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GLUTEN FREE Recipes

Arame

POSTED ON March 10, 2011

Posted in Gluten free, Side Dishes

Arame

I am hoping this recipe will inspire you to eat more seaweed. Ideally we should eat a little everyday, but I know how difficult that can be. I often only manage a sheet of nori with lunch or dinner which is much faster than cooking a separate dish like this one. But, once you make [...] continue reading ->

Roasted shitake mushrooms and a golden cauliflower soup

POSTED ON February 18, 2011

Posted in Condiments, Gluten free, Soup

Roasted shitake mushrooms and a golden cauliflower soup

I have seen orange colored cauliflowers around but never cooked with one; that is until today. What I’ve made here is basically this soup without the collard greens and dill, and added a small peeled celery root that I had on hand. Everything was blended until smooth and velvety, resulting in this lovely butter-hued puree.
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Black sesame gomasio

POSTED ON February 10, 2011

Posted in Condiments, Gluten free

Black sesame gomasio

Gomasio is sesame salt, made from toasted sesame seeds and sea salt ground together. It is a delicious condiment that I think goes particularly well with simple grain dishes, especially brown rice.

You can buy prepared gomasio in many health foods stores but when you make it fresh the flavor is delicious and the smell, [...] continue reading ->

Gomoku; Japanese winter brown rice dish

POSTED ON February 2, 2011

Posted in Gluten free, Grains, Mains

Gomoku; Japanese winter brown rice dish

Gomoku is often called a five vegetable Japanese rice stew; but, I feel the word stew is misleading as it isn’t really stew-like. I thought maybe I could call my version a pilaf but that word doesn’t explain what it is well either.  Pilaf doesn’t conjure up the deeply warming and nourishing properties that this [...] continue reading ->

Dijon mustard marinated tempeh

POSTED ON January 20, 2011

Posted in Gluten free, Side Dishes

Dijon mustard marinated tempeh

This is a great way to prepare tempeh – it’s tasty, fast and versatile. I like to make a batch and eat it warm from the oven with dinner and then have leftovers for lunch the next day. It’s delicious on a rye bread sandwich or in a nori roll with avocado, brown rice and [...] continue reading ->

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