A gluten free, simple fig chutney

GF:Simple Fig Chutney, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Sometimes the easiest recipes yield the best results. The other day I found fresh figs in our market. It seemed kind of strange to me that I found them as i had seen figs in the late summer and October… but heck – who was I to [...]

GF: Crispy, Melt-In-Your Mouth Sugar Cookies

GF: Crispy, Melt-In-Your Mouth Sugar Cookies, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Cookie breaks are definitely needed around my house lately. The Chicklet has started day care (in a private home with a LOVELY LOVELY woman who adores her!) and she is mastering her abilities to toy with my (and her daddy’s) heart. First just let [...]

Soft and chewy GLUTEN FREE Sugar Cookies

Soft and chewy GLUTEN FREE Sugar Cookies, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. FINALLY! I finally have a chance to share a recipe with you! The Chicklet had a couple days of all day daycare this week as school begins again for me next week and I am moving classrooms. She did AMAZINGLY well….. Mommy on [...]

Happy 1st Birthday/Tol, Baby!

Happy 1st Birthday/Tol, Baby!, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Don’t you love the look on her face? She’s watching a bird fly overhead. (She’s wearing the hanbok sent with her from her Korean foster mother.) We spent this Saturday with family celebrating birthdays. Both Zoe and her cousin, J, were born on May 16 – [...]

Dunk, doodle and dream

Gluten Free Orange-Almond Biscotti, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Last night while grading papers, my mind wandered. (Actually, it screamed “COME ON, ALREADY!”, but “wandered” sounds much better, don’t you think?) We are at the end of the semester at school. FInal exams are this week. And, to be honest, I had truly hoped *NOT* [...]

Gluten Free: Mexican Wedding Cake Cookies

Gluten Free: Mexican Wedding Cake Cookies, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. I don’t think my mom could ever make these cookies fast enough – nor often enough for me. There is something magical about a cookie that melts in your mouth, don’t you think? I made a few dozen of these cookies to share with [...]

Super Easy, Gluten-Free Christmas Treats

Super Easy, Gluten-Free Christmas Treats, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Phew! We’re done! I think we are done, anyway. We’ve mailed off Christmas cards to our friends and family and have been baking and cooking this week to finish up gifts. My Love’s office has a cookie exchange every year and we always end up [...]

GF: Chicken & Lettuce Wraps

Chicken & Lettuce Wraps, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Just a note before I proceed: I received a couple passionate email comments regarding our recent eBay auctions and our adoption that demonstrated that our fund raiser was offensive to a few members of our GF and adoptive community. We regret that our choice to eBay [...]

The Ice Dream Cookbook: A review and an adoption fundraiser

The Ice Dream Cookbook, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Rachel Albert-Matesz: Wherever you are, please take a bow. I love your gluten-free and casein-free cookbook, and I apologize for my tardy book review. And many, many, many thanks for the donation to the Adoption Fundraiser. Your book is on sale now and will make an [...]

Gluten Free Thankfulness and a Cranberry-Mango Chutney

Cranberry-Mango Chutney, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Every year about this time of year, I work with my students on different things that allow me to incorporate the idea of Thankfulness. Considering the quickly approaching holiday, there is often a thought of turkey with a side of mashed potatoes (or mashed potatoes with a side [...]

Convenience that makes you smile…

Words to make you smile…, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Okay…so if you haven’t figured it out, I LOVE being at home and cooking with my love. However, there come days in every life when cooking is just not going to happen. At least not before 8:00PM, and I don’t know about you guys, but [...]

Gluten Free Skillet Corn Bread

Gluten Free Skillet Corn Bread, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Phew! It’s been a week! And not just since I last posted – sorry! – but rather it’s been one heck of a busy week around here! Beyond work, etc, we just received letters in the mail from the US Citizen and Immigration Office (aka [...]