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 [...]
Down but not out (me) and the Safeway “Simple Nutrition” Labeling Program (Gift Card Give-Away!)
April 25, 2011 5 Comments
So, life this month has been hectic. Not because our calendar was filled with fabulous to-dos, but rather because ALL of us have been battling some kind of bug-a-boo or other for the past month. It’s exhausting. Truly. I thought being ill was bad… but have now learned that being ill while taking care of [...]
Gluten Free Ratio Rally: Chocolate Chip Mocha Quick Bread
April 6, 2011 20 Comments
It’s on again! The Gluten Free Ratio Rally – baking gluten-free using ratios…. and it SO works! The inaugural rally posts were focused on pancakes. This time around we are tackling quick breads or muffins. Both of which are basically the same recipe, just different baking times. Personally, I’m a fan of the loaf method. [...]
Product Review: NY Style Risotto Chips
March 21, 2011 8 Comments
A A long while back (SORRY! I am behind on life!), I received a promotional HUGE box of Risotto Chips from New York Style Brand. They make pita chips (NOT GF) and a few other products (others are NOT GF either). However, this product: the Risotto Chips *are* gluten free – and FABULOUS, I might [...]
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, [...]
GF Spinach-Cheese Buns
January 26, 2011 18 Comments
Don’t worry. I’m here. I cannot believe it has been so long since I last posted. In my mind, I’ve posted a dozen times since the last. Hmm… that must be what happens when sleep deprivation takes over: you dream that your blog posts are getting updated when really… you are just dreaming it to [...]
GF: Fabulous, Quick Brownies
January 6, 2011 14 Comments
Quick, easy and delicious: GF Brownies. Photo by Kate Chan. The holidays are over (but my tree is still up until Saturday). My parents have left (leaving my Chicklet at a loss for her beloved Grammy and Grampy). My work? Still not done, but at least the pile is neater well… still visible and now [...]
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2010 4 Comments
xmas card, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. We’ve been busy with our Christmas preparations. And now it is finally here. The Chicklet has decorated her first batch of Santa cookies (gluten free, of course). (Photo courtesy of my cell phone as there were no cameras handy! Next time I will know to plan ahead for [...]
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 [...]
Dear Santa
December 1, 2010 7 Comments
Chocolate a la española/Spanish Hot Chocolate Photo by Kate Chan A tidbit off my facebook posting just to help you get the context for my chocolate craving: Dear Santa – Please forgive my little imp’s exclamation of “Oh, shit!” when the gas fireplace burst to life the other day. And, well, her “What the [...]
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