A Tumble into Autumn: Beef Vegetable Soup

It seems that fall has come to Chicago while we were playing in Denver with my brother and sister-in-law last week. The roaring winds have arrived, to knock the leaves from the trees, and waves crash upon the beach to lull us to sleep. While I love fall, and all of the wonderful harvest vegetables [...]

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Heading West

Aren’t those rocks breathtaking?! We took that pic at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado when we were visiting my brother at Thanksgiving in 2007…and we haven’t had a chance to visit him since. So, we’re trading in the flat lands and Lake for a long weekend in the mountains to hang out with [...]

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Roasted Pear Ice Cream – Dairy Free

I love pears. Barletts are my favorite – perfumey, soft and so juicy that the sticky juice runs down your hand as you bite into them. A second pear fact is that they do not travel well on bike. I was SO careful, packing them on the very top of my cargo bag on my [...]

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Borlotti Beans with Andouille and Collard Greens

The photos of food seem to be piling up fast on my computer, without me having time to tell you about all of them…it’s a sad state of affairs, as we’ve had some very tasty meals lately. The early fall harvest season provides some of the best eating all year – we’ve still got plenty [...]

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Julie and Julia Inspiration: Aioli

This weekend, I was on my own, as Mark was out of town. I love having a weekend all to myself, all possibilities open to me…which means that I make grand plans of all the things I’m going to get done around the house. And then, I ditch all the “chore-like” activities on the list, [...]

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An Epic Meal: Slow Roasted Pulled Pork

Last Saturday, we had perhaps my best home-cooked meal of 2009 thus far…a meal that was epic in its preparation, requiring 9 hours in the oven, but well worth heating up the kitchen all day. The meal was a low and slow-roasted pork shoulder, lovingly coated in BBQ spices, shredded and served on (my first!) [...]

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Good Mother Stollard Beans

You know what’s crazy?! You, and about 200 other people have been reading my blog each month, and some of you I do not even know personally. It’s wild! When someone stops to tell me that they’ve cooked one of my recipes – it’s thrilling. That someone would like my recipes enough to try them [...]

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The End of Summer: Freezer Inventory

Even if Labor Day is not the official calendared end of summer, it always feels that way. Labor Day weekend still puts me in the mind of heading back to school, new school supplies, warm sweaters for chilly days, brilliant fall colors, and spending afternoons in the sun “studying” on the banks of the Red [...]

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DIY Energy Bars: Dashew Bars

Most of us who are gluten-free struggle with eating on-the-go. Living an active, busy lifestyle that is also gluten-free requires a lot of planning ahead, so that you don’t get stuck somewhere with an empty stomach and nowhere safe to eat. I usually have a handful of nuts or a homeade granola bar stashed in [...]

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International Bacon Day: BLT

Today is International Bacon Day. Did you know that? I didn’t either, until I logged into Twitter this morning, and @glutenfreechef notified me of this noble celebration of pig. So, it was my duty to work some bacon into our day, and we went with the classic BLT, with a twist. And I have to [...]

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