Saying YES: Celebrating 8 years Gluten-Free

October 24 is the most important, personal day of celebration in my year. More than my wedding day, more than my birthday, October 24 means rebirth. It means saying YES to a life without gluten and without chronic, daily illness. This year, I am celebrating 8 years without wheat. My beloved husband married me 3 [...]

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Red Cabbage and Apple Salad with Tangerine Vinaigrette

I’ve been holding out on you. I’ve been making this light, crisp cabbage salad all summer, thinking I’d already shared it here…but I hadn’t. I do hope you’ll forgive my lapse, and take the time to try it out now. Thankfully, it is prime season in the Midwest for both local cabbage and apples, so [...]

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Roasted Butternut and Red Pepper Soup

The Chicago Marathon took over the city this past weekend, and though I was not running the race, I was engaged in a different sort of endurance experience working on last-minute design projects and promo items for the 650 amazing athletes who were running the marathon for the American Cancer Society. Come Sunday morning, we [...]

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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Bars

I spend every Sunday morning in the kitchen. It’s a routine that’s as calming as meditation to me. I get up early and take the dog for a long walk on the beach, eat a little breakfast, and then start cooking the week’s breakfasts, lunches and prep ahead for a couple of dinners so that [...]

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