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If you are going to play with it know that it absorbs A LOT. So use 1/4 of quantity of what you would use with wheat flour with an addition of some moist binder like eggs, flax/water, chia/water, etc. Have fun playing and do check out the paleo recipes for some inspiration.

Lisa@bitesforbabies have fun finding your replacer. I found my perfect combo through a search of this site here.

There are so many gently used items of high quality out there. I bought our BOB for $100 at an REI garage sale... the reason it was returned was a little bit of the grip foam on the handle was missing from the underside. That was it. I also am a fan of the consignment sales, my fave one is in a community where a lot of parents are conscious of high-quality, organic items. I bought many things along the way for our first and kept the list of must-haves pretty minimal. With #2 on the way I feel like I have this in the bag with doing it economically and green.

We have it easy here in Denver to celebrate - there is the annual Marade (March/Parade/Rally) that begins at the MLK Jr. Statue in City Park then makes it way down Colfax to Civic Center Park. A lot of community groups come out and it is a great experience for the kids to be part of. Will be pushing my son in his stroller again.

I go with the kitchn's sugar cookie recipe listed above. My only deviations are reduction in sweet and sometimes I'll mix in whole wheat flour. It is a kick butt recipe.

I love this holiday and I am a tgiving vet. This year will be a heritage bird (omnivores), some vegans, some gluten-free. There is overlap with all three groups. I use as much local and as much of my own harvest as possible and try to keep the menu minimal so that there are not wasted leftovers. I am working on the menu now. For the vegan, gluten-free person I am looking at a chickpea fillet modified from the post-punk kitchen site. We did a 50-mile tgiving a few years ago, this year will not be that extreme so that we can have cranberries involved.

milk roasted garlic - one of my fave tapas with thin crusty bread, goat cheese, and balsamic jam

I pay $6/dozen through the our raw milk dairy that also takes good care of some chickens

I made out like a bandit buying an extensive second-hand Le Creuset collection using this method a few years ago. Many times I was the only bidder or person inquiring.

Fried Green Tomatoes. A family friend took me back east to hang with her Southern family. Their family matriarch made fried green tomatoes and I was not feeling them. I was forced to sit at the dining table for over an hour after everyone finished eating until I finally sucked it up and ate them. Only I had psyched myself out so badly that I immediately threw them up. I was 8 and by adult standards a rude guest.

A few years ago my hubby and I stumbled on an easy, great road food concept. We kept buying pre-cooked boil in bag grain pouches of rice and quinoa as well as legume pouches like Tasty Bites. We put them on the dash of the car to "cook" while we drove and dressed them up with some cilantro, lime and random veggies we kept in the cooler. This worked well for lots of meals with re-stocking at Trader Joe's, Vitamin Cottage and Whole Foods. We also packed a camp stove for hot cereal and water for tea or coffee to have with fruit and other treats we picked up from farmers markets on our 3-week journey.