Do you know what one of my favorite special indulgences is? Eating in a nice restaurant. Most of our family’s meals are cooked from scratch in our kitchen, but it is so nice to get out every now and then and eat delicious food that someone else has cooked. It’s probably even more special now [...]
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John and I were recently discussing what the greatest challenges/needs of a gluten free diet are. For us, it’s finding time to cook gluten free food at home, but since we, admittedly, do not have a typical lifestyle I wanted to get your input. Leave us a comment to let us know what your challenges [...] Sometimes life does not leave time to bake a loaf of bread. Even with a bread machine there have been months during that past year in which I could not convince myself to bake a loaf of homemade gluten free bread. That’s pretty bad when you consider that the recipe is fairly simple and quick. [...] I am ready to get started on some Thanksgiving cooking! I’m not sure that it’s going to happen, but I thought I would at least start a list of the of good gluten free Thanksgiving recipes, mine and everyone else’s. If you’d like to join in on this Gluten Free Thanksgiving Blog Event, you can submit [...] Our family has found a new favorite weekend breakfast – gluten free waffles! You all know that we’ve been on the gluten free diet for years now, so that first bite of homemade waffles was absolute heaven! We stuffed ourselves! The recipe is a conversion of the “Basic Waffles” recipe in Joy of Cooking. The only [...] This is the second post in a series on Starting the Gluten Free Diet. Click here for a list of the other posts in the series. To make sure that you get all of the posts in the series sign up for free email updates in the right sidebar. Making a Grocery List: This article is the first in a series on how to get started on a gluten free diet. To make sure that you get all of the posts in the series, as well as a free menu plan, sign up for free email updates in the right sidebar. The hardest part of the gluten free [...] Hello all, This week a commenter asked for advice on starting a gluten free diet, so I’ve decided to use her questions as an impetus to write a series of articles. I sat down last night and jotted down a list of 10 actions that I would take if I were starting a gluten free diet [...] Double Chocolate Brownies So, I discovered last week why you should always make brownies from a packaged mix. (Sounds like the start of a joke doesn’t it. I wish!) It allows you to remain in the delusion that brownies do not have just as much sugar as flour! And a whole entire cup of oil! I [...] Hello everyone, I’ve gotten several questions about flour mixes lately, so I threw together this post that summarizes a lot of information that’s currently spread around my blog in various places. If you have any additional questions, just ask them in the comments and I’ll answer them and somehow incorporate the answers into this post. First, here [...] Just a quick note to let my fellow bloggers know that I’m putting a blogroll back on my site. If you’d like to be included, let me know in the comments to this post. There have been way too many gluten free desserts in our house lately! For some reason I developed quite a sweet tooth while I was pregnant with Grant, and I can’t seem to get rid of it! It doesn’t help that some fabulous person at Erewhon sent me 6 boxes of cereals to use in [...] I just got an email from Amazon about a Grocery Sale that they are running for Earth Day. There are several great deals on gluten free foods, especially gluten free flour. And if you have trouble finding gluten free pasta and gluten free cookies at your local stores, now is your chance to stock [...] Now there are a lot of foods that I miss on a gluten free diet, but it is just plain torture to watch my friends eat a submarine sandwich at lunch and know that I can’t join in. Since I subscribe to the belief that all foods can be recreated in a gluten free form, John and recently set out to create our own gluten free bread recipe for a submarine sandwich [...] Since today is the day that our family celebrates Christs’ resurrection and the new life that we have in Him, I thought it would be a good time to let you know about the new life that God has placed in our lives. Grant finally arrived a few weeks ago (weighing 7 lbs 13 oz [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers. Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...] Crockpot Cola Chicken was one of my favorite meals as a kid. The BBQ like sauce is delicious and the chicken is so tender. Now that I’m a working mom, I can better appreciate how easy this meal is for a weeknight supper. During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes [...] This is the fifth part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. In this last post, Heather gives us a peak into her pantry. **If you have any questions for Heather, please [...] This is the fourth part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. Here are Heather’s responses to some of my follow-up questions: 1. Did you use a price book to learn what [...] I just got an email from Amazon to let me know that they have started stocking Pamela’s Products Amazing Gluten-free Bread Mix And Flour Blend, 4 Pound Bags (Pack of 3). I haven’t used this product, but I know that some of you prefer to use store bought mixes, so I thought I’d pass the [...] This is the third part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. (And she says she could do with less if she really tried!) 6) Buy less expensive cuts of meat and [...] This is the second part in a series “Gluten Free Grocery Shopping on a Budget” in which Heather shares how she feeds a family of 6 a gluten free diet for $350 – $400 a month. (And she says she could do with less if she really tried!) Heather: Here’s an expansion of my bullet points, [...] Frugal gluten free grocery shopper shares her tips on [...] The theme for January’s posts is Kitchen Management – things like gluten free grocery shopping on a budget, stocking a gluten free pantry, and how to clean a messy kitchen. The posts will be shorter and more frequent than normal (since I won’t have to multi-test as many recipes) and there will be several chances [...] I don’t think my coworkers believe me when I tell them that I haven’t cleaned my kitchen in weeks. I mean, really, how could I cook keep cooking breakfast, supper, and lunch every day without cleaning the kitchen? I think the better question is how would I ever have time to cook 3 meals a [...] Christmas preparations in our house are way behind schedule. So far I’ve put the Christmas music in the stereo and ordered gifts. That’s it! I’m still holding out hope that I’ll get a Christmas tree up and make a batch of Sugar Cookies on Christmas Eve. (Maybe we’ll celebrate the twelve days of Christmas this [...] Weather reports say that we may get snow tomorrow! It’s been YEARS since we got a good snow, so we get way overexcited when there’s even a chance. And when it’s snowy outside, soup seems like the only acceptable dinner. Luckily we still have one last container of Taco Soup in the freezer. Taco Soup is [...] The thermometer mercury is dropping here in Alabama and I’m ready for some good, hearty non-Thanksgiving food before I start the Christmas baking. So I made up a new corn muffin recipe. A few months ago we ate dinner at Tayst in Nashville and they served us the most delicious corn muffins. They were much [...] Thanksgiving is only four days away and I will be in charge of all of the cooking this year. (Mom is on the DL) So, it’s high time that I planned the menu! We’re having a low-key Thanksgiving this year; just my mom and dad, John, David and myself. I want to keep the dishes simple [...]
My mind has been drifting towards Thanksgiving this week and I’ve been testing out a few side dishes. Side dishes are, after all, my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal and all of you give me a great excuse to enjoy them for weeks instead of one little weekend. This recipe is from my [...] It looks like Amazon is really pushing its gluten free products during November. You can get a 25% discount on certain Gluten Free Pantry mixes (10% off +15% Subscribe and Save discount) when you purchase before November 30th. Here’s a list of what is on sale:
Last Monday morning I was cleaning up the kitchen and discovered that we had somehow accumulated 10 very ripe bananas in the back of the freezer. John has been asking for a loaf of banana bread for several months and he’d obviously done a good job at stashing away the bananas that I [...] Just a quick note to let you know that Amazon is running a 10% discount on some Bob’s Red Mill items. If you combine that discount with their Subscribe & Save discount, then you’ll get a whopping 25% off of your order. Here are a few of the eligible items that you might want to stock [...] Menu Planning for Two (weeks that is): Sometimes it really helps me to brainstorm my menus in my blogging software….and since the menu is already in a post, I thought I’d share it with you. If any of the meals, catch your eye, let me know in the comments and I’ll make a note to post [...] For the past few weeks. . . or maybe months, I’ve been in a holding pattern. I keep waiting for life to ease up, so that I can spend time cooking. I keep waiting to feel less queasy, and waiting for a clean house, and waiting for more energy, and waiting for a creative thought. [...] A recipe for a crisp homemade gluten free pizza [...] What do you get when you cross Rice Krispies Treats with Rice Chex? A gluten free snack that is even better than the original! I made Rice Chex Treats when we were visiting my parents over Labor Day. My dad wanted to make Rice Krispies Treats for David . . . and then remembered that Rice [...] Simple meals like this pasta dish have abounded on our dining room table lately. It’s not the prettiest dish I’ve ever served (and this is a particularly unfortunate picture), but it’s hot and cheesy and delicious. Just what I need when I want to save my remaining energy for bed time cuddles with super silly [...] A happy accident a few weeks ago led to yet another change in my gluten free drop biscuits recipe. I ran out of soy flour and added an additional 1/2 c. of cornstarch to make up for the shortfall. The result. . . fluffy, tender biscuits that I would put up against anyone’s gluten [...] Answers to the most common questions about baking gluten free [...]
So last week, I spent way to much at Walmart and have no grocery budget left for the rest of the month. Everything I’m making this week is coming straight out of the pantry. Luckily, we have a good supply of staples on hand and this week’s menu wasn’t very difficult. Next week [...] Want homemade crab cakes without the fuss of dealing with the crab? Try these white bean “crab” cakes for a tasty, healthful, inexpensive and gluten free [...] Making homemade bread is easy when you have a stash of homemade bread mix in the freezer. Follow along as I make a stash of my favorite gluten free bread [...] Any time your husband uses the phrase “pink foam” to describe part of the meal you just served him, you know it’s not a good night. So, tonight’s supper will not be making it into a post any time soon. Instead, we’re going to focus on the wonderful goodness I served up a few weeks [...] When I posted my recipe for Black Olive Hummus I mentioned that I love hummus sandwiches with sliced avocado, tomato and lettuce. Amy B asked how one should go about slicing an avocado, so I took a few pictures to demonstrate my method. How do you slice an [...] A few weeks ago I posted a lesson on How to Make Gluten Free Scones Like a Bakery. Several of you asked for my scone recipe, so I made it again this weekend so that I could take pictures for the post. It was a close thing on the pictures though. I had to [...] Black Olive Hummus is my fall-back recipe when we need a quick appetizer. We always keep chickpeas and olives on hand and I can whip up a batch of this in less than five minutes for a hungry babe or hungry [...] I broach this topic knowing three things: 1. Most Americans would shudder at the idea of eating beans on a regular basis and thus, do not know how to cook beans. 2. Beans have a bad reputation and are oft involved in third-grade humor. 3. Beans can taste really good and are really good for us. In my mind, [...]
Kate at Gluten Free Gobsmacked is hosting a virtual Gluten Free BBQ and I’m invited! The menu goes from A to Z, and in a moment of uncertainty I used a random number generator to pick “D” for my contribution. Days later as I racked my brain for BBQ appropriate recipes starting [...] One of my favorite things about scones is their shape. There’s just something about that wedge that makes a scone something more than a slightly sweet biscuit. A lot of the scones recipes that I’ve found online call for making drop scones, but it’s really easy to take a few extra minutes to cut the [...] I need your help! I was perusing the gluten free cookbook section of Amazon last week and was dismayed to see how many of the cookbooks had negative feedback. Can you imagine how discouraging it must be to start a gluten free diet and have the first cookbook you buy turn out to be a [...]
Dear Readers, There are so many things that I should tell you about this gluten free Red Velvet Cake. I should tell you about how I baked it this morning while wearing a wrap dress, floral apron, high heels and pearls and looked like I had stepped right out of the 1950s. I should tell you [...]
If you haven’t guessed by now, most gluten free bread recipes are a bit scarce in the nutrients we’re accustomed to seeing in wheat bread. One reason is that wheat breads are usually fortified with vitamins and minerals during the manufacturing process, and the other is that gluten free breads depend heavily on [...] Have you ever wished there was someone you could call when your bread falls in the middle for the umpteenth time? Or maybe a friendly voice to offer encouragement and guidance during those first few gluten free months? Starting later this summer, I will be offering Gluten Free Coaching (by phone). Until then I’d like [...] Have you ever seen the pineapple mango salsa at Whole Foods? In the store near our house, it’s almost always out for sample in the produce aisle and we almost always make sure we stop for a bit. We never bought it, though, until I decided that I needed a treat before starting Eat to [...] Today is the first day of the 6 week Eat to Live trial and I opted for a fruit smoothie for breakfast. I picked up fresh Chilton County peaches at the produce stand yesterday and decided to pair them with frozen blueberries and fresh mint for a very refreshing start to the morning. I [...]
This, my friends, is a picture of a birthday cake. A gluten free Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. David and I share a birthday, and my gift to myself this year was a homemade cake. For a first try I thought it turned out extremely well. No one could [...]
Vidalia onions may be the most famous crop of the state of Georgia. Mild and sweet, these onions are one of the treasures of spring. And in our house, the advent of the Vidalias can mean only one thing – fried onion rings. I’ve adapted this batter recipe from Joy of Cooking and the [...] (And we have a winner: Karen from Comment #6 will receive my copy of Betty Crocker’s Best Chicken Cookbook as well as any advice she would like from me as to how to make the recipe’s gluten free. Congratulations, Karen!) (Update: Today (05.18.08) is the last day to sign up for the giveaway. Just subscribe [...] (Update: This is going to be the first in a series on Fried Southern food – all gluten free. I had hoped to start this with my recipe for Fried Onion Rings, but I need to perfect the dipping sauce tonight. After that will be Fried Green Tomatoes, and my Grandmother Somerville’s Fried [...] This may be a long story, but I found it so interesting that I’m going to share. There. You’ve been forewarned. After the incredibly busy time in my life that I will not refer to by name for another nine months or so, I got back on a strict gluten free diet. I expected most of [...] To my feed and email readers: Come visit the blog! I’ve been making some changes to the blog over the past few weeks and I’d love for you to come check it out: There’s a new header showcasing my Roasted Asparagus Are you looking for recipes for a special gluten-free Mother’s Day breakfast or brunch? Give these recipes a try: “Light and Fluffy Gluten Free Biscuits”
Risotto is such a wonderfully versatile dish. The rice is like a blank canvas just waiting for flavorful food combinations to be thrown on top. The Asparagus & Mushroom risotto recipe below is the first in a series of seasonal risotto recipes that I’ll be posting this year. It would make [...]
Has anyone else noticed that they are eating a lot of rice now that they’re gluten free? We never, ever ate rice before gluten free. Comments such as the following were not unhears of: “The stuff has no flavor”. “Do we have to have rice?” Now….we eat rice all the time. But that’s no reason [...]
Asparagus is my very favorite spring vegetable. I wait impatiently all winter to see those long green stalks standing up in their funny water trays at the front of the produce section. Since asparagus is quite pricey when it is out of season, we celebrate spring by eating asparagus as frequently [...] Recipe for Disaster: Combine all ingredients with an incredibly supportive family, generous Italian hospitality, helpful restaurant staffs, a stash of gluten free good and a mini-kitchen to create a long weekend [...] Rolling out dough, particularly into a circular shape, is a learned skill. I was reminded of this a few weeks ago when John tried his hand at making tortillas. At approximately 11:30 on a Tuesday morning I received a call from work that went something like this, “So how do you keep the dough from [...] On sale today at Amazon.com is the Breadman TR875 2-Pound Breadmaker, on sale for $79.95 from $114.99. Free shipping is available. This bread machine has a special gluten free setting. I haven’t tried it yet – our bread machine is still going strong after almost 5 years. But if you’d like to hear more about it, [...] I’ve been sitting here for ages trying to figure out what to say about these tortillas. If you’ve been gluten free for long, you can understand why I’m speechless. The wonder of it all . . . to have tortillas that bend without breaking; that are big enough to actually wrap around something; that taste [...] I have a confession to make. I’ve been eating gluten for the past 2.5 months. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not; but I have been eating it. My stomach is a mess. And I’m tired. And I’m mad at myself. None of the gluten-filled food that I ate was even that good. I just ate it because it was [...] Please welcome our guest author:Natalie Naramor, Gluten Free Mommy Homemade angel food cake requires very few ingredients and is a snap if your gluten free flour mix is already prepared. It can be intimidating to work with egg whites at first, so visit Gluten Free Cooking School’s archives on How to Beat Egg Whites [...] “Last of the Sweet Potatoes” Soft Tacos 2 medium sweet potatoes, diced and boiled Instructions: These were so yummy and so easy to make. We used them in Last of the Sweet Potatoes soft tacos, which I’ll get around to posting some day. David lying in my lap to eat his cereal this morning. He’s cutting teeth and has been extra snuggly this weekend. Our fruit basket – we’re snacking healthfully this week. A Salad Trio for Supper: Potato Salad, Pasta Salad, and (not pictured) a green salad w/ apple slices, dried cranberries, pecans and wasabi dressing. Yum! A cup of chamomile before bed For those who have had A 28 Days To Go Haiku A Simple Breakfast: This new recipe got a few strange looks, but was actually pretty tasty. Creamed Mustard Greens over Spaghetti Squash. When I don’t plan menus, there is no telling what is going to end up on our table. Especially when I decide we need to eat more greens. Friends, I’ve missed you. I’ve missed your comments, your encouragement, your suggestions, and your questions. I’ve missed talking to you a few times a week through this blog. And even though there are still 31 days to go in this busiest time of the year (for me), I’m ready to get back to [...] Hi everyone, Last weeks open thread went so well that I’d like to try another one. This week you can head down to the comments and leave your most urgent question about living gluten free or you can chime in and answer someone else’s questions. Since I’ve been horrible about answering the questions that readers have left [...] Please welcome a new guest author, Kristina Kofski, who shares her recipe for gluten free scones ~ Mary Frances I am not a morning person. In fact, I’ve been known to hit the snooze button for a good 45 minutes in the morning, until my poor fiancé is ready to throw the alarm clock (or me) out [...] Hi everyone, I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth quite yet. The blog has been a bit lonely since I’ve had to take a blogging hiatus, so I thought I’d see if you, my readers, are interested in conversing among yourselves. Scroll down to the comments section and leave your best advice and encouragement for [...] Natalie at Gluten Free Mommy made truffles yesterday and kindly wrote a “how-to” article to guest post here at Gluten Free [Cooking School]. The recipe for the chocolate truffles is posted on her site, so be sure to click over and leave her a comment. You can also subscribe to her site while you’re [...] This is the second in a two part post on minimizing your grocery bill while eating a gluten free diet. If you’d like to share your best grocery shopping tips, or commiserate on the price of groceries, please leave a comment and join in the discussion. 6. Set a maximum $/pound. Our Story: A gluten free diet can be hard on the pocketbook. Wheat is cheap and it’s in almost every single processed food that I used to buy to keep our grocery bill under control. Back in our college days (pre-GF), John and I used to cook all of our suppers for one month with [...] A few weeks ago I sent out a call for you favorite gluten free mixes. Gluten free flours are definitely one of the more overwhelming aspects of gluten free cooking, but it helps to hear what mixes are working for others. I’m really excited to try some of the mixes below. I mean, [...] A few weeks ago Gluten Free Mommy called my bluff and asked me to post the Spinach Mushroom Lasagna that was in my menu for that week. I had to sheepishly admit that I hadn’t even come up with the recipe yet. I gave it some thought and decided to go for a gluten free, [...] Updated, but still lacking a photo =) Here in Alabama it’s sleeting and there is the merest chance of snow. For me it’s the perfect night to enjoy a bowl of my Grandmother Somerville’s Vegetable Gumbo. Her recipe calls for two hours of simmering, but I have a stash in the freezer so that’s what we’ll [...] Now that I’ve given you my new all-purpose gluten free, soy free flour mix, you need a recipe to try it in. Based on the questions and comments I’ve received I decided to start with bread. And I even found a new sous chef for this experimental baking. Please let me introduce Sous [...] Sometime in my early days of gluten free baking I learned the following: Truth #1: Gluten free baking takes longer than non-gluten free baking. Truth #2: I still have only 24 hours per day. Conclusion: If I’m ever going to get around to cleaning the kitchen or folding laundry, I need to reduce the amount of time allocated [...] I only have an hour and 15 minutes left to look back on 2007, so here is a quick roundup of my most popular blog posts from the year (determined by the number of times each was viewed). There has been some recent comment action on several of these, so you may want to go [...]
This post is the first in a 4-part series on How to Make Sugar Cookies. Check back throughout the week for the next three posts. As I was making up a batch of gluten free sugar cookies this week, I realized that a new cook reading a recipe for sugar cookies, would have no idea what [...] Somehow we end up with orphaned packets of taco seasoning in our pantry. I’m not sure how it happens; maybe there is a taco seasoning fairy. But when they show up, we’re always happy to see them because it means we’ll be having Black Bean Enchiladas for supper. This recipe started out one night at my [...] Hi everyone, I played around with the layout of my site last night and it’s looking a bit funky right now. I’m going to go ahead and do some more major changes while I have it messed up so that it only looks strange once this week. I should have it back to normal by [...] Hi everyone! I’m reposting this recipe as I have updated it with a picture of the batter immediately after being poured into the hot skillet. One of the advantages of learning to cook with someone in person is being able to see how things look. Hopefully, this picture will be a step in that direction [...] One of David’s new words is “yum-yum”. It doesn’t come out very clearly, but anytime we give him one his favorite foods, like bananas or cereal, he says “yum-yum” before he digs in. In fact he said it this week when we gave him a helping of what was formerly knows as “Roasted [...] A Flour Shortage It looks like I’m getting a lot of first time visitors due to the holidays. If this is your first time on the site, I hope you’ll take the time to look around a bit or bookmark the site so that you can come back later. You can also subscribe (for free) to the [...] It looks like I’m getting a lot of first time visitors due to the holidays. If this is your first time on the site, I hope you’ll take the time to look around a bit or bookmark the site so that you can come back later. You can also subscribe (for free) to the [...] Leftover turkey is my favorite part of Thanksgiving Day. After stuffing (pun intended) myself for lunch, a late-night turkey sandwich is the perfect way end to the day. In fact, turkey sandwiches are so important to my family’s Thanksgiving celebration that we’ve even cooked a turkey at home before visiting relatives so that we’d have [...] Last week when I was cruising the aisles of Whole Foods I found a treasure in a pile of bananas. Hidden beneath the plain Jane normal bananas was a whole hand of baby bananas! I haven’t found a good picture, but each baby banana is about as long as an adult finger. There are 15 [...] We’re having our first freeze tonight and our house is cold. I’m bundled up in my favorite college sweatshirt with my hands wrapped around a mug of hot chocolate. It seems like the perfect night to write about a warm comfort food breakfast. Sunday morning we were up early since David didn’t realize that [...] Monday morning I was attempting to clear a path through the dirty dishes when I came upon an extremely ripe banana. With no idea what we were having for breakfast, I took this as a sign that we should have Banana Nut Bread. What followed was a typical early morning cooking experience in the Pickett [...] I first made these quesadillas a few months ago and realized that they would be perfect for Halloween. Besides being orange and black, these quesadillas are really fast to make which is perfect for a night when you’re trying to cook, trick-or-treat, and get kids to bed at a reasonable hour. I’m going to give you [...] Winter squash can be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated. They suddenly appear in the supermarket when the first hint of autumn is in the air, a heaped pile of colors and shapes. A lot of people buy them for decoration. But the wise cooks buy them and cook them up into wonderful pies and [...] I made up a new recipe last night! This is a pretty common occurrence, but it’s always exciting because of the suspense when you take the first bite. I knew I’d hit on a good one when I wanted to go back and make more as soon as we were done eating. Unfortunately neither [...] Falafel on Flat Bread. Fast Food for the Gluten Free Family. That’s what falafel is for me – a meal that seems as indulgent as stopping by McDonald’s. It’s not that it’s really fast….it just tastes like it should be. Start by making the dressing. It needs some time in the fridge for all [...] For those of you who want to take a stab at making cream of mushroom soup, here is the recipe that I made in the How to Make Gluten Free Cream of Mushroom Soup tutorial. I’ve named the recipe No. 1 because I’m sure that I will come up with other versions at some [...] So many of the favorite dishes from my childhood started with a can of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup. Poppy Seed Chicken, Chicken Rollups, Chicken Spaghetti Casserole, my Grandmother’s gravy….all unattainable on a gluten free diet until you learn how to make a white sauce. I first discovered white sauce in my great-grandmother’s cookbook. My [...] I love soup! So simple, so good, and so perfect for a quick lunch or supper. The daytime temperatures in Alabama are still in the high eighties, but the nights have a chill in the air, so I have declared soup season to be officially open. John’s parents and sister visited us this weekend [...] It is getting to be late on Sunday night, and in case you’re busy blog surfing I wanted to let you know that Gluten a Go Go posted her Bread Baking Bonanza Roundup this past week. The post features bread recipes from eight different blogs, including two of my favorites Gluten Free Mommy and Gluten [...] I seem to be on a pancakes kick these days. John’s parents and sister are visiting us this weekend, so I needed a relatively easy, big breakfast for this morning. Pancakes seemed perfect and since I wanted to post something today too, I decided to make up a new recipe. Thus were banana nut pancakes [...] Corn and zucchini are both great summer vegetables and they come together in this recipe to make a tasty and easy side dish. The veggies take all for two minutes to prepare and the dish can cook away on the stove while you’re working on the entree. If it gets done before the rest of [...] The fall air has made it back to Alabama this morning and it is lovely. A perfect day to drink hot tea on the deck and enjoy the cool air, sunshine, and birds. It was also a perfect morning to play with my pancake recipe. The Gala apples that have been sitting in the fruit bowl [...] Kasha Varnishkes is the first of what I hope will be many Easy Gluten Free Recipes. By easy, I mean 5 ingredients or less for a main dish, and three ingredients or less for a side dish. Of course, if you scroll ahead, you’ll see that the Kasha Varnishkes has six ingredients. I’ve decided not [...] Over the past week I’ve been working on simplifying our breakfasts. We’ve had a lot of smoothies, fruit salad, and toast and there will be some new recipes coming soon. This weekend I made a batch of “Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe No. 2″ and these black bean sausages. You don’t have to be a vegetarian [...] Gluten free breakfasts are a thorn in my side. My whole-grain loving self cannot stomach gluten free cereals and John only likes eggs for about two weeks a year. So for the last couple of months we’ve been eating a lot of pancakes, biscuits, and grits, and I and my scale are ready for [...] Here’s the follow-up recipe for the spinach meatballs featured in “Spinach Meatballs over Spaghetti”. I really liked this recipe – I enjoyed having a meatball sub for the first time in way too long and I enjoyed how quickly the meal came together. We used Kate’s wrap recipe, but you could use any gluten [...] It doesn’t seem right to call meatballs that are made with beans “meatballs”. They should be called beanballs. But that sounds like something that you might hear in a whispered conversation between fourth-grade boys. Regardless, these meatballs made with beans make a quick and satisfying supper with plenty of leftovers for meatball sandwiches later [...] The first few days and weeks of life on a gluten free diet are tough. You’re not sure what to eat. Lots of the food in your pantry is full of gluten. And, many of your favorite comfort foods are off-limits just when you really need some comfort. But, there is hope. [...] Before the summer gets completely away from us and we want more than sandwiches for supper, here’s a classic Southern recipe for pimento cheese sandwiches. I had no idea until I read this NPR story that pimento cheese is just a Southern thing. I probably should have guessed though, since we often eat pimento cheese [...] Just in case you missed them, here are the top five posts from August. “Gluten Free Fried Brown Rice Recipe” Fried Brown Rice is one of our favorites because it’s yummy and it’s quick. We never have leftovers when I make this, so when my coworkers see that I’m eating a sandwich, they now comment [...] I can’t think of many things better than realizing that your recipe for Garlic & Cheese Biscuits is not quite right. Why? Because then you get to make Garlic & Cheese Biscuits for supper two These biscuits are based on my Drop Biscuits recipe and use my “Gluten Free All Purpose [...] Kate at Gluten Free Gobsmacked has tagged me for my first ever meme. Never heard of a meme; it’s kind of like a chain-letter for bloggers. Here are the rules: 1. Once tagged, let others know who tagged you. Eggplants are one of those prolific summer vegetables for which we run out of recipes long before we run out of produce. Last week we had a couple of eggplants that had been lingering in the refrigerator for several days. Several readers had requested a gluten free recipe for eggplant parmigiana, and [...] Roasted Vegetables over Brown Rice is a great supper recipe for at least four reasons. One, it’s an easy recipe so it’s great for a night when you don’t want to cook. Two, you can roast the vegetables in a toaster oven and not heat up the kitchen. Three, this recipe will use up some [...] When I was a kid, our church had a potluck lunch every Fifth Sunday (i.e., if a month had five Sundays, we at lunch together on the fifth one). Every family would bring a couple of dishes, and since there were a lot of good cooks in our church, we always had quite a [...] The Gluten Free [Cooking School] Website is about to under-go an expansion. We will be adding a separate page for reader submitted recipes, so that all gluten free cooks can share there recipes with the world. If you’d like to go ahead and submit a recipe, just type it into the comments section of the [...] If you’ve been missing desserts since you went gluten free, then you’ve come to the right place. This is the last in a three-part series on eggs, and we’ve been learning how to crack and separate an egg, beat egg whites, and beat egg yolks. All three of these skill are used in [...] I remember the first time I tried to beat egg whites by myself. I beat and beat and beat (with a whisk), and nothing happened. Luckily, Mom came into the kitchen right before I broke into tears and started questioning me about what I had done thus far. “Did you dry the bowl before you [...] We’re running a bit behind on the Forgotten Cookie recipe that I had meant to post for tonight. Hopefully it will be up tomorrow night, but in the meantime I wanted to tell you about a few great recipes that we’ve tried this past week. First, Gluten Free Gobsmacked has a wonderfully good recipe for gluten [...] How to Crack an Egg Cracking an egg for the first time can be intimidating, even if you’ve seen it done before. 1. Firmly tap the middle of the egg against the side of the bowl or the edge of your counter. Basically any sharp object that will crack the shell, rather than crushing it, will [...] The lesson to recipe ratio is getting a bit too low on this blog, so this week I am going to focus on “how to” articles. Tomorrow’s post will cover how to crack an egg and how to separate the egg white from the egg yolk. The topic for Wednesday’s post is beating egg [...] What do you get when you need to figure out how to use the sage in your garden, you want to try a new recipe, supper needs to be on the table pronto, and you’ve been thinking about writing a post for Weekend Herb Blogging? Well, I have no idea what you would get, but [...] After feeding and bathing a fussy toddler last night, I needed a quick and easy supper. Quesadillas made with corn tortillas are a old stand-by in our household, and since they have the advantage of not requiring an oven, that’s what we had. I had a refrigerator full of vegetables from my visit to our local [...] Nana’s Texas Spaghetti is an original creation of John’s maternal grandmother, Janie Cook Smith (Nana to the grandkids). When John and I first started dating, I would suggest that we have spaghetti for supper, and he would refuse. For the longest I thought that he just didn’t like spaghetti. Then we visited [...] Fried Brown Rice is one of our favorite meals right now, and luckily for me it’s super easy and fast. “How,” you ask, “is any recipe with brown rice quick?” Well, if you want your fried rice to turn out as something other than a gluey mess, you’ll use chilled rice. Since it [...] A few weeks ago I was in a cooking rut. We were eating the same things over and over and I never knew what I was going to be cooking for supper, until five minutes before I started. I somehow convinced myself that the solution to this dilemma was to plan my menus for a [...] I’ve decided that we must always come back from vacation on a Saturday. I had such a sense of peace yesterday when we came home to a mostly clean house, enough food for a few days, and nothing that had to be done till Monday. This morning I made Gluten Free Mommy’s Carrot Zuchinni Muffins [...] Hi everyone, John and I are heading off on our first week-long vacation in over a year. My younger brother is home on leave from Iraq and we are going to spend some time with him, his fiancee, and my parents. I’ll be back with more recipes next week, and I hope you’ll spend some [...] As promised in my previous post, “Five Reasons to Shred Cabbage with a Knife, and How To Do It.”, here is an easy recipe for all of the cabbage that you’re shredded by now. I usually use white cabbage (it’s green, really), but the red cabbage (purple, really) that I had on hand worked just [...] Despite the fact that I own a lovely Cuisinart and that pre-shredded, bagged cabbage is readily available at the supermarket, I have always shredded cabbage with a knife. Hhere is a brief picture tutorial on how to shred a cabbage and five reasons why everyone should learn [...] Eggplant Florentine is one our favorite pantry suppers. I usually have all of the ingredients on hand, and it’s a breeze to throw together. If you like diced tomatoes, they are an optional ingredient. My husband is not too crazy about tomatoes, and as seen in the picture above, I sometimes leave them out. I [...] I walked into the kitchen this past Saturday morning, babe in arms, and wondered what in the world we were going to have for breakfast. For the past few months our weekend breakfasts have been a regular rotation of my gluten free pancakes or my gluten free drop biscuits, and we were definitely ready [...] Friday night in our house is a date night of sorts. We often put the babe to bed and then make homemade gluten free pizza while sipping on a cold gluten free beer. When the pizzas are done, we top them with Parmesan and red pepper flakes and head to the den to watch a [...] One of my readers recently asked if she could substitute a non-bean flour for the soybean flour in the “Really Good Sandwich Bread” recipe. I did some research and responded back to her that I thought sorghum flour or buckwheat flour would work well as a substitution. Last night, I picked up some buckwheat [...] Onions seem to be in almost every supper recipe that I cook. I have been known to dice an onion and start sauteing it before I even decide what we’re having for supper. However, I do know people that run at the thought of prepping veggies for supper because “it takes so long”. [...] Sandwiches are a staple of our diet. When John first started a gluten free diet we searched through grocery store after grocery store hunting the elusive frozen rice bread that our internet searches indicated should be there. We finally found some and, upon trying it, promptly spit it out. It was horrible! John kept eating [...] Just in time for the weekend, here is one of our favorite breakfasts: gluten free pancakes. Gluten Free Pancakes 1 1/2 c. soy milk (or cow’s milk) There are days in our house when the pantry is almost empty and the produce bin only holds a few [slightly shriveled] carrots and potatoes. For some reason, this is when I tend to revert to the cooking of my childhood….downhome Southern cooking. Last Monday night was one of those nights. I rummaged [...] My husband loves biscuits. In the pre-gluten free days, one of his favorite Saturday morning breakfasts was a sausage and cheese biscuit. For years we used gluten free loaf bread for our breakfast sandwiches, but a recent trip to Whole Foods inspired me to try my hand at biscuits. I have to say, these taste [...] The gluten free item that I most often reach for is my homemade all-purpose flour mix. When I first started cooking gluten free foods I bought Gluten Free 101 by Carol Fenster and rushed home to bake some goodies for my GF husband. I eagerly flipped to the section on flour blends and was incredibly [...] |
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