A Touch of Scarlett, our journey with a rare bleeding disorder

Food, diet, weight. . It’s always played a major role in my life. My adolescence and teen age years were consumed with a viscous cycle of unhealthy eating, which led to weight gain, then soon followed by whichever unrealistic diet was trending at the time. By the time I reached my adulthood I was bordering on an eating disorder and had formed a very unhealthy relationship with food.  Fast forward to being a parent and not much has changed. I still don't have the healthiest relationship with food and I constantly worry about my weight. . . except now I have my children’s eating habits to worry about and our bleeding disorder to consider.  Scarlett decided at the age of 2 that she would be a vegetarian. This can pose quite a problem when we feel like we are bordering on anemia all the time as it is.  And so I began my journey on eating a high iron diet. I started researching anemia and recipes that could help me introduce this important element into our daily di...