RECIPE: Polenta Pesto Lasagna, Gluten Free

[1] Lasagna that substitutes sliced polenta (gluten-free, made from corn) for wheat lasagna noodles (photo © Sauces’n Love). [2] You can get a jar of pesto at any supermarket (photo © DeLallo).   We love lasagna, and try most recipes we come across to see if they’re better than Mom’s. Here’s a vegetarian version with…
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PRODUCT: Good Natured Vegetable Crisps

A new way to eat your veggies! Photo courtesy Herr Foods.   Americans love salty snacks, as evidenced by the never-ending stream of new chips on the market. From Herr’s, an estimable regional potato chip producer, comes a tasty new line in their Good Natured Selects series of baked crisps: gluten-free veggie chips called Vegetable…
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BOOK: The Macaroon Bible

A gift for cookie lovers, gluten free observers and Passover hosts. Photo courtesy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.   Before there were macarons, French meringue cookie sandwiches, there were macaroons. The soft, gluten-free coconut cookies are a delight year-round, but especially appreciated by Passover observers. Made of shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk and egg whites—without the flour…
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PASSOVER: Delicious Nut Flours You Can Eat

Gluten-free almond flour. Photo courtesy Bob’s Red Mill.   Gluten free pioneer and whole grains leader, Bob’s Red Mill, offers delicious recipes for Passover using the company’s gluten-free Natural Almond Meal and Natural Coconut Flour. Nut flours have long been a gluten-free salvation as well as a Passover alternative, and these organic flours will also…
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PRODUCT: Gluten-Free Walkers Shortbread

Our favorite Walkers Shortbread is chock-full of chocolate chips. Photo by Julia Tomases | THE NIBBLE.   Good news for gluten-free followers: Scotland’s Walkers Shortbread, beloved by many, now has GF options. And they’re delicious: the same pure buttery shortbread flavor, freed of gluten: Gluten Free Pure Butter Shortbread, the classic Gluten Free Chocolate Chip…
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