August 2009

Bleu Cheese Stuffed Burgers

August 30, 2009

I rarely eat beef, let alone burgers.  But when I do cook a burger, I want it to be packed full of flavor.  Actually, I should correct myself, my husband was the one actually standing by the grill cooking the burgers.  Now that we have access to a grill, he was really itching to do [...]

4 comments

Mustard and Walnut Crusted Chicken

August 28, 2009

So I have some new cooking challenges in life – not only am I cooking for my gluten free husband, but I am also cooking for my diabetic mom.  While there is a fair amount of overlap between their dietary restrictions, some things have definitely presented new challenges.  For example, my mother cannot have any [...]

7 comments

Sauteed Spinach and Arugula with Pine Nuts and Goat Cheese

August 26, 2009

This was a very simple vegetable dish that I concocted as another one of those “need to use up everything in our fridge before we move” dishes.  Since I had fresh spinach, arugula, and goat cheese on hand, I decided to combine them with some fried pine nuts to create a tasty side dish.  The [...]

13 comments

GF Cookie Cake

August 23, 2009

After my last flop trying to make GF cookies, I decided I was not meant to develop my own cookie recipes and went with one that came out of a cookbook.  I changed it up a little bit by adding in almond extract instead of vanilla, and threw in some cinnamon.  I also used maybe [...]

9 comments

GF Stromboli…er Pizza roll Ups

August 20, 2009

So after our amazing GF pizza success, I decided we could try a stromboli.  This is apparently something that my father has been wanting me to try, haha.  Every time I talk to him about my food blog he asks, “Have you figured out a stromboli yet?”  Well, stromboli did not work out quite as [...]

5 comments

GF Spinach and Goat Cheese Pizza

August 18, 2009

Packing and moving is hard work.  The last thing you want to eat after a day of wrapping dishes, stuffing boxes, and hauling stuff is something complicated and pretentious.  At the end of the day, my husband and I sat down on the floor (because we had sold our only futon ages ago), totally wiped [...]

7 comments

← Previous Entries