All around the house, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Although we Catholics are still technically celebrating the season of Advent, Christmas is right around the corner. Bill and I are throwing a party for some friends tonight. I haven’t had a Christmas party for anyone other than family in years. I’m pretty…
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Thinking about Thanksgiving? My favorite gluten-free products
Although I mostly write about gardening, I am also gluten-free, and lately, I’ve received a lot of requests to write about my favorite gluten-free products. The week before Thanksgiving seems like a good time. If you’re looking for traditional gluten-free Thanksgiving recipes, I have you covered with my mother’s cornbread dressing–I now use butter instead…
Marion Cunningham’s Nutmeg Muffins Gluten Free
Today, on Christmas Eve, I got a craving for The Last Word in Nutmeg Muffins, so I scanned my kitchen bookshelves for one of my greatest treasures, The Breakfast Book, by Marion Cunningham. It was published in 1987, a lifetime ago–I bought it before I married Bill–but Cunningham’s recipes are timeless. As I took the tattered and food-stained volume down…
Eating and cooking Thanksgiving gluten and dairy free: Waldorf Salad
Hum along with me . . . and, so this is Thanksgiving . . . . My apologies to John Lennon for putting my own words in his famous song, but every year, this is what I think about our most American holiday. While other people’s excitement builds, I’m trying to figure out the best way…
Garden Bloggers Fling: where do I begin?
Do you ever have times when there is so much to say, you don’t know where to begin? After visiting Asheville and the Garden Bloggers Fling, I am without words. I could expound upon the food . . . . Okay, for a moment, I will. The gluten and dairy free food in Asheville rivals…
Gluten-free, dairy-free lemon squares or bars
Kay from Georgia Girl with an English Heart asked yesterday if I’d linked to my gluten-free, dairy-free, lemon squares recipe. Well, I realized I hadn’t. So, just in time for Christmas baking, here it is. Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Lemon Squares adapted from Gluten-Free Baking Classics, by Annalise G. Roberts, one of my favorite cookbooks. Crust 1…
Attitude of gratitude: a gluten and dairy free life
I have so much to be grateful for this year. How about you? My mother is healthy for the first time in years, and my sister is also well. They are making most of the gluten and dairy free feast this year, and that makes me so happy. I’m also grateful for my sisters-in-law who…
Gluten free, Dairy free Caesar salad
Back in the days before I went dairy and gluten free, I ate a lot of Caesar salads at various restaurants. My favorite was the one the Metro Wine Bar and Bistro in Oklahoma City served, although Juniors made a delicious one too. I like the Metro’s creamy salad dressing, and the way the chicken…
Ten simple ways to beat the winter blues
It’s cold. It’s cloudy. It’s gloomy. In Oklahoma, we’re told we may get snow tomorrow. Whoopee . . . let’s all break out our party hats. Snow would cover up some of the brown and gray of the Oklahoma winter landscape for a day or two, and it would help protect plants from the cold…
Let the feasting begin
Christmas is nearly upon us. Do you have your shopping done? I hope so because the malls will be even bigger nightmares tomorrow. I tell you what, if you don’t have a gift for that certain someone, buy them an online gift card and call it good. I would. Tonight we’ll attend the annual Nash…
Eating gluten free in France
About this time of year when the kids have gone back to school, and the days are growing shorter, I get a hankerin’ to visit Europe, specifically Italy (I’m Catholic after all), France and England. I have nothing against other European countries. These are just first on the list, and not specifically in that order….
Give me color or give me spring
I mean, really, this fall has been nearly devoid of color, and I’m not one bit happy about it. Last year, I wrote rapturous melodies about the extraordinary color we were having. This fall, not so much. Only last week, we had some cool nights and warmer days along with a good rain of two…