Archive | December, 2009

Friday Foodie Fix – New Year’s Day Celebration Foods and Hangover Cures

By on December 31, 2009 in Events, Gluten free

Find and share favorite New Year’s Day celebration foods, meals and hangover cures. See my favorite non-food tradition, the Mummers!

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Weekend Kitchen Tip – FoodBlogga on Tomatoes

By on December 27, 2009 in Gluten free, Opinions

Do you like to make your own spaghetti sauce?  Do you know which type of tomatoes to use?  Watch Susan Russo from FoodBlogga and she’ll get you on the right track.  She’ll even share with you what it’s really called.  Well, at least that’s what I grew up calling it.   Watch and listen closely. I [...]

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A Gluten Free Merry Christmas

A Gluten Free Merry Christmas

By on December 23, 2009 in Gluten free, Holiday, Recipes

Quick gluten free meals, gift giving ideas and my upcoming plans.

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Menu Plan Monday – December 21

By on December 20, 2009 in Gluten free, Menu-Week/Month

A week’s worth of gluten and dairy free meals plus, find out who won the two Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbooks written by Elana Amsterdam.

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Friday Foodie Fix – Almonds

By on December 18, 2009 in Events, Gluten free, Recipes

This week’s Secret Ingredient for Friday Foodie Fix is Almonds!  Its no coincidence that is our ingredient with today being the last day to enter to win Elana Amsterdam’s Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook.  To enter you must go to the original post, Cookbook Giveaway and Newsletter Announcement at The W.H.O.L.E. Gang. The contest ends [...]

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Contest Ends Friday- Enter Now

By on December 17, 2009 in Events, Inside Scoop

Just a reminder to get your entries in for a chance to win Elana Amsterdams’ Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook.  Contest closes at Midnight Friday December 18th (that would be midnight in Virginia). For all of the information on how to enter and where to leave comments, you must go to the previous post, Cookbook [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – December 14

By on December 14, 2009 in Gluten free, Menu-Week/Month, Recipes

I hope everyone got a chance to join in on the Gluten Free Dessert Progressive Dinner Party.  It was a lot of fun and there were lots of great recipes shared.  For all of the places to visit and what they made, visit my Gluten Free Blog Events page for all of the links. Also, [...]

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Friday Foodie Fix – Chocolate

By on December 11, 2009 in Events, Gluten free, Recipes

I’m taking a guess here that this will be one of the most popular Secret Ingredients for Friday Foodie Fix.  I hope many of you will share your recipes and find many new ones to make. Chocolate is produced from a few ingredients including the seed of the cacoa tree.  I realize that means chocolate [...]

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Cranberry Chocolate Nut Truffles Recipe

Cranberry Chocolate Nut Truffles Recipe

By on December 10, 2009 in Dessert, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten free, Holiday, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

These fast and easy treats are part of the Gluten Free Dessert Progressive Dinner Party. Find more gluten free desserts at the party. These are gluten, dairy, soy and grain free!

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Cookbook Giveaway and Newsletter Announcement at The W.H.O.L.E. Gang

Cookbook Giveaway and Newsletter Announcement at The W.H.O.L.E. Gang

By on December 9, 2009 in Events, Gluten free, Inside Scoop

This contest is over and the winners have received their books.  But please sign up for the newsletter to get all the latest news!  Thank you-Diane The W.H.O.L.E. Gang is happy to announce a New Monthly Newsletter and a way for you to win Elana Amsterdam’s Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook! First let me tell [...]

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Chocolate Sorbet with Roasted Chocolate Nibs

By on December 8, 2009 in Dessert, Fast/Frugal, Gluten free, Holiday, Recipes

Welcome to the Frozen or Chilled Dessert day for our Gluten Free Dessert Progressive Dinner Party.  I’ll be serving my Chocolate Sorbet with Chocolate Chunk and Roasted Chocolate Nibs. Chocolate is one of my favorite things to eat.  I of course had to make a frozen chocolate dessert for the holidays.  This Chocolate Sorbet with [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – December 7

By on December 7, 2009 in Gluten free, Menu-Week/Month, Recipes

Gluten and dairy free menu plan for the week, a give away, where to start for your Gluten Free Dessert Progressive Dinner Party and something completely new! Wow, all of that in one short post.

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Friday Foodie Fix – Pecans

By on December 4, 2009 in Events, Gluten free, Recipes

This week’s Secret Ingredient for Friday Foodie Fix is Pecans! Share your recipes and find some new ones at this recipe roundup.

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Gluten Free Dessert Progressive Dinner Party Next Week- Dec 7-11th

By on December 3, 2009 in Gluten free, Holiday, Recipes

You are invited to our Gluten Free Dessert Progressive Dinner Party.  This is the best way to gather up all of your Holiday Desserts without any calories involved.  Well, not until you start making and eating these great treats. We have a great line up of blogs participating.  Each day, starting Monday December 7th through [...]

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Cubano Jerk Burger Recipe

Cubano Jerk Burger Recipe

By on December 1, 2009 in Fast/Frugal, Gluten free, Meats, Poultry & Seafood, Recipes

Can the big flavors of Jerk cooking fit into a little burger?  Oh yeah!  First, I love Jerk Chicken and Pork, Jerk Wings and the Pika-peppa sauce that tops it.  I also love burgers and I really enjoy taking dishes that I cook, and making them into a burger.  That’s all I did here.  But [...]

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Jerk Seasoning Recipe

By on December 1, 2009 in Fast/Frugal, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten free, Meats, Poultry & Seafood, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

Having a dry Jerk Seasoning on hand is great for those times  you want to infuse the Caribbean flavors into your meals.   There are many good Jerk Seasoning mixes available.  Each one is a little different.  Penzeys has both a Jerk Pork and a Jerk Chicken & Fish Seasoning.  They both have the basic ingredients [...]

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