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The Vegan Street Fair was Fantastic!
We got home from VSF yesterday, and what an adventure it was. Ready for a long post?
In the month leading up to the fair, we were simply busy busy every single day. In addition to the VSF items, we updates all three websites, created new flavors, started new consulting projects, and more. However, the final week before the fair was simply crazy. We were working 20 hour days on average, and boy were we tired. Read More
Paleo Pie Experiments
I’m sure you’ve heard of America’s Test Kitchen. I’d like to think we’re going to be that place for people with food allergies one day. With that in mind, we’re always testing out new ideas and flavor combinations, so I thought I’d share what I’ve been up to. Read More
A Little Bit of Shopping
Just wanted to share a few things that I saw recently at the store. I did purchase the cassava sweetener to mess around with it when I have a little extra time. I’m very pleased with the ingredients listed on the Jovial products, but they do contain corn. Since we have other mixes that I’ve put together without corn, we won’t be trying this product; mainly because, well, corn.
We’ve been using the Tiger Nut Flour for a while now, but the Pamela’s is a new product I hadn’t seen before. I’m hoping someone out there will find this useful because I didn’t purchase it since The Papa has a coconut allergy.
Happy shopping everyone!
Grapes are Growing, and Here are Some Cupcakes
The kids are really excited to see the grapes in our backyard doing so well. It’s nothing short of a miracle considering how bad we all are at gardening. I have to admit, it’s fallen off of my ever-growing list of things to do. These grapes didn’t let our poor treatment stop them from growing, and that’s just way cool. Also, cupcakes, because, well, cupcakes. It’s one of the new things I’m working on for the bakeshop at freeandfriendlyfoods.com.
Cupcakes and Cinnamon Rolls
Since I’m the type that tries to keep things honest and upfront, I want to take another moment so share some things that didn’t turn out so well. The items are in the try again pile.
White Cake
I’ve been trying to perfect white cake, and The Papa insists that it’s the perfect corn free cornbread. These are some variations that I tried to make, in an effort to reduce the corn bread taste. It didn’t work. I’m still kind of upset about this. It’s white cake… white cake (that looks yellow). Read More
Win a 12 Pack of Mini Cupcakes
Our bake shop is having a contest this week via social media. Here’s the link to the details. Good luck!
Vegan Macarons
So, a while back I said that I had plans to share this little experiment, so this is me, sharing, because sharing is caring 🙂
I think sometimes it’s easy to go online and look at pretty blogs and think about how easy they must have it because every post is beautiful, and everything looks wonderfully delicious, and the lighting is just right, and there’s a long list of comments, and a million likes on Instagram. Whew. That was a long list. However, the painful reality is that there are so many failed ideas and recipes that simply aren’t shared. Well, I’m sharing one of mine. Read More
The Organic House Party was a Ton of Fun
The house party in Montera was great this past weekend. We had the opportunity to meet many new people, who have really great businesses. One of the Hostesses was Petalyn, who has a business called Heart Fueled. The other, Patty, sells Neal’s Yard Organic skin care products. Kid Four was with me, and she even had a facial! Two other ladies who were there were showing off their Tower Gardens and Juice Plus programs.
It was simply good fun, and I look forward to being part of their next event!
Allergy Friendly Catering
I was so giddy putting together the photo shoot for this one. We have a new service that we’re very excited about – Allergy Friendly Catering. If you need something for an event, check out freeandfriendlyfoods.com. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Traveling With Food Allergies, part 3
Is it sad that I made a part three of this article so I could go on and on about the Lego Store? Probably, but! This is called Food AND LEGO 🙂 This is part three, and the final installation of the Traveling With Food Allergies series. Have you been able to travel successfully? Tell us about it. We’re always looking for new ideas.
Before I get to LEGO, here are some final thoughts about the trip overall, and some things that I would change, or can suggest, or need to over-suggest. Read More