“Mom, you have to blog this Grilled Chicken & Kumquat Spring Salad. It is one of the best I have ever tasted!” my daughter exclaimed as she took her first few bites. And I would have to agree, it was so delicious we ate the whole salad between the two of us! The vinaigrette has [Read More]
My Gluten-free Orzo with Asparagus & Lemon Zest recipe calls for gluten-free orzo, so naturally I was thrilled to find a one made by Pappardelle’s Pasta recently at Pike Place Market down on the waterfront of Seattle. I have never tried the “gluten” version of orzo, but have always been disappointed at restaurants when some of [Read More]
I can pretty well guarantee you will be shocked after your first bite of deep dish cauliflower crust skillet pizza. Why? Because it doesn’t taste like cauliflower! I don’t know about you, but I was raised on boiled cauliflower…yuck. So when I heard about a cauliflower pizza crust I was skeptical to say the least! [Read More]
This fresh summer salad uses white beans & arugula with a tarragon & wine vinaigrette. It is fresh, light, and delicious! If you have been growing a little herb garden this summer, here’s a chance to throw in a bit of fresh tarragon. Toss this salad together in under twenty minutes, and if you are [Read More]
This cancer-fighting salad brings with it one powerful, nutritional punch! (an updated note: this recipe took the $1,000 Grand Prize in a recipe contest I entered!) I have analyzed each ingredient and the nutritional benefits they bring to your body. This is one heart healthy, cancer-fighting, anti-inflammatory salad that tastes so delicious, not only will [Read More]
My Saturday morning routine consists of sleeping in (which usually means 7:00 am) and then hitting the farmer’s market by 9:00. My husband was out of town this past weekend, so some friends called me up to go to the market and then off to a neighboring town for an old-fashioned car show, where vintage [Read More]
Years ago someone told me hummingbirds didn’t have feet. That,of course, isn’t true. Possibly they had only seen a hummingbird in flight and never at rest, or perhaps they knew I was very gullible and would believe them. Hummingbirds do tuck their tiny little feet in their feathers, which would make one believe they might [Read More]
If you’re having guests over, this Asian-Pear Chevre Salad is an impressive tasting dinner salad. The combination of Asian pear, chevre (goat cheese), pine nuts and a sweet and tangy maple-dijon dressing are really a great combination together. Later on in this post I’ll be talking about my sons’ new adventure, which has absolutely nothing [Read More]
It wasn’t easy growing up gluten-free. I was born in the 60’s and “gluten” was a foreign word. When my skin became inflamed somewhere between the age of one and two, probably due to eating too many soda crackers, my mom hunted down an allergist who placed 27 needles in my back to see which [Read More]
Back in the early nineties the Palouse region, where I live, was dubbed the “Lentil Capitol of the World“. At that time, 97% of all lentils were grown in this region. Since then, it has slipped from being the largest producer, (I believe it may be Montana now) but you will still hear [Read More]