Looking Back: Originally posted on Jun 2, 2012.
Neither Mike nor I have to eat gluten-free but somehow I ended up with this vegetarian gluten-free cookbook a few years back (because we DO enjoy vegetarian eating quite often).
This was a favorite – we ate every last grain of rice!
I slightly adapted the recipe (particularly removing olives, because…I’m sorry, who can stand those) ;), but mostly it came straight from the book, “125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes” by Carol Fenster, Ph.D.
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As I mentioned before, I tire of trying to adjust my own recipes to produce good results at high elevation, so I went on a hunt for a proven ginger cookie recipe. I’ll always save my mother’s for when I’m baking at sea level, but this I found is a phenomenal substitute.
How to describe how it tastes…?
In one word – CHRISTMAS. It tastes like Christmas, folks.
I didn’t adapt a single part of Mountain Mama’s . It’s that awesome.
Also, as she says and as I’ve tested out more than once, these freeze really well!
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Looking Back: Originally posted on Oct 31, 2012.
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I don’t know what possessed me to try to be creative, but I think it turned out all right! I signed up to be a vendor at a local Christmas Bazaar here and created these jars:
It was fun to shop for the pieces with my mom and also to have a mom that owned a glue gun. Heh.
The bazaar is going on this weekend (starting tomorrow!) so if you’d like to stop by and see all the other awesome items being sold, you can find the details on . You might have to scroll down a little. :)
gives an amazing flavor of Christmas. Find it if you’d like to create it yourself!
Looking Back: Originally posted on Feb 17, 2011
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It has been a COLD last several days here. Not only that, but after receiving our first electricity bill since 9 months ago, our mouths gaped open and we turned down the heat even more. I spend my days in at least 3 shirts, sometimes 4 – two of which are usually a thick sweater AND a heavy hooded sweatshirt. A little crazy, right?
Well, I suppose there’s something even crazier…as you can see, I made ice cream. It wasn’t on a whim and it wasn’t because I was needing a cool-off. There actually was a reason for making it, but still – what kind of crazy person makes ice cream on a wet and frigidly cold Oregon day in the middle of winter?
I guess me.
So, my friend Erica asked us to help with her kids’ missions lesson on Peru this month. Long story short, this was the reason I made Peruvian ice cream – for the children! It is called Queso Helado Arequipeño, which literally means Cheese Ice Cream from Arequipa (the city we lived in).
Don’t worry, there is no cheese in it, although I’m not so sure how bad that would be?
It was fun to mess with the kids just a little bit, along the lines of “fear factor,” by pretending that this ice cream was really made from cheese. We dared them to try it, and after the first one did [and loved it] they all suddenly were brave enough to try it, too.
I never perfected my Spanish vocabulary in the “food” realm so when I asked my dear friend Lely for her recipe, I definitely had to look up some words to make sure! But, alas, I have it properly translated for you in an easy format. And it’s authentic because she is, of course, Peruvian!
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Make sure you turn up the heat to enjoy this…or save it for the summer!
Note #1: For any of you who are mostly lactose intolerant (or just want to be), I actually made this with Lactose-Free milk and it turned out well!
Note #2: Have I mentioned how much I love my kitchen scale? It’s just fun.
And, last but not least, check out I found on YouTube to watch the more authentic way of making Queso Helado. You can find these ladies in many places around Arequipa, Peru!