Lamb & Leek Stew

I’ve been saving this post up for a week or so, knowing that I’d be in Michigan this weekend, with nothing coming out of my kitchen. I’m guessing that some folks may have had enough of turkey by this point in the weekend, so I’ll change up the pace with this hearty lamb stew. We [...]

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OPB: Kevin’s Apple Wild Rice

I’m thinking OPB (“Other People’s Blogs”) is going to become a regular feature here…I find so much inspiration from other food bloggers, and I often make their recipes, so I’ll post my experiences with their recipes when I give them a try in my own kitchen. Kevin, of Closet Kitchen, was ultimately the blogger that [...]

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Getting Ready for Turkey: Pumpkin Custard

I set out this morning to make something a bit different than the typical pumpkin pie. What resulted was a gluten-free, dairy-free pumpkin custard. I had three small pie pumpkins in my fridge, so I roasted those up, and made pumpkin puree…though you do not need to go to the lengths of making your own [...]

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Bacon Egg Slurry

This is not fancy food…it’s simple fare for a weeknight, when all you feel you can manage is slicing a little cabbage and onion. Though it is a humble dish, it is a favorite in our home. When I went gluten-free, one of the things I missed most was my favorite Saturday morning breakfast – [...]

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Roasted Cranberry Applesauce

You may begin to sense a theme here…I like nothing more than mixing up a bunch of ingredients and popping it in the oven to roast – that way you can just walk away for a bit, rather than standing at the stove stirring. This one is a bit of a twist on the roasted [...]

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Snacks Reprised: Honey Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

Can’t get enough of the spicy sweet almonds with garam masala? While you’re roasting up pumpkins for pie this week (or other seeded squash), why not give the seeds a rinse, and toast them up and rev them up with a little spice?! Honey Spiced Pumpkin Seeds Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place rinsed and [...]

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Chipotle Bean Soup

It’s Sunday, which means I spend the morning communing in my kitchen, creating a pot of soup for the week ahead out of whatever is in the fridge, and as you can see from the CSA post a couple days ago, there’s a LOT in the fridge right now, so the options were fairly endless. [...]

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Roasted Applesauce

Applesauce was a fixture of our childhood – and I’m not talking Motts. Each fall, mom would make applesauce from scratch, a labor of love that consumed a full day of cooking in the kitchen. I often kept mom company while she canned, though I’m not sure I helped all that much, as everything was [...]

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Winter Farm Share Delivery #1

Mark and I have taken the next step in our quest to eat locally produced food this year by joining a couple of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture). This is how it works: before the planting season, you pay the CSA for a set number of deliveries throughout the harvest season – paying up front allows [...]

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Party Tricks: Hayley’s Honey Spiced Almonds

I cannot take credit for this delicious snack, but it has been a party staple ever since our dear friend Hayley (who happens to be a professional pastry chef), brought these to our home several years ago. We have been hooked ever since. And these are so easy to make, you must give them a [...]

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