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Food and family

13 Gluten-free Candy Recipes

December 12, 2019

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Gluten-free candy recipes for Christmas gifts, holiday parties. Homemade treats.

Homemade candy makes a yummy gift for friends and family or a sweet treat for that holiday party. If you’re on a gluten-free diet, you have plenty of candy options, unlike cookies that usually require GF flour. Lots of candy recipes are naturally gluten-free and most others can be made GF with a few tweaks….

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Gluten-free No Bake Haystack Cookies

August 21, 2019

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gluten-free no bake haystack cookies are a salty-sweet treat that combine butterscotch, peanuts and GF pretzels.

Here in Texas, August is the hottest part of the summer. Triple digits all over the extended forecast. But school started so my brain is moving on to fall. The beauty of these haystack cookies is that you don’t need to turn on the oven. The butterscotch, peanutty flavors and color remind me of fall…

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Gluten-free blueberry lemon butter cake

May 2, 2019

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gluten-free blueberry lemon butter cake

It was my turn to bring treats for our ladies’ Bible study group, and I wanted to try something new. I’ve made my GF Cranberry White Chocolate Oat Bars (so good) many times for this crowd because the ladies love it. They ask me to make it for them now. But that seems like a…

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Ten Easy Gluten-Free Recipes for the Instant Pot

February 23, 2019

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Easy gluten-free Instant Pot dinners

I finally jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon. My lovely mother in-law gave me a check for Christmas, and I knew just what I was going to buy with it! Of course I’ve seen hundreds of posts about the Instant Pot. A few of my friends raved about their pressure cookers. But I’m not an…

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The best peanut brittle EVER

December 27, 2018

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The BEST ever peanut brittle is naturally gluten-free, light, airy and delicious.

In my childhood, I wasn’t a big fan of peanut brittle. When it came to homemade candy, fudge was king. Because…chocolate! As a southerner by birth, I had an appreciation for Momo’s divinity, the airy white sweet studded with pecans created by my Texas grandmother. A good praline, yeah, count me in. I devoured my…

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The secret ingredient for the BEST easy chili

October 12, 2018

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This secret ingredient makes the BEST easy chili.

One thing I love about the fall and winter seasons is that it’s finally chilly enough for chili. Lately in DFW it’s been overly warm and muggy, with frequent rain and lots of mosquitoes. Hello early fall in the South. October is typically the second wettest month of the year around here, with May coming…

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From healthy to decadent, 12 simple gluten-free treats for fall

August 13, 2018

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Twelve easy gluten-free treats for fall come in healthy and decadent varieties. Pumpkin spice and caramel apple flavors celebrate autumn.

  From healthy to decadent, these gluten-free sweet treats will have you falling for autumn! Soon after the “Back to School” sales hit the mall, I start longing for the other signs of fall. Pumpkin-spice-flavored lattes, caramel apples, pumpkin bread… Mmmmm. For those who need or want to go gluten free, I’ve scoured the Interwebs…

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Gluten-Free Blueberry Strawberry Oat Crumble Bars

June 28, 2018

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Gluten-free blueberry strawberry oat crumble bars make a delicious summer dessert, snack or breakfast.

For a patriotic summer spin on a yummy breakfast or dessert, try these gluten-free blueberry strawberry oat crumble bars. A while back, I made blueberry oat crumble bars because I had a lot of blueberries on hand. I didn’t make them for the blog, so I forgot to take a bunch of photos of them…

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Quick and easy meals

April 13, 2018

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Quick and Easy Meals in Minutes use one skillet or pot and take about 30 minutes or less to prepare. They are gluten free and delicious.

  You know those days when 5 o’clock rolls around and you realize you have no idea what you’re fixing for dinner? Or you’re planning the week’s dinners and you KNOW Wednesday and Thursday are going to be CRAZY but you want healthy, quick and easy meals? I gravitate to these five easy meals over…

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12 Powerful Ways to Pray for Your Child

January 25, 2018

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12 Powerful Ways to Pray for your Child

If you’re a Christian and you’re a parent, you probably want to be more deliberate and diligent when you pray for your children. It doesn’t matter if they’re three months old or 33, they need prayer! Here’s a simple guide with 12 powerful ways to pray for your child. I want to be more diligent…

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