Steak Seasoning

Steak seasoning is easy enough to create at home using some of the most basic spices in your collection.

Sausage Seasoning

Sometimes it’s hard to find nitrite free pre-seasoned sausage.  Use this spice recipe to achieve the sausage flavor in patties, gravies, and skillets.  Recipe ideas follow.

Italian-Inspired Spice Mix

Italian flavor is a big crowd-pleaser from kids to grown ups.  It’s also pleasing to make, because the home cook can get creative and have a lot of fun designing the perfect sauce.  It’s all based on personal taste, so it seems like no two recipes are the same!  And that’s alright, because there is no right or wrong flavor, just what makes your family happy.

Natural ADHD Treatment: Life Change Required

 

On February 6, I was honored to have a guest blog article published on ADHD Gift, a site that was put into motion by Mark Patey, a multi-talented entrepreneur with ADHD.  To view the article, click here.

Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Freezer Meals

We do a lot of traveling for the holidays.  This year we have the potential to go to four thanksgiving dinners.  I’m looking forward to visiting with family and eating their grub, but my son’s restrictive diet won’t allow him to join us in eating many traditional Thanksgiving foods. While extended family has been supportive of our son’s diet changes, I’m not expecting our dinner hosts to spontaneously swap out traditional ingredients for my son’s extensive list of sensitivities.  In my opinion it’s rude to assume that a host should take up that burden.  That’s why I’m coming prepared with pre-made, diet-friendly microwave meals so my son can still enjoy Thanksgiving with the rest of us.

Thanksgiving Turkey with Gluten/Yeast Free Stuffing and Gravy

The small turkey portion, gravy and stuffing recipes prepared in this tutorial were created for my son’s make-ahead Thanksgiving meal.  They provide enough food for two adults (with some leftovers), or in my son’s case, 4 freezer meals.  Using one common ingredient, the turkey poultry seasoning, all were prepared in the same cooking session.

Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie Spice Bar Frozen Dessert

Dessert is nice.  Easy dessert is even more nice.  No baking?  Better yet.  When you can do all this, ditch the dairy and add pumpkin pie spice, everything is nice about this spin on a Thanksgiving classic.

Jellied Cranberry Sauce

Below is a quick and simple recipe for homemade jellied cranberry sauce.  This year the Thanksgiving staple has been made in the kitchen, not grabbed from the supermarket shelf, to avoid high fructose corn syrup.

Nutty Acorn Squash

This beautiful fall dish was adapted from Betty Crocker and is easily modified for the ADHD diet.  It appeals more to the adult palette, but if you want to get your kid into the kitchen this is a good recipe to try.  Sometimes kids are more willing to try foods that they have helped prepare.  Aside from the slicing, my son has been able to help me with preparation and as a result, this is one of his favorite fall foods.  Give it a try!

Gluten and Dairy Free Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole is my favorite Thanksgiving food.  I have a hard time envisioning my son going without it this year now that we are aware of his food sensitivities.  I put this dish together ahead of time as part of a make-ahead Thanksgiving meal that we’ll take with when we visit relatives this holiday.  Since I only needed to make enough to accommodate my 8-year-old son for a few dinners (and swipe some for my dairy-free toddler), the quantity is small – the entire thing fits well in a 4-cup container.  So if you need more, you can easily double the ingredients.