Since going grain-free, I miss bread. But probably not in the way you're thinking, and it's more accurate to say that I miss bread-making: those deeply meditative, repetitive motions of kneading to sink your awareness into, the precise measuring of ingredients, exercising patience while the dough rises, that universally comforting, wholesome warm smell… You see? Bread-making is[...]
I may be grain-free most of the time, but sometimes I get a craving for something crumbly and savory to break into a soup. That's where this Almond Thyme Skillet Bread recipe came from (plus I wanted another excuse to use my mini cast iron skillet)! This recipe is so easy, and a great use for leftover bacon fat. I served the Almond Thyme Skillet Bread with a soup made from ground beef and[...]
These could be called "hedgehog snacks" just as easily as "hedgehog cookies" because they're only slightly sweet, but so fun to eat and moderately filling (perfect for tiding kids over until the next meal, I think). This recipe is actually a grain-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free version of a conventional recipe for hedgehog cookies, a batch of which was made to take to[...]
It's notoriously difficult to eat well while traveling. Not traveling as in "on vacation" (although that could also be true in a different way) but as in "on the road". Since I'll be living out of a Salt Lake City hotel room for the rest of the week while I attend the Adobe Digital Marketing Summit, I took some proactive steps to make sure I'm not stranded with nothing to snack on if the quali[...]
You know those recipe ideas that grab you and won't let go? Well, if you've never dreamed up an original recipe for something you think would be delicious then maybe not... But anyway, the idea for these crossed my mind when I saw some Double Coconut Muffins on Smitten Kitchen, but why stop at just double coconut? Why not up the ante and make them triple coconut muffins? I call t[...]