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S'Mores Bars
It's fall and as the weat her cools and the mosquitoes finally eff off from our backyard we're spending more time enjoying our fire pit...
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Let There be Light and the Epidiolex Letdown
Well, hi. It's been a pandemic. It's been a rough year for everyone. In some ways living in fear of germs comes naturally to us, so parts...
Sep 6, 20214 min read


Apple Cider Donuts
I had never heard of cider donuts until I moved to New England from the Midwest, but now I can't go apple picking without picking up a...
Sep 27, 20202 min read
School 😱
You know what, it's hard enough sending your toddler to preschool for the first time. It is even harder doing it when they have epilepsy....
Sep 12, 20205 min read


Pumpkin spice muffins for pumpkin spice season
Squash are one of those handy vegetables that are low in carbs and easy to hide in things, so pumpkin muffins seemed like a natural...
Sep 12, 20202 min read


Aug 16, 20202 min read


Summer cupcakes
We are social creatures and food is a key part of that, so I spend a lot of time working on ways to make sure M doesn't feel left out of...
Jul 18, 20202 min read


Carrot Tahini Muffins
These muffins are the result of two of my favorite toddler keto tricks: (1) adapting recipes from Smitten Kitchen and (2) hiding...
Jul 18, 20202 min read


Two-bite brownies
Is there anything more pitiful than a toddler getting his second set of molars? Reader, there is not. Both my kids have gotten their...
Feb 11, 20203 min read


Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets
M loves McDonald's chicken nuggets, and technically he can eat one along with a big syringe of oil, but that's not exactly ideal, you...
Feb 11, 20202 min read


How We Keto
It's frustrating at times to read about parents with keto kids who are old enough to explain the diet to, who can express interest in...
Feb 2, 20206 min read


Fish Fingers (custard optional)
(Why yes, I am downloading this week's Doctor Who as we speak) Fish sticks, fish fingers; tomato, tomahto. This recipe is adapted from...
Feb 2, 20202 min read


Holiday Cookies, Keto-Style
Making and decorating all sorts of cookies and sweets has been a Christmas tradition in my family for a very long time, and I really love...
Dec 18, 20195 min read
Milestones and ratios
We made it to 7 months seizure-free in early November - an incredible milestone and the longest M had gone in his entire life without a...
Dec 18, 20193 min read


Bacon Cheddar Biscuits
These bacon cheddar biscuits are good all-in-one breakfasts, though I'll admit they're pretty crumbly and there are probably some ways...
Oct 3, 20191 min read


Chocolate eggplant muffins (or cake, with frosting!)
My current aspirational kitchen stuff website is Food52, and recently while trying to figure out what to do with my profusion of CSA...
Oct 3, 20192 min read


Green Monstah Muffins
Because of M's susceptibility to seizures during fevers and the notorious immune system challenge that is daycare, his neurologist...
Jul 15, 20192 min read


Nuts!
You may recall that one of our major challenges with this diet is that keto diets typically make use of a lot of nut-based foods - milk...
Jul 13, 20194 min read


Strawberry Shortcake
We've been in the thick of strawberry season here in New England for a few weeks, and while I think it's finally trailing off, it's never...
Jul 13, 20192 min read


Off-the-shelf keto: cereal, ice cream, Suntella, hemp milks
It is always much easier to buy something than to make it from scratch, but that's super hard on medical keto so it's always a joy to...
Jun 21, 20194 min read
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