Roasted Veggie Tips

Almost any vegetable seems to taste better roasted. This winter we have roasted green beans, zucchini, yellow squash, bell peppers, parsnips, leeks, broccoli, and of course, our favorite brussels sprouts. This is an easy way to add veggies to a dinner when you are already using the oven.

First tip: preheat oven to [...]

Faux Cream Cheese Frosting

When I make Carrot Cake or Eggless Carrot Cake, it deserves a cream cheese frosting. This is close, and doesn’t have the aftertaste I get with commercial dairy-free cream cheese. It can also be soy free.

1 stick margarine, softened (or 1/2 cup Spectrum shortening)
3-4 cups powdered sugar
3-4 TBS milk sub (or water)
1 [...]

Quickly Candied Walnuts

I love candied nuts. Unfortunately, most commercial candied nuts contain wheat starch for some unknown reason. I am sure there are dozens of recipes out there for candied nuts, but this is one I just threw together when my sweet tooth and almost-empty cupboard collided. They are fabulous as a snack, over [...]

Basic Dairy-Free White Sauce

This is the basis for so many dishes – it can act like melted cheese on lasagna, an alfredo sauce, the basis for a sour-cream stroganoff, or any dairy-free alternative for a cream-of soup. This entry is linked innumerable times, and its uses are really only limited by your imagination!
You will note that this [...]

Young Chefs

I’m still dealing with fibromyalgia-like symptoms because of Chronic Lyme disease. I’m being treated, but the effects wax and wane – some days are better than others.
This evening, I couldn’t move my right arm or bend over, so the girls helped me with dinner made dinner while I supervised. Since they are 9, [...]

Review: Domata Living GF/CF Flour

The nice folks at Domata Living GF/CF Flour sent me a 5 lb bag of their all purpose flour to try and review.
I do my best to give fair reviews, and want to disclose that these folks have purchased a text ad on my recipe site.
I was excited to receive a bag of all-purpose flour [...]

Sending you elsewhere for a moment

My main blog is having a Health Week this week, and today’s entry about Celiac Disease.

EnjoLife Foods sent us a great box of their new products to try. Yum! Our

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