Nutty Date Bars
We were on the lookout for a good on-the-go breakfast item when Mr. He Cleans ran across an Alton Brown recipe for Seedy Date Bars. The name of the recipe, … Continue reading
My Gluten-free All-purpose Flour Blend and Lemony Pound Cake
Gluten-free baking is a real challenge, so much that there are shelves full of cookbooks devoted to turning out baked goods that, hopefully, aren’t dry, crumbly, dense, starchy, greasy, gummy … Continue reading
Peach Upside-Down Cake (Gluten Free)
What can I say? We inadvertently took a six month sabbatical from blogging, but we never took a break from cooking, eating well, and listening to great music. Thanks to … Continue reading
Banana Date Walnut Bread (grain-free)
Faced with rapidly blackening bananas in the fruit bowl, I turned to the ever-popular means of using them up…banana bread. My old recipe for banana bread used wheat flour, but … Continue reading
Lemon Bars (gluten and grain-free, dairy-free)
Lemon bars seem to be a nice, light dessert, with their innocent-looking sweet tartness and summery color. However if you spend anytime browsing recipes, you know that they are evil … Continue reading
Strawberry “Pink and White” Cream Cheese Pie
Our CSA box from Rise ‘N Shine Organic Farms has been bountiful in the strawberry department. So far we’ve netted around 9 pints of perfectly ripe, beautiful berries. After eating … Continue reading
Cashew “Cheesecake” (gluten-free, dairy-free)
This isn’t the sort of thing I usually do. With my fondness for all dairy products, I’ve never seen the need to try to make substitutions, but the idea of … Continue reading
Old-Fashioned Banana Pudding (gluten-free)
On special days at my grandmother’s house, there was a giant glass bowl, much bigger than my head, filled nearly to the brim with layer upon layer of vanilla wafers, … Continue reading
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Recipe by Patsy Caldwell from You Be Sweet Our dear, sweet friend Malcolm sent me this wonderful book chock full of Southern desserts that will put you in a sugar … Continue reading
Crème Brûlée
Modified from Bon Appétit After my last episode of playing with fire in the kitchen, you might be surprised to see me back in there with a blowtorch. Rest assured, … Continue reading
Fluffy Coconut Flour Pancakes (gluten-free and grain-free)
Recipe from Nourishing Days Mr. “He Cleans” requested pancakes for breakfast this weekend, and I was happy to give them a try. I haven’t made pancakes since we went gluten-free … Continue reading
Gluten-free Carrot Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
We had a JAWS (Blu-Ray) viewing party over the weekend, so I made these tiny carrot cakes. I can’t think of a thing to tie these events together, so I … Continue reading
Fudgy Chipotle Brownies (Grain-free, Gluten-free)
Most nights, we treat ourselves to a small square of dark chocolate for dessert. It is not too guilty of a pleasure, since dark chocolate is packed with cell-protecting antioxidants, … Continue reading
Dark Chocolate Creme Brulee
Modified from Bon Appetit (March 1996), via epicurious.com Isn’t it some sort of rule that you must indulge in chocolate on Saint Valentine’s Day? If not, there should be! Indulge … Continue reading
