Every year when my kids were little I hosted a holiday cookie swap.  I have always enjoyed baking as long as I can remember.  One year, I made these checkerboard cookies as my contribution to the cookie swap. They look complicated to make but they are pretty easy to assemble, actually. I love the way […]

Hey Friends! You may or may not know this–or perhaps you might have guessed with my last name, “Scarlata” that I am married into an Italian family.  My husband’s dad, Tony, is 100% Italian and I have so many fond memories with his parents and uncle over the years. My husband Russ’ grandmother (Nana Scarlata) […]

Low FODMAP ‘Oreos’. Yes, please.

Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodle Cookies…low FODMAP & Gluten FREE…heck ya!

These lemon cornmeal cookies are sooooooo good. They are light & crisp and have a lovely lemon flavor. I ate 5  in one sitting. Oops. 😉 I hope your week is off to a good start. My family had a busy long weekend in Maine including a trip to the Ogunquit Playhouse to see the […]

Let’s talk cookies, okay? One of my favorite holiday traditions is to make festive cookies. And, being on the low FODMAP diet should not prohibit you from indulging in a delicious holiday sweet, right? Today, I thought I would do a quick round up of my favorite low FODMAP cookies so you and your sensitive […]