I’m sitting here in my kitchen, planning my shopping list for Christmas dinner. Some of the ingredients I want to use aren’t available at my local health food store. So I’m going to have to make a special trip to Boulder to get certain things, like the lingonberry sauce, and the ground meat for my…
Kerstin’s Almond Squares (gluten-free, casein-free)
If you follow me on the Spunky Coconut Facebook Page then you know that I was trying to make a Scandinavian jelly roll this morning. Well, technically, at 9:30PM last night, and again this morning. They didn’t work, but maybe I’ll figure them out later 😀 In the meantime, I switched gears to tackle Kerstin’s…
Cool Metric to English chart poster & tea towels
Hi all. This is Kelly’s husband, Andrew. I follow a lot of graphic designers online and noticed these awesome cooking measurement prints designed and sold by Hero Design Studio in Buffalo, NY. I thought I’d share the find here. These are silk screened prints in four different colors. So cool. I want one to frame…
pizza, pizza, pizza… oh, the gluten-free pizza here in Coloado
Soon you will be able to go to any pizza place in Boulder and the surrounding area, and order a gluten-free pizza. Maybe we’re already there. I can think of more pizza places that offer gluten-free pizza than I can think of ones that don’t. It’s remarkable. If food plays an important role in your…
Coconut Dreams (Gluten Free Cookies)
A few days ago I posted my variation of Scandinavian Thumbprint Cookies, and many of you tried them and love them 🙂 I wanted to try another recipe from the cookbook which inspired the thumbprint cookies, Swedish Cakes and Cookies. The second recipe comes from the same page as the first, and is called Coconut…
Kerstin’s Almond Squares
We got a copy of Swedish Cakes and Cookies. Although most of the cookbook uses wheat, it has been a great reference for researching traditional Scandinavian treats. This particular recipe happened to already be gluten-free, but I wanted to make it more spunky-style 😉 Although most of the cookbook uses wheat, this book has been…
Scandinavian Thumbprint Cookies
You may remember my Santa Lucia post last December, where we made saffron buns. I mentioned how I’m from Danish heritage, and that we love to incorporate Scandinavian traditions at Christmas. This book, Swedish Cakes and Cookies, is one of my favorite cookbooks, despite the fact that there are only about three gluten-free recipes in…
Christmas Cookies (gluten-free)
We’re in full-swing Christmas spirit here, and one of our favorite ways to celebrate is by making cookies together 🙂 These stars are my gluten-free chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips. We floured the dough lightly, rolled it out, and used two sizes of star cookie cutters. Then we melted dairy-free chocolate chips on the lowest…
Creamy Italian Salad Dressing dairy-free of course :-)
Any kind of oil other than grapeseed, olive or coconut really bothers me (and Andy, and Zoe, and Ashley). For instance when I try to make vegan frosting with those shortenings they sell in the health food store we all end up… Well, lets just say it upsets our stomachs 😉 Same with any kind…
Tour of Celestial Seasonings, gluten-free tea, & tea with stevia!
This weekend we took a free tour of Celestial Seasonings, which is just 15 minutes from our house in Longmont Colorado. We’ve been meaning to for a while now, since Ashley is old enough (children under five aren’t allowed in the factory area). You can sample dozens of teas in the beautiful gallery area while…