Paella is a wonderful way to utilize leftover meat and veggies. In this simpler version, paella translates very well to a weeknight dish. Traditional paella consists of olive oil, rice, and saffron. You can throw in vegetables, seafood, or meat. Mine is missing the olive oil tonight because I omitted stir-frying veggies- it made for [...]

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Natalie
Filed under: Seafood Recipes | 12 Comments »

I am a little behind today, but I just finished my menu and shopping for the week. I went out of town for the weekend, so I will be playing catch-up all day. We went to my mother’s house and my little boys had a ball. I don’t think Jude has ever been that dirty! [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Natalie
Filed under: Gluten free diet | 19 Comments »

We decided to kick-off the fall a little early this year with pumpkin pancakes. Since the discovery of Pamela’s baking mix, we eat pancakes fairly regularly around here, but I occasionally like to mix things up and make my own- cornmeal, pumpkin, or banana nut. With that in mind, I decided to use gluten-free flours [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Natalie
Filed under: Pancake Recipes | 30 Comments »

Since going gluten-free, I have heard a lot of great things about Quinoa. Considered, “the mother grain” by the Incas, Quinoa has all the essential amino acids, unlike wheat which has to be paired with a legume to be a complete protein. However, I have never cooked it until tonight! Now, I love Quinoa too! [...]

Posted on September 11th, 2007 by Natalie
Filed under: Vegetarian Recipes | 12 Comments »

Here is my menu for the week. Monday: Pizza w/Whole Foods Gluten Free Bakehouse crust Tuesday: Chicken Broccoli Cheese Casserole Wednesday: Spinach Mushroom Enchiladas w/ Quinoa Thursday: Pumpkin Pancakes w/ Gluten Free Sausage (Breakfast for Dinner!) Friday: Thai Chicken Wraps Saturday: Leftovers I am going to experiment with some gluten free toddler crackers and teething [...]

Posted on September 10th, 2007 by Natalie
Filed under: gluten free menu | 15 Comments »