Celebrating life with (gluten free) food and littles on the California Coast
These are classic – well maybe better than classic – brown butter is a revelation for chocolate chip cookies – those nutty toffee flavors. And extra brown sugar relative to white. These cookies are crispy and caramel on the edges and soft, chewy, and fluffy in the middle. They are a little nutty, a little […]
I once had a hankering for a favorite roasted eggplant salad in February, this was unfortunate because eggplant is outrageous in February, but what else could I get to make a hearty main dish salad for a stylish lunch. I wish I’d thought of this (before I spent a fortune on eggplant). Instead of that […]
I added a new cookie to the Christmas mix this year. My kids love candy canes (I love candy canes) so why not add them to our Christmas cookie platter. I made some with the kids (who doesn’t love rolling little snakes) and they were gone in a day. They use my Sugar cookie cutouts […]
Gingerbread was never one of our holiday cookies. I don’t think my mom liked it, and who can blame her. The dough is usually sticky and irksome to work with. The resulting cookies smell spicy but they have the texture and flavor of a car air freshener. I’d beg to add gingerbread, and when I […]
Snow Balls, Russian Tea Cookies, Mexican Wedding Cookies. Whatever you call them I always thought of them as the dry powdered sugary cookies you make just because they look pretty on a Christmas cookie platter. You don’t actually want to eat them. Well toasted pecans and my cassava almond sugar cookie dough change all that. […]
Jam drops are my favorite holiday cookie. Buttery shortbread, crunchy nuts, and a pop of fruity jam. They also make a beautiful addition to a holiday cookie plate without any fake red stuff. When I was a child, my mother would make would make 7 or 8 kinds of cookies and stack them in the […]
Ok so cranberry sauce is just fine but this brandied cranberry sauce sauce is served warm and it’s just spiced and citrusy enough to cut through the richness and bring out the best in your holiday turkey. Or, perhaps mix things up and serve it on duck breast or duck confit, top a pork tenderloin […]
This clementine cake is based on Nigella Lawson’s viral clementine cake which is based on Claudia Roden’s orange almond cake with a couple of fantastic upgrades. First I add butter even if I am not adding the cranberries. It gives just the right touch of richness. Second I add brandied cranberries – it is basically […]
This is a simple buttery sugar cookie recipe that works great for precise cutout shapes. I like to make a big batch of this dough and use it as a base for all my holiday favorites. It’s great for icebox cookies, jam drops, snow ball / Russian tea cookie/ Mexican wedding cookie. These cookies are […]
I love these green banana flour ” oatmeal” cookies. They are based on my favorite oatmeal cookies –https://www.seriouseats.com/easy-one-bowl-oatmeal-cookies-recipe and I was feeling really deprived in gluten free land (especially since I don’t really tolerate grain particularly oats well) but I decided to try them with my new love – green banana flour -it makes a […]
