So… do tell… what do you think? Lately I’ve been pondering things that I would like to write, but I have resisted because this blog has mainly contained posts with recipes attached. All of my ponderings have related to living gluten-free, so that’s not the issue. For example, this weekend I’m pondering a big cooking [...]
Gluten Free Breakfasts
January 11, 2012 10 Comments
When you were diagnosed? What did the doctor say? My doctor told me (over the phone) that I could no longer eat “bread, cakes, cookies, pasta, etc” He never mentioned breakfast. And I didn’t think about it. After all, I’ve never been a big breakfast eater anyway – or at least not on weekdays. There [...]
Gluten Free Oat & Honey Bread
November 12, 2011 45 Comments
So if you’ve been reading along, you are no doubt in awe (like me) that I am able to sit and actually write a blog post! The girls are busy (one is next to me “studying” a map and the other is currently occupied by a toy cash register) and life is good. My Love [...]
Simple, Versatile: Chinese Steamed Eggs
August 18, 2011 20 Comments
I love it when my father-in-law visits. He always teaches me a new dish that is easy to prepare and wickedly economical. He is super savvy about stretching household staples and grocery budgets. (Among his many talents, let me add.) It’s amazing to me how well we can communicate considering I don’t speak Cantonese and [...]
KISS Your Greens, gluten free
August 8, 2011 7 Comments
Keep It Simple, Silly: Collard Greens Photo by Kate Chan I have to be honest. The last couple of CSA boxes have had collard greens. And I’ve swapped them out every week because I’ve been intimidated. My Love really enjoys collard greens – but it is also because he loves southern food and has had [...]
Gluten Free Basic White Cake
August 3, 2011 43 Comments
I’ve written this post a million times over since I decided to host this month’s Gluten Free Ratio Rally. Way back in the beginning, I signed up for this with high hopes – and I was being completely selfish when I chose the task: cakes. And white/yellow cakes. (Sorry, chocolate cake fans..although a few bloggers [...]
Creamy Brown Rice Risotto
July 6, 2011 18 Comments
Risotto. It’s one of the dishes I first ate after being diagnosed with Celiac. I know for some of you the idea of NOT knowing what risotto is a little stupefying, but it’s true. It’s not really a daily menu deal in my upbringing in Minnesota (or at least it wasn’t back-in-the-day). Since my diagnosis [...]
CSA Cooking Week 1: Getting a toddler to eat more veggies
June 15, 2011 17 Comments
Roasted Radishes, photo by Kate Chan This spring my Love and I have decided to try using a few local food sources more consistently as a means of improving our health, modeling healthy eating for the girls, and primarily – to encourage our little whippersnappers to eat their veggies! Now don’t get me wrong: both [...]
UPDATE: No longer recommend: Mike’s LITE
May 19, 2011 14 Comments
A few short days ago I was THRILLED to walk in to my local GF market and see bottles of MIke’s Lite Hard Lemonade. (I wrote about it here.) Today, I’m sad to say that after consuming 1/2 bottle, I’ve been suffering from a gluten reaction (and all that entails). Anxiety, foggy-brain, cramping/side pains, painful [...]
UPDATE: New Product: Mike’s *LITE* Hard Lemonade
May 17, 2011 5 Comments
MAY 18, 2011 IMPORTANT: READ UPDATE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POST. I AM NO LONGER RECOMMENDING THIS BEVERAGE AS GF. BUT PLEASE make your OWN CHOICE. I had a reaction, thus the withdrawal of my recommendation. SEE UPDATE/EDIT BELOW. ————EDITED TO ADD—————– So there are quite a few questions about Mike’s via email already. [...]
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, [...]
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