I’m a salad person – not the kind of salad person that asks for dressing on the side, mind you. As much as I love a fresh, healthy salad, what’s a salad without DRESSING? My mom is the salad maker extraordinaire. All of my friends that have had the privilege of eating Mom’s salad comment…
Quiche the Cook! Some of my best childhood memories center around food – some might think this a bad thing, but Italians love food and good food means someone was lovingly working their fingers to the bone to prepare it (LOTS of it) while hungry friends and family waited with bated breath to snarf it…
Since wild sockeye salmon is in season, I thought I’d post this Glazed Baked Salmon recipe. Salmon is our son’s favorite fish and he loves it prepared in this way. This recipe is a combination of my mom’s “scampi” recipe (though not a traditional scampi) and my BFF’s (Julia McRae of Healthy Home Nutrition) salmon…
The name of this recipe reminds me of the movie “Elf” – strange, I know, but go with me on this. If you’ve seen the movie, remember the part where he sees a dingy New York diner with a sign that reads “World’s Best Cup of Coffee”? With a big smile on his face, Elf…
Cashew milk is a staple in our home. I make it every week and use it in smoothies, sauces, quiche, ICED COFFEE (come to Mama!), really any place that milk or half-and-half is called for. Cashew cream has a thicker consistency – more like heavy whipping cream. I use it in place of cream for…
I love butter and if you knew how much butter we used to go through in any given week, you’d think I was related to Paula Deen. When our pediatrician, Dr. Julie Buckley, said that casein (a milk protein) was one of the most irritating proteins to the gut lining and we needed to eliminate it from…
I hope this picture speaks for itself. It’s grain free BREAD! I SAID… “IT’S GRAIN FREE BREAD!!” (hooray!) Did you even know such a thing existed? I didn’t – until a few months ago. After much trial and error and my little taste testers’ honesty, this is the recipe that passed with flying colors. The…
Spice, Spice Baby! In an effort to remain true to my original Facebook post stating that I’d be posting “staples” this week, I wanted to post this gluten-free spice rub recipe.I use this rub primarily on fish, but I think it would be great on chicken too. (Post in the comments and let me know…
This grain-free Cinnamon Swirl bread is, without a doubt, one of our favorites. I have to practically ration it out to my kiddos because they gobble it up. It’s great as-is or toasted. The inspiration for this bread came from Erin McKenna’s cookbook, babycakes. Erin owns Babycakes NYC, a New York bakery (with locations in…
We are potato people in my family. Actually, we’re carb-o-holics. Isn’t admission the first step to recovery? Anyway, going on a diet that eliminates grains, most starches and sugars wasn’t easy in the beginning, but it’s getting easier – especially with recipes like this one. I used to make roasted potatoes in my cast iron…
