Recipes

Fresh & Colorful Quinoa Salad

May 16, 2012
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My last few posts have focused on some of the difficulties that come with having celiac disease.  Today I thought it would be a good idea to turn my attention to the delicious side of gluten-free eating.  You already know that I enjoy cooking for my family, and now that my kitchen is safely free [...]

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Golden Beet Slices with Goat Cheese and Walnuts

May 12, 2012
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It’s beet season!  Check out my newest appetizer recipe on Mamavation. Excuse the blurry photo from my phone.  I did take real pictures of this dish, but they have been lost in the craziness that is my hard drive. Speaking of craziness, did you hear?  I am going to Africa! Africa! I’ll tell you all [...]

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Zucchini Noodles – Easy, Tasty, and Gluten-Free!

May 2, 2012
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When you first go gluten-free, you are tempted to try out all of the gluten-free substitutes for the foods you know and love.  Bread, pasta, cookies, cereal. Just give me the gluten-free version! But then you realize that #1. It just doesn’t taste as good or #2. Even if it tastes good, it costs 2-3 [...]

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Cowboy Caviar

April 22, 2012
cowboy caviar recipe

Birthday month is finally over.  Joe is now 5, Leila is now 3, and I am now tired. Jeff’s birthday in March begins birthday month where we have 3 birthdays and many more celebrations, including Easter, in a span of 30 days.  For someone who doesn’t like to bake, I’ve made a lot of cakes [...]

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Like Kale Chips? Try Collard Chips!

April 17, 2012
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Have you ever had collard greens before?  Until recently, my only experience with collards had been Southern style, swimming in bacon, served next to a giant pan of mac ‘n cheese.  When Jeff and I were first married, we spent 2 baseball seasons living in Birmingham, Alabama.  He played for the Birmingham Barons, and I [...]

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Grain-Free “Fried Rice” with Walnuts

April 16, 2012
grain free fried rice with walnuts

Last week, the California Walnut people asked me if I would like a bag of their walnuts.  Free walnuts?  Yes please! A few days later, I had a big bag of fresh walnuts, hand-packed and tied up in a cute little burlap bag. For breakfast, I tossed together some vanilla So Delicious coconut yogurt with [...]

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A happy run and a colorful lunch

April 13, 2012
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Guess whose hip held up for a 20-minute run today?? This girl’s! A 20-minute run might not sound like much to you fitness fanatics, but it was huge for me!  After hurting my hip last fall, then my back, then my hip again, I wasn’t sure when or if I would ever run again.  On [...]

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Fresh eggs over swiss chard

April 9, 2012
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I hope you had a great weekend!  Our Easter celebration started on Saturday afternoon when we headed to church.  After the 4:30 service, there was a massive egg hunt.  They split the age groups into 4 and under and 5 and up.  Leila was ready to go, bag in hand, eyes on the prize…and then [...]

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tostadas

April 4, 2012
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The other day, I overheard a conversation between two parents.  One said that they had to try a gluten-free diet for their son because of his health issues.  The other parent replied with this statement: “Oh gluten-free is not even living!  You can’t eat anything!”  I kept quiet as a mere eavesdropper of their conversation, [...]

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Gluten Free Strawberry Vanilla Cake

April 3, 2012
gluten free strawberry vanilla cake recipe

Leila requested two things for her birthday yesterday.  Fish tacos and pink strawberry cake.  Fish tacos were the easy part.  I have made them countless times and always use this recipe for marinating the fish.  The trickier part was the strawberry cake.  As you know, I’m not much of a baker.  Thankfully, I was able [...]

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