Sometimes the best things in life are the things we don’t often stop long enough to contemplate. Take for example the rare sunshine (in the PNW) through my skylights in the living room. Both Max (our black lab) and I were lounging in the sunshine on Saturday for as long as it lasted. (I swear [...]
GF: Peanut Butter Granola Bar
February 18, 2008 69 Comments
Okay… I had no idea the email that would ensue after the mere mention of granola bars in my kitchen. Really. Mark me clueless. However, I probably shouldn’t have been. I searched far and wide for a granola bar that met my gluten-free lifestyle to no avail for many years. Granted I have now fallen [...]
Bento Lunch: Savory Grits, sausage bites and cottage cheese
February 11, 2008 6 Comments
Pass the Puffs, Please. And the cough drops. And the Chloraseptic. And maybe the Cepocal because the Chloraseptic isn’t cutting it. OH MY – my throat has been ANGRY since last week. No worries – I’m getting back on my feet (although I haven’t stopped working… just had to forgo my blogging for a bit). [...]
GF: Pineapple and Shrimp Fried Rice
February 3, 2008 10 Comments
Okay…did you make rice? Probably a million times since diagnosis, I know. LOL Here’s a relatively quick dish to make with your new rice making skills. We usually make fried rice with leftover rice from previous meals. It’s a great way to use up the little bits of whatever vegetables and meats that you have [...]
GF: Oven-baked Polenta Fries with Alio Oli
December 26, 2007 16 Comments
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: 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: Ginger and Spice Squash
October 10, 2007 3 Comments
I really didn’t plan to post today. BUT… I *am* still avoiding that stack of papers that need correcting. Blah. But since a gal’s gotta eat, baking is a great distraction. And tonight’s experiment proved blog worthy. Really. My sister stopped over to borrow some CDs and so, well.. I made her stay a little [...]
GF: Tortilla Patata
October 7, 2007 16 Comments
Naturally gluten free… and a perfect weekend late breakfast/early lunch… umm.. mid-day meal. On the weekends, I actually eat breakfast. It’s really a testament to how much I like sleeping in more than it is a one to how good breakfast is for us. I don’t like getting out of bed so much that I’m [...]
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 [...]
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