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Yesterday morning started out like every other Saturday morning.  I get up around 7:30, (since the alarm goes off at 4:30 the rest of the week, that’s sleeping in for me), get dressed, start the coffee, take the dogs out for their morning walk/run, (the 3 year old lab runs, the 10 year limps/walks).  We come back, I fire up the computer, feed the dogs, grab a cup of coffee and check my email. 

 But yesterday…

Lady T contacted me and asked me to write about Gluten Free…Mom, What’s for Dinner.   Let me tell you a little about Lady T.

Lady T empowers and coaches women  to change the world through entrepreneurship.  She provides motivational workshops, spiritual retreats and one on one coaching that helps moms grow purposeful, flourishing home businesses.  You can click here to learn more about this mompreneur expert and click here to read my highly sought after advice on being a gluten free mompreneur, or in my case a grand-mompreneur.

If you’re a stay at home mom and have been thinking about working from home or an out the door to work mom, dreaming of a work at home life.  Check and see if Lady T can help you find your dream life.

I know this isn’t my usual kind of blog post, but I was just so excited I had to share it with you all.  Come back tomarrow for my usual gluten free info.

I had a comment/question the other day from Beverly.

Beverly says:

February 23, 2011 at 8:04 pm

My son is on a gluten free diet, however I have found it difficult to feed him. He is very picky. Read the rest of this entry »

Today I have some kid friendly lunch options for you.  It can be really tough finding lunch food for gluten free kids.  So I have two recipes for you today.

Read the rest of this entry »

This blog will be taking a slight change of direction for a while.  I will be writing more about celiac disease and children. 

You see, just before Christmas, we found out that our oldest granddaughter, Courtney 6 1/2, tested positive for celiac disease.  Read the rest of this entry »

Celiac Disease is an autoimmune, malabsorption disease of the small intestine.  When people with Celiac Disease eat gluten, Read the rest of this entry »

It’s hard to believe that we are about to celebrate a new year’s arrival.  I feel like 2010 just flew by.

This is always the time when I start making my  New Years Resolutions. 

One of my biggest resolutions this year is eating more healthy.  Although I try to eat a well balanced diet everyday Read the rest of this entry »

It’s hard to believe that here in the United States Thanksgiving is just a little over a week away.  I have so much to be thankful for this year.  A loving husband, adult children that are also our friends, 3 healthy, beautiful granddaughters, ages 6, 3 and 2 months.

I thought that today I would share a recipe for a nice moist turkey without all the time it takes to roast a whole turkey. 

                                                  Tender Juicy Turkey Breasts  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone.  I just wanted to let you all know why I haven’t been around much the past few months.

September has been a time of great joy and immense sadness for our family.  Read the rest of this entry »

It’s hard to believe that Easter is only a little over 5 weeks away.  Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania we are preparing for another major snow storm that is already hammering the eastern part of the state and due to hit us later this afternoon and evening.  But with Easter this close I thought I would give parents of children with celiac disease some ideas for Easter Baskets.

First let me just say that all Jelly Belly jelly beans are gluten free.  YAY!  I love jelly beans. 

• All Just Born Brand candies are gluten free.  That includes their Peep brand marshmellow candies, (all varieties), Mike & Ike, Teenie Beanie Jelly Beans and more.
• M & M’s, all brands except the krispy kind
• Skittles
• Tootsie Roll Industries, posts that all their candies are gluten free
• as does Ferrara Pan Candy Company
• Laffy Taffy
• Heath Milk Chocolate English Toffee small size bars
• Swedish Fish
• Snickers Bars fun size and minis
• Wonka Giant Pixy Stix
• Starburst Fruit Chews
• and Double Bubble Bubble Gum
• Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bunny
• Hershey’s milk chocolate eggs
• Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate eggs
• Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bunnies

If you just don’t feel like going through the whole list of gluten free candy, my friend Karon Thackston has done all the work for you by coming up with Gluten Free Easter Baskets .  Be sure to check them out.

If you don’t want to give your kids too much candy, there is always crayons, or other school supplies.

• Crayola Brand Crayons are gluten free this includes their markers, washable markers, 3D markers, chalk, oil pastels, model magic, colored pencils, glue paint and Silly Putty.  However, Crayola Dough is not gluten free.
• All Palmer Paints are gluten free
• All Ross products except the finger paints.

I hope that I have given you some ideas for your childs Easter Basket and that you have a very Happy Easter.

When I was first diagnosed with Celiac Disease, I thought the last thing I would ever need to worry about was losing weight.  Well that was 22 years ago and over those years I have put on a few pounds.  A few “extra” pounds I should say.  So since this is the beginning of a new year and I hope a healthier me, I am starting an exercise program.

My friend Scott Tousignant of Fat Loss Quickie , has a program that he says will get me in shape and feeling stronger in just 30 days and the kicker is:  in Just 10 minutes a day.

I am not a full time, stay at home entrepreneur, yet.  I work a full day at my husbands business and then come home to work on my fledgling business.  I barely have time to sleep let alone go to a gym to work out.

So I’m giving Scott the next 30 days to help me get back into shape and feeling more energetic.  And I’ll keep you all posted on how it is going.