You’ll have to pardon the image today. I took a picture of the candy already in a baggie on the way to go bowling with the foreign exchange kids from school. It was their holiday treat/social and I was bringing them a bit of my family/home. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Here’s the deal: Every Christmas my husband’s office [...]
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 Jalapeño & Cheddar Bread – Version 1
November 12, 2007 8 Comments
Ever make a boo-boo in the kitchen that you devoured and didn’t even realize it was a “boo boo” until you were cleaning up? Well, that’s what I did today. I have been wanting some jalapeño and cheddar bread lately, but I haven’t played around much with the flour combinations I wanted to try. Thus [...]
GF: Speedy Pizza
October 31, 2007 8 Comments
One too many papers to grade. (Okay, 160 too many.) One too many pizza commercials. One too many missed meals thanks to workshops. and too little sleep! All of these things added up to the speediest snack – now a meal – than I’ve ever made. Really. Now why did this become a blog post? [...]
GF: Plantain Empanadas with Queso Fresco
October 25, 2007 17 Comments
Oh… sometimes you just have to try a new recipe. And… well.. sometimes you make it once, take a picture for your blog, and then spend the next week dreaming about the next time you get to make it. It was that tasty. Next time, I think I’ll try baking these empanadas – but dang… [...]
GF: Pineapple Dessert
October 21, 2007 2 Comments
A fun, last minute cooking party with sweet Gaby and Mohammed sent us running for the showers after a day of errand running. Then I found myself packing the oddest bunch of items into a grocery bag. I don’t think we quite brought over our fair share. I tend to lose myself a bit. Gaby, [...]
GF: Soft Ginger Spice Cookies
October 9, 2007 17 Comments
Oh, I hate grading papers. Yeap. It’s true. It’s the bane of my existence as a teacher. While I love my job, grading papers is the absolute least favorite piece of it all. I was thinking tonight about teachers from my past and wondering how they handled the paper hellfire. Surely there must [...]
GF Bento Lunch
October 4, 2007 8 Comments
Mañana es viernes. Wahoo! Friday! I *love* Fridays. Almost as much as I adore Saturdays, but not quite. I can sleep in on Saturdays. Nothing beats that. Last Friday my colleagues had a potluck lunch meeting. The gals were so sweet. One of them came to see me the day before about the beef/steak stew [...]
GF: Aunt Selma’s Best Ever Cookies (GF Oatmeal)
September 30, 2007 19 Comments
My sisters are so cool. I just visited with one this evening and we munched on these delights. My other sister has even won a blue ribbon as a 4H girlie at our home state State Fair. Yeap. She’s the babe and we just relish her success by eating up the goodies. I haven’t made [...]
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: Hazelnut & Chocolate Biscotti
September 18, 2007 6 Comments
I haven’t made biscotti since gluten was in my life. It’s been 14 years (ack!) or so since my roommates and I – freshly out of college and BROKE beyond words- decided to make biscotti for Christmas presents one year. I think our first several batches were so bad that we ran out of money [...]
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