Karina's Kitchen: Gluten-Free Recipes

Blueberry-Strawberry Cobbler

2009-07-02T18:50:00.006-03:00

Baking at sea level- in an unfamiliar oven- has been a challenge that has humbled your intrepid gluten-shunning goddess at large. My mojo is askew. All my old tricks and tweaks for high altitude baking are no longer required. It's like losing a third of your favorite play list. Or half your shoes. All the left ones. I have to realign my route. I must toss out all my assumptions (a favorite

Summer in Santa Monica- and a recipe round-up

2009-06-29T12:20:00.011-03:00

The first notes from our Santa Monica summer sublet-After living in the brittle high dessert of Northern New Mexico for three years, I am drunk on oxygen. I walk Ocean Avenue cradled in moisture, intoxicated, breathing deep. And although we sleep seventeen blocks from the Pacific, I smell the ocean in the sheets. I wake with the sensation, the awareness of the sea. It infuses the day with an

Two Potato Salad- with sweet potatoes

2009-06-26T08:40:00.001-03:00

This is a fun and colorful potato salad recipe from the archives. It's a welcome change from the ordinary white spud con mayo and boiled egg salads so ubiquitous at backyard get-togethers. Why? Beyond the no Hellman's and huevos part, it features sweet potatoes, Dude. Sweet potatoes.Pairing tender orange sweet potatoes with sturdy gold potatoes makes this salad not only flavorful but lower in

Rustic Strawberry Cobbler Cake

2009-06-22T09:45:00.000-03:00

Dear Gluten-Free Goddess,Not another strawberry recipe! Please. And a cake recipe at that? Pfffft. I've had it with all your so called strawberry deliciousness. Will you just get over it already? What do you think this is, strawberry season? I'm totally bored with the whole strawberry thing. Good Gracious Lord In Heaven. Where the bleep are the broccolini recipes? The watercress and sardine tarts

Fifty Five Things I've Learned in 55 Years

2009-06-19T00:01:00.052-03:00

Last December, my blogging amiga Kalyn posted a list for her birthday: Sixty Things I've Learned in Sixty Years. Like so many readers, friends and fellow food bloggers, I was inspired by her post. So as birthday number fifty-five (fifty-five? how is that possible?) sat on the horizon as opaque and huge as June Gloom in Los Angeles, I was inspired to write my own list of hard won wisdom. Just to

Gluten-Free Millet Buckwheat Wraps

2009-06-17T02:01:00.000-03:00

What's keeping us fortified during our transition from the wild desert of northern New Mexico to the cool big blue of the Pacific? In a word, wraps. We're munching Lime Quinoa Salads, leftover Veggie Garden Loaf, stir-fry veggies and quinoa, and sandwich fillings in these handy, tasty beauties. They sustained us as we whittled down our food supply, making both lunch and dinner easy as pie. I

Celery Soup with Fennel and Ryeless Rye Croutons

2009-06-15T02:01:00.000-03:00

By the time you read this new soup recipe, we'll be well on our way to Southern California. It will Monday, you see (it is Monday, right?). It will be bright and early. And we'll be waving our coffee fueled good-byes to piney Flagstaff, Arizona, the infamous gateway to the Grand Canyon (inspiration for Steve's movie) where we stayed overnight. We'll be up with the chickens, Honda packed with

A Vegan Basil Mint Parsley "Pesto"

2009-06-12T00:01:00.002-03:00

We're getting so close to our departure now I can taste it. The house is swept and cleaned, boxes and bags are packed. Anticipation is hanging in the desert air. You can almost hold it in your cupped open hands. The hardest part will be trying to sleep Saturday night. I told Steve, If it's 4 AM and we're lying side by side in the dark listening to the whir of the ceiling fan, waiting, can we just

Maple Roasted Banana Ice Cream

2009-06-10T09:01:00.001-03:00

I never bought David Lebovitz's ice cream book The Perfect Scoop because I'm allergic to dairy and eggs, and well. To be candid, a book brimming with rich and sexy recipes built around cream and butter and eggs and moo cow milk would just be, you know. Depressing as hell. I'd have to reinterpret and rebuild almost every recipe to be dairy-free and huevo-free. Except the granitas and a sorbet or

Roasted Sicilian Potatoes

2009-06-07T17:09:00.011-03:00

Here's an easy summer side dish you can bake or grill in foil packets. It's an intuitive toss-together combo of potatoes, onion, garlic, tomatoes, olives and raisins--- with some hot pepper flakes thrown in to kick it up Sicilian style. I don't even know where the inspiration came from. It all started with cleaning out the pantry.We're leaving on our long pined-for road trip next Sunday (can you

Blueberry Crumb Cake

2009-06-04T17:40:00.004-03:00

Sometimes in life- when you least expect it- the stars are kind. Synchronicity smiles. And disparate pieces of your dreams bump up against one another and nestle snug into place. I'm referring, of course, to my dream of California. Summer by the Pacific, walking the beach, shopping the Farmers' Market, reuniting with my sons. Cooking. Writing. Haunting book stores and coffee shops. I've been

Quinoa with Summer Vegetables

2009-06-01T17:39:00.010-03:00

Trying to find a Los Angeles rental for the summer- within our budget- is as slippery and twisted as charting Madonna's romantic liaisons post Guy Ritchie. It's a serpentine endeavor, this whole reading between the lines thing, deciphering what is true and what is only mostly true. It's all those key buzz words peppering Craig's List and Westside Rentals. "Convenient to the 10" can mean the

A Vegan G-Free Baking Cheat Sheet

2009-05-31T16:32:00.013-03:00

Baking gluten-free and vegan translates to one simple truth that is hard to teach. Because it can only be learned by experience. This one simple truth? Unlearning everything you think you know- or thought you understood- about baking. All those mandatory Home Economics classes about kneading bread dough for ten minutes to improve elasticity or leavening a cake with beaten egg whites won't help

Herbed Flatbread with Roasted Vegetables

2009-05-28T19:26:00.009-03:00

I've been offering up picnic food recipes this week because we're eating easy picnic style here in the final countdown phase of leaving for our summer adventure in Los Angeles. Only four remaining stacks of books to box, a tilting fence of wet paintings to frame, and the all important decision of which t-shirts, pots and kitchen power tools to pack stand in the way of our coffee fueled departure

Champagne Vinegar Red Potato Salad

2009-05-25T08:24:00.001-03:00

For those of you looking for a mayo-free potato salad recipe, here's an easy, tasty picnic style salad seasoned with Champagne vinegar and tarragon. I plan on making potato salad several times this week. Picnic food- that's perfect for packing. Sorry for the alliteration. I blame excitement. Life is getting interesting again. We're living sans furniture now- except for a bed, desk and rug. The

Vegan Pasta Pie

2009-05-21T13:07:00.010-03:00

This recipe reminds me of a roasted vegetable frittata. I invented it because I was craving a simple one-dish pie for supper- something easy and light and bordering on picnic food- with guaranteed leftovers. Because- and I tell you this with all the happy feet gyrations of a gypsy heart locked inside a hot flashing nest-eschewing body- we're boxing books again. We're storing art and family

Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel Topping

2009-05-18T00:13:00.010-03:00

Can't get enough of the classic spring pairing of strawberries and rhubarb? Me neither. So I baked a batch of muffins, dressed up to party with cinnamon streusel topping. These easy to toss together treats are tender pull-apart bites of grainy buckwheat sweetness studded with bits of tart rhubarb. A recipe perfect for brunch or afternoon tea.I'm glad I had such sweet fortification on hand this

Balsamic Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

2009-05-15T19:05:00.013-03:00

When I was a little girl my favorite way to eat rhubarb was to snap off a stick in the back yard, run into the kitchen and dip the end into the sugar bowl, repeating the dipping process as needed to coat each tart and chewy bite with granular sweetness. Post Seinfeld I would be labeled a dreaded double dipper. And I admit up front, it's true. I double dipped and triple dipped and lived to tell

Snappy Crunchy Coleslaw (No Mayo!)

2009-05-14T11:39:00.000-03:00

Here's a crisp and crunchy slaw recipe without a drop of mayo. That's what I'm craving. How about you? Stop by and share your favorite spring side dish recipe in comments.From the archives: By April I'm itchy with anticipation. By May I'm storing sweaters and mittens. Winter is behind us. Spring is officially here. Days are longer, inch by inch. If not for juniper allergies I might even be out

Garden Loaf with Maple Apricot Glaze

2009-05-11T17:59:00.009-03:00

Go ahead and snicker. I'll wait. I'm fully aware that veggie loaves are the punch line for many a joke in Burger King sponsored sit-coms and pseudo-reality shows pitting wannabe chefs against each other for the promise of fame and fortune. So do your thing. Snort. Sigh. Bare your teeth. I can handle it. Vegetarians and vegans endure more than their fair share of indiscreet eye-rolling.I know this

Vegan Blueberry Brownie Bites: Gluten-Free

2009-05-08T14:11:00.010-03:00

The idea for blueberry brownies came to me in the middle of shampooing my hair. I was thinking about a chocolate bar I'd seen the day before (what, you don't think about chocolate in the shower?). It was a slim dark chocolate confection with dried blueberries. I'm a fruit and chocolate combo fan, you see. I love berries and chocolate. Orange and chocolate. Pineapple and chocolate. Actually, is

The G-Free Diet: An Opinion from Elaine Monarch, CDF

2009-05-06T22:25:00.004-03:00

Tonight- like the many readers of the Celiac List-Serve- I received this letter from Elaine Monarch of the Celiac Disease Foundation. Because this letter accurately reflects my own view regarding the new book, The G-Free Diet, I am sharing this public letter with my readers.Celiac Colleagues:I am writing to call your attention to the current publicity surrounding thenew book, The G-free Diet, A

Roasted Yellow Tomato Salsa Recipe with Cilantro

2009-05-03T00:29:00.000-03:00

How am I occupying my fevered little brain as we wait (not so patiently) for more house showings? How do I keep my spirits up as we start this selling process all over again? I dream up recipes. I lay in bed at 3 AM with visions of salsa in my head. I conjure excuses for roasting yellow tomatoes. I imagine frittatas without eggs.This is my life. And it's ending one recipe at a time.Sorry to get

Recipes for a Vegan Cinco de Mayo

2009-05-02T12:16:00.000-03:00

In the spirit of fiesta, I thought I would gather some of my favorite New Mexican inspired vegan recipes to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Because if you're looking for a carnitas recipe, or how to stuff a spicy beef burrito, there are food blogs galore that feature carne autentico. Just browse Food Blog Search. But if you're a vegetarian, or a gluten-free vegan, have I got some recipes for you,

Gluten-Free Italian Meatball Recipe

2009-04-30T15:26:00.001-03:00

I'm revisiting my gluten-free meatball recipe this week. Because gluten-free meatballs garnered some celiac excitement recently when a certain television show featured a GF meatball recipe. We don't have TV or cable out here in the dessert, so I never saw the show in question. But the Twitter chatter about it did make me hungry.When it comes to making meatballs every family boasts an