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Kids: Lucy, 3

3 kitchen must haves: Lemons. Olive oil. Kale (that one depends on the season!).

Food fave: “I can eat ____ for the rest of my life!” Anything gluten-free!

For this writer and baker, food does way more than satisfy an appetite. It makes memories. “Gathering at the table with families and friends allows stories to emerge and truths to be told,” says Shauna.

When it comes to getting daughter Lucy to eat healthy food, “We've never needed a trick,” Shauna explains. “Our kid has always been involved with the food we feed her: shopping, chopping, picking greens out of the garden. She eats what we eat. She enjoys her food!”

Being diagnosed with celiac disease was ultimately a liberating experience for Shauna. It pointed her toward a proactive way to cope: gluten-free food. She shares in her blog: “Food is the path to healing in celiac. There is no pill we can take, no surgery we can endure and, in fact, no cure other than living on an entirely gluten-free diet. Some find that distressing. I find it a blessing. In order to be well, I have to eat well.”