Foods 
Last week I told you that I'd be giving you a challenge each month to help you move toward healthier eating. This month's challenge is to find a source for farm fresh eggs. Some of you might be wondering, why farm fresh eggs? What's the difference? Isn't an egg an egg? ...Read More
Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Candy Recipe
Several months ago I wrote about cocoa crack, a sugar-free candy our family just can't seem to get enough of. Well, it was time to expand our horizons. After a bunch of tweaking, I've come up with another candy our family likes even better—a sugar-free peanut butter chocolate candy recipe I know you'll love too! Hello?! Chocolate and peanut butter. What could go wrong here? :) Peanut butter chocolate candy you can feel good about giving your kids! These are also known around our house as the incredible disappearing peanut butter candies! It seems I can't make enough of these for them to stick around for long. My ...Read More
A Sweet Life: Xylitol – A natural or chemical sugar alternative?
The word xylitol causes me to conjure up images of a chemically laden substance. But, xylitol makers have slapped the word "natural" all over bags of xylitol that you find sitting on store shelves. And indeed, it is classified as a natural sweetener. Is xylitol really natural? Or is it just another wolf is sheep's clothing like high fructose corn syrup? What is Xylitol? Xylitol was discovered late in the 1890's. It wasn't until the 1930's that xylitol was synthesized into a pure form, much like what we use today. It was used as a sugar replacement during World War II in some countries when sugar shortages ...Read More
Tandem Nursing…You Can Breastfeed Twins!
Twins! The word evokes a sense of excitement in some...and a sense of fear in others. I was in the latter camp when, at 10 weeks along, I found out we were having not one, but two babies. I had never in my lifetime dreamt that I would have twins, and with two older boys already, I was overwhelmed at the thought! After announcing to the world that we were having twins, then came the repeated commentary. "Congratulations" was not always the typical response. We often heard comments that were, well, less than optimistic about the situation. "Better you than me!" "Wow, you'll sure have your hands full." We even heard, "I'm so ...Read More
A Sweet Life: Is Agave Nectar a Healthy Sugar Alternative?
Organic. Raw. Natural. Low Glycemic Index. Healthy. These are all adjectives you may have heard used to describe agave nectar (also known as agave syrup). The adjectives I would use to describe the agave nectar marketers are: Clever. Brilliant. Cunning. Shrewd. Deceptive. Agave Nectar in Ancient Cultures Agave nectar, or the sap from one of several species of the agave plant, has been used in ancient traditional cultures for centuries. These cultures would use the sap from the leaves of the agave plant to dress wounds and fight skin infections. It was perceived that the fresh nectar from the agave plant was not ...Read More
Low-Carb Eggnog Cheesecake with Cranberry Glaze
The first Christmas I decided to keep my sugar in check, I was downright glum. The recipe I knew I'd miss the most was Egg Nog Cheesecake. I loved the sugary spicy cheesecake, with the bite of the cranberries, and the crunchy gingersnap crust. All of the flavors played together so beautifully. It was Christmas magic. I decided it's time to bring back the magic! This is a makeover of that favorite holiday recipe. Where the original Eggnog Cheesecake recipe came from, I'm not sure. But the original was most definitely not low-carb eggnog cheesecake and it wasn't gluten-free either. Love Healthy Christmas baking? Check ...Read More
Gluten-Free, Low-Carb Gingersnap Recipe
I was on a desperate search for a crispy, sugar-free, gluten-free, low-carb gingersnap cookie recipe to use for the crust with my eggnog cheesecake. I tried several different recipes, but they were too soft to be used as a crust base. Bradley (my 8-year-old) was quite delighted with all of my failed attempts. He enjoyed them immensely. Recently, I ran across a recipe for graham crackers on All Day I Dream About Food. Graham crackers were the perfect crispy consistency that I was in search of. It dawned on me that I could alter the recipe and transform graham crackers into ginger snaps. They turned our perfectly. ...Read More
Low-Carb Eggnog Recipe
Mmm...low-carb eggnog. Yes, please! There are some things in life that are just better low-carb, and eggnog is one of them. Ditch the skim milk and go straight for rich, heavy cream. This is a delicious low-carb eggnog. Upon my husband's first taste he proclaimed, "That's the best eggnog I've ever tasted!" You'll want to quickly grab these ingredients so you can make them part of the upcoming festivities, and you're sure to wow your guests with this one too! Looking for gluten-free recipes and resources? This Everything Gluten Free page is a library of everything gluten free we’ve worked on. ...Read More
