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I help moms and kids repair their guts and have way more fun together.

We explore small healing steps, figure out what works best for them, and bit by bit shift choices with food, sleep and calm until it’s pretty automatic, and you both feel way better.

This is how long-term behavior-change happens.  (sounds boring, right?)

And... short term solutions are the bridge.  (waaayyyy more exciting!)

The little hacks and tricks are MAGIC.

You need space & rest to think & recover fr…

Worms don't like pumpkin seeds, so we eat a lot of them

Worms are kinda gross.

...and we've got them.  

Yes, we've pretty much all got worms - you and me and especially our kids.  

Don't freak out yet!  

There are a LOT of little organisms in a healthy gut.    

And some of the ones we thought were not so good actually can do some good.

Did you know that helminths (worms) can actually be beneficial?  Yep - they help to limit inflammation.  They're actually being considered as a potential…

Last night was Taco Tuesday for us!  The neighborhood was hopping with kids out in the sunny spring evening, and more than one were heading home for their family's taco dinner.  

Why do I love Taco Tuesday?

Because I love feeding my family's friendly bacteria their favorite foods!

Yep, veggies - and the more different colors the better, because different colors (and textures and flavors) are feeding different kinds of bacteria, and the more diversity the better.  These beneficial bacteria a…

Here's the finale of our vacation food adventures... and oh, is it GOOD!

We found a restaurant on the beach that served gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free gut-healing decadence... I don't mean to make you jealous.  I just thought I'd give you a little tour of all the beautiful deliciousness that's possible without those pesky inflammatory ingredients!

OH, and grab a napkin - your mouth will be watering!

Chia mango coconut yogurt parfait

Banana panc…

Our "gluten free" lunches were NOT gluten free... was it freak-out time?

OK, so this is the scene: 

We're far, far away from our normal food stores, so happy to be on vacation, and I (finally!) notice that our "gluten-free" bread is chock full o glutinous grains!!!  No wonder it had that incredible texture, ha ha!  It was fermented for 48 hours, yes, and still not ideal, especially considering the chemicals and pesticides in most grains.  

Guess what?  

I didn't freak out.  

I didn't get …

Do you have seasonal allergies?

 This is my fifth allergy-free spring!!!

 I can enjoy the flowers

without getting allergic!

 Keep reading if you want this for you and your family!)

 I am so grateful. 

 You, too, can tiptoe through the tulips 

roll down flowery hillsides and 

lie in the grass under blossoming cherry trees

(or any trees and their innocent pollen)... 

without drugs or misery!

 Sound impossible?

I get it - I used to think I was locked in to a lifetime of snotty, headac…

Do you have seasonal allergies?

This is my fifth allergy-free spring!!!

I can enjoy the flowers

without getting allergic!

(Keep reading if you want this for you and your family!)

I am so grateful. 

You, too, can tiptoe through the tulips 

roll down flowery hillsides and 

lie in the grass under blossoming cherry trees

(or any trees and their innocent pollen)... 

without drugs or misery!

Sound impossible?

I get it - I used to think I was locked in to a lifetime of snotty, headachy, d…

You sent sooooo many requests for the grilled cheese!

So many of you requested the recipe for those grilled cheeses!  

I'm happy to show you how and the exact products I used... In pictures:

1.  Prep

2.  Griddle

3. More griddle

4. Serve!

So simple and yummy!

I use Daiya cheese when we're sharing with other kids (it's more processed and more like the cheese a lot of kids eat).  We use Parmela brand cashew cheese whe…

It's been snowing like crazy in Seattle - this is what we're doing and eating!

Happy February

Here in Seattle, things are not going according to plan.

It’s been snowing! 

It's been snowing for a week - and it just keeps on snowing.

Last Monday at 5:42 AM Pacific time, I woke to the unmistakeable quiet of a neighborhood covered in a blanket of snow.  And more flakes were floating and spinning out of the sky into golden pools of the street-lamps in front of our house.  It was magical.