I am not of Italian heritage, but starting from a young age I have had a longing to do an all-out Feast of the Seven Fishes for Christmas Eve dinner. My family traditionally had our dinner on Christmas Eve, with an extended-family dinner at my grandparent’s house on Christmas day, and around the age of […]
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Gluten-Free Holiday Dessert Round Up
I’m getting ho ho horribly puffy from testing so many dessert recipes, and I am definitely in need of a little seasonal dessert detox. I love making healthier sweets, but then of course we end up eating them, and even healthy sweets are not designed to be part of the daily diet. So, I thought […]
Vanilla Almond Fudge
I associate fudge with the holidays and with tourist traps, and honestly, regular fudge is not my favorite thing. Having sampled a lot of “famous” fudge around tourist areas, I pretty much always find it unbelievably, cloyingly sweet. Then I discovered “fudge” made from coconut butter, and I make six or seven variations of this […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m guessing most people are busy cooking up some things for tomorrow, but I wanted to share a few last-minute ideas with you all, and thank everyone for following along with my little blogging journey. As a small token of that gratitude, I am doing a giveaway of a couple of cookbooks that are designed […]
Red Chile Roast Beef
This is actually a recipe for a rotisseried roast of beef, because over the last few weeks I have been in a rotisserie frenzy. I have rotisseried a duck, a pork loin, and even delicata squash rings. All because I received a Wolfgang Puck Pressure Oven for review–and let me tell you, I am in […]
Cranberry Cream Tart (grain free and gluten free)
When I gave up gluten and grains I knew I would miss pies and fruit tarts, which I consider essential holiday fare. Since then, I have discovered that you can make some pretty great pies and tarts with almond flour and arrowroot, as well as other nut flours and coconut flour. This is a nice […]
Whole 30 Recipe Round Up
Cashew Vegetable Korma
Dark Chocolate Chestnut Cake
