We "met" through an online forum in 2009 when we were both expecting babies in November of 2009. We found through general chatter that we had a few things in common, but it wasn't until a bit later that we discovered we had much more in common that we first thought.
Our girls were born 5 days apart, and actually share a common name. Among sharing a love for natural birth, cloth diapers, breastfeeding and attachment parenting, we soon realized that was just the tip of the ice-burg. Shortly after our girls were born, we celebrated their first holiday.
Thanksgiving
AHHH Thanksgiving; dressing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cakes and 4 or 5 different pie varieties. Vegetables are served drenched in butter, heavy cream and cheese. If you HAVE to eat vegetables, hide their true flavor as much as possible so no one has to actually TASTE a green bean. The beautiful green salad, sits there because someone felt there should be a salad, and it goes un-touched. Was there a turkey? Who can even remember?
"The Last Supper"
That Thanksgiving is where Jamie's journey into real food began. Stacey's journey began much earlier, but that's a separate post entirely. At that time, Stacey was dairy and egg free. Food intolerance's discovered through her eldest girl a few years before. The day after Thanksgiving, un-affectionately known in the retail world as "Black Friday" seems rather fitting. The day after our girls first Thanksgiving, after nursing tiny newborns at the dinner table and eating leftover pie for breakfast, The girls were fussy. Very fussy. Then came the diapers. This wasn't right, it was so far from right there was something drastically wrong. At this time in Jamie's life, the term "food intolerance" had never entered her frame of mind.
It doesn't seem like much of a pyramid anymore
Fast forward a few months and Stacey's life has been turned upside down by intolerance's and dealing with an infant who had a severely damaged digestive tract. Jamie has discovered that by removing dairy 100% she had a different child, but still had a long way to go.
Another year, and both Stacey and Jamie have taken their families gluten free, doing it because of the needs of the children, and realizing their own intolerance's along the way. Stacey's diet consisted of grass at this point, and she began a journey into the world of gut healing. A world that helped open Jamie's eyes to the bigger picture of what was happening within her own family.
Through their separate journeys, they came together as friends, and co-conspirators into developing recipes that were not only delicious, but healthy. With an added bonus of not feeling ill after eating. What an amazing concept!
Green Bean Casserole
Gluten free, grain free, dairy free with the added bonus of bacon. Who doesn't love bacon?
Stacey has a degree in Special Education, mother to 3 beautiful girls, ages 5, 3 and Newborn. She lives in Connecticut and enjoys knitting in her "spare" time. She is currently a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM) and spends the majority of her time making muffins and playing My Little Pony.
Stacey
Jamie is a homeschooling SAHM to two children, a boy age 7, and girl age 3. Due in late July 2013 with #3. In her "spare" time she enjoys reading, Facebook, gardening and sewing. The most favorite of her pass times is gardening, or "playing in the dirt" Jamie also spends a large majority of her time in the kitchen.
Jamie
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