I love salads with a mix of savory and sweet flavors.  This week, I whipped up a yummy fall inspired salad with a maple Dijon dressing that I would LOVE to share with YOU. Check it out! My daughter, Chelsea took time off of work for an extra long weekend and visited home.  We had […]

For some reason, I have been seriously craving Chicken Tortilla Soup…I have been dreaming up how I could make this easy for my FODMAPers with a sensitive tummy.  This was the easiest soup ever…and next time I will use rotisserie chicken and make it even easier! I chopped and diced some chicken breast and sauteed […]

It’s that time of year again! Got out my slow cooker for some warm and hearty dinner recipes. I love when my food cooks while I am busy doing other fun things. While I was creating this slow cooker chicken dish I am about to share with you, my son, Brennan asked why I don’t […]

I love anything made with corn meal and creamy polenta is one of my favorites. Like mashed potatoes and gravy, polenta is truly a comfort food (and perhaps a bit healthier.) Just look at this creaminess dish of love. Being married to an Italian, I do like to experiment with traditional Italian dishes.  Polenta is […]

I know all of you that follow my blog are not ‘all about FODMAPs’ so bear with me while I just provide some well-needed updates to my FODMAP peeps. Last week, I was BEYOND excited when I found a little brown envelope addressed to me…all the way from Australia! Last September I was very fortunate […]

Russ and I visited Montréal this past weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary of 22 years. YIKES…time sure does fly. What a fantastic city…I felt like we were in France and for us, it was just a 6 hour drive.   The weather was BEAUTIFUL.  And we really relaxed!….even dipped our toes in the fountain. When […]

When I was creating recipes for my book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Well with IBS I had to think quick on my feet and come up with some recipes I had never tried.  I had to fill half a book (thirteen chapters) with my own concoctions and had a tight time limit! I found tostada […]

This post has been updated as almond milk has been found to be low FODMAP! Have you tried almond milk?  I’m really not a big milk drinker but almond milk intrigues me probably ’cause I am a HUGE almond fan. Today, I thought I would whip up a frozen concoction with almond milk,  a small […]