You can contact me at mama @ thismamacooks . com or am @ the-write-spot . com

Hi, I'm Anne-Marie Nichols.

I've been the publisher of This Mama Cooks! for the past 20+ years.

I’m also mom to two awesome young adults, Nathan and Lucie, and wife to Paul, a scientist, avid outdoorsman, and motorcycle enthusiast.

We live in West Lafayette, Indiana.

So why a gluten free recipes blog?

In 2004, I started This Mama Cooks! to document and share my Thanksgiving plans since it’s my favorite cooking and eating holiday of the year.

Soon I was posting about the recipes I made for my family like my husband and my favorite Mexican recipes that we grew up eating in San Diego.

Along the way, I was inspired by the recipes I was cooking for my mother-in-law who was self-diagnosed as having celiacs before going gluten free was understood by most doctors...or anyone else.

At that time you could only find gluten free products at funky little health food stores and had to create gluten free baked goods from scratch using 4 different kinds of gluten free flours and 3 kinds of binders.

It was challenging to cook for her, but we learned together.

Eventually, I went gluten free myself after being diagnosed with food sensitivities and then IBS. While I can tolerate some gluten, I just feel better not having it.

My food sensitivities also inspired me to experiment with sugar free, dairy free, and vegan cooking. And my daughter's egg allergies influenced the development of a few egg-free recipes, too.

So now my mission at This Mama Cooks! is helping people by sharing good-for-you gluten-free recipes, gluten free products reviews, and as other allergy-free recipes like dairy free, sugar free, egg free, and even some low carb, paleo, keto, and vegan recipes.

I still have fun sharing the occasional cocktail recipe and my love of Mexican cuisine, like carne asada and pozole, too!

No matter what type of food lifestyle you follow, you should find a delicious and easy to make recipe to fit your needs here at This Mama Cooks!

In addition, I write about family travel and dogs and occasionally conduct product reviews. So sit and stay a while! 

Social media consulting and professional food blogging

Starting in 2006, I’ve been working full time as a professional food blogger. Some highlights:

I was one of the original mom bloggers at Club Mom (now CafeMom).

I was a community moderator at CafeMom.

I gave two blogging workshops at the Northern Colorado Writers Conference and spoke on panels at BlogHer, SXSW, BlogWorld Expo (NMX), and TECHmunch.

I gave the breakfast keynote talk and conducted a social media workshop at the United States Personal Chef Conference.

Via workshops or one-on-one consulting, I've taught aspiring and professional writers and business people how to start their own blogs and use social media to promote themselves and their business.

This Mama Cooks! was named one of the Top 10 Diet and Nutrition Blogs by Cision Navigator.

I was named one of Babble.com's Top 50 Mommy Food Bloggers and #8 in the Top 10 Healthiest Eating Mom Blogs.

I was named one of Babble.com's Top 100 Mommy Food Bloggers and #7 in the Top 10 Healthiest Eating Mom Blogs.

I was interviewed at Food Network's Healthy Eats Blogger Spotlight.

My frugal living tips were featured at All You Magazine in their Money-savings Tips Overheard on the Blogs both online and in their print magazine along with my frugal recipe for Greek yogurt.

I was featured at Fitness Magazine's Fit Stop as a Fit Blogger We Love: This Mama Cooks.

My post, Julia's Mousse Makes Life Better, was featured in PBS.org's Tributes to Julia Child.

I was featured in a Blogger Spotlight at Food Network's Healthy Eats blog.

I was interviewed at Gourmandize and at Diets in Review.

My Simple & Healthy Split Pea Soup recipe featured at Country Living Magazine.

My Slow Cooker Porcupine Meatballs was featured at Kansas Living Magazine.

My Healthy Split Pea Soup was featured at Country Living Magazine.

My Italian Sausage Recipe was featured in Parade magazine.

My Easy Chocolate Gluten Free Pecan Pie Recipe was featured in Yahoo and Parade magazine.

My Brie & Chive Fondue recipe and Easy Christmas Dinner Ideas (I'm #29) was highlighted by Legendcookware.com.

My recipes have also been featured on Good Housekeeping, Today.com, Brit.com, The Greatist, Delish, House Beautiful, Parade, the Daily Meal, The Penny Hoarder, Redbook, Taste of Home, and more.

Here's a list of my writing clips for other blogs and websites such as Wayfair, Applegate, BlogHer, Rocky Mountain Moms Blog, DotMoms, Mom Central, and CafeMom.

I also do travel writing:

I wrote about barbecue restaurants on a trip from Colorado to Georgia for Drive The Nation at Midwest BBQTour.

I wrote about the Dining at the El Tovar at the Grand Canyon,  Planning your Grand Canyon Railways trip, All aboard the Grand Canyon Railway, and How to make your Grand Canyon motorcoach reservation at the Mom Central website.

You can find my travel posts here.

Brands I've worked with

• Sam’s Club
• Panera Bread
• Ziploc
• Lipton
• Orville Redenbacher
• Mountain High Yoghurt
• Dreamfields Pasta
• California Wine Club
• Hunt's
• The Republic of Tea
• Diet Coke
• ARM & HAMMER
• Heinz
• Global Stevia Institute
• Sea Cuisine
• Mizkan (NAKANO and Holland House)
• Driscoll's
• Massel
• Applegate Farms
• Cascadian Farm
• LivingNowFoods
• McCormick
• Avocados from Mexico
• Udi's Gluten Free
 
• Chex
• General Mills
• Georgia Watermelon
• Kroger
• Unilever
• Dannon
• Mission Foods
• SunTrust
• Bush's Beans
• Vigo
• Hormel
• Domino's
• Hillshire Farm
• Quaker Oats
• Van's Gluten Free Waffles
• Stonyfield
• Tillamook
• Litehouse
• MARS
• Farm Rich
• Dove
• Huggies
• Hyatt
• My Little Pony
• AstraZeneca
• Poise
• Coppertone
• U by Kotex
• Johnson & Johnson
• Tylenol
• Children’s Claritin
• Benefiber
• Pfister Faucets
• Invisalign
• Frigidaire
• Yahoo!
• Microsoft
• eBay
• California Ripe Olives
• Wayfair
• CafeMom
• Ibotta
• and many more

I've also hosted live events for:

• Feld Entertainment
• Glade
• Ziploc
• Hunt's

Updated July 2024