Pretty Freaking Spectacular Gluten-free, Lactose Free Blintzes
May 11, 2012 – 11:13 am | No Comment

Blintzes.
Now there’s a word–and food– that hasn’t passed my lips since going gluten-free 5 years ago.
I’ve scarcely even thought of blintzes in that time, until recently when I was challenged by my friends at Green …

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Chickpea Spaetzle
July 25, 2011 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
Chickpea Spaetzle

I’ve wanted to make a gluten-free chickpea flour-based fresh pasta for some time now.  A previous attempt at chickpea flour and potato-based gnocchi produced gummy and underwhelming results, to say nothing of the gluey mess …

Bamba for Babies
July 17, 2011 – 10:52 am | 2 Comments
Bamba for Babies

It seems that peanuts are fraught with controversy these days, especially among those with young families.
The legacy of “conventional wisdom” that advocates avoiding introducing peanuts to babies and children–even up to ages 1 through 3– …

Avocado Tacos
July 10, 2011 – 12:03 pm | One Comment
Avocado Tacos

If “taco night” takes your mind to a greasy place of fried tortilla shells stuffed with a generic combo of sloppy refried beans, ground beef, lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream, then you’ve been …

Almond Milk Yogurt
July 3, 2011 – 5:17 pm | 4 Comments
Almond Milk Yogurt

Before we venture further on our collective quest for lactose-free, soy-free yogurt options, let’s recap the ground we’ve covered thus far:

We’ve found a few small lactose-free milk based yogurts in the form of Green Valley …

Putting Peas on a Pedestal
June 27, 2011 – 7:23 am | No Comment
Putting Peas on a Pedestal

Peas are having nothing short of a renaissance, and they owe their meteroic rise from the lowly ranks of TV-dinner cast-off to Top Chef-testant Carla Hall’s well-publicized 2009 preparation of fresh peas with butter, lemon and thyme …

Field trip to G-free NYC
June 10, 2011 – 10:42 am | No Comment
Field trip to G-free NYC

Two months after it opened, I finally made my way over to G-free NYC, a quaint little carbohydrate mecca on New York’s Upper West Side devoted to all things gluten-free.
The shop is a well-curated collection …