This quinoa recipe makes a delicious healthy yet festive (and gluten-free) holiday side dish. The mild flavor and satisfying heartiness of quinoa are pleasantly surprising.
Here are a few ideas for food-related gifts, in rough order from less to more expensive. There’s still time for online ordering, or some of these items might be available in your area.
This yam pie is festive, flavorful, and, with its deep orange color, pretty. What a great way to eat your vegetables! Make it in a brown rice flour crust for added nutrition and no gluten.
Basic piecrust mixed by hand is simple once you get the hang of it. This recipe also gives instructions for making a gluten-free crust with one-to-one substitution of brown rice flour.
This blog post describes a few excellent places to dine and/or purchase food in Eastern Iowa.
This soft, buttery ginger cookie is a longtime favorite, and the recipe includes a gluten-free variation.
This hearty soup might make you happy you didn’t eat up all your Thanksgiving turkey. The nutty taste of the […]
This is a wonderful grown-ups’ Thanksgiving dish. Make the sweet potatoes with marshmallows for the kids.
I think my mom’s simple stuffing is tops. It might help that I have fond holiday memories of toasting the bread while she chopped and sauteed and seasoned. This stuffing is on the dry side.
Here is a lovely recipe for cranberry sauce. The orange and honey soften the sharpness of the cranberries, and it’s ridiculously easy to make.
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Sometimes when you don’t feel good you want something warm, creamy, and gentle on your system. Here is a very easy baked custard that you can mix up in a minute or two and then go back to bed and rest while it bakes.
