Like many of the recipes I come up with there are usually two major drivers at play: Necessity and history. I like the idea of taking what graced my grandma’s table and making it mine. Something familiar with a new twist.
Author: stacey
Wife, mom, cook, and book lover who has a passion for making it fun, delicious, learning along the way.
The LAST Gluten Free White Sauce You Will EVER Need!
Going gluten free was a shock to my culinary dreams of making and eating anything I wanted. I was one deeply depressed chick for a minute because I thought my food life was going to exist of blandly cooked meat, vegetables, and rice crackers. This was a devastating notion to the self proclaimed ‘Lover of…
9 Books You Will Want Your Daughter to Read
I am an addict of the written word, and hope I render that same addiction in my children. My son loves to read, but only about ‘real stuff.” Even as a small child he preferred non-fiction to fiction. However, my daughter has always loved stories, and has an enormous imagination. She is self-aware, empathetic, and…
Nancy Fuller’s Stovetop Mac & Cheese: Gluten Free!
When you think of comfort food Macaroni and Cheese HAS to be in the top ten…Maybe even top 5…You can’t mix pasta with cheese and not immediately feel comforted. It could have healing powers we don’t even know about yet!
Hawaiian Pizza Nachos: Leftover Ham at its Best
Nachos are always hitting the menu at our house. “Why?” You ask. Well the list is plentiful. I’m always looking to use up leftovers and nachos are a great way to reinvent boring leftovers. Easy on the budget. If you are already using some kind of leftover chances are you have a few more things…
My Food Network Love Affair
Living Gluten Free and continuing my love affair with the Food Network and their magazine.
Food Network Magazine: Duff’s Brownies – Gluten Free – Dessert First
Brownies. These treats haunt those of us who are gluten free because they are so hard to resist! And people bring them to EVERYTHING: picnics, potlucks, birthdays, office parties, sleepovers, family dinners, etc. Why? Because they are damn delicious and so are to resist! Ooey Gooey, chewy chocolate goodness.
4 Ingredient Roasted Garlic-Horseradish Chip Dip
I’m a child of the 80’s and this is what snack food was made of growing up.
Pi Day Gluten Free Pies!
For anyone who has ever been in a math class past the age of eleven you know what Pi is, and for those that need a refresher (like me). Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. No matter how big or small the circle is. Now we are all just a…
Jazz up your Zatarain’s
When I make Zatarain’s it’s what I call a ‘one pot meal night.’ add this budget friendly, veggie packed, devious dinner to your weekly rotation.
Kids, Cooks n' Books 