Karina’s Savory Vegetable Kugel

It will also presumably be esteem. Whenever you happen to’ve got been striking with me for awhile right here on Gluten-Free Goddess, you admire how powerful we dig quinoa . Or no longer it’s one amongst our popular gluten-free grains. I’ve grown to esteem- even crave – quinoa’s obvious smoky-nutty flavor. Extra assertive than rice or oatmeal, the style of quinoa affords gluten-free baked items and grainy aspect dishes a certain je ne sais quoi that feels nourishing, wholesome, and shapely all immediately. In a extraordinarily understated, overjoyed blue skies roughly diagram, I suggest. Not in a pious devour-this-it be-lawful-for-you roughly diagram. Though I’m certain there are plenty of quinoa converts that proselytize its admirable qualities in the nutrition enviornment (and why no longer? Its protein profile is a vegan’s moist dream) I grasp to esteem my quinoa by itself unassuming terms. Even supposing folks possess dubbed her Queen of Grains and Mother of all Vegan Goodness in the Bunny Scampering Universe, I esteem her appropriate because . Without

Contemporary + Sassy Strawberry Spinach Salad with Berry Dressing The older (wiser?) I acquire the extra I crave straightforward.  The sweet, relaxed comfort of dwelling cooking. An impromptu picnic on the patio with family-style classics esteem horseradish spiked potato salad . In wish to growing worldly and sophisticated and dabbling with truffle oil (a chemical style beyond awful), each current grey silver hair spins my style hula hooping into simplicity sooner than Shakira can waggle. Nicely, presumably no longer that like a flash. She is somewhat nimble. However you acquire my float. I’m whipping up ten-minute rice journey-fries, no longer Coq au Vin. I’m mixing up pomegranate smoothies , no longer roasting Duck a l’Orange. And lucky me, the dawning summer season is all about simplicity.  Who needs complex and fussy when the farmers’ markets are abundant with shapely, current ingredients? Vegetables in each coloration. Ripe and voluptuous fruits. And each particular person of them gluten-free. And dairy-free. That’s the beauty of it. No

Creep Uncooked for a Nicely-organized Creamy Dip. Not that I most continuously over-indulge with sweets- ahem. However. I’m in a position to also presumably be craving one thing apart from sugar because the summer (eventually!) approaches. How about you? Presumably this tasty  roasted purple pepper hummus , ideal for ‘Salvage together On’ mode? My cravings are now in excessive gear, spinning a tempting, hummus wander play. This day’s winner? This uncooked cashew dip (impressed by my  uncooked cashew cream recipe ). Your body- and style buds- will thank you. Karina xo

Blueberry Flax Seed Cakes – My Unique Fave. A number of years previously we left Cape Cod (our dwelling for years) for our empty nest gypsy adventure. We sold the sofa, kitchen table, and containers of cookbooks. We recycled toys and denims and an aged PC. The beginning aspect road used to be calling. And we listened. The western sky hung vast and blue above the excessive barren negate arroyos of Unique Mexico. It felt as deep and big as an ocean. We belief this signaled dwelling. However I omitted the ocean extra than I ever may per chance well also possess guessed. So we moved to Los Angeles and tried on four diverse neighborhoods in as a few years. I grew adept at packing and shedding and shelved my books by coloration . I luxuriated in each and each hour spent with my two grown sons. A reward, each shared coffee date. Movie night. Christmas dinner. However the metropolis of Los Angeles used to be never my dwelling. Its leisure culture felt as walled off to me because the adobe and iron gates in Santa Fe. I felt invisible. And irrelevant. And undernourished. My restless feminine soul

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A tasty current granola recipe for summer. Our newest, best, crave suited homemade granola recipe is a veritable toddle to fabricate. And it be eternally customizable. Add dried coconut, cashews, nuts, seeds or dried berries to your cereal loving heart’s scream material. Exercise our popular spice mix (pumpkin pie), or change your have pick on. In actual fact, our combo of pure maple syrup and a contact of brown sugar is so appetizing, it’s possible you’ll well well also simply deem, as we many times create, to switch away the spices out. Or no longer it’s THAT lawful. All it’s possible you’ll well well like is a sturdy sheet pan/cookie sheet.  And an oven, pointless to pronounce.  You know, to bake it in. Your negate will scent esteem a cottage bakery. Karina xo

Zucchini Cake! Yep. What’s for breakfast, you question? Cereal? Yogurt? #Lifeless As a change, let’s devour cake.  A tasty breakfast cake impressed by these shapely  maple sweetened almond zucchini mini-desserts . Keep in mind these? I certain create.  They’ve become one amongst our popular do away with-and-journey gluten-free treats. I tuck a catch of them- current out of the freezer- into my (bulging) purse/backpack/tote at any time when we endeavor a ways afield. Because, properly. You never know. And despite the undeniable truth that we are appropriate caught  striking out at dwelling, at the present time I remembered these shapely, gentle zucchini desserts and belief— hmmmmm.  What. If. We. Bear. Zucchini. Cake. For breakfast!? Because. #notboring Karina xox