Tag: Fish/shellfish-free
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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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Hoisin Sauce – Gluten-free with Soy-free option
Hoisin sauce was just another well-loved condiment no longer within my grasp until I found a recipe and modified it to be safe for me. If you have a soy allergy (I don’t) try this with Mary Kate’s Soy-Free, gluten-free “Tamari Sauce” and let us know how it worked out for you. Hoisin Sauce – Gluten-free with…
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Salad Dressing Recipe Theory
So, salad dressing. It’s one of those things that I can’t buy any more, my corn allergy pretty much blew any hope of being able to find a commercial product to buy out of the water. I don’t really use recipes any more, I tend to throw things in a blender and have at it,…
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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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Crispy Duck
Crispy Duck 1 whole fresh duck (or some duck legs or breasts if you don’t want to deal with a whole duck) 1 Tablespoon of sea salt 2 teaspoons of Chinese Five Spice a pair of good kitchen shears roasting pan that can fit a rack in the bottom oven safe cookie rack that fits…
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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…
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Plum Sauce
I have another canning inspired recipe for you. I made and canned plum sauce because I wasn’t able to find a safe commercial version for me, and because I eat a lot of Asian and Asian inspired food. Since I’ll be using this as a condiment for some of the dishes that are coming up,…