Gluten Free, Korean Mung Bean Pancakes (Nokdu bindaetteok)

Gluten Free, Korean Mung Bean Pancakes (Vegetarian version), originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Zoe and I made lunch together today. Okay, really… she mainly napped on my back while I cooked after valiantly attempting to whip her head around to be able to see what I was doing. She loved watching me as I chopped [...]

Orange-Strawberry Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

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. [...]

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 Granola – Vanilla-Maple Granola

Gluten Free Granola -, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. So we are snowbound. Something rather unusual for where I live in the Pacific Northwest. A few years ago when we moved here from Chicago, we lived with my sister and her family until we found our own place to be. One morning (on a school [...]

Easy, cheap GF Caramel for your apples

Easy, cheap GF Caramel for your apples, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. We picked up some delicious Jonagold apples this week. They are perfectly crunchy with a perfect balance of tart and sweet. Since they are not the sweet, sugary kind – and it is caramel apple season, after all, I thought I’d make a [...]

Gluten Free: Breakfast on the go

Oh, breakfast.  Why do you have to come so early in the day?  I’m not a fan of eating in the morning.  However, I know that I should eat something to kick off the day.  After getting moving in the gym, I’ve noticed that eating a bit of something really does help.  Now I pack [...]

Gluten Free Friday Lunch – Nori Wrap “Sandwiches”

Gluten Free Friday Lunch – Nori Wrap “Sandwiches”, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. A little nori, 1/4 an avocado, some super thin Boar’s Head smoked turkey slices, julienned carrots and some shredded napa cabbage. That’s been my lunch these last two days. And it is *SO* fast to make! I usually roll up my “nori [...]

Make your own Tzatziki (gluten-free, of course)

The other day while flying around like a maniac, a craving hit me for tzatziki like no other. When we lived in Chicago, this little craving of mine would have been easily settled. Living here? In a small town in the Pacific Northwest? Not so easy. But making tzatziki *IS* easy! No worries. But first, [...]

Blueberry Goodness…in a cup

The last of the season’s blueberries…smoothie form, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. It’s the last of the season’s blueberries. A rather decent way to start my all night, freak-out, typing session… don’t you think? Actually, besides just giving me a great boost of energy to use my favorite blueberry farm bluebs (as we call them), [...]

Gluten Free Menu Swap – Lunches! September 1 – 5, 2008

In honor of the first week of students, I not posting my dinner menu but rather my lunch menu.  This is, after all, the menus that are the most difficult to manage after a summer of coasting in/out of my kitchen at my own leisure.  (Not to mention the freedom of using the bathroom when [...]

Gluten Free Banana Bread…Whole Grain, NO saturated fat!

Gluten Free Whole Grain, Saturate Fat-Free Banana Bread Photo by Kate Chan The other day at the market I picked up some bananas.  (Thrilling tidbit, I know.)  The deal was too good to resist:  39 cents/pound for ORGANIC bananas.  Say what?  I took a double-look to make sure I had read that right.  And yes, [...]

Wordless Wednesday

Our oh-so-fertile backyard apple tree…