Monthly Archives: May 2009

Gluten-Free Menu Swap/Menu Plan Monday

The menu plan this week features fresh produce from the farmers’ market. As the goodies increase each week, I will be more creative. So far, the green omelet using garlic scapes and parsley in the egg mixture and spinach inside, … Continue reading

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Friday Foodie Fix-Gluten-Free Quinoa Cakes

The gluten-free diet has me searching for grains without gluten and with extra nutrients to fill in the fiber and vitamin gaps in my gluten-free teens’ diet. Quinoa is one of those high-powered alternatives to wheat, rye, and barley. Fiber, … Continue reading

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What’s for Dinner? Wednesday Turkey Cutlets with Chipotle Mustard Pan Sauce

The farmers’ market has almost hit that sweet spot where the folks selling fresh produce out number the ones selling crafts and gluten-filled baked goods. Lettuce was plentiful. I got up early enough to be one of the early birds … Continue reading

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Taking a Holiday

Back next Wednesday with book reviews and snack reviews and What’s for Dinner? Wednesday.

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What’s for Dinner? Wednesday Gluten Free Crepes

After we were lured in to the crepe shop by the gluten free signs and talked to the owner about cross-contamination issues, we still decided to try the crepes. This was my last questionable meal before I decided that there … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Menu Swap/Menu Plan Monday May 18

Gluten free meals for this week will start at the farmer’s market. Whatever I can forage locally will be the inspiration for the meals we have each week until the late autumn. Last week, it was ramps, asparagus, and rhubarb … Continue reading

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Friday Foodie Fix-Garlic

We use lots of garlic around here. When Diane from The W.H.O.L.E Gang posted the ingredient for her Friday Foodie Fix, I knew just how I wanted to use that garlic. Susan’s Succulent Salad from Cynthia Lair’s Feeding the Whole … Continue reading

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Gluten Free or Not?

What is gluten free? In my travels around the world the past year, I’ve seen many things called gluten free. From a shop in England selling gluten-free fish and chips on Tuesday afternoons to a creperie in Seattle proclaiming gluten … Continue reading

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Is It Gluten Free? What Is Gluten Free Anyway?

What do you think? My thoughts to follow.

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What’s for Dinner? Wednesday Gluten-Free Smoked Salmon Pasta

I pass this small farm everyday and sometimes the cow is tethered to a tree in the front yard contentedly munching the lawn. Today, she was wandering loose in the yard and I had my youngest snap a pic. She … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Menu Swap/Menu Plan Monday

This week’s theme is potatoes and they have been on my mind. I’m in the midst of a DNA genealogy project and the results of all the DNA samples I collected from my kids and my nephew came in last … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Eating-Reviews

Here are the results of my test of the Toro Sponge Cake mix. The sponge cake worked well for my strawberry trifle which turned out to be a raspberry trifle. After seeing those gorgeous berries at Pike Place Market, the … Continue reading

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Savor Seattle Pike Place Market Gluten Free

My trip to Seattle included a gluten-free tour of Pike Place Market led by our guide, Stephanie, and trainee, David(who posed for the photo) from Savor Seattle Food Tours.I signed us up for the tour thinking I would just eat … Continue reading

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The Gluten-Free Tour of Seattle Suburbs Bakery Number Two

Sunny Valley Wheat Free was the next stop on my gluten-free tour of the Seattle area. This gluten-free shop is only minutes from my lovely hostess’s house. As we talked to the owner, Deann, my friend realized she had done … Continue reading

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The Gluten-Free Tour of Seattle:First Stops–Suburban Bakeries

The first stop on my gluten-free tour of the Seattle area was a little bakery in Kent. We don’t have any dedicated gluten-free bakeries in Central Ohio, so this was a real treat.My favorite items from Haley’s Corner Bakery were … Continue reading

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