tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397244303297993892024-02-19T19:07:59.096-05:00The Gluten Free MavenThe Gluten Free Maven, chronicles the ups and downs of a child with celiac disease. Her sister has multiple food allergies. Her mother is an avid cook, and keeps busy in the kitchen. It is interspersed with recipes for both gluten free and food allergies (dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, sesame-free), sometimes, but not always at the same time. The recipes are always kosher. Check me out on twitter @glutenfreemavenDough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-25375994928937615892021-09-14T23:15:00.000-04:002021-09-14T23:15:47.653-04:00Boy, Oh Boyiko -- Easy Cheesy Balls BS"DEvery Jewish family has their traditional dishes to break the Yom Kippur Fast, which lasts 26 hours from sundown to sundown over 2 days. Whether it is an Ashkenazi noodle kugel or Sephardi cheese bourekas--dairy and carbs are a running theme! Boyikos very much embody what Sephardi cooking represents, a journey, an adaptation of the Spanish language, and embodiment of local Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-64825132245371322142021-04-28T16:08:00.001-04:002021-04-28T16:08:58.323-04:00Singularly Delicious Eggplant ParmigianaBS"DI have fond memories of
standing by my mother's kitchen counter, barely tall enough to see over it, but
just tall enough to be eye to eye with a plate stacked high with freshly
breaded and fried eggplant slices. As they lay stacked up between grease-soaked
layers of paper towels, I would swipe 2 or 3, before they made it to the 9 x 13 Pyrex
to become encased in layers of sauce and thickly cutDough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-73623855180933243242020-12-10T12:10:00.002-05:002021-04-28T16:17:39.683-04:00Fry, Fry Away BS"DSo the item I had to sit on my hands for this Black Friday--which unfortunately lasted a whole month this year--was an air fryer. Now, I've been bucking the trend on air fryer's for a few years now. If you haven't seen one of these popular items in person, let me fill you in. They are very large and the size of the cooking basket is very small. I tried a friend's in what seemed to be Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-888479386977426912020-11-25T14:42:00.005-05:002020-11-25T14:51:38.511-05:00Simply Thankful BS"DSo I realized that we haven't been home for Thanksgiving since another pandemic, Swine Flu. At that time my egg allergic child, who could not get the vaccine, contracted the virus. It was almost a non-issue for most families in the United States, as there was thank G-d an available vaccine. When Rosie contracted it, she was still a toodling toddler, and of course to say I was "alarmed" Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-87898025037827746322020-05-26T01:15:00.001-04:002020-05-26T01:15:43.855-04:00Easy Peasy Lemon Cheesy Muffins
BS"D
If you have some cottage cheesy,
and you want a recipe that's easy.
Try these muffins so lemony.
Your guest will think they're heavenly!
As usual, I'm pressed for time before the upcoming holiday of Shavuos, therefore my quippy and to the point blog post. It's traditional to eat dairy food on Shavuos for several reasons, which Chabad.org does a better job of Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-21804650803662709982020-03-08T21:08:00.002-04:002020-03-08T21:08:25.037-04:00Pickle ChickenBS"D
Is it a trick or a treat? When you find a surprise flavor or hidden ingredient in a dish are you pleased or peeved? Given all the hype about chicken sandwiches lately, I've been wanting to try a copycat of some of the more popular fast food items, but found the obstacles great and the need for many subs due to my family's food allergies (i.e. soy "buttermilk", GF flour), although Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-11187511133275865622020-02-23T16:19:00.003-05:002020-02-23T16:19:31.882-05:00Holy Zeppole!BS"D
When I was a child we lived near a very Italian neighborhood. I recall their annual fairs where we could enjoy a ferris wheel ride, carnival games and the smell of frying zeppole dusted in powdered sugar that seemed to be everywhere.
For Chanukah, when Jews traditionally eat fried food, my neighbor's daughter will usually show up at our door with a plate of fresh sfenj, the Moroccan Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-85468040986718059842019-11-20T14:06:00.002-05:002019-11-20T14:06:29.171-05:00Turkey Time
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So this year both grandmas quit Thanksgiving. They declared "it's too much" and handed off responsibility to the next generation. Of course, while offering to prepare their most beloved dishes! However, I see the next generation isn't much into "patchkeing". That is "fussing around" for the non-Yiddish speakers. And in all fairness, today's generation of women Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-41305257089448642812019-09-26T21:47:00.004-04:002019-09-26T21:47:41.132-04:00Round and Round We Go...Oat Challa I Love You So!
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So it's that time of year, or new year, I should say. We welcome the Jewish Year 5780 I"H in just a few days. There are certain traditional items used in the Rosh Hashana meals, such as apples dipped in honey and round challas--which symbolize the cycle of the year. Although there are usually a few round gluten free round challas in my local supermarket freezer, they tend Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-48130537520088572542019-09-19T15:50:00.003-04:002019-09-19T15:51:33.296-04:00It's that time of year!
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So if you have even glanced at the Internet recently, you will see people are losing it over everything pumpkin pie spice. I enjoy it too, but in well placed proportions. Drinking, eating and inhaling it all the time until the first snow appears is a bit much for me (and then it's all things peppermint). But I do love it in a muffin or cookie.
Lillie has been dashing out Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-21679831104637182962019-09-11T13:55:00.000-04:002019-09-11T13:55:09.880-04:00Saving SummerBS"D
One of my kids remarked that Labor Day is the last day of summer. "Actually, it's September 23rd, I replied". But back to school, russet colored decorations filling the stores, and an undeniable chill in the evening air certainly signal a big shift. But, canning and freezing the lovely fruit and vegetables of summer that are rapidly being usurped by their fall counterparts is one Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-65560419899029205252019-03-14T13:07:00.004-04:002019-03-14T13:07:59.638-04:00Nutty Cheese
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I've been on a mission, of sorts, to eat less hard cheese. If you are allergic to dairy, like Rosie, it's not a question of limiting a food as much as eliminating it completely. She has known nothing other than her beloved soy cheeses like Tofutti and Daiya since she began eating hard foods. I decided now that she can have certain nuts, it might be fun to stretch our vegan cheese wings Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-3766778684294531152019-02-14T20:50:00.000-05:002019-02-18T18:56:31.307-05:00Sweethearts
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I love finding new products, and I was excited to see this one practically jump off shelf at me. Legumes in a bag. Not something to stir most peoples hearts, but I was excited because I had a choice of lentils or chick peas. Gefen makes them in a 16 ounce vacuum sealed (I guess) pouch. And they're great for taking a scoop for a salad or a stew and putting the rest back in the fridge Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-84721414448910853422018-12-18T20:37:00.001-05:002018-12-18T20:37:44.653-05:00Spontaneous Come Baking
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Do you have a jar of pumpkin pie spice sitting on your shelf just waiting for next Thanksgiving to roll around? I did, but I decided to dust it off and try it in a number of recipes I would normally use cinnamon. Cookies, muffins and bread pudding became lit with the addition of allspice, ginger and cloves from the pumpkin pie spice. I decided to add it to some oatmeal chocolate Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-56811955685415070312018-12-05T13:57:00.000-05:002018-12-06T12:59:04.154-05:00Perfectly Pie
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A good friend of mine gave me some advice when I first got the news that Lillie had Celiac disease. She advised me to focus on desserts that were naturally gluten free, like mousses, ice cream and sorbet, instead of banging my head against the wall trying to replicate the texture and flavor of "gluttenny" desserts. Well, of course I didn't let good advice stop me!
As such, I Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-67171961512395681242018-11-05T20:52:00.000-05:002018-11-05T20:52:21.875-05:00Blondies have more fun.BS"D
So just a couple of months into the school year I'm hearing the lunchbox blues being sung. Cue harmonica music: I hate my snacks, I'm so tired of xyz all the time, I'm still hungry (I send about 4 snacks a day because the teachers make it seem like they're scaling Everest, not learning times tables). So I need to shake things up a bit. Here are some fun items (mostly from Costco), Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-4246242070700544092018-10-23T14:42:00.000-04:002018-10-23T14:42:07.526-04:00GFAF ExpoBS"D
My family, myself and the other Gluten Free and Allergen Free eating fans had a great time last week at the Gluten Free and Allergen Free Expo in Secaucus. The GFAF Expo (#GFAFEXPO) occurs in numerous cities around the country throughout the year to highlight products and services that are helpful to live the Gluten Free and Allergen Free lifestyle.
Besides "old friends" Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-33839577148748103712018-09-13T16:35:00.002-04:002018-09-13T16:35:19.539-04:00Tzimmes under pressureBS"D
So I've been trying to replicate my grandmother's a''h and mother's tzimmes since I've had my own household. I could never get the softness of the carrots right or the thickness of the sauce. I have tried it different ways, baking, simmering, with orange juice, with crushed pineapple and nothing worked. Since I have a love affair with my electric pressure cooker, I decided to Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-47948387171848044432018-09-06T22:23:00.000-04:002018-09-06T22:26:34.622-04:00
BS"D
When Just Mayo first introduced it's
eggless mayo, I was in love. Now that it has FLAVORED mayo I'm over the
moon! I've been trying their new Garlic flavor product on a host of
barbecue favorites like coleslaw, burgers and corn. It has a smooth
consistency, the earthy spice of garlic flavor and best of all no weird,
indescribable taste as, unfortunately is not uncommon in Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-79744587950414257952018-09-01T23:25:00.001-04:002018-09-01T23:25:19.402-04:00BBQ...you don't know jack (fruit)!
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If you're like me you love yourself a good pulled bbq sandwich. If you're also like me the summer heat can be oppressive and you don't care to stand over the stove or que tending to a good piece of brisket or roasting a chicken (I don't eat the "other" popular pulled meat). So my electric pressure cooker is my bestie in the summer when it comes to cooking tender meat, healthy soups Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-3172195576751944862018-02-05T20:09:00.001-05:002018-02-05T20:09:21.619-05:00Ode to Samoas...BS"D
Make new friends, but keep the old, some are silver and the others gold. That's how the famous Girl Scout song goes. It's been sung in a circle by myself and countless other girls over the years at Brownie and Girl Scout meetings. When I saw a Facebook friend post that once again it's Girl Scout Cookie season my mind wandered to my favorite varieties--Thin Mints and SamoasDough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-55372844326554691222018-01-17T12:57:00.002-05:002018-01-17T13:08:16.075-05:00Miraculous M'jeddrahBS"D
So if you haven't heard of this delicious, and rather ubiquitous Middle Eastern dish, there are many ways to spell it: M'jeddrah, Mejadarah, Mujadrah. And the list goes on. The dish can be found from the Nile Delta to the Levant to the Gulf States. Subtle variations on the dish are found in Persian and Indian cuisines. It may seem exotic (read complicated), but it'sDough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-22309883503395402032017-12-20T14:32:00.000-05:002018-12-04T15:50:59.175-05:00We have a winner!
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I recall "days long ago" (yes that was a Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel reference in case you missed it) when my father stood in the kitchen and grated pounds of potatoes on a box grater. As the gathered in a large bowl and turned pink, then brown, my mother frantically fried them to a golden crispness and the kids frantically ate them.
I have tried many vegan and gluten Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-5564392794277010042017-10-31T21:28:00.004-04:002017-10-31T21:38:26.640-04:00Zany BrainyBS"D
Any event or holiday that has food as its focus can be scary and alienating for children with food allergies, Celiac and sensitivities. A holiday that involves Snickers bars freely being handed around is a nightmare!
As a parent you always strive to create a safe environment for your children--on all levels. As a food allergy/Celiac parent, you need to do that with Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139724430329799389.post-64197855485011413682017-10-09T21:53:00.003-04:002017-10-09T21:53:51.517-04:00Corny-copia!BS"D
When I think of a corned beef dinner, I conjure up images of a bland, boiled chunk of meat floating in a steam table in some institutional setting, or else an obligatory meal that no one really likes for Paddy's Day. But, a sale on corned beef brisket at my local store made me give it another try. I'm glad I did, because the result was delicious and tender, and not at all Dough Mavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17554245590840132269noreply@blogger.com2