Daring Cooks February: Mmm, Mezze!

So, I’ve hung up my Daring Bakers apron. It became too time consuming to be converting elaborate recipes containing a lot of eggs and butter into vegan, gluten-free versions. Maybe some day I’ll go back, but for now, I simply don’t have the energy to do it. However, I know I can convert cooking recipes; […]

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Gluten-free bread: a work in progress

So for the last few weeks I’ve been attempting to make a decent, all-purpose, gluten-free loaf of bread at home. I’ve cut way back on the amount of bread products I eat since going gluten-free, but I still like to have the occasional piece of toast or sandwich. Especially since I don’t have access to […]

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Vegan, Gluten-free birthdays? Yes we can!

So about a week ago I realized I had a dilemma. Rich’s birthday was a week away and I still wasn’t allowed to eat any gluten whatsoever. Now, this may not seem like a huge deal, except every year that we’ve been together I’ve baked him some sort of birthday treat. Last year it was […]

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Vegan and Gluten Free at Hibiscus

I can’t believe I haven’t written about this gem here yet. Rich and I had known about it for a while, but hadn’t bothered checking it out until I started my rather limited diet. Once we were there, we wondered why we waited so long! Where’s this place I’m talking about? Oh, right. Hibiscus is […]

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Tofu scramble, tempeh bacon, and some whining – oh my!

Yeah, ok, so I disappeared again for a month. Truth is, this new diet I’ve been on has been a bit depressing. It wasn’t the gluten-free-ness of it all. It wasn’t the vegan part of the diet. It was the sugar-and-yeast-free stint I had to do, which was the month of September and the first […]

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