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2017-03-31 Fabulous Food Allergy Friday
This probably turned up in my Facebook feed because I (Denise) posted that I just planted 14 kinds of peppers to start seedlings for the garden. If you don’t have fresh and you want to explore chiles check out 11 Dried Mexican Chiles to Know and Love, and How to Use Them. And yes, for…
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Stuffed Potatoes (Papas Rellenas inspired)
It’s the last recipe day of our potato themed month. And once again, I’m ignoring Irish cuisine despite my intent. I’ve taken inspiration from a Puerto Rican version of Papas Rellenas, but modified it to be safe for me, and cheated a bit by using salsa and taco seasoning for the ground beef mixture. But…
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Stir-fried Potatoes with pork and cabbage
This recipe is very loosely inspired by northern Chinese Hunan province recipes for spicy potatoes. I think it was end of winter, but I just wanted hot potatoes and cabbage with pork, and this dish definitely fit the bill. Finding the right meat was harder than I thought it would be — pork was the…
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WW: Gardening due to Food Allergies – Planning your Garden & Starting Seedlings
Okay, I’ve been telling MaryKate that I was going to do this post for a Whatever Wednesday since we bought the house. Obviously, that hasn’t happened. But better late never, and I’m currently trying to ignore the blizzard raging outside while writing this post and dreaming of spring. Depending on your cocktail of allergies (corn,…
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Samosa Spiced Potato Puffs
When I suggested to MaryKate when we were planning our theme months for the year (yes, we know we’re crazy) that we should do potatoes for March, I was kinda thinking potatoes fit with March because of St. Patrick’s Day. Somehow, instead of an Irish themed dish, I’ve managed to come up with an Indian…
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WW: Why Hot Pot is the Allergy-Friendly, Interactive Meal You’ve Been Waiting For
This past holiday season, my boss’ treat to our small staff was a trip to a local hot pot restaurant. With a little effort, we were able to work around my food allergy issues, and it was a really great staff lunch. Well, except for the being too full to walk afterwards part. I started…
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Potato Corn Chowder
We are definitely experiencing soup weather here in Seattle. I keep making the mistake of looking at the high temperature for the day and dressing as though it wouldn’t be cold and damp somehow. Seattle is more prone to wild swings of weather than I expected (thundersnow, anyone?), and I think soup weather might be…
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Garlic Double Header: Toum Sauce and Garlic Sorghum Flatbread
It’s our last garlic post of Keeping the Vampires Away month, so I decided to do a double header. And they actually go great together, although you’re going to have to make heroic efforts to get rid of the aroma once you’re finished eating. The great thing about these two recipes is that they use…
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