About Me

I am a forty-something Mom and gluten free cook currently residing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with three children. Although, it wasn't always so.

I spent my growing up years in Iowa and Texas. I graduated on the President's Lists from the University of Iowa with a degree in Political Science. I went on to graduate Order of the Coif from the University Of Iowa College Of Law. After law school, I moved to Chicago where I got married and practiced law for five years. We then spent two short years in Kansas City where our first daughter was born.

It was not long until Microsoft came knocking on my husband's door, and so the move to Woodinville, WA which is on the Eastside of Seattle. Our second daughter was born in Seattle, then we adopted our son from Guatemala.

Our oldest daughter was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2005. After being on a gluten free diet for a week myself, I suddenly felt better than I had my entire life. Subsequent test showed that I carry the gene for celiac disease, but because I have not eaten gluten in several years, the endoscopy is yet to come.

I consider myself extremely lucky to be able to stay at home and raise my kids. They are God's greatest blessings.

My philosophy on eating gluten free - You will have to find the approach that works for your family, but for us simpler is better. Thus, if something has more than five ingredients and is not clearly labeled, I will not buy it. I would rather go without than spend all the time it is going to take to find out if it is gluten free. I have also found that in most instances it is quicker and easier to make it myself and find reassurance in knowing what all of the ingredients are and where they came from.