Mother’s Day is around the corner, and now is a good time to start thinking about what to make for the “moms” in your life. Whether this person is your own mother or grandmother, or a neighbor, friend or coworker…..there are ladies in our lives that need to be celebrated! For those with food restrictions…
Category: Gluten Free
{recipe} Flourless Carrot Cake for Passover
As I said around this time last year, Passover is my favorite holiday. It is like Thanksgiving on steroids; Thanksgiving with four thousand years worth of family recipes and stories and traditions and ritual mandates. It also has challenging food restrictions thrown in. The basic idea behind the food restrictions associated with Passover is that…
{local author} Elizabeth Barbone’s Easy GF Pizza Crust
In 2009 I was a complete newbie to gluten-free baking. My husband had been following a gluten-free diet for over a year when, out of desperation, we started a gluten-free diet for my toddler. I was completely lost when it came to gluten-free baking so a friend invited me out to a gluten-free baking demo…
{the new year} coping with mid-winter food blues
Maybe it’s being trapped inside at home with a new baby, but I’m prematurely feeling that mid-winter desperation about what to make for dinner every night. This feeling worsens when we’ve skipped a week at the farmers market and have no fresh, local produce. Local green vegetables are already becoming less prevalent and I can…
{Hello} I’m Heather
EDITOR’S NOTE: Well, we’ve done it again…we’ve sucked another dynamic woman into the From Scratch Club vortex. Ha! We all met Heather at the very first {public} Saratoga Food Swap back in June and since then we’ve all been smitten. Heather is a quiet force, one that walks & talks with intention. (I wish to…
{hello} I’m Becky
Hi, I’m Becky. I am a lover of baking who has recently discovered the wonder of preserving. I love reading cookbooks, and if you came to my house you would see a pile of cooking magazines and books on every end table and flat surface. Seriously. A good day for me involves picking fruit or…
{Fresh from the Garden} Summer Rolls with Cucumber Dipping Sauce
For all of my adult life, I’ve been a big fan of Asian rolls. I didn’t grow up in the most food-savvy town and it’s nice to look back and see how my experiences and my taste buds changed as I traveled and moved farther away from home. At first I only knew about egg…
{how you do it} Matcha-Lavender Scones
Editor’s Note: {How You Do It} is back! In general, the blog has been in a state of transformation and this recurring series is no different. When we first brought you this series, fellow local moms were writing guest posts about their kitchens, their traditions, their food. Since then we’ve made all guests regular contributors,…
{Kid Tested & Approved} Cowboy Chili
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts highlighting additional recipes from our current cookbook giveaway, The Meal Makeover Moms’ No Whine With Dinner. We are trying not to push blog etiquette by posting ALL the successful recipes we tested, so these posts will be in “recap” format with links to the recipes on…
{Experiments with Grain} Kasha Three Ways
Last Spring I stopped eating wheat for a few months. During that time, to cope with the absence of ever-familiar wheat, I started broadening my grain repertoire. I’ve tried to keep it up since then and this week I challenged myself to figure out roasted buckwheat, also known as kasha. I was pleased to see…
{Valentine’s Day} Black Bean Brownies
There is something about the thought of Valentine’s Day which inspires me to whip up brownies for a little treat one night. Oh yeah…it isn’t Valentine’s Day yet, but with the holiday around the corner it was still a good excuse for a little chocolate after dinner! There is always an excuse in my book for…
{Dark Days} Week 8: Soup by Trial & Error
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth week of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible. – Christina The more I have thought about possible meals for the Dark Days Challenge, the more I…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL edition
Busy week in food-related news…I say this every week. It still amazes me, now that I concentrate my news topics to “food” how many stories there are in one week. Before I get to the linking bonanza there are two pieces of housekeeping to attend to: 1) One of my favorite cooking blogs, the kitchn,…
{Dark Days & GIVEAWAY} Week 6
Editor’s Note: This is our fourth installment of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, taken up by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as local, sustainable, ethical and organic as possible. I’m talking gluten-free sweet potato gnocchi, my very own quart of canned tomatoes and some sautéed broccoli rabe….
{Leftovers} Thanksgiving Roasted Vegetables
We hosted Thanksgiving this year, and even though we did a potluck style dinner, we still have a fridge FULL of leftovers. I have big plans for our turkey that were not difficult to figure out(creamy rice soup, sandwiches, and lots of pot pies for the freezer!). Other items have left me a bit stumped…
