Gluten-free traveler on a mission to enjoy safe, delicious food that isn't a "nice salad"…
When you have to cook and don’t want to spend much time getting something ready. Tested by my own inept hands. If I can make these recipes, so can you! I also talk about cool gluten-free groceries that I’ve discovered.
Don’t you hate it when everyone else gets to eat those yummy Lindt Easter bunnies and Lindor balls at Easter? You know, while you’re busy Googling “Are Lindor truffles gluten-free?” to see if you can enjoy them too…only to find out that the ones in front of you are not, and you’re out of luck? …
Read More Are Lindor Truffles Gluten Free? Easter Chocolate Dupe Alert!
Does springtime have you considering trying your hand at urban gardening vegetables? (Mmmm…fresh, home-grown yummy veggies!) Guess what? You don’t need a large yard. It’s important to realize (and embrace!) that even a teensy space can become your nanofarm! So here’s our experiences on urban vegetable gardening for beginners. 🙂 Our urban gardening for Beginners …
Read More Urban Gardening Vegetables in our Organic Nanofarm
Remember Hot Pockets, those toaster oven/microwave quick snacks? The ones that you’d grab when you were starving, had no desire to eat a nutritious, balanced meal, or were just too lazy or broke to order pizza? I spotted Snow Days Pizza Bites and thought immediately of them. Only smaller. And gluten-free. Feeling sentimental 90s Gen …
Read More Missing Hot Pockets? I tried Snow Days Pizza Bites
I see a lot of recipes for gluten-free protein pancake stacks, but I’ve not seen many a gluten-free protein crepes recipe. Remember crepes? Soft and tender, rolled up with simultaneously delicious crispy edges? Yeah, neither do I. Well, barely. Stupid celiac disease. Making the decision to indeed be crepeless no longer My mother used …
Read More Protein Crepes – Nutritious and Delicious!“Is glucose made from wheat gluten-free?” Sometimes, you just want to eat your presumed safe candy and pop a piece into your mouth, chewing happily. Then suddenly, you get that sinking feeling as you spot a terrifying ingredient on the label and are furiously Googling…again! Ok…honesty time here: I FREAKED OUT when I saw “gluten …
Read More Scary Ingredients: Is Glucose made from Wheat Gluten-free? (Shudder)
My massage therapist and I discussed the Grow Your Own Food movement (it seems to be a popular topic.) He shared that he loves balcony gardening vegetables! In general (and compared to the average grocery store veggies), we both emphatically agreed: Yes, we preferred the flavor of our own fresh-picked ones better. As I lay on …
Read More Urban Gardening Vegetables – The Balcony Nanofarm
My especially talented sister Elin is an amazing urban homesteader who has been freezing vegetables for years! As a matter of fact, she’s written all sorts of foodie posts on her blog, including about hot water bath canning the season’s harvest. You know, for a little taste of summer in the dead of winter. Accordingly, she’s …
Read More Homesteading For The Inept: Fake Flash-Freezing
Avocados, chocolate, and protein, oh my! Recently, I was sent a lovely care package of protein powders and Flex Flavors flavor sachets to try from Devotion Nutrition, a New Jersey-based fitness nutrition company with a rather unique twist on the usual protein-shake concept. The short version is they have two flavors of the protein powder …
Read More Richest Chocolate Devotion Protein Mousse
All about how to make homemade vegetable stock or broth from months of saved veggie scraps. You know how people either composted their vegetable scraps or threw them in the trash? I’ve got a much better and tastier idea: Scrap-Bag stock, made from said scraps. The best parts are that a) it’s pretty much free, …
Read More Don’t Trash It: Homemade Scrap-Bag Vegetable Stock