Reinventing comfort food … one ingredient at a time. Indeed, this would have been the perfect creation while I battled through the mother of all sinus colds the over past few weeks (the cold is currently in a standoff with antibiotics), but the truth is that I made pie as part of a gluten-free birthday…
Triple-Ginger Gingersnaps
Gingersnaps … for ginger fools™. One of my grandmother’s legacies to me is a love everything ginger. Ever since I was a child, I would eat anything ginger that she pressed into my hands: ginger marmalade, candies, crystalized ginger, chocolate covered ginger … and gingersnaps. I ate it all … I adored it all. And…
Gluten-Free Pie Crust … made easy
Gluten-free pie crust made easy … see it step-by-step with photos. Speak to any home cook about pie crust, and most will wave their hands as if you asked them to explain nuclear fusion. (Not fission … fission is easy.) I’ll confess, I’ve never understood the OMG-look. I saw these same looks from my mother…
Chocolate Zucchini Cake (Gluten-Free)
As mentioned in my last post, three staples of my CSA shares have seemed both constant in their delivery and therefore a constant challenge to use too. The inspiration of what to do with my last batch of zucchini came through my ruminations in September as I prepared to share a “cherished Canadian recipe.” In…
Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies (redux)
If you love moist, tender cookies, here’s a great gluten-free cookie recipe that everyone is sure to love. Trust me – no one will notice the absence of the wheat flour – they’ll just be going, “Mmm, wow, what are these delicious cookies?!” And, yes, that is “banana” in the title of the recipe. What…