fell in love with my now-husband, Craig. I’m not a huge fan
of fried fish, but I adore that smell because of the amazing
time in my life that it conjures.
Food is love!Food is a great way to show love and affection. I often give
food-related gifts for the holidays and friends’ birthdays.
Even when I was a poor college student, I would make
homemade food gifts for my friends and family. It was
usually caramel apple pie (not healthified!), unbaked and
frozen, with a label on it explaining how to bake it so that
the recipients could enjoy a fresh-baked pie whenever they
desired.
I still love to give food gifts, but I choose healthified gifts
now. This past year I made gift baskets filled with a bag of
Swerve sweetener, chocolates from ChocoPerfection, and
Primal Kitchen Greek salad dressing, as well as my
homemade taco seasoning. The reason I love to include this
taco seasoning mix is that it also helps educate people. I had
a family member tell me that he hadn’t been feeling well for
quite some time, so he decided to cut out gluten, but it
hadn’t helped. I asked him if he had cut out smoked meats,
beef jerky, spice mixes, and a few other products, all of
which contain gluten. He hadn’t. Once he started following
the rules on my avoid-hidden-gluten plan, he finally began
to feel amazing.