Author: MaryKate
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Millet and Blueberry Breakfast Polenta
You know, if you have a good list of allergies, as Denise and I both do, breakfast can be one of the worst meals. If you eat meat, bacon is usually safe, though sausage might or might not be. Take out eggs, gluten for pancakes and waffles… well, you get the picture. I miss going…
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Whatever Wednesday: Learn Something New: Camellia Sinesis, dba Tea
Since we’ve focused this month on recipes inspired by cuisine from the continent of Asia (I know, we never said there was a theme, but there was. We’re wily like that.), I thought tea would make another good subject for another research-based (some might say “nerdy”) post. Tea is the second most popular drink in…
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Awesome Curry
Disclaimer: This is not an original recipe. But it’s the best curry I’ve ever made at home, and as such, I want to share it with all of you today. With full credit to the author and cookbook, of course. The Chickpea and Spinach Curry comes from one of my all-time favorite cookbooks, Isa Chandra…
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Whatever Wednesday: Oil Cleansing Method
About a year ago, after a lot of reading about it, I thought I’d try this “oil cleansing” thing that the internet was chittering on about. Honestly, it seemed a little counter-intuitive, smearing oil over the grease on my face to clean it off. I have had oily skin since I was about 11, which…
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Year of the Snake Stir Fry
For the many years where the only allergen I needed to avoid was dairy, Asian restaurants of most types were a saving grace. With the exception of Indian cuisine, which uses cream and butter, most cuisines of the Asian continent use little to no dairy. Now that there are more allergens in my arsenal, it’s…
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WW: Learn Something New: Maple Syrup
The very first known instance of the word maple (though, at the time it was “mapul”) was in Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale in Canterbury Tales where it is just part of a list of all the trees in the woods. Maple trees (genus: Acer, Latin for sharp, as in the points of the leaves —…
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Whatever Wednesday: Farmer’s Almanac Cough Syrup
So my mother discovered the Farmer’s Almanac a few years ago (or possibly re-discovered, I’ve never asked — I just assumed that city kids didn’t read the Farmer’s Almanac), and this year has a page-a-day calendar version. Despite living many states away from my mother, I always know what page-a-day she has because she mails…
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Sizemore Family Mac n’ Cheez
Is there anything better than good solid comfort food? In this dreary mid-winter, I’m drawn again to this casserole that my friend Corianne gave me back when I needed just to go dairy-free. The recipe is her mother’s, but it seems like food is a family affair — Corianne and her sister now run the…