Recipe Remedies: Pumpkin Pie

If you are anything like me, you like eating pumpkin pie any time of the year. You also like to find simple recipes, and you love it when that simple pumpkin pie recipe is adaptable to your special needs! My remedy for pumpkin pie was easy. I had an illegal recipe, and I had an [...]

My Road Trip Food Log

This past weekend, my family and I journeyed up to the Houston area for a time of singing and dancing. Naturally, I planned my menu, understanding that exceptions and alterations might arise (which they did, in fact). Saturday: For breakfast, I ate at IHOP. They have this delicious new dish, sirloin tips (which were tossed with [...]

Recipe Remedies: Trout Almondine

I was inspired by an old TV show to attempt this dish, and I’m so glad I did! The Original Recipe 8 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup slivered almonds 1 cup buttermilk 2 teaspoons black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder salt, to taste 4 fresh sea trout fillets, 5 to 6 ounces each all-purpose flour, [...]

Cheaters Beware

The wedding celebration my family and I participated in was a huge success. The bride and groom were so pleased with the decorations, the way the tables were situated, and the abundance of fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, and desserts we and members of our church came up with. The desserts were my downfall. Since I’d volunteered to be the wedding photographer, I [...]

Recipe Remedies: Chicken Parmesan

Since this coming weekend is taken with preparations for my church’s very first wedding celebration, I’ll be posting this week’s remedy a day early. Yay! This was an impulsive recipe remedy, as I had no food to bring with me to the rehearsal dinner tomorrow night. Praise God, it turned out great the first time [...]

When Denise Isn’t Cooking or Snapping Pictures…

…She’s sewing! (Or procrastinating to sew…)  I made this dress last year, when I went through my Audrey Hepburn craze… Sabrina inspired the notion.     Gowns for the many southern heritage balls my sister and I have attended… And yes, we wore hoop skirts…    And my next project (to be completed by July–if I [...]

Food and Stress: Partners in Crime

We know what certain foods do to our systems. For those with gastrointestinal disorders, eliminating sugars, starches, grains, gluten, and dairy from our diets can squelch disease activity to such an extent that it’s nonexistent. If God hadn’t led me to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, I would still be sprawled across our couch, moaning and [...]

Recipe Remedies: Apple Snow Pudding

Well, here I am, with my first recipe remedy. *happy-happy-happy* If you haven’t already guessed, I’ve been extremely excited about this first post. Not only am I discovering how to “fix” recipes for myself, I’m able to share them with others! So, without further ado, I present you with Apple Snow Pudding! This was an [...]

Speaking of Meds…

Today I went for my annual check-up. First off, I want to spread the good news: my blood work is absolutely, positively, happily NORMAL. NORMAL! God has certainly blessed me in the past year. As I mentioned previously, I asked my gastroenterologist about tapering off one of my medications, a steroid I have been taking since I was [...]

When Denise Isn’t in the Kitchen…

…She’s taking pictures of Texas in Springtime. Texas has various definitions of beauty. This is just one of them.