by Andrea Trank | Jun 5, 2022
Recipe of the Month Blog I love Biscotti but can’t eat store bought one! Grain-Free, Sugar-Free But Oh So Yummy Adapted from The Big Man’s World Almond Flour Biscotti 3 1/2 cups Almond Flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt (I prefer Real Salt from Utah)...
by Andrea Trank | Jun 5, 2022
I Used to Think Eating an Applebees Oriental Chicken Salad Was Healthy! I wasn’t always a cook. In fact, when our children were small and I was teaching full time and Mark was working full time, our family ate a lot of premade food, pasta and my favorite, Applebee’s...
by Andrea Trank | May 8, 2022
Having Children Brought All My Fears to the Surface! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who have had the rewarding, challenging, and at times harrowing experience of being a mother, or who have now developed a deep respect for their own mother or wife. I may be saying...
by Andrea Trank | Jan 2, 2022
Why is it so difficult to communicate kindly and clearly with your loved ones? Holidays are great right? Not always! Communication issues can be very draining during the Holidays. People are complicated and they draw different conclusions from the same event after...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 31, 2021
Halloween Scares Me a Bit because it Starts the Sugar Craving Season! Confession Time: When I was a child, I loved sugar. My favorites included TastyKake Butterscotch Crimpets and at Halloween, Kit Kats. My memories of Halloween include counting the stash of candy...
by Andrea Trank | Sep 26, 2021
Is It Possible to Cook Great Healthy Meals if You are Busy! A friend of mine this past week said to me: “You must spend hours in the kitchen cooking all those healthy foods you make.” And she added, “I don’t know how you do it in the midst of everything else you are...