but the cupboards are blind, shorter than standard (ooooh my back) and [...]
