Happy Birthday! (Hold the Cake…)
A highlight of a child’s birthday is bringing treats to school. The interruption of the school routine for personal attention, a “Happy Birthday” serenade complete with “Cha-cha-cha’s” and a decadent treat to eat drive my kids to plan this particular event not days, but months in advance. Despite their intense pre-planning (motivation I wish would spill over to doing homework, cleaning their rooms….) the request from mom’s kitchen is predictable: cupcakes with sprinkles or fancy toothpicks, please. However this year my daughter threw a sweet curveball. As some of her friends are on a gluten-free diet, she wanted gluten-free brownies to…
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