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Squash Presentation, FPIES foods – 21 ways – Part 2

Squash Presentation, FPIES foods – 21 ways – Part 2

  Welcome back to the fun and exhilarating world of food presentations for limited food options. I know you are all on the edge of your seat waiting to read the rest of the 21 ways to present squash. These presentations can also be used 

Plum Jam Thumbprint Cookies – Childhood Joys

Plum Jam Thumbprint Cookies – Childhood Joys

  Some foods are just like time machines. One bite and they take you back to cassette tapes and overalls with only one side buckled. On the shortlist for me are PB&Js with homemade jam, an ooey-gooey grilled cheese with tomato soup, little smokie pigs 

Squash Presentation for FPIES – 21 ways

Squash Presentation for FPIES – 21 ways

  Let me count the ways. Twenty-One. No, I am not talking about the line from Shakespeare. I am instead referring to the ways you can present a food, in this case, butternut squash, to a child with very limited food options. Yes, you read 

D/F, G/F Chocolate Zucchini Cake for All!

D/F, G/F Chocolate Zucchini Cake for All!

  It’s the thought that counts, right? I uttered those words to family and friends several times over the years when a recipe I attempted didn’t quite turn out as anticipated. Most often it was a cooking calamity, not a baking blunder (not to say 

Bright Refrigerator Plum Jam Recipe

Bright Refrigerator Plum Jam Recipe

I like problems that have answers. Who doesn’t? I always enjoyed math growing up for the sole reason that 2+2=4. Four is the answer. It is the end of the problem. You are done. Your work is finished. You may now move on knowing you 

Ellie’s FPIES Journey – 1st Update

Ellie’s FPIES Journey – 1st Update

Do you ever just hear yourself saying the same thing over and over and over again? If you have kids, you probably do quite frequently. Well, it’s my turn to say for the 59th time, “Here we are again with a change of plans for 

Southern Peach Crisp Recipe

Southern Peach Crisp Recipe

  My mom was raised in the South – where fresh tomato sandwiches, biscuits and cornbread with every meal, and sweet tea reign supreme. Let me just tell you how happy I am to have been born into a southern woman’s kitchen. (Okay I wasn’t 

Plum Honey Almond Crisp Recipe

Plum Honey Almond Crisp Recipe

Have you had the opportunity to eat a plum right off the tree? The sweet juice bursts into your mouth and then runs down your chin and arm. This is not an ‘escape without a mess’ experience, but man is it worth it! Then baking 

Raspberry Orange Shortbread Bars

Raspberry Orange Shortbread Bars

I have shared with you before that my love of baking began at a young age. So my family wasn’t surprised when, in high school, I told them one of my closest friends and I had dreams of starting our own bakery. At that time, 

Raspberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

Raspberry Muffins with Crumb Topping

My love of baking began at a very young age, but unlike what you are probably imagining – me in my mom’s kitchen stirring a big bowl with flour all over my face (yes that happened too) – I am thinking more of the ‘creations’