Cooking Without A Kitchen

The next month should be interesting.  And fun.  We are remodeling our kitchen, and demolition starts tomorrow.  The kitchen is tiny; the counter space is nearly non-existent; the layout is terrible; and it’s ugly.  On top of all that, it feels very isolated from the rest of the living spaces in the house.  We like [...]

Eggs Benedict – Gluten Free

Sometimes I just feel like being a little bit fancy and a little bit decadent. We tend to sleep in on weekends, so breakfast turns into brunch.

I’ve never made eggs benedict before, although we have it every Christmas morning at my Mom’s. I’ve actually never made Hollandaise sauce either. I do not have an egg [...]

Starbucks’ Valencia Orange, Gluten-Free Cake

**UPDATE**
Starbucks will no longer be selling the Valencia Orange Cake.
The announcmment came via a Starbucks tweet on July 15 – “We heard that it was too much of a treat, and not a nutritious snack.  The @KindSnacks bar is replacing it.”
While I really like Kind Snack Bars, I’m certainly not going to Starbucks just to [...]

Cranberry Muffins

I originally made these as blueberry muffins, but I like cranberries so much better. This recipe was inspired by Sea of Book of Yum fame. She has a great recipe for a Lemon Blueberry Muffin with icing. These muffins tasted really good – my one complaint was that they were actually a little too moist.
    
  

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Buckwheat pancakes

My wonderfully sweet sister-in-law sent me a package of buckwheat pancake mix from Ridgecut Gristmills in Northern California.
According to their website:
“Ridgecut Gristmills does not mill any grains containing gluten. This is to provide a gluten free milling surface and to eliminate contamination. Any stone ground whole wheat is milled by another mill. All gluten free [...]

Homemade English Muffins

I admit, I was a little skeptical at the idea of a homemade English muffin. I mean, there must be some great secret to getting those neat little “nooks and crannies” in there. Turns out, it’s really not all that difficult after all.

I found this recipe on the web, but I can’t remember exactly where, [...]