Category Archives: Gluten Free

Fancy Coffee Friday: Cake, a Dead Chicken and the Plague

Picture it, January 2nd, 2015, in southern Wisconsin where it is brown, cold and lacking snow.  I’m perched at my home office desk in my workout gear after just sending off a first draft for another article at N Magazine, … Continue reading

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Fancy Coffee Friday: Pumpkin Chili Recipe for Mr. Muse

I haven’t posted a recipe for a while and this morning as I rushed about the kitchen trying to get myself fed and watered before heading to the coffee shop for my fancy coffee, I asked Mr. Muse what he … Continue reading

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Fancy Coffee Friday: The World is My Oyster

Today I have a day off from work.  It’s not a holiday, but a bonus perk of working where I do; work long days, get every other Friday off.  Pretty sweet. It’s been months however since my Friday’s off have … Continue reading

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Fancy Coffee Friday*: Pinterest Failure #1

*So apparently trying to schedule posts from my phone just doesn’t work.  Here is Friday’s post… on Sunday. I have always been an avid baker.  My Mom made what I considered to be the most delicious bars and snack cakes … Continue reading

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Don’t be a “Gluten Bully” -or- Nothing Ruins an Afternoon like Explosive Diarrhea

-Or-  Today, I really ended a paragraph in a business email with “…nothing ruins an afternoon like explosive diarrhea”. -Or- You’re getting a free lunch… quit your bitching. Okay, I’ll stop there.  Here is my point, food brings people together.  Big … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning and sitting in the kitchen

I am grateful to have a kitchen that actually has space for me to set up Brutus the laptop when I need to read a recipe from the internet.  Pinterest has become a huge time-suck for me, though thankfully I … Continue reading

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Monday! Place your Bets and a Liebster Award

Step right up to the wager window and lay down your money, Folks!  Kidding – that just seemed like an appropriate lead-in for today since I’ve now read about or have been involved in a few conversations involving the placement … Continue reading

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Recipe Time: Bob’s Red Mill ‘Muesli Cookies’

The other week as I was perusing the aisles of Whole Foods, I happened upon a mid-aisle display of Bob’s Red Mill’s Gluten Free Muesli.  My Swedish friends often regale me with stories of muesli for breakfast and I have … Continue reading

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The Food and Wine Hedonist requires a response!

If you haven’t take the time to traipse over to visit The Food and Wine Hedonist, I suggest you do!  The Hedonist talks about food, occasionally wine, often music and how he is succombing to Hispster-dom.  Oh yeah, he is also an … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning ….recovery.

My kitchen and dining room look like a disaster area.  The outdoor “kitchen” counter needs a scrubbing.  There is one log on in the campfire pit still smoldering.  My trash bin is full…as is my recycling bin.  And despite drinking … Continue reading

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