Oh – I think I’m done with sugary things for a while. Christmas chocolate OVERLOAD has hit. Santa has delivered the goods – and they shall hang out in the living in a bowl until my nephews return from California to help out. It is time for some savory to ease off the sugary. We [...]
GF: Homemade Egg Rolls
November 28, 2007 19 Comments
Eight years ago I had my first – and last – homemade phenomenal gluten-wrapped egg roll. I remember the evening well. My love (a native Chicagoan who also happens to be Chinese-American) and I were dating/living together at the time. While we made the egg rolls, he were talking about my first trips to Chicago, [...]
GF: Curried Chicken and Rice Soup
November 15, 2007 9 Comments
I’ve lost my voice. I have a sore throat. Neither of these two things bode well for a woman who makes her living by talking. I suppose some teachers can get away with talking less, but a foreign language teacher? Um. No. It doesn’t work. I went to bed with a scratchy throat and woke [...]
GF: Pomegranate & Romaine Heart Salad
October 29, 2007 5 Comments
A quick lunch or dinner sometimes is just what one needs to rebalance. Something light and filling at the same time. When I first got married, I spent way too much time making some fabulous salad with grilled chicken and hand-chopped cute veggies for my love one night. He devoured the dish and then, while [...]
GF: Breakfast “tart”
October 19, 2007 5 Comments
Tomorrow… and the day after are my favorite two days of the week. The weekend is probably many others favorites as well. Today I am attending and leading workshops for teaching technology integration. ……. Yeap. I’m finding myself longing for tomorrow morning already. I want to sleep in past 6:30AM. I want to roam my [...]
GF: Making Spring Rolls
September 24, 2007 32 Comments
This post is because I love spring rolls. And because I promised Natalie of Gluten Free Mommy that I’d get on it sooner rather than later. So, Natalie – here’s to you! Happy spring roll making! And.. let me add… a THANK YOU to Ginger from GFinGF for being such an awesome blogger-buddy. Thanks for [...]
GF: Chinese homestyle chicken and rice
September 23, 2007 14 Comments
This past winter my in-laws came to visit from Chicago. As a teacher, my vacation days are completely dictated by the school year calendar. This meant I was working during their stay with us. It was sad to head off to work in the morning and know that they (and my niece) were just going [...]
GF + GF = A little bit of heaven on Earth.
September 16, 2007 7 Comments
Gluten Free + Good Friends = A little bit of heaven on Earth. Truly. Last night my love and I were invited over to a friend’s home for a cooking and eating party. No, not really a dinner party. We all stood in the kitchen cooking together and eating as things came out and were [...]
GF Sake Chicken with peppers and Chinese broccoli
September 5, 2007 2 Comments
Do you teach too? Then you know what I’m feeling today! Today was the first day of classes. Not to whine, but dang, I’m tired. I stayed up way to late last night fretting over details. I finally went to bed at 1:30 AM and woke at 6:00AM to get to work. Too much work [...]
GF Goodness: Shrimp, Corn, and a Lunch with Love
August 31, 2007 3 Comments
Okay. So I’ve been so tired this week, I think I actually willed my brain to implode. Oh wait. That was my wish last night apparently. My love even woke up in the middle of the night (apparently alerted to my distress by my constant pillow shuffling as I sought out a cool spot on [...]
GF: My Favorite Chicken
August 27, 2007 Leave a Comment
Maybe this is my favorite chicken because I don’t make it. My love makes it. And oh, there is something special about the days when you don’t cook nor clean and someone does it for you. It’s a deep act of love, I think. And even if it was made because he was starving (I [...]
Gluten Free Grilled Chicken a la Diabla Dulce
August 25, 2007 3 Comments
I love good grilled chicken. Bad grilled chicken? DRIED chicken? I pass. Really. I think I’m a bit of a chicken snob. The other night when I peered into my fridge, I was greeted with chicken breast screaming to be grilled. Screaming to be grilled? Okay, maybe that was me screaming. I was hot and [...]
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