You may have noticed that I post a lot recipes for main course salads. This is because most days, I pack a very large salad for lunch. I am someone who requires rather a lot of food. I work with small children and I expend a lot of energy. I don’t eat gluten so I…
Gluten-Free Cherry Clafouti
Clafouti is a baked fruit custard. It is a French dish that (I feel) was invented by particularly unfussy and homey French people. I love clafouti because it reminds me of a delicious custardy apple cake that my Estonian grandmother used make. She would slice and layer apples into a baking pan and then…
Huevos Rancheros (and other Mexican breakfast)
I am a lover of breakfast and also lover of Mexican food. A few days a week during the school year I teach near a cafe that makes really good Huevos Rancheros. I eat “lunch” with the kindergarteners at 10:30 AM so I order Huevos Rancheros…or rather the lady at the cafe sees me coming…
2 Kinds of Gluten-Free Pancakes and Caramelized Fruit Topping
First of all my sister already posted a really delicious recipe for gluten-free lemon ginger pancakes a while back, which you all should try. I cannot take any credit for the two pancake recipes posted here. They are from the back of Bob’s Red Mill Amaranth Flour and Coconut Flour packages respectively (with a…
Strawberry Rhubarb Trifle (Gluten-Free)
Trifle is a thing of beauty. It is boozy cake, layered like a parfait with fruit preserves, custard, whipped cream and nuts. It looks gorgeous and tastes amazing. A trifle is an excellent desert make ahead of time when you need to feed a lot of people. It is a British desert (I’ll say it…
Salad with Trout, Apples, Pecans and Manchego
Many years ago, I went on a fabulous, week-long canoe trip to the boundary waters. Nothing went wrong on the entire trip. We had good weather, there were no bugs, no one got hurt, we didn’t run out of food, the lakes were stunningly beautiful On our way back to Minneapolis, we stopped at the…
Cheap Thrill Sangria
Sangria falls into that most beloved catagory- the cheap thrill. I make a pretty good Sangria. I am sure that there is better Sangria out there…my friend Barbara makes a Sangria that pops to mind…but considering the ratio of inexpensive to good I believe that my Sangria cannot be beat. Wine does not agree with…
How to Roast Asparagus in Under 10 minutes
You know, I am pretty sure that I had never tasted or even heard of asparagus until I came to the east coast to go to college. When I did finally try it, I found it delicious but entirely unaffordable. I find good prices on asparagus all the time now, which makes me very happy!…
My Mother’s Amazing Crab Dip
When I was nine, my mother and I moved to from Canada to a small historic town in Hawaii called Lahaina. Lahaina had been a pleasure port for visitors since it’s days as a whaling ship port. We lived at the hotel where my new step dad was the on call handyman, so we…
Salad Rolls
When I was a pre-teen visiting my family in Vancouver, I liked to visit the food at Granville Island. This goes to show that my idea of a good time has not changed all that much in 25 years. I still go to look at food markets in whatever city I visit. ANYWAY at twelve…
Big Sis Little Dish 