GNOWFGLINS™

Naomi was my helper today to make (okay, create) these muffins. We all were in the mood for muffins, but I didn’t have any pureed vegetables, apple sauce, pear sauce, or bananas. I usually like to include one of those for moisture and flavor. So we rustled up some coconut milk instead. The batch turned [...]

I can’t believe how much I’ve enjoyed this salad. Yumm just doesn’t describe it. Layered at the bottom of the bowl is a layer of mixed sprouts (alfalfa-red clover-fenugreek sprouts). Next, a generous scoop of the salad I mentioned yesterday — shredded purple cabbage, mung bean sprouts and lentil sprouts, tossed in our favorite dressing. [...]

We haven’t enjoyed this delicious and very lemony cake since going gluten-free over a year ago. I miss it! It calls for whole wheat pastry flour. I am thinking of making it very soon trying out white buckwheat flour (from hulled buckwheat) instead of the whole wheat pastry flour. For now, here is the wheat [...]

When measuring out the ingredients to make a double-batch of Cheezy Gluten-Free Crackers, I fill a quart size jar with all the dry ingredients for another double-batch of crackers. I store it on the door of the freezer. It is ready for me to use sometime during the coming week. I just transfer the [...]

gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free

1/2 cup flax seed meal
3/4 cup filtered water
1 cup unrefined coconut oil, softened
3/4 cup raw agave syrup (or raw honey)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
3/4 cup buckwheat flour
3/4 cup sorghum flour (or other gluten-free flour such as sweet brown rice flour)
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1 [...]

We packed up some flatbread mixes to take with us when visiting friends on Sunday. I normally reach for a plastic bag to store make-ahead mixes, but then I thought — why not a glass jar? As you may know, I’m on a mission to reduce my plastic use. This was a duh moment for [...]

I have to thank my friend Cheryl for inspiring some yummy food for tonight’s dinner. We got a big bag of local, naturally-grown-although-not-certified-organic green beans at the Farmer’s Market yesterday. I was going to make Loubieh (Arabic Green Bean Stew) out of them. But her simple recipe sounded so good and so simple, so [...]

This is what I serve to my egg-allergic children and they love it. It is remarkably like scrambled eggs and very delicious. I often don’t have red pepper, so I leave that out. Several members of the family can’t have garlic, so I leave that out, too.
adapted from “The Healthy Kitchen” by Andrew Weil & [...]

Leftover steamed corn on the cob? Here’s a super easy and fabulously delicious side dish.
Heat a cast iron skilet over medium heat with a few tablespoons of oil (your choice: olive, grapeseed, coconut, red palm, butter).
While the pan and oil are heating, cut all the kernels off the ears of corn.
Transfer the corn to the [...]

This is one of my not-very-precise recipes, and it also happens to be very forgiving. I created it along the same lines as many of my hard-to-duplicate-exactly skillet dishes. It was delicious last night and I’m looking forward to having more for lunch today.

1 red onion, diced
extra virgin olive oil
2 or 3 cups of cooked [...]