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Trader Joe’s Secret Ingredient Grilled Chicken

By jessica 8 Comments

So after 7.5 years of marriage, I have realized that my husband...can cook! Sneaky little man was View Post

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Grilled BBQ Chicken With Bacon and Pineapple

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  A note from Jessica: A few months ago, we had a "family girls weekend" (which was View Post

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25 Real-Food Meals to Bring To A New Mom

By jessica 2 Comments

Looking for meal ideas to bring to a new mom? I've got you covered! Even gluten-free, dairy-free, View Post

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Best Homemade Pizza

By jessica 4 Comments

**Note: Special thank you to Ali C., who took these terrific pics during one of the original "Friday View Post

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25 Frugal, Whole-Food Dinners to Make in the Fall

By jessica 5 Comments

Are you looking for whole-food dinner ideas for fall? Your search is over! Here are the 25 meals I View Post

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Gluten Free Egg Free Dairy Free Salmon Cakes: 15-Minute AMAZING Dinner!

By jessica 26 Comments

You're just not going to believe how lip-smacking delicious these Gluten Free, Egg Free Dairy Free View Post

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Healthy To-Go Lunches for Little Ones (And 5 Places We Take Them Other Than School)

By jessica 10 Comments

Check out my Allergy-Friendly Snacks for Kids or  my popular Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free View Post

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6 Ways to Eat Chili in the Summer (and my rockin’ recipe)

By jessica 1 Comment

We've been having unseasonably cold weather. Y'all, it's 50 degrees. And raining. In May. North View Post

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Southern Cornbread & Chili Casserole

By jessica 4 Comments

Last fall, my sister got the brilliant idea to do a fall recipe exchange. Seriously, where has this View Post

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Healthy (er) Sloppy Joes

By jessica 7 Comments

The men in my house LOVE some sloppy joes. Okay, okay, I admit it…I love them too. Sloppy Joes are View Post

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Dairy-free Baked Pasta

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Every once in a while, I get a hunger that only baked pasta can satisfy. I wanted to make something View Post

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D.F.D.F. {Dairy-Free Delicious Food} : Chicken Pot Pie

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Welcome to the first installment of DFDF!! Dairy Free Delicious Food! Although all my food is View Post

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Roasted Chicken in the Crock Pot + Chicken Broth + 20 Uses for Leftover Chicken!

By jessica 2 Comments

I can actually remember the first time I bought a "whole roasting chicken" at the grocery store. It View Post

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Southwest-topped Sweet Potatoes

By jessica 1 Comment

I owe my friend Katie for this idea. I'm can't believe I've never thought of it before! I was View Post

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Recipe review: Roasted Chicken in the Crock Pot

By jessica 2 Comments

Here is my review: This is AMAZING. It tastes like a rotisserie chicken, truly! So easy, View Post

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Carmelized Onion and Chicken Tostadas

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Unlike my sister Julie, I don’t invent recipes. I copy, I adapt, I follow recipes. So when I DO View Post

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dairy-free spaghetti and meatballs

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I loved making this meal on my dairy-free diet because I always felt so satisfied after eating it. View Post

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recipe review: Rachel Ray’s Fall Pork Chops with Cider

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This allergy-friendly recipe was DELICIOUS. Unfortunately, pork chops are my nemesis. All I will say View Post

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Contest Winning Pulled Beef BBQ

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I owe my cousin Rebecca Wetzel the credit for many good things in life. She introduced me to the View Post

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top ten things to do with a crock pot

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Is there really anything more wonderful that walking in the house, starving, and smelling something View Post

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dairy-free shepherd’s pie (still delicious!!)

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I need to shout-out here to my sister Jenny, who makes the best shepherd’s pie ever and was the View Post

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dairy-free baked pasta

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Every once in a while, I get a hunger that only baked pasta can satisfy. I wanted to make something View Post

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Hi! I’m Jessica. Former English teacher turned homeschooling mom of three. ESTJ. iPhone addict (in recovery). Anxiety overcomer. Allergy mom (only slightly neurotic). Loved by God, and wife to Mr. Fix Anything. I run a mean 12-minute mile and can make just about anything dairy free. I’m glad you’re here! Read More >>>
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