Gluten Freebird

Everything is colorful, juicy and ripe right now. It’s all I can do not to squeeze or taste every offering at the farmers markets.
Needless to say, the real pain is felt in my wallet, but I am not complaining. I couldn’t care less about bread or croutons or dough when there’s so much bounty about.
Sunday’s [...]

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With this summer vegan stint, I’ve been loving on Veganomicon, a vegan tome that I gave to Gluteneer for Christmas last year. (Ironically, he also received a three-month subscription to bacon-of-the-month club, but I digress.) The book is a fantasyland of recipes, offering preparations of chickpeas, tempeh, forbidden seitan and fresh fruit and veggies.
We rounded [...]

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One of the hardest things with gluten-free cooking has been finding suitable alternatives for my baking. There are no easy substitutes when baking without gluten. Cookies come through without too many major issues, but cakes can be dry and, as I just discovered, pie crusts are nearly impossible.
Last weekend (before THE CLEANSE), Gluteneer and [...]

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Saturday was one of those glorious, warm, breezy summer days where people inexplicably fly kites off the apartment building roof and fireflies seem to light up everywhere.
We took advantage of the twilight with a dinner picnic in Kalorama Park. Friends brought fresh fruit, chicken salad, hummus and veggies.
Gluteneer and I are still defying the [...]

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Yesterday’s CSA offered apricots, gorgeous jewel-toned plums, squash, and red chard. I ate one plum before I even made it to the car, but the red chard was the base for last night’s dinner. We made a tangy, sweet, and spicy dish of chard with chickpeas. You could sub in any chard or even collards. [...]

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As you might recall, Gluteneer and I joined a CSA. Each week I head to Glover Park for a veritable grab-bag of fresh produce.
One week could be collard greens, spring onions, and strawberries, the next could be kale, snap peas, and apricots. It’s always a tote-bag’s worth of goodies.
I have no idea how to cook [...]

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