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GLUTEN FREE Recipes

Marinated beet salad with feta, mint and pistachios

POSTED ON July 30, 2013

Posted in appetizer, Gluten free, Salads, Side Dishes

Marinated beet salad with feta, mint and pistachios

The really good organic heirloom tomatoes have just hit the farmer’s market: plump, juicy, tangy and sweet. I know it’s hard at the moment to think of eating a dish that doesn’t revolve around a tomato of some sort, but this tasty beet salad is so good and deliciously refreshing that I had to share [...] continue reading ->

Goji-strawberry smoothie

POSTED ON June 29, 2013

Posted in Breakfast, Gluten free

Goji-strawberry smoothie

It’s only on these rather hot and humid summer mornings that I entertain the idea of making a smoothie. Although delicious, blended berries rarely make their way into my breakfast routine – I usually eat them whole out of hand or scattered over my staple summer breakfast bowl.

If you’re a smoothie fan then you’ll love [...] continue reading ->

Spring millet salad with tangy seeded flax dressing

POSTED ON May 11, 2013

Posted in Gluten free, Grains, Salads

Spring millet salad with tangy seeded flax dressing

Millet is a quirky grain: with a sunny yellow color and perfect round shape, it fluffs up perfectly when cooked, but quickly becomes dry as it cools. Raw, it smells slightly sweet, milky and almost musky.  It’s the kind of smell that makes me want to bake breakfast-y things like my mother’s milk pudding.  To [...] continue reading ->

White bean vegetable stew

POSTED ON March 29, 2013

Posted in Gluten free, Mains

White bean vegetable stew

On the days when I either don’t know what I want to cook, have no idea what is left or needs to be used in the vegetable drawer in the fridge, or have no desire to venture to the shop, I plan on cooking a bean soup or a stew like this one. It’s the [...] continue reading ->

Steamed vegetable salad with black sesame flax dressing

POSTED ON March 3, 2013

Posted in Gluten free, Salads

Steamed vegetable salad with black sesame flax dressing

The end of winter is a challenging time to find fresh, good-looking veggies in New York.  The stored roots are getting old, and most of the produce that’s shipped from all across the continent understandably lacks the vital freshness that instantly inspires meals.

I find that steaming cheers up any selection of vegetables you have [...] continue reading ->

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