"Competition" Crackers

My son has had a core group of friends since his school days. No matter where we moved, he found great people and hung on to them. One of them was Nick, whose mom had a secret weapon for having the boys want to play at their house.

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No Grain Bread

Sometimes a gluten-free and grain-free diet is used to help heal the G.I. tract. Removing gluten and other grains can allow the immune system to calm down and decrease inflammation in the gut. It really is a whole foods type meal plan, which is full of yummy food choices. But what do you do when you want some bread?

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. Over the years, I’ve gotten so I just make them, no recipe necessary. We have kids at our house all the time, and they have grown to expect cookies. If none are available, they’ll throw on some aprons and drag a chair up to the counter. The best job of all, in the mind of a toddler, is cracking the eggs!

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Senate Bean Soup

Senate Bean Soup. Beans are an easy source of protein, and considered cheap food for fueling our bodies.In the story of the Prodigal Son, we learned that after the young man had squandered his inheritance, he would have been glad to eat the pods or husks thrown to the swine. He was hungry!

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