Both of my kids have the flu, but yesterday we were totally fine, doing our Target stock up, and I’m so glad we did. We are using everything we bought yesterday to help alleviate these symptoms. water with electrolytes zinc OJ tissue Honest juice boxes bleach wipes chicken noodle soup detergent for all those blankets!!! While we were stocking up for the “off chance we get sick with the flu” we saw this amazing display of nut-free items and had to snap a pic. Valentine’s Day is approaching and Target is rocking the nut-free options this year, which hasn’t always been the case! This is the back, seasonal section of…
Banana Sushi
We’re on day 4 of our 10 day reset food and fitness challenge with Cara Clark Nutrition and this snack is my new favorite go-to. It’s so good, my kids are even making it after school! Ingredients One round rice cake Sunbutter or nutbutter of your choice sliced banana drizzle of honey sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice or just cinnamon Directions Assemble and enjoy. This snack is filling and a great 3pm pick-me-up when you need to stay strong until dinner time! For more snack + other meal ideas, follow me on insta, nutfreemomblog. Have a great weekend. Tomorrow I’ll be posting this delish…
Crockpot Veggie Loaded White Chili
This recipe is from the Cara Clark Challenge 10 day reset I recently subscribed to. Today was day 1 and we had: Breakfast: smoothie 10am: snack, rice cake with sunbutter and honeycrisp apple slices Lunch: Spinach salad with crab, bell peppers, blueberries 3pm: snack, mixed fruit Dinner: Crockpot Veggie Loaded White Chili Chocolate: dark for dessert Here’s the recipe Ingredients: 1 (15oz) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed 2 (15oz) cans cannellini beans 1 onion, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 1 poblano pepper, diced (optional) 2 small jalapeno peppers (seeded and diced) 1 zucchini, chopped 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced 1 tbsp oregano 1 tbsp cumin 1 tbsp chili…
Daily Organizing Made Easy
It’s a new year and a time for all of us to set those lofty, unattainable goals. I’ve set three that I talked about on IG live the other day. Read the newspaper every Sunday. I just renewed our New York Times Sunday edition that will begin this Sunday. This isn’t because I like reading sad stories. It’s because it’s real life. And when we are in touch with the world and everything going on around us, there is more empathy and understanding. A bigger picture. Plus, I’m a journalism major, so the paper has a special place in my heart. The smell. The touch. The writing. The…
Potato Bacon Soup
When it’s 7 degrees and dark outside, its hard to de-quilt and get the day going. Add two additional humans on to the morning routine, and it’s no wonder I need a cup of jet fuel to begin my winter mornings. Jet-fuel consumed, today we were all craving creamy, comfort food. We’ve had a Swanson’s (Campbell Soup Company) Potato Soup Mix in our pantry and thought it would work perfect on this uber cold day! Going into it, expectations were very low. Premixed soup bases can be overly salty, high in calories, or lack overall flavor. This mix NAILED IT. Fair sodium, no msg, low 90 calories and hearty. Taste…
Lego Batman NYE
Hey puter, I’m home! Lobster Thermidor, anyone? If you haven’t seen Lego Batman movie yet, get it now. It has great adult humor and totally safe and PG for your kids. My 6 and 4 year old absolutely love this movie, and the hubs and I do too, since it’s LOL funny. The Lobster Thermidor scene is our favorite, just check it out. We gave up going out on NYE a long time ago. Seven years ago actually. It gets to be too much. Too much money to go out on a crazy night with high expectations and always a MEH outcome. There’s poor service, bad drinks, rude people, crazy…
Grandpa Joe's Peach Pie
Have you ever had a bad “technology” day?! Eat pie, that’s the answer for everything! Just kidding… For some reason, every device in our house needs an update today, or to reconnect to the wireless network, or it doesn’t want to work properly, or it’s just down right slow. Maybe our devices dislike this arctic blast of cold Wisconsin air as much as we do. Alas, I’ve decided to give our wireless printer the benefit of the doubt. I NEED this printer to work. It’s been with me since I started my masters in 2009. We decided to crank the furnace and say many, many nice things to dear old…
Christmas Day Eats
We’re in the process of getting Christmas Eve dinner ready (yes, early so that we can enjoy time with the kiddos!). But we’re already thinking of tomorrows dinner. Here’s what we have planned, maybe it will be an easy idea for you, too. Christmas Day Brunch: Mimosas Strawberry, watermelon and blueberry fruit salad French Toast – shortcut, our recipe calls for day-old french bread. We know that Subway is safe bread, so we picked up 4 large loaves and they are in the process of chilling out on our countertop for tomorrow. https://www.yummly.com/#recipe/Baked-French-Toast-Allrecipes Organic breakfast sausages from Conscious Carnivore Lunch / Snack: Frozen Chicken Tenders – Brand: Tyson Frozen Onion Rings…
Chocolate Christmas Cupcakes
It wasn’t our plan to make Christmas cupcakes this year, but when we found these adorable nut-free Wilton gingerbread people, we couldn’t resist. The recipe we found online had over 240 positive reviews for “decadent chocolate cupcakes” and we decided to give it a try….after two cups of coffee! FIRST: Preheat your oven to 350. Line that cupcake holder with 12 festive liners or a whole lot of Pam spray if you’re not lining (totally fine, too!). Make sure your EGGS and BUTTERMILK are at room temp. If you don’t have buttermilk, which I never do, just google a substitute Decadent Chocolate Christmas Cupcakes Ingredients 3/4 cup flour 1/2…
Christmas Morning Biscotti
You didn’t think cookies were just for the kids, did you? Of course not! Grown up cookies just have fancy names, like biscotti, or macaroon or petit fours. All go great with coffee or hot cocoa or tea! Biscotti is notoriously made with nuts, and completely unsafe in our house, so we make our own. Like everything else. This recipe is probably the easiest baking recipe I have. Literally can make it with my eyes closed. Just double the batch, you know the kids will also be into this since YOU’RE eating it (and your kids always want what you have, of course), and it keeps for a LONG time.…
Christmas Eve Dinner ::: Nut-Free & Vegetarian
Christmas Eve is quickly approaching and I like to keep things super simple, especially when family is visiting. I’d rather be spending time WITH them, not doing tasks in the kitchen. That’s why we choose to make classic Spaghetti and Meatballs for Christmas Eve. We started this tradition a few years ago, and it works perfectly. It’s a meal everyone likes (even littles) and it takes little to no time at all. The meatballs can be made in advance, just warm through in the oven for a few minutes during your party. We’re having 7 for dinner on Christmas Eve, the yield on this menu is about 8. You can…
Perfect Sugar Cookie Frosting
You have all heard me talk about my best nut-free mom friend, Jessica. Well today, I came home from another school event to find nut-free treats at my door. She’s amazing and I’m so grateful for her thoughtfulness and generosity, especially at holiday times when my little lady is being denied treats all day long. Here is what she left, it’s also the first time Chloe has had fudge. OMG – YUM. It’s now all gone, but it sure was delish. Jessica is also where I got this frosting recipe of perfection from! It is from her aunt, and honestly it’s the best cookie frosting I have made! Sugar Cookie…
Christmas Eve Eve Dinner
Christmas Eve Eve is celebrated on December 23 and we traditionally have a Mexican Fiesta. This started a few years back when my Dad brought handmade Tamales for dinner. It’s a great meal, and nice to have something different during a time where many meals are heavy and extremely unhealthy. Tamales are not healthy, but all the sides we make with it are. Plus, it’s SUPER easy, nut-free and everyone loves Mexican food!!! Here’s our menu. It’s also a good day to kick back a little and enjoy the holidays without the pressure of cooking / being in the kitchen since Mexican food can kind of just chill out for…
English Muffin Pizza
Winter break is approaching. Kids are going to be wild. They’re going to be “bored” and they’re probably going to get on your nerves a bit, especially if you’re home with them the entire time – or if one gets sick, and the other doesn’t and you’re trapped. We can create all sorts of scenarios, but basically, I like to have some activities in mind so we can make simple stuff fun, just in case we get stuck inside. Today Carter and I made English Muffin Pizza Faces. I know, totally just making “what school sent home as an activity to work on” – but I’m feeling like Mom of…
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