Chef Karen: Therapeutic Chef

Ok, so I have been MAJORLY craving dairy. Mostly cheese. But, after my last elimination diet protocol, I found it gives me migraines. Recently, I found I would get a headache within 30 seconds of eating a bite of cheese. It was not cool. But....that doesn't make me crave it any less! It's especially not helpful when my husband sits there and eats pizza, mac and cheese, etc. right in front of me... Ahem. Well, I started taking digestive enzymes to see if it would help me s

Tonight, we had a really yummy and easy dinner. My sister stopped by to see (our baby) all of us after school and stayed for dinner, and I was running a bit low on groceries, but luckily I had enough to whip this together! I had just gotten several bags of garbanzo bean flour in from Vitacost.com (if you haven’t tried it, DO. Vitacost, that is. Well, and the flour. Try that too.) And, we made a recent discovery at another one of our favorite places to shop, COSTCO, of boneles

Ladies and gentlemen, mark this day on your calendars!!! (Well, actually last night). I have officially made, without following a recipe, a GLUTEN-FREE COOKIE that is DELICIOUS, did not turn into a PUDDLE when I baked it, is not DRY, WEIRD-TASTING, or like a CRACKER! And I had my roommate, who is a “normal person,” taste it, and she said it was REALLY GOOD and tasted like a REAL COOKIE!!! :-D :-D :-D *Angels singing* HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLELUIA!! HAAAAAAALLELUIA!!! I was really r

Here is an old post from when I was in chef school: So, every 2 weeks, I write about 6 recipes. For whatever, reason, I kinda JUST realized I should post them up here! The ones I’ve made are always good (we are required to actually MAKE 1 of the 6 we write), so I would assume the others should be good too. Just as a disclaimer, though, I can’t guarantee they’re all winners, because most of them I wrote sitting at my laptop, not by cooking them! BUT the one from today, I have

I have been LOVING these lately! Even though in normal life I don’t really eats sweets at all, with this pregnancy I have been craving them like none other (which supposedly means it’s a girl? We’ll see soon!). I have really struggled with this, because before I got pregnant, I always swore I would not let a morsel of unhealthy food pass through my lips, so my baby would be Super Baby, have no food allergies, autoimmune problems, or crooked teeth; also, it would be born potty

For breakfast this morning, I wanted something different and yummy. Being 33 weeks pregnant and having a baby squishing my stomach down to about the size of a waterchestnut, I definitely took advantage of this actual desire for food :-) We had bought fresh strawberries and cream the other day, so I decided to make crepes – in my mind, high-protein, low-carb pancakes! Gluten-Free Strawberry Cream Crepes Yield: 5-6 Ingredients:Crepes 5 eggs1/4 -1/2 cup gluten free flour (I used