Author: MaryKate
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Chopped Cobbish Salad in a Jar, gluten-free, allergy-friendly
This recipe comes from two sources. First, a salad I read about on a menu and was really excited to try — until I was informed by our knowledgeable server that all the sauces and dressings at the restaurant were unsafe for me. How is it possible that not a single sauce was allergy-friendly? I…
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Crispy Cereal Bars (gluten-free, vegan, contains tree nuts)
If you were a child of the ’80s/’90s and miss the chocolate-dipped “granola bars” of the time, this allergy-friendly crispy cereal bar recipe may be for you.
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Carrot Chickpea Curry
Carrot Chickpea Curry, a vegan, allergy-friendly summer dish
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Summer Mango Salsa
Apparently it’s mango season. In browsing the grocery store flyers looking for inspiration, I noticed that two of our three chains had mangoes on sale. I’ve never eaten a mango before, but I’ve had mango juice and liked it. So I thought I’d give it a try. Why not, right? According to the Mango Board,…
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Kitchen Sink Soup, vegan, gluten-free, allergy-friendly
One of the ways that food allergies have taken over my brain is that I’m always planning ahead — you have to. A lack of planning can mean not eating, which in my case leads to extreme crankiness or just a complete lack of functioning. I’m also completely incapable of deciding what to eat if…
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Chinese-Irish Baked Latkes
Hey, here’s an ethnic mash-up for you. My Irish family always celebrated St. Patrick’s Day rather traditionally, in part because my grandfather’s birthday was the 16th and he loved the traditional corned beef and cabbage. Personally, though, I would survive just fine without ever seeing that again (there was an incident involving snow, Georgia, a…
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Making Vegan Gluten-free Thin Mints
My friend Corinne, of sparecake, decided to move out to Wyoming for a job. So I went down to spend a day hanging out with her before she left. We’ve cooked together a few times — Corinne isn’t gluten-free, but her mom is, so we’ve tried out some recipes. For this final attempt, we did…
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Citrus-spiced Beef Short Ribs
There are two times of the year when I want to eat like the midwesterner I am — dead of winter, and height of summer. And by that, I mean there are two times of the year when I think of meat, first, and then figure out what goes with it. In the summer, I…