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Comment on Liking Avocados Could Be Worth $1,000 by dee m

dee m — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:52:44 +0000

I LOVE avacados! I like to scoop them right out of the shells and eat 'em. I love making guacamole with fresh heirloom tomatoes from our garden in the summer/fall, and use frozen chopped tomatoes in the winter months. We love them sliced on salads, on sandwiches, and my new favorite also is in smoothies.

Comment on Liking Avocados Could Be Worth $1,000 by Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:51:51 +0000

That tomatillo salsa is a hit around here! I had so many tomatillos in the garden that we roasted them all in one day and made and froze the salsa. Enough to take a half of a shelf in the freezer. Defrost, add avacado and gorge!

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Alisa

Alisa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:14:26 +0000

mm, this is my favorite way to make whipped cream! You need to live closer so that we can cook together

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:39:49 +0000

My mouth is watering. (seriously I'll definitely make this.

Comment on Liking Avocados Could Be Worth $1,000 by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:30:57 +0000

Katrina I agree they are. I love to add them to smoothies too! What's your favorite way to use them?

Comment on Liking Avocados Could Be Worth $1,000 by Katrina (GF Gidget)

Katrina (GF Gidget) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:22:14 +0000

I just learned to like avocados a few years ago. They are sooooo addictive to me now!

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:20:40 +0000

Susan I've not tried too many brands so I really don't have one I like better than the rest. I've used Whole Foods and Native Forest and liked those. Just don't buy it in a carton as that will not have the cream separate out from the water.

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Susan

Susan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:29:43 +0000

Is there a particular brand of coconut milk that you recommend?

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Katrina (GF Gidget)

Katrina (GF Gidget) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:23:35 +0000

That looks so good! It would be such a fancy dessert for an Oscar party!

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:13:30 +0000

Thanks for posting such delicious recipes that are both gluten and dairy free. You make my life so much happier! I recently realized that I cannot eat gluten or dairy products and it's hard to find items that are free of both. I use your recipes every week now. The best thing is, these are recipes that my hubby can also enjoy!

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by amber

amber — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:32:48 +0000

Hello There,

I just love using coconut milk as a base for ice cream, pudding, and icing. It tastes fabulous. And such a wonderful alternative to the traditional versions. I use a very similar recipe, however, I don't use the coconut water. What a great way to add some moisture in there.

I just love your site and always look forward to your recipes.

Thank you for sharing.

Be Well,
–Amber

Comment on Dairy Free Chocolate Whipped Cream, Mousse or Icing Recipe by Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:20:43 +0000

This looks delicious, Diane! Rich, creamy and decadent.

Comment on Mexican Seafood Soup Recipe by gberg

gberg — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:46:17 +0000

Dashi works great as a seafood stock.

Comment on Recipe for Crustless Gluten-Free Pecan and Chocolate Pie by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:56:25 +0000

Tammy great question. Put the eggs into your bowl and grab a whip or whisk or whatever you like to call them. If you don't have one a fork will work too. Break the yolk and beat of whip the eggs until the whites and yellow yolks are incorporated with each other and you have one smooth color. This will help the eggs bind the pie together. So yes, they will look kind of fluffy.

Comment on Recipe for Crustless Gluten-Free Pecan and Chocolate Pie by Tammy

Tammy — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:42:18 +0000

Okay I'm really no baker so what do you mean 6 whipped eggs? Like so the yolks are broken or whipped like practically fluffed up?

Comment on Blackened Chicken or Vegetable Recipe by Alisa

Alisa — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:19:55 +0000

This is exactly the seasoning blend I've been looking for! All others weren't quite right, but I can tell this one is it. Thanks Diane!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:10:18 +0000

Thank you. I do love to cook and I really want to get people cooking more and more for themselves. It's so much power in the palm of our own hands.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:09:35 +0000

Faith it's a process to get used to cooking for ourselves. I think the more you do it the easier it gets. I'm lucky I've been working on that since I was 2 years old. Let's keep helping people get into the kitchen.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:08:43 +0000

Thank you so much. So glad you stopped by.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:08:28 +0000

Jenn I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day . I too am loving Rouxbe.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:07:39 +0000

Thank you Ellen. I hope you enjoyed to video on using a chef's knife. I find even when we're used to it, it's nice to brush up on techniques.

Comment on Gluten Free Scrapple- Oh Happy Day! by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:05:40 +0000

Heather I hope you enjoy the scrapple. I know what you mean about missing foods we grew up on. As you make this check the seasoning level. I often add more because I like the taste better. Also, to get an ever more authentic taste, add in some chicken livers to the pork while it's cooking. Can't wait to hear all about it.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Shirley great points! I was in the kitchen with my mom since I was 2 and I am so thankful!

Comment on Easy Gluten-Free Grocery Shopping by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:03:07 +0000

Jaimie so glad you found us. How temporary is your diet and why is it only temporary? If you find you feel better and are healthier, will you go back?

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:01:36 +0000

Melanie you are so right about a loving relationship with our food. We all have a relationship with our food, but unfortunately sometimes it can get overlooked. Love the Journey song ref.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:00:44 +0000

Kim you have some lucky guys in your house and those kids are so darn smart. Can you get them to talk to a few adults, like the ones in that line. Teaching your kids about what is going into their bodies is one of the greatest gifts a mother can give their child. Thank you Kim.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:57:17 +0000

Thank you Carol. Hope yours was sweet

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:57:05 +0000

Heidi I'm guessing Mike's meals are a little better now than a picked up sandwich. If not let me know and I'll come teach that guy how to cook something!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:55:49 +0000

Ellen I love the sound of that salad! I'm also with you on the chocolate.

Comment on Blackened Chicken or Vegetable Recipe by Alta

Alta — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:54:56 +0000

Love me some blackened seasoning! This sounds delicious.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:17:53 +0000

Alisa I'm glad you liked that course. Thank you for letting me know. They have a ton of courses on there. I'll have to work my way through them.

Comment on Blackened Chicken or Vegetable Recipe by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:17:24 +0000

Katrina I'm not sure what it is about white pepper, but it can really give a meal depth in taste. Grouper sounds wonderful. I'll be over for dinner.

Comment on Blackened Chicken or Vegetable Recipe by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:16:42 +0000

Shirley great idea to use it with your bean burgers. YUM!

Comment on Blackened Chicken or Vegetable Recipe by Shirley @ gfe

Shirley @ gfe — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:21:01 +0000

Great recipe, Diane! Will have to compare it to the blackened mix that I use for my Blackened Black Bean Burgers. As I said on FB, blackened fish is one of my very favorites. I often order that when eating out. White pepper is a requirement in our house, too.

Shirley

Comment on Blackened Chicken or Vegetable Recipe by Katrina (GF Gidget)

Katrina (GF Gidget) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:43:47 +0000

Yes! White Pepper is one of my favorite seasonings! I tend to eat super spicy foods in the winter, too. I bet this would be killer on a nice piece of fresh Grouper, too!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Alisa

Alisa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:45:57 +0000

I took the knife course and loved it Diane! Thanks

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Gluten Free Diva

Gluten Free Diva — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:05:14 +0000

I love touching my food. I'm a big proponent of it in fact. And no Valentine's Day is complete without chocolate. These days I'm leaning towards cacao instead of cocoa and cacao nibs instead of chocolate chips, though being a chocoholic, I wouldn't turn my nose up at anything chocolate, cacao or cocoa! And when you throw strawberries into the mix, well, all bets are off. As for the touching healthy foods, my absolute favorite would be massaging raw kale with avocados and then adding some himalayan pink salt and grape tomatoes and then using a fork to eat it. Touching and using a fork, both necessary for this recipe:).

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by AdventuresGFMom

AdventuresGFMom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:36:48 +0000

Great post Diane, it took me back to my first Valentine's day with Mike (14 years ago). He invited me over with the tepid lure of a "Mike-cooked" meal. To make a long story short, after spending roughly 10 hours scrubbing his condo (cleaning was a once a year thing for him in his bachelor days), he was totally spent and picked up Subway sandwiches instead.

While it was sweet that he tried to "fumigate" his bachelor/dog pad for me, I'll acknowledge that I was disappointed that he didn't cook for me – even if it were a simply seasoned grilled chicken breast, baked potato and a salad. Nothing says "I love you" more than a meal cooked from the heart (even if it's burned down to something akin to a lump of coal).

Pre-celiac, I never used to think of food much beyond the addictive cravings of gluten, cheese (note I did not just say "dairy" as a whole), and all the other additives I had absolutely no knowledge of (like MSG).

Ever since the IFBC conference in Seattle…a lemon will never again be *just* a lemon to me…now, a lemon is a "firm yellow orb just begging for me to roll it in my hands and release it's fragrant juices…"

Yeah, I'm addicted to food porn.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!
Heidi

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Carol

Carol — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:16:23 +0000

Great post and Happy Valentine's Day to you!
xo,
c

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Kim-Cook It AF

Kim-Cook It AF — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:50:36 +0000

Yes!! I love playing with our food and love teaching my kids about how important it is to eat pure healthy foods. We actually were driving by a McDonald's the other day and there was a long line of cars in the drive thru and as we passed, my oldest said, "I feel bad for all of those people who don't know they are making themselves sick." LOL I almost started laughing and cheering at the same time when he said that. Diane, you did an awesome job getting your message across!! Love this post!!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:08:14 +0000

Love this post Diane. So important to remember that we should have a loving relationship with food…There is a song that comes to mind…" loving, touching, squeezin" . Its so much better with real food. Squeezing a box is no fun

Comment on Easy Gluten-Free Grocery Shopping by Jaimie

Jaimie — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:39:09 +0000

Wow, this post is just what I need. I've just been diagnosed with IBS and put on a low-fodmap diet with is gluten-free, dairy-free, bean/legume-free as well as eliminating some sugars from fruits and vegetables. It's only temporary (the diet that is) but it's helping and I ended up spending a fortune at the grocery store. I look forward to reading the rest of this series as well as your site for more great ideas as I do think I may be gluten free forever. Thanks so much for posting all this!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Shirley @ gfe

Shirley @ gfe — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:37:06 +0000

I love touching my food, and I believe the more folks handle their food and work with it (slicing, dicing, etc.) that the more they appreciate it, thrive from it, and semi-intuitively know how to cook better. This is true for all ages, from the moment the little ones can safely be in the kitchen. You don't "get" what the ingredients like garlic, onion, etc. add to a recipe if you aren't working with them. You can't learn anything from packaged food and simply having the fork in hand. And food like strawberries, cut up fruit, and cut up veggies all go quickly when placed out for folks to graze. So much better than them grabbing packaged foods that taste "okay" and probably are not okay at all when you look at what is in them (at least what's shown on the label).

Shirley

Comment on Gluten Free Scrapple- Oh Happy Day! by Heather

Heather — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:14:33 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this recipe!! My son and I can't have gluten and our family has been seriously missing scrapple! I'll be making this recipe next weekend (and probably most weekends after that) and I'm SO excited!! We are Delawarians living in Washington state, and will really enjoy a gluten-free taste of home!! Thanks again!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Maj Neale

Maj Neale — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:54:27 +0000

Wonderful post Dianne! The world has enough fake and processed crap being consumed so to hear the genuine truth in an encouraging way with suggestions on how to improve is very welcomed. Its the lies and coverups about our food that's killing our nation. There's no better way to express love than being honest, especially if that special someone in your life is killing themselves slowly with food. So this post is a great way to show your love for your readers on this day. Thank you and keep it coming!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Faith

Faith — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:40:22 +0000

Great post. I wish more people would get onboard and cook whole foods and buy less processed ones. Happy Valentine's Day to you.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Bindu JOhnson

Bindu JOhnson — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:38:14 +0000

Great post. Gets the message across with lots of love.

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:42:28 +0000

Awesome post Diane, I def. agree with many of your points! And ditto Rouxbe, that site totally rocks – I love their lesson on wheat/gluten, so incredibly informative. Happy Valentine's Day!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by ellen

ellen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000

Diane – thanks for this reminder and great tips on how to incorporate more REAL food into our lives! I LOVE my chef's knife! Aside from cutting onions, I truly enjoy the 'slicing and dicing' part of cooking! Thanks for the tip on Rouxbe and the free video too! Good Stuff!! Keep up the good work of spreading the word about REAL, WHOLE food!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Comment on Do You Touch Your Food Or Just Fork It? by Diane Eblin

Diane Eblin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:49:40 +0000

Thank you Wendy! I am totally digging those classes. They are so fun to watch. I have to get into some of the recipe ones but for now it's great to review some things I knew and learn some new things. Thank you for reminding me of their classes!