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The Holiday Season is Upon Us: Homemade Gifts and For Lips

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As the snow flurries flip, twinkle, and waft gently to the ground, I find myself thinking of my family and loved ones, the one's I've lost and the family I still have left. I reminisce and hear the laughter of my dear sister (1964-2013); I remember us as young girls eating cookies and giggling endlessly as we haphazardly wrapped gifts we either made or that our parents bought  for our other siblings and let us say they were gifts from us. We were two peas in a pod. Just six months apart (I was adopted), we were the best of friends. As this holiday season ramps up, I rejoice in my memories, but I miss her so much.  Forty-nine is a young age to pass from this world 💔, but I was blessed to have the 49 years I was able to spend with her beautiful spirit. With a joyous heart, in my dear sister's memory, I make gifts. Not the Shrinky Dink  art I used to do when we were 5, but non-toxic homemade gifts that my colleagues, friends and family can make use of everyday. I believe in

Official Blog Name Change.

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Hi there! Just want to give you all a heads that both my YouTube channel and this Blog are undergoing a name change. I needed something a bit more catchy. The official name of this Blog and my YouTube channel will be: "Kickin' it with Karen: Beyond Sauerkraut" The Official name change will take place on 9 December 2018. Please keep coming back to read. I have enjoyed the tremendous support and the growth in readership. Please feel free to comment and subscribe to this Blog and My YouTube Channel. Thank You and let me know what you think. 

Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies with Duck Egg - GF Oatmeal Cookie #1

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Hey folks, feel free to comment. What would you like to see me do? What are you interested in reading about? If you have been following my posts, you know that I am super wheat sensitive (not gluten - just wheat) and I have a scary allergy to chicken eggs; hence, I use DUCK eggs. Remember, a duck isn't a chicken.  The Healthy Home Economist   explains the difference and the benefits of duck over chicken eggs much better than I could. The following recipe is my attempt to reconcile my desire for sweet baked goods and the very real danger eating wheat and chicken eggs poses for me. I hope this recipe benefits someone out there who is in my same position. C I have been tinkering with this recipe and although it is good, it's not quite there. Gluten Free cookies are tricky. Doable but tricky. This is my current version. We will call it GF Oatmeal Cookie #1 . Just like I went through 9 versions of my SAUSAGE recipe to come up with Palmen Sausage #9, I am sure I will go thro