Can you believe it's almost back to school time! (gasp) The school supplies are back in the stores,
and I'm starting up my bento box lunch meal-planning.
I don't know about your kids,
but I'm tired of buying Lunchables that my kids pick out what they want, and throw the rest away. Such a waste!
I'll be posting the list here in the future.

I love a good French onion dip. I believe Lipton brand was gluten-free at one time, but why not make your own? The original contained MSG, which gave me monster headaches. My son and I searched the cabinets and came up with the super easy version.
I hope you like it! Serves 2




Homemade French Onion Dip Mix

2 TBSP gluten-free brown gravy mix, dry
1 TBSP dried minced onion
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
8 oz container sour cream

Measure out dry ingredients into a mixing bowl, Stir and add sour cream. Mix well and let set in fridge 1 hour.
Serve with chips or cut up veggies.

There you have it- simple and fast. Enjoy!

Happy Summer!!!
I keep thinking that I will eventually give up on this blog thing(as you can see from my very sparse posts, I pretty much have) but I just can't seem to let go. Yes, I have no big sponsors, I'm not on YouTube, but I do enjoy sharing my recipes here.

This morning I was in the mood for Hot Chocolate but it's 80+ degrees outside here in Kansas, so that's a no! Then I remembered our local coffee house sells frozen hot chocolate for a pretty penny. Its like 4$ for a small!! Surely we can do better, so I broke out my blender and got to work.

I started with 2 cups of lactose-free 2% milk in the blender. I added 3 envelopes/pkgs of cocoa mix powder and blended until smooth.
I then added 3 cups of ice, and pulsed until smooth. I topped it with whipped cream, and gave mine a drizzle of magic shell( yes, the stuff for ice cream)

I served it in my colored plastic tumblers I got from Aldi on clearance. It was really good especially with the crunchy chocolate bits from the Magic Shell! My kids loved it!
Until next time!