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Cold Roasted Vegetable Sauce
It has been hot this summer. Hotter than normal, longer than normal, and I am frankly rather sick of hearing the AC drone on. I want to cook food! I want to want to eat hot food. But I don’t. It’s hot. So what I’ve been doing is heating the kitchen way up one day,…
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2016-08-05 Fabulous Food Allergy Friday
Happy August, everyone. Is it hot where you are? We had a few really nice days here, but then it got hot again. How does Watermelon Lemonade sound to cool down? I’m not generally a big fan of watermelon, but a few weeks ago, we were in NY where hot is even hotter because the…
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Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes with Chocolate Cinnamon Frosting
Making a chocolate cake without wheat, eggs, dairy, and a safe solid fat when you can’t have coconut, palm, or corn, that doesn’t end up tasting weird is a bit tough. I started with Allyson Kramer’s Dark Chocolate Chipotle Cake, which is gluten-free and vegan, for which I’ve previously made modifications to make it safe…
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Cashew-Ginger Hummus
This recipe came out of what I had in the house when I wanted to bring some hummus over to Denise’s for a gathering. Denise is allergic to sesame, an allergy I understand is becoming more common, but not allergic to cashews. I’m not sure how common this combo is, but if your diet allows…
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Homemade Margarine, New and Improved
Some of you may remember when I posted about my margarine experiments in a Whatever Wednesday post. I’ve been using it for a while, but I wasn’t completely happy with it. The psyllium husk powder I used as an emulsifier didn’t melt well when I wanted to use it for things like lobster and there were gummy bits.…
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Reuben-esque Potato Pile
Sitting in a random deli in Providence, RI, on an April Friday afternoon, I was drinking some odd flavor of coffee (that was actually really tasty, and I’m not usually a fan of flavored coffee). Jack left me alone for about 3 minutes while the deli woman made a hot chocolate for him. When he…
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Fajita Marinated Steak Tips
Fajita Marinated Steak Tips Well, I was going to go all ‘Denise-crazy’ on you guys and make the tortillas I posted two weeks ago and cashew sour cream (since I don’t have commercially available safe products) and make fajitas that looked all pretty, but my mom is visiting and I’m exhausted from pruning the rhododendrons…
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Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
Honey mustard reminds me of childhood, specifically this restaurant, Ray’s on the River, outside of Atlanta. Apparently, it opened in 1984. We moved there in 1985, and my dad bought a piano “for the family.” What that meant was that my brother and I were signed up for piano lessons, with mandatory yearly recitals that…
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