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Member Since: Dec. 2007
Cooking Level: Expert
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About this Cook
Multiple food intolerances/sensitivities, and a general inability to digest much of anything. Diagnosed IBS this year. Basically, my stomach hates me. Unfortunately I love to cook a wide variety of foods and cuisines, and used to adore baking before the whole gluten intolerance happened. I am now a full-time student and, sadly, have limited time and funds to indulge my epicure tendencies. This has put a serious crimp on relearning how to bake with my current gluten restriction.
My favorite things to cook
Things I can actually eat that also please the palate and stomach of those without food restrictions and those with food restrictions other than my own.
My favorite family cooking traditions
For at least a few generations: Czech dishes; amazing yeast breads and baked goods; creativity in the kitchen; the art of canning fruit, vegetables, sauces, and preserves; dumplings; and too many to list with a 1000 character limit. The modern traditions forming in my house (and family): Winter holidays lamb roast, gluten-free oatmeal pancakes with a rainbow of fruit, successfully modifying many recipes for the cantankerous tummy (At my house and my Grandma's. Grandma, you ROCK!)
My cooking triumphs
Holiday feasts people look forward to. Recipes people beg for. Dishes people request often. Mouth-watering roasted chickens. A Thanksgiving turkey as moist as most roasted chickens; jaws dropped, a proud moment in the kitchen.
My cooking tragedies
Ten years ago many of my original creations suffered from an over-use of canned tomatoes and were less than pleasing in texture.
Recipe Reviews 5 reviews
Caramel Frosting V
Too yummy!!! I made this for a gluten-free chocolate cake (Bob’s Red Mill mix) for the end to an Easter feast and it ended up being a warm day. After a day of the oven and stove on, the kitchen was crazy warm. I let this cool for quite awhile but it wasn’t firming up. An hour or two in the fridge did the trick and the sauce-like consistency it had had before, whipped up into a lovely frosting. This was my first attempt at a cooked frosting and it was perfect with the chocolate cake. I think I’ll try the pecans next time, at least on top of the cake. Definitely a keeper.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 9, 2007
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
These were fabulous! A god-send for gluten intolerant people. Fresh-ground peanut butter is a must. I found that I liked them smashed down quite thin with a fork if eating while they were hot, but left thick after the fork criss-cross for the left-overs so they were still a bit soft. Great with milk (cow, soy, rice), and milk is a must if you can’t keep your hands away from them, as I couldn’t.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 9, 2007
Hot or Cold Vegetable Frittata
This is always a hit at office parties, as well as my house. I use red bell pepper instead of green; red onion; a package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained; and WAY more garlic. I love cremini (also called baby portabella) mushrooms in this. I believe I've used fresh tomatoes in this, and it was awesome. Make sure to drain the sautéed veggies before and after cooling before mixing with egg and cheese mixture so your end product isn’t watery. You can up the number of eggs if there appears to be too little to hold it all together, just eyeball it after mixing. I can't eat wheat, so I skip the bread altogether. I’ve made it with the 2 blocks of cream cheese, and just one, it was good both ways but VERY cheesy with both. Adding herbs is always tasty, but for those merely looking for more kick, it’s all-about the hot sauce at the table so everyone can alter exactly to their taste. Personally, I love chipotle Tabasco on any and all eggs.

7 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 9, 2007
 
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