About Me

I am a forty-something gluten free mom and cook currently residing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with my husband and three children. I am not a doctor or a nutritionist. Just a Mom who is raising her family and living gluten free. Although, it wasn't always so.

I spent my growing up years in Iowa and Texas. I graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Political Science and then from the College of Law. After law school, I moved to Chicago where I married my husband of 20 years 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 our door, and so the move to Woodinville, WA which is on the Eastside of Seattle. Our second daughter was born in Seattle, and 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.

Our middle daughter was struggling in school and suffering from attention and focus issues until we put her on a gluten free diet. She also had stomach issues which are now gone.

In addition to being gluten free, I also have a dairy allergy so many recipes are both gluten and dairy free.

I consider myself extremely lucky to be able to stay at home and raise my kids. They are God's greatest blessings. When I am not strolling the aisles of Whole Foods looking for the latest and greatest gluten free item, I enjoy oil painting, running, boating with my family, skiing, reading and hiking.