Man oh man it has been a long time. I have actually been cooking this entire time but apparently to lazy to get off my butt and post what I have been doing. We have made changes to our diet over the last 5 to 6 months. Slowly moving more and more towards a Paleo diet. If you do not know what that is check out this site: http://thepaleodiet.com/faq/#basics. We have tried thisi n the past with success but were not ready to make the commitment to it, that has changed and we are ready to go. Of course we are not yet 100% but hope to continue to make strides in that direction.

Anyway, I will be doing a lot of typing over the next few days of what I have made which will include carrot cake cupcakes with coconut cream icing and blondies (all 100% paleo and super yummy).

You may wonder why I have decided to move my family to what at first glance seems like a very restrictive diet. The answer for me is simple. My husband is a severe asthmatic and since we have been eating this way he has gone weeks at a time without having to use his inhaler. If that alone is not enough one of our daughters is asthmatic and as it turns out has several food allergies we only just found out about and our youngest daughter we were informed in April had fallen off of her growth curve. We waited six months to take her back in to be reassessed. In that time we have cut way back on grains and gluten for her and to our pleasant surprise she is now on track to grow almost a full inch above the average.  Now I am not saying that eating this way is the cause BUT I told her pediatrician the changes we had made in our diet and where we were trying to go. Not only did she agree with the diet she admitted she follows a similar diet. Why is this relevant? Well they think that my daughter may have celiac disease -- a side affect can be lack of or no growth since her body is not absorbing all of the necessary nutrients. We do not yet have a diagnosis but why take the chance, my kids like the food my hubby likes and food and if this is what I can do to help my family be healthier I am going to do it.

I am no expert in this area and will depending on cookbooks and my wonderful neighbor who has been eating this way for years for help. But with some help I think it will go great and I hope to have some great food ideas to share.