Our Seventh Annual Christmas Eve Fondue

When Little Foodie was four, he had his first crush. We were sitting around the table, all taking turns dipping into the fondue pot. We have a silly little rule, that if you drop a piece of food into the fondue, you have to kiss the person sitting next to you. He purposefully dropped one of his […]

Chocolate Meringue Mistakes, I mean, Crisps

Mr. Green Thumb gasped as I opened the oven and pulled out the cookie sheets. My cookies certainly didn’t look like the meringues I told him I was planning to make. Our company was arriving in less than an hour, and I didn’t even know if these would be edible. In my hast, while helping balance measuring cups […]

Thanksgiving Pies (Pumpkin and Chocolate)

My husband has a lot of great memories of his grandma; many of those memories are of the amazing food she created in her humble kitchen, including the fresh, homemade goodies she had on-hand for her grandkids everytime they stopped by. When I first talked to my husband about trying to bake a gluten-free pie for Thanksgiving, he asked if I could do a chocolate […]

Quinoa Chocolate Cake

Quinoa is a wonderfully versatile grain that is high in protein, and very easy to digest. It was my staple grain when I first started my gluten-free diet, and I enjoy incorporating in both savory and sweet dishes. While I have expanded my recipe repertoire to include other gluten-free flours and grains, I still have a few favorite quinoa […]