Let’s Talk About Glyphosate This week I want to talk a little more about glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weed killer Round-Up) and GMOs. Glyphosate is designed to kill weeds and normally sprayed on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) who are modified to be resistant to it. In this case plants like corn, soy, and beet sugar. Glyphosate targets and blocks an essential pathway in...
What is a faux queso? Sometimes when you love to eat and cook, something magical can happen in the kitchen. Impromptu and divine. While Brett and I were making King Ranch Chicken Casserole and waiting for it to bake, we snacked on the extra corn tortilla scraps and used them to wipe up some of the leftover sauce in the Dutch oven. And he said...
Hi everyone! Hope your week is starting off great! Well we had a blast at the annual Food & Wine Fest here in Austin. Such a great group of friends that get together over the last 10 years for the festivities. It’s pretty awesome. And I’m so glad it didn’t get rained out like last year. And there were so many bites that were gluten...
Well it’s time for the weekly menu Jan 30 – Feb 5. I need a lot of comfort food this week. Of course, it is all gluten free, mostly non-GMO and organic… It has been tougher than usual for me to find gratitude these days with the world feeling like it is imploding. But I will say that I’m grateful for people standing up for...
Hello 2017! Time for a new healthy comfort food weekly menu Jan 2-8 that is also gluten-free and dairy-free. Plus we have a lot to look forward to this year! My last two classes start next week – Food Microbiology and Genomic Sequencing and Analysis. I’m really excited. I should finish the certificate in May. I really loved my phylogenetics class (and actually got a perfect...
Hi all! How is it already time for Thanksgiving again? Wow! We haven’t cooked a turkey the last few years but I’m actually looking forward to doing it again this year. One of the things my mom taught me before she died was how to cook an entire Thanksgiving feast. We do it a little different now because of my dietary restrictions and...
Hi everyone! Time for the gluten free weekly menu Oct 3, 2016 + lots of awesome recipes. And we are trying out a new recipe for bean soup from The Wanderlust Kitchen. I do love bean soups. We make a killer red lentil wild rice chicken soup. And bison enchilada soup with homemade Ranch style beans. Also check out these delicious recipes for healthy veggie...
Hi everyone! Doesn’t August always feel like the longest month ever? Well it’s time for the gluten-free weekly menu Aug 22 edition. This week the recipes are pretty easy and there will be lots of leftovers that make great lunches. Or they are great for freezing. I will be trying a new recipe as well. For Meatless Monday, we are making up a batch of...
Ugh, August. It’s too hot. But one of the fun things about this time of year is that Hatch Festival is here again. It is such a great way to change up those staple recipes. So we’re going #Hatch on everything the next two weeks! And we are slowly creeping back into football season again. So excited about watching the Horns play this year. Always start off...
Hi everyone! Time for the gluten-free, low FODMAP weekly menu July 11! So my digestive system is actually doing a little better on the low FODMAP diet (still also gluten, totally dairy and casein free except for the Parmesan). I’ve learned a lot more about food this week, too: basically all my spice blends have garlic or onion powder in them – so I need...
This blog is about cooking real food from unprocessed ingredients to make simple and naturally gluten-free meals and mostly casein-free/dairy-free (except for a little aged Parmesan and goat milk). We try to "healthify” and clean up our favorite comfort foods using organic fresh veggies, lean proteins, healthy grains and lots of spice!
