Planning a holiday menu while taking into consideration the special diet concerns of each guest along with remembering everyone’s favorites can make a girl dizzy! Dizzy dizzy. Maybe even cranky. We simply can’t have it. Maybe you are hosting the big day this year? Maybe you’re a guest and want to contribute. You’re gluten free but your host isn’t? Your guests are gluten free but you aren’t? Fear not. I’ve been pinning Thanksgiving options like mad. Here are a few that…
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There’s something all of us fear deep down, even if we don’t verbalize it or give into the terror. Children are no different, but they don’t usually have much say in avoiding the things that make them nervous, whether it’s the barking dog on the walk to school or the terrifying spotlight of Show & Tell every Tuesday (that would have been me). Since I’m big on moving onward and upward, creating life lists, and overcoming fear big or small,…
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Even though I’ve been a little AWOL with the headache of the century (I still love you, promise) I thought I’d round up some of my favorite Halloween links from the last few years of fun ideas to craft now that we’re so close to the big day. What? Halloween is totally a big day (around here). Halloween candy is the most dangerous delicious ambrosia of the year, so I’ve got a handful of cool craft ideas to keep…
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***UPDATE: Our winner is #27 Steph! Send us an email ASAP so your prize can get sent off to you! Thanks everyone who entered! Mmmm. It’s nice and crisp outside, a teensy bit of chill to the air, coziness now mandatory. And with all that coziness I’m rather jonesing for some craftiness. I’d love a suprpise bundle of inspiration from Pick Your Plum to get me started. A mystery package of supplies and doo-dads for some swanky projects sent right to…
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(Allison’s note: hey friends! There are some exciting changes happening behind the scenes at Petit Elefant right now. A few new amazing editors are joining Petit Elefant. Let’s join in welcoming Steph to this community! Today she’s sharing a DIY painted pumpkin craft you’re going to love.) Hello Petit Elefant readers! I’m Steph from Stuff Steph Does and I’m so pumped to be contributing DIY projects for you on Allison’s blog! DIY painted pumpkin craft I love October. I…
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Oh, there are so many completely awesome halloween goodies to be making right now. I’m pretty jazzed about the super cool gluten-free options out there, perfect for making things festive and yummy for my kiddos this month. This is one of my favorites. Practically idiot proof. Adorable. Wouldn’t your munchkins be thrilled to find one of these in their lunchbox? So tell me, what are your favorite gluten-free Halloween goodies? I’m a leader in the Udi’s Gluten Free community and I’d love to know!…
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It’s all official and everything. Autumn has arrived. The air has a definite chill which tells me it’s time to change up our menu a bit. I admit I was once a little worried that a gluten-free lifestyle meant abandoning our favorite cold weather comfort foods. Wrong! Haven’t missed out on anything, and I don’t even have to think too hard to come up with winning menu plans. The last stragglers of summer’s vegetables in my garden, and the new crops…
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If you’ve been paying close attention lately (I haven’t) you’ve probably noticed I’ve been M.I.A. for awhile. A long while. This year has been unintentionally awful for me physically speaking, (like one has an intentionally horrible medical year?) even though I’ve tried to make deliberate healthful decisions. I’ve said no to projects I really wanted, turned down travel, and have generally laid low in my day-to-day life. I started eating vegan, work out regularly, take naps, hired someone to clean…
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I’m a leader in the Udi’s gluten free community and my most recent question is about healthy snacks back to school. What healthy foods did you eat when you went back to school as a kid? What were your favorite school lunch snacks? I’m super bitter about my sack lunches as a kid. My mom made homemade bread once a week for sandwich bread, (cry me a river) and we canned peach and apricot jam all summer long from our…
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