Want a delicious dairy-free but still incredibly indulgent eggnog? Try this historic recipe from the 19th century using coconut milk that appears in my cookbook, Mrs. Claus Cooks for Holiday Entertaining! Coconut Egg Nog Egg nog is a favorite for the holidays, but it can be so heavy! For a dairy-free option, using coconut […]
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This festive, healthy holiday snack is easy and fun to assemble, and great for kids to make their own versions too! Use plenty of celery cut into sticks for the tree, or consider broccoli or even green bell pepper. I used soft cream cheese as the ‘food glue’ base and to keep
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These biscuits are fantastic. The only problem with them is that I have to remind myself how much cheese is in them and keep from eating an entire batch when they are fresh out of the oven! These will be popular among your whole crowd, and not just the gluten-free ones!
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Creamy butternut squash roasted with maple syrup, paired with nutty wild rice and tart cranberries makes for a delicious gluten free, vegetarian, even vegan side dish. The serving suggestion makes portion control easy for a large group, although you may want to make more than one per person! Maple Roasted Butternut Squash with Wild Rice
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You may look at millet and think, “That looks like birdseed!”, and you would be right. Birds love millet and it is found in all sorts of birdseed blends. But it is also a really tasty seed for us to incorporate into our diets. Millet is rich in B17 which should be a part of
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I have a beautiful Queen Elizabeth Rose bush in my front yard. If I am slack about trimming it when it gets done putting out its lovely, simple pale pink blossoms, I end up with bright orange rose hips. I had never done anything with them until this year, and now that I have,
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This past weekend I had the opportunity to teach a Gluten Free Comprehensive Class at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. I was thrilled with the wonderful facilities there and the friendliness of the staff and students. The class turned into a Chemistry Lab
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My CSA box included a football sized watermelon last week, so I decided to try making some Watermelon Pickles. I followed the recipe and technique here: http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/watermelon-rind-pickles. I adjusted the seasonings to suit me, using a piece of fresh ginger slice in addition to cinnamon and nutmeg, and I was out of allspice berries. If
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These warm summer months give us the most colorful produce of the year, and if you have a garden, they come in great abundance, and all at once. I’ve been subscribing to a CSA this summer (that’s “Consumer Supported Agriculture” – basically a subscription service to a local farm with weekly boxes of whatever is
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