Chicken Posole

We’ve had a wonderful holiday season. Mark and I spent a few days in Michigan with our friends and family, and we’re now enjoying a lazy week at home. Going outdoors beyond walking the dog seems like way too much work at the moment. An afternoon on the couch with a blanket in my lap [...]

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Christmas Wishes

Mark, Turbo and I will be hitting the road tomorrow and heading to Michigan for a few days with our families. We have much to be thankful for this year. We’re particularly looking forward to our first Christmas with our newly HUGE family, now that Mark’s Dad got married and we have new siblings and [...]

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Mint Chocolate Ice Cream – Dairy Free

I’ve had a hard time getting into the holiday groove this year – it feels like the holidays snuck up me, and suddenly they’re HERE. The weather in Chicago is finally chipping in to do its part and I awoke at 5am to a winter wonderland. Yes, I get up stupidly early, but my early [...]

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Ancho Chile Pork Stew

I have to thank my friend Heather from the Chik n’ Pastry blog for a couple of posts that have definitely been the high points of the winter eating season thus far in our kitchen. First, Heather posted a recipe for Chinese Char Siu Pork, which we enjoyed last night (and I’ll tell you all [...]

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Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Risotto

Years ago, before we were married, there was a dish that was the favorite in our home. I called it Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Pastina, and I had adapted it the Travigne Cookbook, one of the first cookbooks I purchased after moving to Chicago. It was a pretty simple dish – a pureed sauce of [...]

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Indian Spiced Red Lentil and Rice Soup

On my way home from a long week in the office this evening, I somehow managed to get a train without heat. December is giving us a cold start to the holiday season here in Chicago, so between the meat locker-like train and the walk home, I needed something to thaw my chilled bones. The [...]

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Cranberries with Bourbon

I have to subject you to one more Thanksgiving-ish recipe before I move on to other things. I saw the recipe for this cranberry sauce on The Kitchen Sink (another fabulous Chicago blogger), and trust me – you need to make this sauce. Cranberries have always been my favorite thing about Thanksgiving – Mom would [...]

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Quinoa Chile Bowl

This is a pretty random concoction that I threw together this evening when I got home and realized that we were out of leftovers for lunches this week. I always try to have yummy leftovers for lunch, since eating out is both expensive and challenging for my gluten-free self. Good leftovers give you something to [...]

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Hey y’all! If you’re stopping on by for the first time – welcome! I hope you enjoy the recipes in this gluten-free joint. If you’re one of my regular beloved readers, check out the profile on The Whole Kitchen on Gapers Block Drive-Thru. Read all about it! Gapers Block Drive-Thru: The Whole Kitchen

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Celery Root and Apple Slaw

Celery root has historically been the vegetable the appears each fall in our farm share box, and I stare at it and think “Huh?”…and wonder what to do with it. When cooked, it tastes of celery and has a texture somewhere between a parsnip and potato. Lots of people seem to mash it up with [...]

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