White Rice: a Staple Food That Often Goes Unnoticed — With Recipes
I grew up eating a lot of rice. As in multiple meals a week. My father has a sensitive stomach and rice was his “medicine” allowing him to manage without stomach pain as long as he ate it regularly, and so, it was a staple in our home. Being gluten free myself, we have a […]
Thai Coconut Rice Pudding with Jasmine Rice, a South Asian Dessert
My kids love rice pudding; it is something I can always agree to get them to eat. But my rice pudding is somewhat different than this recipe, and I can’t wait to try this Thai version of rice pudding. It looks like a terrific gluten free vegan comfort food. With over 1.7 billion people, millennia […]
Gluten Free Egg Free Cheesecake Recipe — Easy, Allergy Friendly, and Delicious
I made a delicious gluten-free egg-free cheesecake recently but one of my kids was disappointed that I didn’t make enough for them to have seconds, so I decided to make it again especially since it wasn’t hard. Of course the first time I didn’t write down the recipe, so I had to do this from […]
Penniless Dad’s “Moussaka” Recipe – AKA Leftover Surprise
Apologies for all the food purists out there, as this is by far a really non traditional version of moussaka, a dish traditionally eaten in the Middle East and the Balkans. The most well known version of moussaka is the Greek one, made with layers of eggplant, ground meat (generally lamb) in tomato sauce, and […]
Gluten Free Egg Free Chicken Schnitzel Recipe – Allergy Friendly Fried Breaded Chicken Cutlets
Schnitzel. It has many names and variations around the world, as well as many different ways to eat it. But one thing they all have in common- dip it in egg then breadcrumbs and then fry. That’s all very well and good, but what about people who can’t eat gluten? Ok, gluten free breadcrumbs or […]
Yaki Onigiri Recipe — Grilled Japanese Rice Balls — Gluten Free, Vegan, Allergy Friendly, and Frugal
I posted about my recent dinner party that I hosted for a large crowd, where I served poke bowls, and mentioned that I cooked far too much food. (Hey, better too much food than too little?) What I didn’t mention was just how much sushi rice I cooked. I cooked 6 kilograms of sushi rice. […]
Sweet and Sour Tongue Recipe — Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Allergy Friendly
Growing up, my mother would occasionally make cow tongue. It was so delicious, succulent, and soft. As an adult, I tried to make tongue one time, but it didn’t come out as special as I remembered. Once I peeled off the taste buds, it just ended up pulling apart like well cooked beef, and while […]
Vegetarian Potato Chowder Recipe
It has been really cold lately. Ok, fine, that shouldn’t be surprising, as it is winter. But even so, our winters here usually are mild, many days where there is good weather, other days crisp and dry but not too cold, the occasional rainy and cold days, and the very rare snow days. We’ve been […]
Marinated Avocado Salad Recipe — Yummy Avocado with Onions
I had no idea what on earth to name this post because in my family we just call this yummy avocado with onions. Ok, maybe I should have just named it that, but I needed to find something google searchable. Alright, I’ll edit this post to have them both in the title. This is my […]
Korean Swiss Chard or Lettuce Salad, Geun-Dae Geotjeori, and Spicy Korean Sauce
I first discovered this recipe for Korean lettuce salad about half a year ago on one of my favorite recipe sites, Maangchi, but never got around to making it for one reason or another. Then one day I had some swiss chard and decided that it would be perfect to try this recipe with it, […]