I have been craving a pie with a pudding-like filling. The other night I looked at three ripe bananas in the fridge, and the light-bulb went on. I quickly began assembling my ingredients: Dates, bananas, raw cacao powder, vanilla, nuts for the crust. Zoe became very interested. “What are you doing, Mommy?!” she asked. “I’m…
Easy Chicken Paprika (gluten-free, dairy-free)
The first cookbook I ever had is called, Better Homes & Gardens, Chicken Cooking For Today. I thought I had found it on Amazon so I could give you the link, but it appears that the cover of the book I have doesn’t match the inside of the book available on Amazon. If I find…
Elana’s Gluten-Free Cupcakes, 50 Irresistible Recipes Made With Almond and Coconut Flour
Sometimes you’ve just gotta eat a cupcake. Am I right? That was me this morning. Must-eat-cupcake-now 🙂 And what better way than a grain-free, protein and fiber packed cupcake? So I made my friend Elana’s vanilla cupcakes from her new cookbook. If you haven’t heard, Elana’s new cookbook, Gluten-Free Cupcakes, 50 Irresistible Recipes Made With…
Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free, 180 Easy and Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less
My friend Amy, author of the website Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free recently published her cookbook, Simply Sugar & Gluten Free, 180 Easy and Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less. I couldn’t wait to get my copy! When it arrived I sat down and didn’t get up again until I had read…
Citrus Quinoa Salad
Last weekend we had some crazy weather, though not uncommon for this area. Saturday was the start of the farmers market, and the warmest day we’ve had yet this year. It was sunny, not windy for a change, and 70 degrees. Just lovely. Which meant that everyone was at the Boulder farmers market. It was…
Chocolate Chip Coconut Pancakes, gluten-free
Today Zoe said that she wanted to make pancakes for breakfast. Okay =) So, I thought we would try a new recipe (because I just can’t help myself 😉 Based on my gluten free crepe recipe, we blended up these coconut chocolate chip pancakes. Now, I have to be honest with you here, and you might…
Nutty Gluten Free Banana Bread
This pregnancy I have been craving one thing above all else. PROTEIN. I can’t get enough of it. So I decided to try pumping up my gluten free banana bread recipe with quinoa flakes and almonds, to get more protein in. You may know that quinoa is the only grain that is a complete protein…
Mock Peanut Butter Cups
Even if my kids didn’t have allergies, and I weren’t celiac, I would still prefer homemade Easter candy. Do you know what drives me crazy about store-bought candy? The refined sugar, the dairy, the gluten, and the peanuts. Try finding candy without those four ingredients. It’s nearly impossible. I know there are a couple out…
DIY Glass Sippy Cup
Check out my new invention. Kelly has mentioned that we reuse glass jars for food storage. St. Dalfour jam jars are particularly suited for little kids’ hands. Well, this morning we had a little accident where Ashley dropped the jar and her blueberry smoothie splashed everywhere. To prevent this from happening again I turned the…
Eggs Julia
As you know if you follow me on Facebook, I’ve been obsessed with Elegance with Eggs, a video of Julia Child from 1964. Since watching the video (twice) I’ve made eggs in ramekins three times, the way Julia does in the video. They are so awesome, I had to bring them up one more time…