Satisfy Your Thin Mint Craving Early!
Gluten Free Thin Mints It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! All my friends have placed their orders for multiple boxes of thin mints. Since going gluten free just more than a year ago, I don’t have that...
View ArticleGluten Free Maple Buttermilk Pudding Cake
Last Sunday – the 10th – was my birthday and I used that as an excuse to experiment and play around in the kitchen making a couple of decadent sweet treats when normally I wouldn’t do such a thing!...
View ArticleBrussels Sprouts, Sausage and White Bean Soup – Gluten Free
So I’m standing in my kitchen, looking out the back door, it’s the first full day of spring and snowflakes are falling in Virginia Beach! I thought it seemed like a good day for soup! This is a...
View ArticleGluten Free Crispy Ricotta Gnocchi w/ Asparagus and Gribenes
I hope you are wondering what gribenes are. Even more I hope that after reading this you will do what is required to make them. If you are Jewish, you may already know. Gribenes are the by-product...
View ArticleGluten Free Ricotta-Goat Cheese Cheesecake w/Pistachio Crust
I do not like cheesecake. I never have. I think it’s highly overrated, dense, heavy, sits like a huge rock in the pit of your stomach. I never order it in a restaurant, that is until one day last...
View ArticleYou Will Never Buy Granola Again…
Granola has long been considered a health food, loaded with oats, nuts, fruits and so many wonderful things. The term is even used to describe a person who lives a natural healthful lifestyle. Just...
View ArticleKohlrabi Salad
I love summer CSA season. The gorgeous array of greens, broccoli, beets, spring onions – have you ever had a spring onion that traveled just a few miles to get to you? Amazing! Among all those greens...
View ArticleGluten Free Pasta with Pepper
Super simple. So much so, it almost seems silly to write out a recipe, but use this as a reminder not to over think things all the time. So often the simplest of dishes, dare I say more often than...
View ArticleGluten Free Nutella Stuffed Choc Choc Chip Cookies
I’ve been dreaming about making these cookies for well over a month now. A lingering cold, bronchitis and anything else you can think of that will keep you coughing and your taste-buds zapped, I’ve...
View ArticleWatermelon Bites w/Mint-Marinated Feta and Balsamic Reduction
I’ve been on a bit of a feta cheese kick of late. Honestly there isn’t ever a time when I don’t enjoy adding salty, tangy, creamy feta to anything and everything around, especially now, the peak of...
View ArticlePaleo Bagel Bites
There are folks out there who go nuts for bagels. I am not one of those people. I never disliked them or anything and, way back when, in my early marathon and triathlon days, I always chewed my way...
View ArticleChocolate Sorbet
There are so many good reasons to keep your ice cream maker bowl in the freezer and ready to go. But really, how many do you need? Got a weeknight chocolate craving? Well here is your quick fix! Four...
View ArticleCrispy Chicken Skins
If you run to the store now, you will have time to make these before the game tonight and trust me, you want to! Crispy chicken skins have become all the rage in bars across the country as the...
View ArticlePepper Crusted Rump Roast
Few things are as classic, or comforting, as the Sunday roast. Inspired by an episode of the show Heartland Table I decided the first day of fall was perfect for making a roast, filling the house with...
View ArticleSOUPer Sunday – Kale and Bean Soup
Kale and Bean Soup fresh from the freezer! Watching Top Chef the other night, there was a challenge involving food fads that may or may not have worn out their welcome. Among the fads were kale and...
View ArticleA Quick Hello…and Merry Christmas!
OK, so it has been quite a while…been going through some big life changes, including a move, which left me with little time to be in the kitchen, at least for fun anyway. But I’m settling into my new...
View ArticleGluten Free Pasta with Artichokes
Nothing beats fresh local veggies, but those are pretty hard to come by in the winter months. And even if you socked away a few of your summer CSA goodies in the freezer, the supplies may be...
View ArticleYet Another Version of Brussels Sprouts Soup
I made my first version of this soup a couple of years ago and it has remained one of the most popular dishes I have ever made. Since that first version I have continued to tweak and adjust the recipe...
View ArticleCollards with Beans and Bacon
If you read any food magazines or watch the food shows, especially the competition ones, you might have noticed a lot of kale bashing going on. Personally I loved kale before it was ‘in’ to love kale....
View ArticleHerbed Meatballs
I’ve been on a meatball kick lately. Made these a few months ago, stashed a few in the freezer and quickly depleted that stash. Last time I made these I used Italian sausage and I guess for that...
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