• Recipes

    Gluten Free Eggplant Parmesan

    October 10, 2013 / No Comments

    Every year for his birthday Dan requests that I make Eggplant Parmesan, but now that I have am no longer eating gluten, I had to find a good substitute for the bread crumbs that I used to coat the eggplant. Almond meal (which is more course than almond flour) worked like a charm and with the added herbs and cheese makes for a delicious alternative that is just as good or better than bread crumbs. Last night I made this dish to celebrate some exciting news in our household.  Dan was invited to present at the MHCC board meeting on behalf of the Advocate, the college newspaper he advises for.…

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  • Breakfast,  Recipes

    Cottage Cheese Pancakes

    October 1, 2013 / No Comments

    This is a recipe my Grandma used to make whenever we came to visit them in Tacoma, WA. Imagine waking up to the smell of BACON, traveling from the kitchen, up the stairs and into the room where we slept. As kids, we knew that where there is bacon, there is also pancakes! My Grandma actually called them hot cakes which I thought was kind of weird when I was younger,  but whatever you want to call them, they were tasty and we gobbled them up. One summer, when I was in Jr. High, my brother and I spent a whole week  with my Grandparents and I had the most…

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