Growing up we used to have a couple rhubarb plants outside the cabin door. I’m sure they were there every year, but I didn’t always notice. After all, there were blueberries in our yard and across the street. BLUEBERRIES! Yum! And I’m sure my childhood memories are off in their timing, but I remember always [...]
Congratulations! and other tidbits
May 3, 2011 3 Comments
First, let me just say Congratulations!!! to the Safeway Gift Card Winners: Cara and Kim. (Names were chosen using random.org) I will be sending both of you a $25.00 gift card for groceries (GROCERIES! I LOVE that!) to you this week. You can use your gift card in any of the Safeway stores for gas [...]
The Gluten-Free Ratio Rally: Pancakes!
March 2, 2011 28 Comments
I’m a language teacher, so let me start this the right way: What is a rally? Noun: a demonstration, a sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point (as in tennis or squash). Verb: to come into orderly arrangement, to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble, [...]
Gluten Free Pizza – Oh, so good!
December 21, 2010 16 Comments
Gluten Free ‘Za, Photo by Kate Chan Annual holiday cookie swap? CHECK Christmas cards mailed? CHECK Everything wrapped and shipped? Almost a check there… two more to go. Kiddos in bed? CHECK! CHECK! Adults in need of heading off to bed too? Oh, YES! CHECK! But what am I doing? Making pizza, of course. The [...]
Gluten Free Easy Sponge Cake
June 11, 2010 48 Comments
GF Easy Sponge Cake, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Really, truly, honestly…. this is the best and easiest cake I have ever made. And… I can’t even count how many times I’ve made it in the last 6 months – it’s that good and that easy. I started making a cake like this back at [...]
Gluten Free Bran Buns… Yum!
April 15, 2010 14 Comments
Gluten Free Bran Buns… Yum!, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. I stopped over at my sister’s house a while back for an impromtu visit with the Chicklet and the Love. She was, as usual, busy, busy, busy and her family was too. Her honey had made quick sandwiches for everyone for dinner and her plate [...]
Going Gluten Free: Shopping
February 19, 2009 20 Comments
GF Grocery Shopping – Step One, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Lately I’ve been getting quite a few email from people who are just beginning their journeys to the Land of the Gluten Free. Over the course of the last few days, these emails have really brought me back to the beginning. I thought [...]
Orange-Strawberry Salad with Pomegranate Dressing
February 16, 2009 3 Comments
Orange-Strawberry Salad with Pomegranate Dressing, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. So my Love and I have the flu. Of course we do. After all, this was a four day weekend for me. So, to make it lovely, the flu came in for a landing on my head at 4:45PM on the way home from work. [...]
Breakfast anyone?
February 4, 2009 9 Comments
Breakfast anyone?, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Saturday I’ve been invited to a “Brunch with the Ladies” by a tender-hearted, lovely colleague. I actually thought the brunch was a “bring-your-loved-one” event and had convinced My Love that he should go. After all, my friend is newly married and her husband and mine have a few [...]
Adoption Auction: Signed Copy of Gluten Free Girl’s Book
December 3, 2008 7 Comments
Adoption Auction: Signed Copy of Gluten Free Girl’s Book, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. THE AUCTION CAN BE FOUND HERE. It ends at 11:28PM PST on December 9, 2008. Item sold! Thank you, all! Read this post to learn about the beginnings of Building Our Family. Read Our Adoption Page for more information about Our [...]
Cranberry-Rice Bran Gluten Free (& CF!) Muffins
November 30, 2008 10 Comments
Cranberry-Rice Bran Gluten Free Muffins, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Ooops. I intended to post this yummy muffin recipe on Tuesday… but time flies when you lose your mind. How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Ours was much-needed quiet… until I got the flu… and then once I recovered, we were off on adventures in Portland, [...]
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