Dietary Needs
Gluten and Dairy Free Leek and Potato Soup

Gluten and Dairy Free Leek and Potato Soup

Roniboy whipped up another amazing dinner last night. He made a gluten and dairy free leek and potato soup that was out of this world. Leeks are not my first option when it comes to eating veggies, but I have to admit this soup recipe was a home run. The recipe is from “Soup Bowl”...
Gluten and Dairy Free Peach Pie

Gluten and Dairy Free Peach Pie

Gluten and Dairy Free Peach Pie: Bella Gluten-Free All Purpose Baking Mix Review With the cool breeze rolling in and the days getting shorter baking is a great way to transition into the Fall season. Back on the East Coast, we would be apple picking but living in Colorado we focus on our beautiful peaches....
Gluten Free Gazpacho Soup

Gluten Free Gazpacho Soup

Gluten Free Gazpacho Soup made by Roniboy. Thanks to Roniboy I had the most amazing lunch — gluten free gazpacho soup. The first time I had gazpacho soup was with my dear friend, Raquel. She lives in Salamanca, Spain. Salamanca is a very special place to me and one of my favorite places to visit...
Pasta is Back!

Pasta is Back!

It’s a dream come true pasta is back in our cupboard! After trying several different kinds of rice pasta over the past year, we finally found one that tastes like the real deal. It’s called Pastariso Rice Pasta made by Maplegrove Gluten Free Foods. What’s so amazing about this rice pasta is the texture. It...
Gluten Bootin’ Bakery: Uncompromisingly Delicious Gluten Free Food By Chickpea

Gluten Bootin’ Bakery: Uncompromisingly Delicious Gluten Free Food By Chickpea

Chickpea interviews the mother-daughter founders of the Gluten Bootin’ Bakery AND gets a take-home treat that was divinely delicious… When I went gluten free almost 2 years ago, I thought I’d never have one of those gigantic super-tasty muffins again. Well, I was happily proven wrong and found a great mondo muffin available from Fort...
Spaghetti (Squash) Pie

Spaghetti (Squash) Pie

In my mind, squash is the champion of winter vegetable storage. Stuffed, mashed, pureed into soup, baked into sweet breads and pies, there are as many uses for squash as there are varieties. When giving up pasta, I was delighted to find that spaghetti squash provided a myriad of comfort foods to carry me through...
Montana Gluten-Free Naked Oatmeal: Product Review

Montana Gluten-Free Naked Oatmeal: Product Review

With a few inches of snow on the ground it’s time for a warm breakfast. I skipped my gluten-free cereal with milk and grabbed a sample packet of Montana Gluten-Free Naked Oatmeal out of the cupboard. Check out their story http://www.montanagfnakedoats.com/our-story/. The oatmeal was easy to make. You can use your microwave or stove top....
Spice Cake Mix from Namaste

Spice Cake Mix from Namaste

It’s always nice to have something sweet after dinner. I found an awesome spice mix that is gluten, dairy, corn, and soy free. It’s from Namaste Food company and very easy to make. I’ve found the mix for around $6.99 and it’s a really good deal considering that you get a lot of cake. It...
Xanthan Gum Adventures… And what is it, really?! By Chickpea

Xanthan Gum Adventures… And what is it, really?! By Chickpea

Having been gluten and wheat free since February 2010, I’ve had to learn Gluten Free baking basics, including using new ingredients that replace the binding ability of gluten. Most GF baking mixes rely on either Xanthan Gum or Guar gum to replace the wheat gluten. Xanthan Gum is also a thickener and used in both...
Avocado Ice Cream – Dairy-free, Gluten-free and SCD

Avocado Ice Cream – Dairy-free, Gluten-free and SCD

After watching a biography show on Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, I was inspired. I hadn’t had ice cream in nearly two years. I use to be an addict, consuming a pint of coffee heath bar crunch night after night, roughly 1,200 calories. Did this dairy overload made me sick? Very. But some how I...
NoCo Ninja’s own Gluten and Dairy Free Potato Latkes recipe

NoCo Ninja’s own Gluten and Dairy Free Potato Latkes recipe

Flipping through a new cookbook, I noticed a potato latkes recipe. Yummy! As I was reading the recipe, I realized that it wasn’t gluten free because it called for matzoh meal. Darn it. But then I got an idea to create my own recipe. So this is what I came up with. 1 onion (medium...
A Gluten Free Lasagna Experiment

A Gluten Free Lasagna Experiment

Thanks to our awesome friend, Susan, we adopted her mothership zucchini that was maturing in her garden all summer along. At first, we didn’t know what to do with it, but then I suggested, “Why don’t we cut the zucchini into strips like a pasta noodle and make lasagna?” An idea was hatched. “Clean out...