It’s easy to alter most recipes into milk free delights. It’s a bit more difficult however to find the quick convenience of the beloved boxed cake mix. I’ve found a few good mixes to keep on hand for those “Charleigh” safe treats. Here’s a few we’ve found.

Note: Before you email me and tell me how incredibly unhealthy these all are let me tell you this:

I already know all about the poly, mono, tran, saturated, sugar, processed goop they all contain. Some days a kids just gotta have a treat, and today is one of those kinda days. I know it’s better to make from scratch but sometimes I run plum outta “scratch”. On this Valentine’s Day there absolutely no “scratch” left in the house so I’ll be making mini brownie cupcakes to take to the class party. I’ll also be baking a few safe sugar cookies. And yes, I’ll be watching like a hawk to make sure no milk derived molecules make it on to my daughter’s plate. Because I am officially “That Mom”.

DUNCAN HINES®:

Family-Style Brownies Chewy Fudge

Moist Deluxe Swiss Chocolate Premium Cake Mix

Cookie Dough:

Pillsbury® Sugar Cookies

Pillsbury® Peanut Butter Cookies

Frostings:

Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Chocolate

(Most of the Pillsbury® and Duncan Hines® Frostings are Dairy Free.
Check the Labels)

Other Convenience Foods:

Pillsbury® Refrigerated Pizza Crust

(This is not nearly a compete list, only a few examples of easy to find easy to use dairy free products)

Alert!!! Manufacturers can change ingredients with out notice so if you are dealing with food allergies Always check the label!

Milk Allergy, Dairy Free, Packaged Foods, Cake Mixes

Locals listen up!

A candidate forum will be held this evening at 6:30 p.m.
at the Community Building. There will be opportunity to meet the candidates as well as a question/answer session.

Join us tonight as we show our united support for Eloy.
Note: I’ve got a few campaign t-shirts available in large and xtra large. If you’re interested give me a call.

Viva Ortiz!

FYI:

New Beginnings Gets New Name
By Katye Cook
Jan 22, 2008, 20:10
Panhandle Children’s Foundation Incorporation was recently given the gift of the New Beginnings facility southwest of town. Business out at the facility will continue as usual, except for one thing. PCFI intends to use the facility to host summer camps for disabled and disadvantaged children in the Panhandle. Along with a new purpose, the facility was in need of a new name. PCFI held a contest to get the community’s input on a name for the facility. The winning entry was Soñador del Sol, dreamer of the sun. The name encompasses the use of the facility for Camp Joshua and is still a pleasant name for all of the other events it will host. The facility will continue to host events such as Christian retreats, weddings, wedding receptions, family reunions and corporate meetings.

Visit The Moore County News Press for the rest of the story

Update: Name changed again to “Talon Point”. . .I think.

It’s time to start jumping again!
For years kids have been jumping to raise money for the American Heart Association. We all jumped and now are kids are jumping.

Charleigh has had great jump rope aspirations for a while now. Remember her dream of being a Jump Rope Evangelist. Her combined passion for jumping and for helping people have her pretty excited about “Jump Rope for Heart” She’s set up donation page and is asking you to help. Click on over and help fund the battle on heart disease.

Joshua’s newest favorite: Monk and Neagle. We went to their concert last night and the kids loved them! Mom, Dad and Aunt Julie were pretty fond of them as well. At one point in the concert I leaned down and asked Joshua what he thought of their music. He told me they were great but could I please not ask him anymore questions till after the concert ’cause he was trying to pay attention to the awesome guys on stage. After the “show” Joshua had them sign his CD then talked to them for a minute and told them how he was going to be a rock star/beatboxer/zoo keeper when he grew up. He suddenly became shy when it was picture time and he’s regretting that this morning.

We got “The Twenty-First Time” and now that we’ve listened to it I wish we’d gotten the other one as well. We love “Beautiful You” and Julie and I bawled last night as they sang “What Soldiers Do” I just checked Christianbook and both CD’s are available. You can listen to some of their music if you click on the albums below. Enjoy.

Dalhart: Listen up! Monk and Neagle will be at our beloved People’s Church on Sunday, February 24th
Amarilloians can see them February 27th at Grace Church

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Season!
Charleigh’s not a girl scout but her friend, Anystin, is and we wanted to be supportive.

I checked the website and found 3 Dairy-Free varieties.

Lemonades
“Savory shortbread slices with a refreshingly tangy lemon icing make any day feel like a sweet summer break.”

Cinna-Spins
“Crispy cinnamon snack swirls in a convenient 100 calorie pack.”

Thanks-A-Lot
“Heart-warming shortbread cookies dipped in fudge and topped with an embossed Thank You message in one of five languages.”

milk free cookies, girl scout cookie allergy info

Here’s a very quick update on Charleigh. This is a copy of a quick email I just sent. It’s just brushing the surface, and not at all grammatically correct. If you want to know more give me a call.

Our trip to the doctor was quite exciting. It appears Charleigh is highly allergic to the milk and only slightly to the egg and wheat. He explained how the allergy was affecting her body and messing with her pancreas. After the two weeks off dairy her body is already healing significantly and our possible type 1 diabetes is a thing of the past. We were quite encouraged to see her progress and he told us that with in a few months he expects her body to heal enough that the diabetic diet will no longer be needed. He also expects the tests to show no allergy to wheat and eggs when we go back.

I feel very blessed that we had such a thorough dr. We could have quite easily focused on the hypoglycemia and spent all our efforts fighting a losing battle.

Note: When I get some time I will pull together some links and research on the correlation of food allergies and hypoglycemia and post them here. This is a very important subject I think could really change some lives.

I am really considering getting this book for Kaleb’s 10th birthday. Have any of you seen or read it?

The Dangerous Book for Boys By Conn Iggulden & Hal Iggulden / Collins

The bestselling book for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is.

In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun—building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world’s best paper airplanes.

The completely revised American Edition includes:

The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World,
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know,
Stickball,
Slingshots,
Fossils,
Building a Treehouse,
Making a Bow and Arrow,
Fishing (revised with US Fish),
Timers and Tripwires,
Baseball’s “Most Valuable Players”,
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg,
Spies-Codes and Ciphers,
Making a Go-Cart,
Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary,
Girls,
Cloud Formations,
The States of the U.S.,
Mountains of the U.S.,
Navigation,
The Declaration of Independence,
Skimming Stones,
Making a Periscope,
The Ten Commandments,
Common US Trees, and
Timeline of American History