Gluten Free Picnic and Potluck Recipes

Picnic FoodPicnic and backyard barbecue season is finally upon us – I was starting to get worried there with the crazy up and down weather. We had snow and ice pellets the last week of March and that kind of thing doesn’t usually happen in this part of Virginia after Spring starts.

Glad to see some sunshine for a change and we’re ready to fire up the grill, enjoy beautiful days, and we’re definitely ready to pack some picnics for days filled with soccer games and places to go.

If you’ve ever been on any kind of diet or had a food allergy, I don’t have to tell you how difficult it can be to attend simple events like family get-togethers, graduation [Read more...]

Hail Merry Macaroons Are a New Favorite In Our Kitchen – with thanks to Healthy Surprise

Hail Merry Chocolate Gluten Free MacaroonsWe received Hail Merry Macaroons as part of our Healthy Surprise monthly snack box subscription. Our first box came in February and it had the chocolate macaroons in it. Dylan and Brian split those pretty quick, I didn’t even taste one.

Then when I opened up the March box this week and they saw the Hail Merry logo, they snagged that bag and opened it on the spot! I guess I’ll be ordering these on a regular basis now, they seem to be a favorite of the guys.
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Irish Soda Bread Recipe

irish-soda-bread-big-apple-bakeryWith St Patrick’s Day coming up, you might just have Irish Soda Bread on your mind. Of course, this time of year it’s easy enough to pick up a premade loaf at the grocery store, or even direct to your mailbox from Amazon groceries.

But you can always make your own fresh loaf of soda bread at home and you can experiment with the filling ingredients a bit to find the combination you like best, currants or raisins, raisins or crazins, so on and so forth….
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