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Paleo Hot Fudge – Smucker’s Healthy Twin
I’m a hot fudge girl. Always have been. When I found out I couldn’t eat sucrose I was devastated. I had to avoid Smucker’s hot fudge for the rest of my life. How could any girl live without an occasional (or daily) spoonful of “medicine”?! About a year after my diagnosis and figuring out my safe foods I realized I still needed chocolates, brownies, chocolate cake, and hot fudge. I was determined to get what I wanted without making myself deathly ill. I started experimenting. I tried everything. I mean, everything and every combination available on the store shelf or online (at the time). I finally found the sweet spot…
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Adapting and Cashew Cauliflower Soup
As a senior in college I was tasked with teaching a little summer cooking class to middle school students whose parents couldn’t afford a babysitter over the summer while they went to work. These kids did not want to be there in the hot, stuffy school with a broken A/C being babysat by college kids practicing to become teachers. I knew my rotation was coming soon and I was struggling to create a curriculum on cooking. I had no idea where to start – there was SO much these kids didn’t know that I (a history teacher) could teach them about cooking. Cooking! My favorite hobby, obsession, and passion! Inspiration…
