Soups, Salads, and Starters

Asian Soup Unrecipe

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Shirley of Gluten-Free Easily is hosting Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten-Free this month, and she challenged us to “think outside the recipe box” with the theme of Dishes So Simple, No Recipe Required. Much of my cooking involves throwing things together and seeing what happens. As I’ve written more for the blog I’ve tried to [...]

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Mushroom Ragout over Sauteed Spinach

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Mike and I tried out a local tapas restaurant recently, and Mike had a wonderful mushroom ragout with balsamic drizzle and lots of other fancy words in between. Since it was quite delicious and we’re both mushroom nuts, he asked me to recreate it at home. First, I looked into what exactly is a ragout? [...]

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Spicy Dill Refrigerator Pickles

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These pickles are fast and easy. It’s been a long-time goal of mine to dabble with pickling. My first batch of pickling cucumbers showed up in the garden this week! I was excited to finally have the opportunity to give pickling a try. I opted to make my own combination of pickling spices, but you [...]

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Sugar Snap Pea Nibbles

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We had some sugar snap peas that needed to be used up sooner rather than later. I wanted something light that wouldn’t require planning a whole meal. This recipe works well as a snack or an appetizer. The peas are cooked just enough to take off their raw edge but maintain their satisfying crunch. There’s [...]

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Kathy’s Kale Salad

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My sister-in-law is in town. (She of the awesome vegetarian chickpea salad.) Kathy has been a vegetarian for over ten years. She’s a pro. She made this kale salad when we were on vacation. I kept stealing bites every time I walked past. I got her to make it again to share with you. Besides [...]

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Cucumber Radish Salad

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The weather finally decided to shift into summer, and it’s been hot–which is when many people turn to salads. And in fact, The Gluten-Free Homemaker’s monthly challenge is to create a salad. I love cucumber salads because they’re so refreshing. This salad is easy to throw together and perfect to share at a picnic or [...]

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Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta and Beans)

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Remember in my falafel recipe how I mentioned that my sister-in-law sent me an “esoteric grab bag of spices?” Well, not only did she send spices, she also sent me a bag of tongues of fire beans! How can you not be excited about beans named tongues of fire? I thought of them yesterday when [...]

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Carolyn’s Guacamole

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I’ve been in St. Louis visiting family. (And celebrating Larissa’s graduation–once again congrats!) This afforded me the chance to cook with an awesome lady friend from high school. We went to the store to get ingredients to make a potato salad (recipe coming next week), but while we were there, we decided to make guacamole [...]

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Blood Orange and Radish Salad

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A light refreshing salad of blood oranges and radishes. I didn’t know how much longer the grocery store would be carrying the blood oranges, so I made sure to grab some while they were still around. Mike was not sure about this salad at first, but he’s a good sport and tried it anyway. Blood [...]

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The Kale Chip Challenge: Kale vs Collard, Turnip, and Mustard Greens

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(I promise those are the actual chips, not leaves I picked up and put on platters. From left to right: turnip, kale, collard and mustard in the right hand corner.) Kale chip recipes have been pretty popular for a year or two now. Earlier this week I was pondering, how come people always use kale? [...]

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Tea Eggs

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I stumbled upon a tea egg recipe a few months ago. I had never heard of tea eggs before. Apparently they’re a popular snack in China. (Most of the recipes I read made mention that all the 7-11s carry them.) I was intrigued and made a mental note to try them. With Easter coming up [...]

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