I do not have any memories as a young girl of being in the kitchen helping my Mom cook and bake.

My Mom was a fantastic cook, and we always had delicious food growing up!

After Blake and I were married, somewhere along the way I started to love to be in the kitchen – making new recipes, learning new ways to cook and bake, and making everything from scratch.

I was the one who made cinnamon rolls from scratch for Saturday morning breakfast, took the fancy pampered chef appetizers to get-togethers, and was always asked to bring my homemade rolls to Thanksgiving dinner.

Those rolls were appropriately named “the best buns in town!”

I just LOVE how the Lord prepared me for what lay ahead!

Once I was diagnosed with Celiac disease in 2006, my love for being in the kitchen took on a whole new meaning.

It is such a HUGE part of our life – but now it is out of necessity.

I still make rolls!

I’m not sure they are “the best buns in town,” but they are good!

Celiac disease, topped with other autoimmune diseases, and children who are dealing with the same – is not all about what you cannot eat….

It is very much about making sure the bites you CAN eat count!

Food is either poison or medicine – depending on what you eat, that is!

Food that is good for you is in its natural state and it is beautiful too!

The further we got into our healing journey, the more Blake and I realized eating WELL would make a difference in our healing, if the Lord chose to bless our efforts.

He has.

A hundred times over, the Lord has blessed our efforts!!

When you add the need for allergen-free foods to the amount of mouths we have here to feed, it is a BIG job!

Because we eat mostly fresh produce, our fridge looks like this before grocery day –

And then like this after grocery day!

I am SO thankful for ALL my helpers and their own dedication to their own health and healing journeys.

Addie Mae is the best grocery shopping helper!

Tate is inheriting his Grandma’s and his Mama’s love of being in the kitchen and it makes me SO happy!!

He was helping me make six layer bars here after we found a new “safe” ingredient at the grocery store.

Please make note of the photo bomber.

Thank you very much.

Here those bars are headed to the oven.

They got rave reviews, although they were way too sweet for our taste buds!

Eliza also likes to be in the kitchen too!

I enjoy spending time with her this way!!

Addie’s love for baking is inspiring and something I hope she passes down to her children someday!

She makes delicious things!

Of course, there is always room for treats.

Ice cream is one of our favorites!

We make ice cream from scratch a lot, but there are some very yummy safe ice creams at the store too!

It goes without saying that I (and we) are very aware of how abundantly blessed we are.

I sit in the quiet of the morning and ask the Lord often “why us?”

“Why do we get to live like this, with so much, when there are others in other places who live with nothing?”

We simply are not worthy of ALL the Lord does for us!

Thank you, Jesus, for all you have done for us!!