Tag: Whatever Wednesday
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Money
So since tax day is almost here, MaryKate and I were talking about money. Besides more expensive food, you end up buying a lot of kitchen equipment, and if you have a corn allergy, you might end up buying a lot of food preservation equipment, freezers, and in my case, a house so you can…
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Reading Restaurant Menus: the despair and the glory
I just read this in an online menu: SHRIMP & GRITS spicy New Orleans garlic sauce, poached eggs, Cajun seasoned baked grits peanut-free, tree-nut-free, gluten-free, egg-free, soy-free. ALLERGENS dairy The menu writer appears to be working from the top 8 allergens list, which is fair, except they’ve failed to acknowledge two of the 8. Of the…
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WW: Gardening due to Food Allergies – Planning your Garden & Starting Seedlings
Okay, I’ve been telling MaryKate that I was going to do this post for a Whatever Wednesday since we bought the house. Obviously, that hasn’t happened. But better late never, and I’m currently trying to ignore the blizzard raging outside while writing this post and dreaming of spring. Depending on your cocktail of allergies (corn,…
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WW Product Review: Daiya Deluxe Cheddar-Style Cheezy Mac
Daiya Deluxe Cheddar-Style Cheezy Mac Ingredients: brown rice pasta (whole grain brown rice, rice bran, water), filtered water, tapioca starch, non-GMO expeller pressed: canola and/or safflower oil, coconut oil, sea salt, vegan natural flavors, pea protein, potato protein, tricalcium phosphate, evaporated cane sugar, lactic acid (vegan), santhan gum, yeast extract, titanium dioxide (naturally occurring mineral),…
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WW Product Review: Enjoy Life Vanilla Honey Graham cookies
On a recent road trip, I picked up some new-to-me boxed foods and realized that I should share them with our readers. Given Denise’s corn allergy, I’m the only one buying food in boxes anymore, so I’m going to try a little harder to review things as I find them. Bear with us. I…
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WW: Homemade Tick Repellent
So as many of you know, my husband and I bought a house in January so we could have a garden and grow food, have space to can and do food prep, and make all the things that I need, like soap, lard and tallow, that were really inconvenient to make in a second story balcony…
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WW: Living with Food Allergies – Making Unexpected and/or Unwanted Lifestyle Changes
So, food allergies can change your life plan a bit. When I (Denise) was young, my witnessing and participation in family dysfunction and associated drama made me decide that I pretty much never wanted to own real estate. I viewed it as a trap, because if you rented, you could bug out at any time,…
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WW: PSA — What's your anaphylaxsis plan?
I know, you’re thinking that maybe a pre-holiday post should be cheerful or full of cookies or booze or something, yes? Well, instead we’re thinking more “tragedy prevention” and “preparedness.” We did name our blog “apocalypse,” after all. Being prepared lets me enjoy things. As great as the holidays can be, they are also potentially…