Welcome back to my kitchen! Before getting diagnosed, my hobbies were cooking, baking, entertaining and reading. Reading went off the rails when my eyesight failed for awhile. As you know, I wanted nothing to do with my kitchen for the [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! Are you like me? Do you love eating out? A meal with ambience, socialization, trendy settings is a treat isn’t it? I enjoy it—I like getting out of the house and seeing the heartbeat of [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! Two weeks ago, I had a last-minute urge. As a child, I gobbled up my mom’s peanut butter bars. You know the simple recipe: graham crackers, powered sugar, peanut butter topped with melted chocolate chips. [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! I love hearing from all of you. It makes my day! I smile. I understand. And certainly, I can relate! I’ve decided to introduce a monthly blog post, “No Sugar But Spice & Everything Nice” [...]

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] Welcome back to my kitchen! “You made what?” The Folks asked. “Cinnamon pie!” I texted back. “We know our pies. We’ve never heard of it!” they responded. They certainly do know their pies—I think they’ve eaten a [...]

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] Welcome back to my kitchen! Sometimes your skates pass for a reason. Last week, I interviewed NHL Stanley Cup champion, and current Anaheim Duck, Michael Del Zotto. The interview was a part of my children’s chapter book [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! When I first got sick, The Hubs and I thought we were making the best choices. From bananas to grapes to apples with peanut butter, my snacks and lunch supplements had to be better than [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! I like people--all types of people--from kids to adults with special needs, I enjoy almost all one-on-one conversations. Like The Hubs, I can just about have a conversation with anyone. Let me bring you back [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! Thunderstorms rolled all night and into the morning. A welcome sound in our drought—hearing the raindrops pitter-patter on our roof. I walked out into our kitchen living area. The Hubs was already up, sitting on [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! I’m a little hot, fresh, fluffy and …….today, calls for a flavored celebration! If you would have told me two weeks ago, when I launched No Sugar Baker, that nearly 5,000 of us would become [...]

Welcome back to my kitchen! I wish everyone had a “Nikki Hagen” in their lives. Nikki moved into our small town neighborhood from an even smaller town, as a sixth grader. She was outgoing, cute, sporty and the youngest daughter [...]