Author: MaryKate

  • Gluten-free Vegan Dressing (aka “stuffing”)

    Gluten-free Vegan Dressing (aka “stuffing”)

    So years ago, Denise and I posted a poll (which no longer works) as we disagree about whether the bread dish served with large birds is properly called “dressing” or “stuffing.” Denise argues that it’s stuffing. I argue that it’s stuffing IF it is stuffed into something (bird or vegetable, I don’t mind which) and…

  • Orange Spiced Stewed Chicken Thighs and Greens

    Orange Spiced Stewed Chicken Thighs and Greens

    Everything about winter here in Seattle screams “eat hot food with warming spices.” I thought I knew what I was getting into, weather-wise, as I lived in Oregon for three years. You know what Seattle has that Eugene, OR does not? WATER. Puget Sound and multiple lakes. From the hill we live on, we can…

  • Roasted Yam Soup

    Roasted Yam Soup

    IMPORTANT CONTENT NOTE: Those of you who hate cilantro, sorry. Please go Google one of the 100,000 other root vegetable soups out there. I know, your condition is genetic, and I’m sorry for you. This soup lives and breathes cilantro, and if you leave it out, there will be no point in making this particular…

  • White Fish, Avocado, and Polenta Stacks

    White Fish, Avocado, and Polenta Stacks

    This is the first official recipe from the West Coast Office of Surviving the Food Allergy Apocalypse, also known as “MaryKate’s kitchen in Seattle.” Also, Jack’s kitchen, and because we’re still unpacking and he gets home from work first, he’s actually done a lot more cooking in this kitchen than I have. But we’ve unpacked…

  • Festive Squash and Cranberry Baked Rice

    Festive Squash and Cranberry Baked Rice

    So because I’m moving and combining households, I got rid of my rice cooker. THE HORROR. I think I may have mentioned before that I cannot, for the life of me, cook rice on the stovetop. This is why a friend gave me a rice cooker years ago. But I’m now without it for about…

  • Gluten-free Vegan Blueberry Pancake Casserole

    Gluten-free Vegan Blueberry Pancake Casserole

    This is a recipe re-make. As I posted on Friday, I do use existing recipes as starting points for creating allergy-friendly dishes sometimes. I read this blueberry pancake casserole recipe on The Kitchn and could not. stop. thinking. about. it. Drooling. I love pancakes, but after I’ve made the second one, I’m ready to eat…

  • Meatballs with Mushrooms, Onions and Spaghetti Squash

    Meatballs with Mushrooms, Onions and Spaghetti Squash

    I’m not sure if you’re ready for hot food, but I really am. In order to get ready for work after a week of vacation, I needed something hearty but not heavy. Spaghetti squash seemed to fit the bill with some meatballs and mushrooms and onions. It seems I reach over and over again for…

  • Cold Roasted Vegetable Sauce

    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,…