When I found myself in a bit of snack slump last week, I came up with this crunchy quinoa recipe to satisfy my mid-afternoon munchies. Packed with protein, fiber, and healthy fat, a handful of this crunch sticks with me and tides me over until my next meal. If you’ve read my book, you know [Continue reading...]
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UPDATE 4/5/12 – This giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks to all who entered! From the Ground Up is a new-to-me company I just discovered a few weeks ago. They offer a line of gluten-free whole grain flours and baking mixes that are free of starches and preservatives. And today, they have generously offered to give [Continue reading...]
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Meet my new favorite salad. I had one of those days a few weeks ago where my kitchen was stocked with little more than a bit of cooked brown rice, an apple, a handful of walnuts hiding in the bottom of a jar in the freezer with some peas, and some limp vegetables in the crisper. I [Continue reading...]
Around the sixth grade, I fell in love with poetry. Reading it, writing it, critiquing it, studying it. For a time, poetry was to me then what cooking is to me now. A deep, soul-satisfying passion. I got my hands on every book of poetry I could locate in the South Central Wisconsin Library System. There [Continue reading...]
I did not discover scones on purpose. They were an entirely (and delightfully) unexpected discovery. I was in elementary school. My family had recently moved to Wisconsin and we were living in a new, “under construction” neighborhood. All throughout the first summer that we lived there, my sister and I rode our bikes up to the [Continue reading...]
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As I write this post, the wind howls a chilling autumn song through the cracks in my kitchen windows. The last of the maple tree’s leaves cling to the branches desperately, relinquishing to the wind one by one and silently slipping to the ground. Heavy gray clouds block out the once carefree blue sky of [Continue reading...]
There’s something about a bowl of chili that just begs for bread. With the arrival of fall, I’ve made chili several times now—all of them accompanied by this delicious and nutritious cornbread. Watching kids walk home from school with backpacks heavy on their shoulders and leaves crunching beneath their feet, and then catching a whiff [Continue reading...]
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For the better part of the month of June I’ve felt like I’ve lived in a raincloud. Drizzly weather along with chilly temperatures have dominated this month. Earlier this week, drippy skies and cool breezes drove me into the kitchen to bake something warm and comforting, something to chase away the rainclouds. One morning while flipping [Continue reading...]
Filed under: Baked Goods, Cookbooks, Grains, Recipes, Snacks
At first glance, Whole Grains Every Day Every Way didn’t really seem like anything special. But after flipping through a few pages and skimming some of the recipes, I quickly scooped this one up at the library. It’s been sitting on my kitchen counter for weeks and getting use almost every day. The recipes in Lorna Sass’ book [Continue reading...]
A few weeks ago when I read Heidi’s post on Figgy Buckwheat Scones, I nearly fell out of my chair in utter adoration. They were beautiful. I could almost taste them just by looking at the pictures. I left a comment saying that I might (timidly) attempt making a gluten-free, white-sugar-free version. And that’s just [Continue reading...]
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In Hallie’s cookbook, you’ll find 100 gluten-free, dairy-free recipes made with whole, natural foods.
I'm Hallie Klecker, a professional recipe developer, author, and passionate gluten-free foodie. As a certified holistic nutrition educator, my goal is to inspire others to live a balanced, nourished life through eating well and living pure—one bite at a time. Learn more.
