Japanese Mushrooms: Sauteed King Trumpet Mushrooms and Greens with Soft-boiled Egg

I love mushrooms.  I love their unique flavor and texture, and even how they are grown.Recently, I discovered that my favorite Asian grocery store is carrying some amazing Japanese-variety mushrooms – King Trumpet (AKA King Oyster), white and brown beech (AKA Shimeji – pictured below), and Maitake mushrooms.  And, I’ve been eating them like crazy ever…

Broadening the Idea of Breakfast: Not just your typical morning meals

I’ve been out of it – focus, sleep, the internet, even the country.  Hopefully, it didn’t really seem like I was gone.  But, I was….to the farthest reaches of China near the Mongolian, Russian, and Kazakh borders.  It was an amazing trip, that I will be sharing  over the next couple of weeks. The only…

Reeled in by a Fish – Poached Salmon and Egg

On my way home from the gym the other night, I had to pick something up at the Whole Foods grocery next-door.  I replayed my list in my head.  I was on a mission. But, when I walked through the front door of the store, I quickly realized my mistake.  I had broken cardinal rule…

Gluten-free Pumpkin Nut Pancakes

A few years ago, when I first stopped eating gluten and dairy and was trying to figure out what to eat, I found a soy-nut pancake recipe that sounded interesting.  I’d never cooked pancakes with nut flour or tofu before and I wasn’t quite sold on the tofu, so I came up with my own…

Powerful Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Hey, it’s national pumpkin month!  I had planned to offer up my pumpkin pancake recipe, but a recent technical failure caused me to lose all recent photos… (UPDATE: Here’s the pancake recipe now.) So, I made a pumpkin pie smoothie instead. It is so good, I’ve been drinking one nearly every day, and almost prefer it…

Car Camping and the Next Day Frittata

My husband and I love camping, and eating well while camping.  Back in the pre-GFDF days, this meant we ate a lot of home-made garlic, cheese bread cooked in the coals at dinner, bagel sandwiches and granola bars for long hikes, and pancakes and eggs for breakfast. These days, the food may be even better….

Mouth-watering GF Bacon Cheddar Herb Muffins

My husband and I recently returned from a trip with friends.  We got together for brunch to sort through the 5,500+ photos and video clips we’d taken between the 5 of us.  Thank goodness for digital cameras. Actually, I remember when I moved to Venezuela in 1990 for a year, I took a lead bag…

Vibrant Pumpkin Steel Cut Oats

Pumpkin, when tart cherry is not in season, is probably my all time favorite pie filling.  Both bring back childhood memories of family and happiness, the kind of memories that make any food taste just that much better than it would otherwise. As I grew up, I found other ways to use pumpkin, and learned…

Coconut Brown Rice Pudding for Breakfast

When I was a kid, my favorite breakfast was a hot bowl of cream-of-wheat with milk and sugar and piles of Cheerios on top.  What I liked the most were the texture combinations – hot and cold, chewy and crunchy, as well as the sweet earthy flavor of wheat and oats.  It’s been many years…