I moved to southern Louisiana three years ago, and king cake is a tradition here. It’s a very specific kind of bready treat, made during Carnival season. There’s family recipes, cultural rules and just general affection for and loyalty…
I moved to southern Louisiana three years ago, and king cake is a tradition here. It’s a very specific kind of bready treat, made during Carnival season. There’s family recipes, cultural rules and just general affection for and loyalty…
At a recent potluck, some friends read my mind and brought me some intriguing new tortillas from Whole Foods that I’ve wanted to try. They are Food For Life’s very large-sized Brown Rice Tortillas. In raw form these tortillas are…
These tasty morsels are a great way to get credit for homemade treats, without ever turning on the oven. They’re based on the popular Oreo balls, the recipe for which can be found several places online. They are SO easy…
Since starting “Cheap Lazy Picky Cooks” two years ago, my focus has shifted a bit. I’ve become more and more aware of how difficult it can be to eat gluten-free and vegetarian: to continuously find novel recipes that fit our…
This is another awesome piece in our family’s growing chocolate-free, gluten-free dessert options. I made this bread pudding for the second time yesterday, and ironed out a lot of hiccups in the GF adapation process this time (the recipe I…
We are wrapping up Day 1 of a 3-day food-filled celebration here. Today was a little bit about Thanksgiving traditions and a lot about seeing loved ones… but today was also prep work for our anniversary this Friday, which we…
This blog has some significant changes coming up, with a new layout being the least of them. We’re also preparing a new address AND a new name! While we do plan on remaining cheap, lazy, and picky in this house,…
We have a poorly insulated house, just a few blocks from the Mississippi River. So we have more than our fair share of bug and critter issues. We’ve recently taken steps to improve our storage of some of our staples,…
Cake slide show from Entertainment Tonight This is a gorgeous cake, and it is apparently gluten-free (word is that the rest of the menu was vegan, though there’s egg and butter listed in the cake ingredients).
Our first recipe from Donna Klein’s The Gluten-Free Vegetarian Kitchen is a great success! We stuck very closely to the recipe as printed… because it already looked awesome and fit our needs. Southwestern-Style Corn Spaghetti with Chili Beans 1 tbsp…
