Easy Chili Pepper Oil One of my favorite dishes to make is Chili Pepper Oil Noodles, in order to do this we need Chili Pepper Oil! Lately, I found that its been harder to buy pre-made chili pepper oil due to additives that could trigger my kids allergic reactions. As luck would have it, I … Continue reading Easy Chili Pepper Oil
Vanilla Mug Cake (Cooking With Your Kids Series) Day 4 of lockdown for the COVID-19 and I am home with 4 very cabin-fevered kids. Since much of their schooling is now in front of the computer via "remote learning", I am also limiting their free time in front of the computer. I know this is … Continue reading Vanilla Mug Cake
Apple Cider Cake This time of the year we can get organic apple cider by the gallons and who doesn't love that? We buy 2 gallons at a time, not only to drink but also to cook (and bake) with. This week, I wanted to make a cake that was not ONLY gluten free but … Continue reading Apple Cider Cake
Buffalo Style Hummus I have to admit, there is no ryhme or reason how I come up with recipes. Many times I will be sitting with friends or watching my kids at swim practice and then it comes to me. In this instance, I watching my kids doing laps in the pool and I was … Continue reading Buffalo Style Hummus
Blueberry Lemon Sorbet The last few weeks I've gotten a few requests for gluten free, dairy free dessert options. One of my favorite flavor combinations is blueberry and lemon, as you know from my Lemon Blueberry Overnight Quinoa recipe. The weather is getting warmer and berries are now plentiful. Blueberries are the inspiration for this … Continue reading Blueberry Lemon Sorbet
Roasted Tomato Salsa As the summer approaches, one of my favorite items at the local farmer's market is the cherry tomato. They are fantastic to eat straight but they also make the sweetest and most delicious salsa. You can use it for salsa fresca (aka pica de galio) or if when they get ALMOST overly … Continue reading Roasted Tomato Salsa
Roasted Pepper Spread Roasted Pepper Spread This is another recipe that is inspired by when you buy vegetable in bulk and completely forgot about them. Yesterday, I walked into the kitchen to finally clean things up and I realized that there was still a bag of peppers that we hadn't used up. Since, we had … Continue reading Roasted Pepper Spread
Vegan Chocolate Truffles One of my favorite things to buy are chocolate truffles but with recent reactions to particular nuts and dairy I don't get them anymore. Then I remembered something an old friend of mine use to say about truffles...that chocolate truffles are essentially just cream and good chocolate melted together. Building on that … Continue reading Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Forgotten Tomato Sauce Please tell me that this happens to all of us...where we buy vegetables and completely forget about it. I happen to love cherry tomatoes but lately I seem to keep forgetting that it’s in the back of the counter. By the time, I get to it...its soft, wrinkly and not really what I … Continue reading Forgotten Tomato Sauce
