Gluten free, Super low carb “Sushi” – Nori Wraps

Gluten free, Super low carb “Sushi” – Nori Wraps, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Smoked salmon (no additives), avocado, and English cucumber Nori (roasted/toasted seaweed) wraps with a few cucumber slices. (NO RICE!)  All served with a huge Asian pear and a glass of water. Carb count: 1/2 avocado =   .5 gram 1/2 English [...]

Oh so good! Hansen’s Natural

Oh so good!, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Oh, I know you know all about Hansen’s natural (and GLUTEN FREE) sodas – like Blue Sky Cola, Grapefruit, etc. (Just to name a couple of our favorites….) But did you know that Hansen’s has a line (well… two flavors anyway) of sparkling water? And OH MY [...]

GF: Mozzarella, Basil and Tomato pizza

GF: Mozzarella, Basil and Tomato pizza, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. An easy, peasy gluten free lunch (or dinner!) idea. If I’m working, I make this the night before and reheat it for lunch. It’s not as tasty as it is fresh though. What’s makes this lunch or dinner delicious are the fresh ingredients. Don’t [...]

BBQ Round-Up – Get out the stretchy pants!

The virtual BBQ party has left me with enough recipes and ideas to make it through every BBQ that crops up this summer. Seriously – you guys are amazing! Check out the goodies everyone brought! Oh, I love it! The food filled many a virtual picnic table, although I think I’ll have to stay seated [...]

Gluten Free: Making Lace Cookies

Gluten Free: Making Lace Cookies, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. I’m in the midst of family-loving. And my labrador is going to sleep well tonight! Not only are there 8 people here to love him, but he swam in the ocean, ran on the sandy beach dunes, chased the sea gulls and then had a [...]

XXX – GF BBQ Treats!

XXX Powdered Sugar Cookies – Gluten Free, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Bwahaha. No worries. These treats are kid-approved and not obscene at all. They are NOT the naked man cookies. And even those are kid-okay. Promise. Well…wait…that all depends on your cookie cutters. But I’m NOT going there. And MY cookie cutters are good [...]

Roasted Tomatillo & Jalapeño Salsa

Roasted Tomatillo & Jalapeno Salsa, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Oh yea, babee…it’s summer. And it’s not quite “hot” here. Temperatures are slow to rise, making for chilly mornings and gorgeous afternoons. Basically, it’s perfect. I get up early and get any house-warming/cooking out of the way and then I’m done for the day. And [...]

Gluten Free Ice Cream Sandwiches (with Molasses Cookies)

Gluten Free Ice Cream Sandwiches, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. **Please be sure to sign up for the Virtual GF BBQ Party!** (See this post for more information) Okay, now I know you think I’m absolutely nuts. I’m complaining about how cold it is around here (63F, hello? It’s JUNE!) and now I’m posting about [...]

Gluten Free Chicken Potstickers

Gluten Free Chicken Potstickers, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. (Are you out there Colleen? I hope so! You’re the inspiration for this late night creation.) Late last fall, my husband and I set out to recreate some egg rolls. Culling tips from his Chinese heritage, we had the filling in no time. It was the [...]

GF Joe’s – A new local Gluten Free Market

GF Joe’s, originally uploaded by Kate Chan. Click here to see this photo on a map. Shop with reckless abandon, but retrain your brain a bit too. Gone are the days of buying the three remaining boxes of your goodies on the grocer shelves out of fear of never seeing it appear there again. Yeap, [...]

GF: Luscious Lemony Poppy Seed Muffins

Have you ever stood at the counter of your favorite coffee spot just wishing the line would move FASTER? Not necessarily because you were not truly enjoying the wait for the SuperFrappaWappaLappa whatever that the person before you had ordered, but because you were hungry and the goodies were making you think about it? I [...]

GF: Fried Chickpeas

Just a quick post tonight. I’m feeling incredibly tired. Mostly due to my busy week (grades due, teaching a six hour tech workshop, starting a wiki project with my 150 students, etc) combined with a full-on cold that has left me with a wacky voice (almost no voice) and the sniffles. Tonight I’m taking the [...]