Tag Archives: gluten-free
The perfect summer birthday dessert: gluten-free ice cream cake
We welcomed summer this year with a crafty birthday party for our 7-year-old in our back yard, topped off with a delectable (and deceptively simple) ice cream cake — gluten free, of course.
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GF Matzo: Better Than the Real Deal
Saying something “tastes better than matzo” is not normally the strongest compliment. After all, matzo is somewhat dry and tasteless. But when a gluten-free product tastes better than the real deal, it’s cause for celebration. New this year, Yehuda Gluten-Free Matzo-Style Squares have a lighter, more tender taste that traditional matzo. They taste similar to a thin, flaky flatbread cracker. We opened a box and can’t stop eating them, even though Passover hasn’t started yet.
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A Softie for Soft Pretzels
I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, a city where the soft pretzel is a source of civic pride. Yet, my celiac daughter will never taste one. Luckily, Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels recently came out with a gluten-free soft pretzel, sold fresh in its Cafe Twist store in Chicago and sold frozen in some grocery stores.
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Noshin’ on hamantaschen
For Purim, coming up this weekend, I made gluten-free, dairy-free hamantaschen. My kids had fun filling the hamantaschen and shaping them into triangles. Continue reading
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Kasha Varnishkes, Gluten-Free
Kasha varnishkes is a traditional Russian-Jewish dish of roasted buckwheat groats tossed with bowtie noodles. Despite its name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, but rather it’s a nutritious, gluten-free whole grain from the rhubarb family. Until recently, there was no gluten-free bowtie or farfalle pasta available. But Le Veneziane’s new gluten-free farfalle pasta from Italy is the perfect ingredient for this satisfying Old Country dish.
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Gluten-Free Thin Mint Cookies
This year was my younger daughter’s first year in Girl Scouts. She sold 48 boxes of Girl Scout cookies with enthusiastic endorsements. But, because she has celiac disease and is gluten-free, she has never, ever tasted a Girl Scout cookie, nor will she. I didn’t want her to be left out, so I developed my own recipe for gluten-free Thin Mints, with a tender gluten-free chocolate cookie enrobed in a minty chocolate coating.
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Chinese Corn Egg-Drop Soup
For celiacs, Chinese restaurants are big caution zones, since soy sauce is brewed with wheat. Also, most oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, imitation crab and mock meat substitutes (like mock duck) contain gluten. In our old neighborhood, we were fortunate to find a Chinese restaurant that prepared food without soy sauce for us. When we moved, I wanted to make gluten-free corn egg-drop soup, like we used to have at the restaurant. Here’s our recipe for a velvety egg-drop soup, enhanced by sweet nuggets of corn — gluten-free, of course.
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Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
These easy-to-make gluten-free peanut butter cookies are sealed with a kiss – Hershey’s Kisses placed on top of the cookies while they are still warm from the oven. The bonus: They are naturally gluten free, with no flour at all, making them good crowd-pleasers.
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News and Notes
I wanted to share some good gluten-free experiences we’ve had recently, with Harry & David gift boxes, King Arthur gluten-free cake mixes, and four restaurants in Chicago: Hub 51, Wilde, Lula Cafe and Nano Sushi.
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Navigating holiday parties, gluten-free
When you’re on a gluten-free diet, the holidays can seem like a minefield of tempting foods with unknown ingredients. A few easy strategies, as well as a few great gluten-free recipes, can make holiday get-togethers much easier. http://wp.me/pGgB6-7w
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