Book of Yum - Gluten Free

04/03/2013 02:43 AM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Chunky Apple Muffin Recipe

Our in-laws are visiting, and Kid Yum had the day off from preschool so I had an unusually leisurely morning that inspired me to bake up some treats for our visitors. I asked Kid Yum what sounded good to her— suggesting carrot muffins or banana muffins. She thought for a minute and declared, “Apple Muffins!” [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/22/2013 12:46 PM

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Gluten-free in San Francisco: Mariposa Ferry Building

Mariposa Bakery SF Ferry Building address is: One Ferry Building, Suite 32 San Francisco, CA 94111 SF Bakeshop regular hours: Monday-Saturday 8-6 Sunday 10-5 tel: 510-595-0955 It had been years since I last went to the Mariposa bakeshop’s outlet at the Ferry Building, but when I was exploring San Francisco this week with the DH, my Dad and Kid Yum, it seemed like [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/20/2013 01:06 AM

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Gluten-free Restaurants in San Francisco: Hot Spud

Hot Spud SF 2640 Mason Street (Between Jefferson & Beach Streets) San Francisco,CA 94133 Tel:(415)399-1065 TollFree:(888) hot-spud Fax:(415)399-0124 Some time back I read a review in GF in SF on Hot Spud, a gluten-free friendly potato-themed restaurant near Fisherman’s Warf in San Francisco. I love potatoes and loved the sound of the place, so at the next opportunity I had to try [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/04/2013 10:44 AM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Dining in Disneyland 2013

Five years ago I went to Disneyland and ate gluten-free there for the first time. I had been when I was a kid, but back then we had to bring a cooler with food and rough it. These days things are considerably easier with Disney supplying a list of gluten-free offerings at City Hall and [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/01/2013 09:54 AM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger February 2013

These past few months have been hectic and it feels like we’ve had one cold after another. Ah, the joys of winter in preschool. However, I finally got the last roundup posted and I promise that this month I will not be late, either with my post or the roundup! I’m especially excited to participate [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/29/2013 09:58 PM

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Vegetarian Rice Quinoa Vegetable Sushi Recipe

Lately I’ve been making a lot of white rice with quinoa for Kid Yum’s bentos. It has the flavor of white rice that she prefers, with some of the nutrition of quinoa that I prefer, and yet sticks together nicely at lunch time. Today I got home with Kid Yum after picking her up from [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/27/2013 10:08 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger January Roundup 2013

I adopted Cybele Pascal of the blog of the same name and made her pumpkin sunbutter soup to raves from my dairy-allergic mother and kid, too. I also made her vegan chocolate chunk blondies. Recipes: Vegan Pumpkin Sunbutter Soup Gluten-free Vegan chocolate chip blondies Cheryl of Gluten-free Goodness adopted Kate of Eat, Recycle, Repeat and made [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/23/2013 01:12 AM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Cybele Pascal

Some time back, I got a book in the mail from Cybele Pascal’s publishing company, Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking: 30-Minute Meals without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish, and Sesame. When I looked at the book I found most of it was meat-centric, so it took me a while to find [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

12/07/2012 02:47 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Holiday Celebration Theme

Hello all! I’m proud to say that Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger is back home at the Book of Yum after months under the care of some very dear bloggers who helped out while I was in Japan and busy with my dissertation. I’d like to announce a twist this month, since I am a bit late [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/30/2012 01:20 AM

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Gluten-free Bento: Vegetarian Yakisoba-Inspired Fried Rice Recipe

Long time no see, dear readers! As you might have guessed, I’ve been a little occupied since I got back from Japan. I’m writing my dissertation and the dear Kid Yum is in a busy daycare schedule. Then of course there is the DH… and our house… and kitty… Blog writing has become [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

08/25/2012 08:45 AM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Roasted Eggplant Tomato Risotto and Chickpea Hummus Burger Recipe

Here in Japan, it is the season of festivals, fireworks, and finally, the summer harvest. In the Northernmost part of Japan that we are living in, summer comes later than other parts of Japan, and goes by quicker. However, at long last, local gardens are giving up bounty of green peas, bok choy type greens, [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

08/21/2012 05:45 AM

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Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Southwestern Black Bean Hummus

Today I’d like to introduce a gluten-free blogger friend of mine, Shannon L. Brown, of the marvelous gluten-free blog Enjoying Gluten-free Life. She kindly volunteered to do a guest post for me while I’m doing field work for my dissertation in Japan. Thank you Shannon! I’m honored to be writing a guest post for Sea while [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

07/23/2012 08:50 AM

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Gluten-free Bento in Japan 1: Roasted Broccoli Side Recipe

Toddler Yum needs a new nickname, I think. Even before my sweet girl turned three, she didn’t seem much like a toddler any more. She’s fully adjusted to going to a yochien, or preschool, here in Japan, and even adapted to riding on a bus all by herself. Actually, who am I kidding. She loves [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

06/09/2012 01:10 AM

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Gluten-free Baking in Japan: Classic Rice Flour Pancakes Recipe

Hello from Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture Japan! Dear Readers, I’m sure that many of you have wondered what on earth happened to me. Around the end of May I actually got on a plane with the DH and dear Toddler Yum in tow and flew to Japan for a three month fieldwork trip for my [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

04/16/2012 01:47 AM

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Gluten-free Palo Alto: Oren’s Hummus on Stanford’s University Avenue

Oren’s Hummus Shop 261 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 752-6492 Mon-Sun 11 am – 11 pm When I traveled in Israel, I fell in love with the food. Unfortunately, it didn’t always love me back. No matter how hard I tried, eating out as often as I had to meant that it was impossible to avoid accidental [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

03/25/2012 07:25 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger Roundup February 2012

Calling all gluten-free bloggers who would like to help promote our gluten-free, online community of bloggers! If you’ve noticed, I’ve been a little quiet here recently. A lot has been happening at home. I’ve properly started writing my dissertation (at a dissertation bootcamp, no less). The DH had to rip out our bathroom shower and we [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

03/11/2012 09:21 PM

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Gluten Free Palo Alto California Asian Box Restaurant Review

Asian Box Town and Country Shopping Center 855 El Camino Real #21 Palo Alto, Ca. http://asianboxpaloalto.com/ The Celiac Bay Area Yahoo support group has been hopping lately with the news of a new restaurant in Palo Alto with a completely gluten-free menu. Not only is everything in the restaurant naturally gluten-free, but it is a vietnamese-influenced asian menu that [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

03/09/2012 11:21 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Maggie from She Let them Eat Cake

I have known about Maggie from She Let them Eat Cake for years, but we hadn’t chatted much until we both found ourselves in the running for the Circle of Moms Top 25 vegan and vegetarian mom blog contest along with Kim of Welcoming Kitchen. We ended up chatting about it on twitter and I [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

03/06/2012 12:37 PM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Egg-free Focaccia inspired by Amy’s Kitchen

I have a little addiction. It is to the Amy’s Kitchen kid’s meal with the pasta with the fake cheese and a little bit of broccoli and focaccia and the apple pie serving. I know, I know, I’m not a kid, but it is relatively low in calories and I just can’t get enough of [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/19/2012 11:42 AM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: February 2012 Signup

Well, we took a month vacation from Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger but now I’m back, and we’re ready for you to pick your favorite gluten-free blogger and adopt the heck out of them! Want to join us for this month’s event? Here’s how you participate. 1) Pick a gluten-free blogger whose recipes you admire and adopt them [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/14/2012 03:07 AM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Mexican Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Happy Valentines Day from the Book of Yum! I have a confession to make. I don’t really like brownies. I know that this is shocking, because I love (dark) chocolate and have something of a chocolate addiction that I’m trying to break. But the thing is, I like chocolate. Dark, rich, unadulterated chocolate. The bread-y [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/10/2012 03:44 AM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Persimmon Waffle Recipe

This morning when I thought about breakfast, I knew I had to bake something. But what? I was so turned off by the last batch of pancakes I made using Bob’s Red Mill pancake mix that I couldn’t quite make myself make pancakes, even if they would be a lot better made from scratch. I [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

02/06/2012 02:24 AM

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Gluten-free Vegan Almond Kale Recipe and Calafia Palo Alto Review

This winter had been a hard one for our family at the house of yum. It seems like every week, Toddler Yum was coming down with a new illness. The most recent one resulted in my mom and then me coming down with a miserable case of pneumonia. I would certainly like to give my [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/30/2012 12:02 AM

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Packing a gluten-free Vegetarian Toddler Nut-free Lunchbox: Roasted Chickpeas

When we started Kira at her new preschool, we found that it was a nut-free facility. One of my favorite things about the place was that parents provided their own healthy lunches and snack supplements. But I started running out of ideas for things to send to school with Kira. She could only have fruit, [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/21/2012 10:40 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger Dec 2012 Roundup

This month we had a cozy contingent participating in Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger. It is no wonder- it has been so long since it was hosted here that I think people forgot all about it! But never fear, our little event is still trucking. Speaking of which, if you want to host this event some [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/15/2012 04:07 AM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Welcoming Kitchen Giveaway

This month I adopted Kim and Megan of Welcoming Kitchen, whose recipes are vegan and free of the eight common allergens (dairy, eggs, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, fish, and shellfish). I first properly “met” Kim when she joined in during my gluten-free vegetarian Thanksgiving event. She made a killer mushroom tartlet with a socca [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

01/07/2012 01:41 PM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Wholegrain Indian Naan Flatbread Recipe

This past month has been intense. *Warning- I’m afraid the following is a bit of a “Mommy blog” entry, so feel free to skip to the end for this really super-yummy recipe.* I have to admit that for a few weeks, Mommy stress was taking over my life a little bit. Besides work on [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

12/19/2011 12:31 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger December 2011 Signup

Guess what? Adopt a gluten-free blogger is home after two months hosted by my friends. I hope you enjoyed their roundups (November roundup at Meat-free Wheat-free) and (October roundup at As Good as Gluten). Thank goodness they helped me out because things have been crazy here with winter bugs and dissertation madness. However, I’m back [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

12/14/2011 01:09 PM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Mushroom Alfredo Pasta Recipe

Have you ever found a recipe so tasty and interesting that you want to make it all the time, and when you can’t make that exact recipe, you want to make recipes inspired by it? I had that experience some time back with By the Bay’s potato knish using Chebe crust as the pastry for [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

12/09/2011 09:45 PM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Hero Beth and Tasty Yummies

This month the Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger Event was hosted by Kalinda of Wheat-free Meat-free. I adopted Hero Beth from the deliciously entitled blog, Tasty Yummies, after her entry in my gluten-free vegetarian thanksgiving event brought her blog to my attention. She had so many recipes that I had a hard time picking and ended [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

12/04/2011 05:11 PM

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Gluten-free Dairy-free Holiday Persimmon Cookie Recipe

When we decided to buy a house in California, we knew that fruit trees often came with the deal. Honestly, it seems like around here you would have to go to some effort to find a house without at least an apple or lemon tree on the property. True to form, our house came with [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/25/2011 02:03 AM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving: The Finale

This year I finally managed to host a real gluten-free vegetarian recipe carnival, and it all went off without a hitch. I got to know some wonderful new gluten-free bloggers and get inspired by their creative approach to hosting a vegetarian Thanksgiving. After all the madness of hunting for recipes, planning out a menu and [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/23/2011 06:31 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 10: Leftover Potato Pancake and Allergen-free Pumpkin Pie

Today Zoe of Z’s Cup of Tea decided to tackle the problem of Thanksgiving leftovers, sharing a homey recipe for Thanksgiving Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes that would be a delicious way to use up any extras. It would also be great with cranberry sauce or some vegan gravy, for something different. For my contribution, I [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/22/2011 12:31 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 9: Mushroom Stuffing, Raw Squash Salad and Nutritional Gravy

Thanks to this Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving event, I think I have a new favorite blog! When Hero Beth of Tasty Yummies signed up to participate in this event, I knew I was in for a treat when she started talking about developing not one but two terrific new recipes for the event. And besides, you [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/21/2011 01:00 PM

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GF Vegetarian Thanksgiving 8: Apple/Pear Crisp and Stuffed Acorn Squash

I can’t believe I’ve been doing daily posts for our Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving event for over a week now! For this eighth episode of our event, my friend Alisa of Go Dairy Free posted her recipe for Maple-Walnut Pear Crisp along with a sister recipe for a Pecan Apple Crisp. I just love crisps, [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/20/2011 12:33 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 7: Cranberry Cheesecake and Pie

Would you believe that this is the seventh day of our Vegetarian Thanksgiving Event? Today Nicole of Special Diet Creations seems to have read my mind, because she created a vegan and nearly raw Dairy-free, processed sugar-free cranberry cheesecake for our event. As I mentioned yesterday, Toddler Yum loves mommy’s raw cheesecake recipe. Not only [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/19/2011 01:58 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 6: Pear Custard Pie and Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake

For this, our 6th installment of my Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving, we have a scrumptious dessert for you. Lauren from As Good as Gluten made a gluten-free pear custard pie that would be a wonderful addition to the Thanksgiving dinner table. I have to admit that pears are not my favorite fruit, but I bet that [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/18/2011 04:06 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 5: Ginger Squash and Pumpkin Sage Soup Recipes

For our fifth edition of my Vegetarian Thanksgiving Event, Stephanie of the Nutty Garbanzo shared a vegan ginger-spiced squash and apple soup that her husband adored. This soup would be a wonderful, healthy and light addition to any Thanksgiving dinner. I especially like the roasted squash seeds she added as garnish. I’m so glad to [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/17/2011 02:15 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 4: Mushroom Socca Tartlet and Apricot Brussels Sprouts

Welcome to Episode 4 in our Vegetarian Thanksgiving Series. Today Kim of Welcoming Kitchen shared a creative recipe for a Mushroom Socca Tartlet that would be a wonderful entree in any holiday meal. Kim used all whole ingredients, even grinding her own chickpea flour from dried chickpeas to make the socca. My favorite part of [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/16/2011 03:17 PM

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Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving 3: Nut Roast and Spinach Pie Recipes

Welcome to our third post for our Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving event! Today Kalinda of Wheat-free Meat Free shared her recipe for a Thanksgiving Mushroom Nut Roast that would be a hearty and protein packed vegetarian entree. I have only made a few of these vegetarian meatloaf type recipes, but I don’t know why I don’t [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/15/2011 12:21 PM

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Gluten-Free Vegetarian Thanksgiving Event Pt.2: Baked Cranberry Apples

Bernice of Wheatless and Meatless joins our Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving party with a decadent recipe for baked cranberry apples that is a favorite with her family. I love the seasonings she adds to her apple- nutmeg, clove, and cardamon, with nary a cinnamon stick to be found. Don’t tell anyone, but I am not too [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/14/2011 03:56 PM

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Gluten-Free Vegetarian Thanksgiving Event Pt.1: Un-Panko Roasted Squash Slices

Welcome to the first post for our first Gluten-free Vegetarian Thanksgiving Event at the Book of Yum. Thanksgiving is something that can throw newly diagnosed gluten-free folks for a loop. What can you eat? How do you make traditional favorites gluten-free? Will gluten-eating family members be able to or want to make safe, gluten-free for [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/13/2011 05:32 PM

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Announcing a Gluten-free Vegetarian/Vegan Thanksgiving Event!

I have exciting news! I’ve always wanted to be on top of things enough to actually help people plan their gluten-free Thanksgiving dinners, but all too often I’m so busy preparing for the holidays that my annual Thanksgiving post will only help those who are dreadful procrastinators like myself. Well, NO MORE! This year I’m [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/09/2011 02:17 PM

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Gluten-free Vegan Breakfast Tofu Saute Recipe with Nutritional Yeast

Susan of the Fat Free Vegan Kitchen recently wrote a great post introducing readers to the joys of nutritional yeast. This ingredient is wonderful for any vegan looking to boost their B vitamins or just add some tasty umami flavor to their recipes. It can add a cheesiness to recipes that is very satisfying. Ironically, [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/06/2011 01:04 AM

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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Kalinda and Larissa of Wheat-Free Meat-Free

When I decided this month to adopt Kalinda (and now Larissa) of Wheat-free Meat-free, the only surprising thing was that I hadn’t already adopted them! Not only do they have an amazing gluten-free and vegetarian recipe-focused blog that I love, but they also demonstrate how creative and international our diet can be. Oddly, the recipe [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/03/2011 01:51 AM

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Announcing the sale of our collective D-Tox e-Cookbook

The Story of our Book Last January I accepted Nicola of GFree Mom’s invitation to join a group of amazing bloggers including Kelly of the Spunky Coconut, Tia of Glugle Gluten-free, Ricki of Diet Dessert N Dogs, Heidi of Adventures of a Gluten-free Mom, Kim of Cook it Allergy Free, Shirley of Gluten-free Easily and contribute [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

11/01/2011 02:37 AM

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Happy Halloween from the Book of Yum- 2011

Toddler Yum and I worked together to make her costume for Halloween this year, and it was twice as fun. Last Halloween I had pneumonia so we didn’t do much at all. We made up for it this year by attending a Halloween pumpkin carving party, going out for drinks with our friends in our [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

10/29/2011 04:41 PM

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An almost healthy Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Butterfinger

Halloween. I’ve always loved the holiday. As a kid I have happy memories of making my own costumes with my mother, and so it has been important to me to continue this tradition with baby Yum. I made her a ladybug costume last year, and this year I’m making her a girl robot costume. This [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

10/27/2011 02:39 PM

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Dairy-free Gluten-free Pumpkin Bread for your little Goblins (and grown-ups too!)

Pumpkin week continues at the Book of Yum, and how could we have a pumpkin week without a pumpkin bread? A reader commented recently that they tried my gluten-free, dairy-free banana bread with pumpkin instead of banana, and loved the results. I was so intrigued I had to try it for myself. I’ve made it [...]

Book of Yum - Gluten Free

10/24/2011 05:36 PM

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Pumpkin Week at the Book of Yum: Pumpkin Smoothie Recipe

Welcome to Pumpkin Week! I’ve had a fondness for pumpkins since I was a little kid picking out my pumpkin for a Jack O’lantern. Then I moved to Colorado and made friends with a pumpkin patch with a delightful assortment of pumpkins and squash, hay rides and mazes for the kids (and those who were [...]

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