Artist's Cookbook » gluten http://www.artistscookbook.com Now that's a mouthful! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Can’t go wrong with Homecooked Meals! http://www.artistscookbook.com/2011/01/cant-go-wrong-with-homecooked-meals/ http://www.artistscookbook.com/2011/01/cant-go-wrong-with-homecooked-meals/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:04:57 +0000 Courtney Oquist http://www.artistscookbook.com/?p=42 I really enjoy cooking from beginning to end.  Well, perhaps not the cleaning dishes part, but I love getting inspired at the grocery store, selecting my ingredients, getting overwhelmed by the colors of fresh produce, the smells of herbs, and letting a recipe evolve that way, from being inspired through my senses.  I am one guilty girl of going grocery shopping while hungry, and biting off more than I can chew when it comes to cooking.  Whereas I could easily buy a readymade sandwich or dinner, I walk away with raw ingredients for a seven course meal.  Perhaps this is my neurosis, but it really is satisfying to cook.  Nourishing your body, and your families body with something you created and conceived (even if it’s a riff off a common, everyday dish),  is a wonderful (and practical) way to share the gift of imagination and creativity.  Here are some of my recent dishes:

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Cream of Broccoli Soup

Gluten Free Turkey Meatballs

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Well I am still mostly gluten free, and I always notice a difference when I eat gluten, but there are those times around the holidays when one must try different things to feel somewhat connected to the rest of the dietary world.  So my holidays baking commenced and there was a lot of flour going around in the kitchen. Luckily that part of my life is over, for now, and I am back to my habits of eating well and feeling good.  But one must every now and then gander in those unknown territories, of “Will this hurt me later?”  or “I know this doesn’t agree with me, but it taste’s soooo darn good”.

One favorite recipe, which I stumbled onto because I had some lemons laying around, is a spin on Russian Tea Cakes, and this recipe uses lemon and almonds instead of the usual vanilla and walnuts.  But, I must say, they are dangerously good, and absolutely scrumptious with coffee.  Oh my!  I am feeling love sick as I write.

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