Author: MaryKate
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WW Product Review: Daiya Deluxe Cheddar-Style Cheezy Mac
Daiya Deluxe Cheddar-Style Cheezy Mac Ingredients: brown rice pasta (whole grain brown rice, rice bran, water), filtered water, tapioca starch, non-GMO expeller pressed: canola and/or safflower oil, coconut oil, sea salt, vegan natural flavors, pea protein, potato protein, tricalcium phosphate, evaporated cane sugar, lactic acid (vegan), santhan gum, yeast extract, titanium dioxide (naturally occurring mineral),…
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WW Product Review: Van’s Lots of Everything crackers
Van’s Lots of Everything crackers Ingredients: Van’s gluten-free whole grain blend (oats, brown rice flour, millet, quinoa and amaranth), potato starch, non-GMO expeller pressed sunflower and/or safflower oil, brown sugar, rice flour, sesame seeds, salt, poppy seeds, dried onion, dried garlic, yeast extract, sunflower lecithin, caraway seeds, mixed tocopherols. Packaging promises: Certified Gluten-Free, Non-GMO Project…
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Blue Squash Ginger Soup
This soup was inspired by the huge fragment of a Blue Hubbard Squash I bought because I wanted to try one. But then I had to figure out what to do with 3.5 lbs of squash. That’s too much roasted squash to be reasonable, so I figured why not soup. Blue hubbard is weirdly blue-ish…
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WW Product Review: Enjoy Life Vanilla Honey Graham cookies
On a recent road trip, I picked up some new-to-me boxed foods and realized that I should share them with our readers. Given Denise’s corn allergy, I’m the only one buying food in boxes anymore, so I’m going to try a little harder to review things as I find them. Bear with us. I…
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Mediterranean Fried Rice
On a recent trip that took us through Scranton, PA, I had an awesome dish that the menu called “Lebanese Fried Rice.” It was brown rice, chickpeas, walnuts, and some vegetables, and it was a perfect lunch. I loved it, and thought that it would make a simple, hearty side dish for the blog, though…
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Seared Tuna Steak Salad
This is one of those areas where Denise and I diverge — neither of us is allergic to fish, but I love tuna, and she hates it. Conversely, she loves haddock, and I, eh, can’t get excited about it. If you’re pro-tuna, this might be your recipe. The first time I had tuna — and…
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Chai-Spice Brined Pork Chops
I don’t know if we’ve ever mentioned it, but Denise and I do have a plan for the blog. We have a calendar and recipes we’re working on, and sometimes what is on the calendar finds its way on to the blog on the day we scheduled it. Often, though, we’re working on things and…
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Mary Kate’s Perfect Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
The problem with chocolate chip cookies? Everyone likes them differently. Some people like them soft, others chewy, some crunchy. This is why there are a billion recipes out there. And when your recipe no longer works for you, you might try 5 recipes and still be disappointed. Because “just like Mom made” may not be…