Category Archives: Gluten Free

Mint Chocolate Macarons

February 23, 2016 Cristina

Well my friends, it seems I have met my match at last. Really, I should have known these wouldn’t be that easy. From the verb “avoir” to the Eiffel Tower, the French never make anything easy. I was lured into a false sense of security by those deceivingly light-hearted and encouraging tutorial videos and blog…Read More

Roasted Garlic Chickpeas

February 11, 2016 Cristina

How do you cook with chickpeas? I honestly don’t know. Or garbanzo beans???? They are also a mystery. (Ha. Ha.) I swear if I were ever in a cooking competition and they revealed the next challenge as make something – anything! with chickpeas, I would have to quit right there. Hands thrown in the air,…Read More

Chocolate Fudge Sauce Video!

This 5 Minute Chocolate Fudge Sauce is the perfect smooth, rich topping for any sundae. Perfect for Valentine's Day!

February 1, 2016 Cristina

I'm sharing with you my latest project, VIDEO RECIPES! Today's recipe is my 5 Minute Chocolate Fudge Sauce video - but FASTER! You'll love the quick changes that make this recipe only 4 minutes instead of 5. You'll also notice on the sidebar there's a new youtube button with all my other social links. It will…Read More

Hearty Winter Butternut Squash Soup

January 28, 2016 Cristina

There’s a picture that’s been floating around our little Maritime nook of the internet, on Facebook, on twitter. It's an infamous picture of a stack of wilted, withering cauliflower at the grocery store with a sign reading '$7.99 each' underneath it. Another picture is of cucumbers - $3 each. Lettuce, spinach, $6.00. Canada, it seems,…Read More

5 Minute Chocolate Fudge Sauce

January 26, 2016 Cristina

Mr. Nomato and I have a Valentine’s Day tradition since our second or third year together. Since we have been in one stage of school or another since then, making reservations at fancy restaurants is usually out of our budget. And, let's be honest, we both really have no desire to get all gussied up and pretend…Read More

I Wish it Were Spring Rolls

January 7, 2016 Cristina

Actually, do you know what? No, no I don’t. Wish it were spring, that is. It was -10 degrees outside this morning (14°F), and as I was scraping the ice off the car all I could think about was how gorgeous it was. Last night’s inches of snow were light and fluffy, and everything was…Read More

Chocolate and Almond Candy Cane Bark

December 21, 2015 Cristina

I’m going to keep this short and sweet, because if you, like me, have absolutely no time during the holidays, this is the treat for you! It’s ridiculously easy, and ridiculously quick. And, it only has four ingredients. You heard me. Four. (more…)Read More

White Chocolate Meringue Cookies

December 10, 2015 Cristina

My family has very strange rules about things sometimes. I think every family does. Things that you don’t realize are actually strange rules until someone who’s not one of the family points them out. Obviously they start for one logical reason or another, but then as a kid you just kind of accept that that’s just…Read More

Quick and Easy Broccoli Salad

December 7, 2015 Cristina

This is my go-to salad for Broccoli Emergencies. You know, like when there are respectable people coming over and you have to at least pretend that you weren't just planning on eating a bowl of cereal for dinner. (Which I never ever do...) Broccoli is easily one of the most impressive foods at emergency dinner. You can…Read More

Sweet Potato and Leek Soup

November 30, 2015 Cristina

All right. Real talk time. November is lame. It's the February of Fall. The leaves are gone. The blue sky is gone. There’s no pretty snow to cover up the dead grass and the dead trees. It’s just a grey, dreary mess. Sure, there are some Christmas lights up, but not really enough for my liking…Read More