By Janelle Holden My sister said to me from the front of the car, “You can make meatballs, right?” Right. “Sure,” I mumbled, worried that a gluten-free, egg-free meatball might just be a culinary experiment no one would enjoy eating. Meatballs typically contain bread crumbs, oatmeal, or eggs to make the meat stick together and [...]
How to make a gluten-free salad dressing in 3-minutes or less!
by Janelle Holden Our garden is producing enough leafy greens to keep all the Vitamix owners in town busy this year, so in honor of lettuce, spinach, arugala, and baby greens, I put together this short video to show you how to make a super simple salad dressing. All you’ll need? A good quality virgin [...]
How to make a gluten-free, vegan strawberry rhubarb crisp
by Janelle Holden Some recipes come easy. Some do not. I thought I was going to post a strawberry rhubarb cobbler recipe today. And after the first bite, I realized that rhubarb and cobbler is not a great combination. Here’s why. It’s too mushy. Cobblers are like having a nice biscuit on top of your [...]
How to make great gluten-free, vegan buckwheat pancakes
by Janelle Holden I can literally say that these pancakes gave me hope. Hope that the impossible can happen, even in my kitchen. Hope for the parallel universe of food that I live in. Hope that I have stumbled on a new baking formula even the pickiest of eaters will adore. Let me be clear. [...]
Gluten-Free Strawberry Balsamic Dressing
by Janelle Holden I was on spring vacation last week, perusing the contents of my father-in-law’s refrigerator to find a suitable salad dressing for dinner. “Gluten,” I muttered, squinting at a salad dressing label before picking up another. Finally, I opted for plain oil and red wine vinegar to dress my salad. Whether it is [...]
How to tie-dye your Easter eggs
By Janelle Holden I’m going to let you in on a secret. I miss eating eggs WAY more than I miss eating gluten. In fact, I’ve thought about starting an egg-free support group. Yes, there are ways to replace eggs in recipes, but I have to tell you, it’s challenging to bake without eggs, and [...]
5 Simple Gluten-Free Dinner Menu Ideas
As a gluten-free life coach, two of the most common excuses I hear from my clients are: “I don’t have time to eat gluten-free” or “I don’t want to spend that much time in the kitchen.” When I don’t agree with them, they are often surprised. It’s not that I don’t think eating gluten-free and [...]
Irish potato soup for the gluten-free soul
I lost 50 pounds while eating potato chips. And so did my husband. I’m going to let that sink in for a moment. I don’t normally tell people this fact, because for some reason, people think that eating potatoes makes you get fat and want to spend hours on the couch watching Friends re-runs. They [...]
Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcakes
By Janelle Holden, The Gluten-Free Life Coach A week ago I was stumped. Traditionally, the color in red velvet cakes comes from the chemical reaction of two ingredients: buttermilk and cocoa. Since buttermilk is a food sensitivity for me, I substituted vinegar, but my cake ended up looking and tasting more like chocolate cake than [...]
Paleo Christmas Cookies
Every little girl and boy deserves to leave cookies for Santa. And Santa will love these slightly spicy, peppermint-frosted sugar cookies that are gluten-free, grain-free and vegan. In fact, you may have to make several batches so that there are some leftovers for Santa! Persian Chickpea Cookies This recipe is [...]
