GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Having grown up on Cornbread Dressing, I had quite a mental block about making Bread Dressing. However, I have to say ,this recipe is quite good and it’s easy to make. So, if you’re still looking for a GF Thanskgiving stuffing/dressing recipe, this is a great option. If you need to be gluten free… [Continue Reading]
Green Bean Casserole (Gluten Free & Casein Free)
November 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); There’s a reason that Green Bean Casserole is on every Thanksgiving table. It’s so easy! It’s not quite as easy when you can’t open up a can of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup, but it’s still not hard. I’ve used toasted pecans as the crunchy topping for my casserole. If you’re really yearning for… [Continue Reading]
Mixed Green Salad with Apples & Pecans, Buttermilk Honey Dressing
November 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Turkey, stuffing and pie may be the stars of the Thanksgiving meal, but you have to get some greens and veggies on the table too. This salad is easy and delicious. For those of you who are gluten free and casein free and have been missing creamy dressings, you’ll love this. Most of the… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free, Casein Free Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
November 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); There is much to be said for comfort food. While generally not healthy, sometimes you just need your favorite comfort food to make you feel better. Unfortunately for us gluten-free eaters, many not comfort foods depend on a can of condensed cream soup. While it’s not impossible to find a gluten free condensed cream… [Continue Reading]
Orange Halloween Cupcakes for Your Gluten Free Dairy Free Trick-or-Treaters
October 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Gluten free baking mixes have their place, and for me the perfect use of a box of Betty Crocker’s GF Cake Mix is a surprise batch of cupcakes for the kiddos. Last week I whipped up a batch and made a few alterations to the recipe on the back of the box, so that… [Continue Reading]
The Gluten Free Casein Free Diet – Butter Substitutions
September 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Butter, butter, butter. So good for you, and so enjoyable as long as you don’t look at the calorie count and you’re not allergic to it. If you bake a lot, you already know that it’s possible to go through an incredible amount of butter every so quickly. Knowing how to substitute for butter… [Continue Reading]
The Gluten Free, Casein Free Diet – Milk Substitutions
September 9, 2011 By 9 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); If you have celiac disease and are not experiencing a full recovery on a gluten free diet, then casein, a protein in cow’s milk may be the culprit. Many of you have already figured this out and are already on a gluten free, casein free diet, or at least a casein-reduced diet. For those… [Continue Reading]
Simple Suppers: Bean Burritos in Gluten Free Tortillas
November 17, 2010 By
These tortillas are an improved version of the gluten free tortilla recipe that I posted a couple of years ago. The new version is much more flexible and the dough is easier to roll out.
Breakfast on a Budget – Cream of Corn Cereal
January 6, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Dad’s Brown White Rice
November 10, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread: Banana Bread
November 8, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 would… [Continue Reading]
Light and Fluffy Gluten Free Biscuits
September 25, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Black Olive Hummus: A Quick, Frugal Gluten Free Snack
July 11, 2008 By
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 guests.
Pineapple Mango Salsa
June 9, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Minty Purple Peach Smoothie
June 1, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Lazy Man’s Beer Battered Onion Rings
May 20, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 – gluten free fried onion rings. I’ve adapted this batter recipe from Joy of Cooking… [Continue Reading]
No More Naked Burritos: Gluten Free Flour Tortillas
April 22, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); For more great recipes like this one for gluten free tortillas, make sure to check out my online Cooking School. I’ll walk you through step-by-step how to cook great gluten free food using easy to find ingredients. You can find out more about the online Cooking School here. I’ve been sitting here for ages… [Continue Reading]
Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna (GF,CF,SF)
January 24, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Vegetable Gumbo Recipe
January 16, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Yummy Sandwich Bread (Gluten Free, Casein Free, Soy Free)
January 9, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Update 10/3/2011: Baking gluten free bread can be overwhemlming, frustrating, and scary. But it doesn’t have to be. Learn to bake good gluten free bread the first time and every time, by taking Gluten Free Bread 101, a virtual cooking class from Gluten Free Cooking School. An updated version of this recipe is featured in… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Southern Cornbread
December 6, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Cornbread is one of John’s favorite foods. He has been known to eat an entire pan all by himself, and yet somehow he is still a slim, trim hunk (I’m waiting to see how long it takes him to edit this!). We make when we’re having soups, stews, and any food that has yummy… [Continue Reading]
Golden Yum-Yums: A Recipe for Comfort Food
December 2, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 Root… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Gravy for your Turkey and Dressing
November 21, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Cornbread Dressing Recipe
November 21, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); My grandmother made the best Cornbread Dressing. I loved helping her crumble up the stale hamburger buns to mix with the cornbread and gushing my fingers through the gloopy mixture of cornbread, spices and chicken stock to make sure that everything was well mixed. When John started a gluten free diet five years ago,… [Continue Reading]
Halloween Quesadillas
October 26, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Curried Sweet Potato Fries
October 20, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe No. 1
October 16, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Curried Carrot Soup Recipe
October 8, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Banana Nut Pancakes
October 5, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Spiced Apple Pancakes
September 29, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Kasha Varnishkes
September 26, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Black Bean Sausage Recipe
September 24, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe No. 2
September 16, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Garlic & Cheese Biscuits
August 30, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 nights in a row! These biscuits are based on my Drop Biscuits recipe and use my gluten free flour… [Continue Reading]
Roasted Summer Veggies over Brown Rice
August 26, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Savory Sage Corn Cakes Recipe
August 11, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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,… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Fried Brown Rice Recipe
August 2, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 only… [Continue Reading]
Singapore Street Noodles Recipe
July 30, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Pizza Recipe
July 6, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Brown Rice & Buckwheat Sandwich Bread Recipe
July 4, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Finally, Really Good Sandwich Bread: Our Favorite Gluten Free Bread Recipe
June 25, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Update 10/3/2011: Baking gluten free bread can be overwhemlming, frustrating, and scary. But it doesn’t have to be. Learn to bake good gluten free bread the first time and every time, by taking Gluten Free Bread 101, a virtual cooking class from Gluten Free Cooking School. An updated version of this recipe is featured… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Pancakes
June 15, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Just in time for the weekend, here is one of our favorite breakfasts: gluten free pancakes. We love to cook these on the weekend, when we have more time to sit and enjoy them. You can always top them with syrup, of course, but we’ve also enjoyed strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream and bananas. For… [Continue Reading]
Mmmm…. Hot Biscuits with Tomato Gravy
June 12, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 through… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe
June 7, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 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… [Continue Reading]
All Purpose Gluten Free Flour Mix Recipe
June 2, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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 husband. I eagerly flipped to the section on flour blends and was incredibly… [Continue Reading]
