Almond Coconut Milk Sweetened with Date
Free from: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast. Vegan.
I love my morning ritual of heating milk, adding a shot of espresso, and a bit of hot water. When I had to give up half and half, I needed an alternative. I’ve tried lots of coconut and almond milks and some are […]
Huevos Rancheros With and Without Huevos
Gluten, soy and yeast free on the left. Dairy and egg free vegan option on the right.
Back when I ate eggs every which way, huevos rancheros was my go-to meal at our local breakfast joint. I loved the little hillock of spicy beans sitting on a chewy, thick corn tortilla; […]
Primavera Breakfast at San Francisco Ferry Building Farmers Market
Jet-lagged and hungry for food I can’t get in London, we headed to the San Francisco Ferry building to meet Bonni for breakfast at the Farmer’s Market. It was glorious. A brilliantly blue sky flecked with white. The air was brisk but when the wind fell off […]
Tropical Banana Bread
Free from: gluten, eggs (optional), soy, yeast and dairy
In our house, whenever someone notices bananas browning in the fruit bowl, the cry goes out “Make banana bread”! Today however, I only had two, not so large, bananas and I really didn’t want to go out to buy more. I did though […]
Dried Fruit Breakfast Smoothie
Free from: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast and sulfites
Smoothie, schmoozie you say. Well when you can’t eat eggs and you’ve given up refined carbs (temporarily) that doesn’t leave much for breakfast, so I’m eating smoothies a lot. Mostly I use frozen organic berries.
This morning however there were no frozen berries […]
Hot Quinoa Cereal with Fruit and Nuts
Free from: Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Yeast, Corn and Soy
Quinoa is my favorite grain! Is that weird to say? Well, once you start cooking with quinoa you will know exactly what I mean. It quickly became a staple in my diet once I realized it was another type of […]
Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata with Slow-roasted Tomatoes
Free from: Gluten, cow dairy, soy and yeast. Contains goat cheese and eggs.
Ernie thinks cooked, green vegetables are poison. It’s become a personal challenge to create, or find, recipes that lure him into eating dark leafy greens. And he can’t eat cow’s milk in any form. He can however lustily consume […]