Tag: Gluten-Free

TIP OF THE DAY: Pavlova Dessert For Passover & Easter

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If you’ve ever seen individual meringue cups/shells in a bakery and wondered what they are: They’re the base of Pavlovas*. Light and airy, they are filled with fruit to make an impressive gluten-free and fat-free dessert (photo #2). Pavlova is quick-assembly dessert that’s impressive and low-calorie. It consists of a meringue base topped with fresh…
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RECIPE: Banana Bread Recipe & The History Of Banana Bread

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It’s February 23rd, National Banana Bread Day, and there’s only one thing for us to do: Bake a loaf, with lots of chocolate chunks. We prefer making ours with overripe bananas [photo #3]: brown peel = more pronounced flavor. Our friend Beth swears by using frozen bananas (we haven’t tried that yet). The recipe is…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gluten-Free Quiche With A Potato Crust Of Hash Browns

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[1] Sausage and caramelized onion quiche with a gluten-free crust of hash brown potatoes (photo © Idaho Potato Commission). [2] Idaho red potatoes (photo © Idaho Potato Commission). [3] Caramelized onions (photo © Pompeian | Facebook).   May 20th was National National Quiche Lorraine Day. We make a quiche every year, to celebrate the holiday.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cook Sorghum For Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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When we first saw the word sorghum, it was as a tween, in the reading of “Gone With The Wind.” There was no sugar available in the blockaded, war-torn South, so Scarlett O’Hara sweetened her coffee substitute, chicory, with sorghum syrup, a molasses substitute. For decades, we thought of sorghum as a sweetener. After all,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Brazilian Cheese Bread, Pão de Queijo

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On a recent trip to a churrascaria to indulge in the salad bar, our colleague Hannah Kaminsky discovered something more memorable than the jumbo asparagus and whole cloves of caramelized garlic: pão de queijo, Brazilian Cheese Bread. Not a conventional bread (no kneading required), pão de queijo (pow de KAY-zoo) is a Brazilian variation of…
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