Book of Yum

When I decided this month to adopt Kalinda (and now Larissa) of Wheat-free Meat-free, the only surprising thing was that I hadn’t already adopted them! Not only do they have an amazing gluten-free and vegetarian recipe-focused blog that I love, but they also demonstrate how creative and international our diet can be. Oddly, the recipe I tried from their blog was one of the most traditionally American recipes on the site. Their recipe for NOT their Grandma’s Tomato Pie appealed to me because I was swimming in heirloom tomatoes and running out of ideas of how to use them. I also had a Whole Foods Gluten-free Bakehouse pie crust in the freezer begging to be used, so it was a very easy recipe to make. The DH and I loved this recipe, and Toddler Yum deigned to try it and also pronounced it yummy, making it unanimous. Larissa also recommended the Chunky Tomato Basil Soup on their blog for those dealing with excess tomatoes. All I can say is… Yum!
Have you tried any recipes from Kalinda and Larissa’s blog? What recipes would you like to try? Share in the comments! I’d love to hear about your favorite gluten-free vegetarian or vegan blog, so please feel free to tell me all about them, too!

Just after I posted this I bought some cauliflower that was crying out to be made into Kalinda and Larissa’s recipe for Aloo Gobi, Indian spiced potato and cauliflower curry. Everybody in our house loved it! I added chard because I wanted a little taste of green, and garnished with lime, but otherwise followed the recipe. It was excellent!

Thank you to Lauren of As Good as Gluten for hosting Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger for me this month! You can see the October Roundup Here.

Also, the Book of Yum is up for nomination as one of the Top 25 Food Allergy Mom Blogs. I’d love your votes!


Here are some more recipes that I’m dying to try from their blog:
Aloo Gobi Potatoes and Cauliflower
Fava Bean and Chard Soup
Tempeh Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Coconut Curry Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Cauliflower and Chickpea Skillet
Mushroom Caviar with Buckwheat Blini

Welcome to the roundup for the September edition of Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger! I hope you will all sign up to adopt your own gluten-free blogger this month with Lauren at As Good as Gluten. Lauren kindly offered to host this month and I am so grateful, because it will give me some much needed time to work on my PhD dissertation. Please show Lauren the adoption love and while you are there, check out her wonderful blog.

Lexie of Lexie’s Kitchen adopted Allyson of Manifest:Vegan and made Lemon Poppyseed Waffles.

Recipe:
egg-free Lemon Poppyseed Waffles

Kalinda of Wheat-free Meat-free adopted Maggie of She Let them Eat Cake and made Carrot Muffins.

Recipe:
Carrot Muffin Recipe

Valerie of City Life Eats adopted Katie of Nourishing Flourishing and made three recipes: Dark Chocolate Chip Almond Biscotti, Double Dark Chocolate Doughballs, and Dark Chocolate Chip Doughballs.

Recipes:
Dark Chocolate Chip Almond Biscotti
Double Dark Chocolate Doughballs
Dark Chocolate Chip Doughballs

Lauren @ As Good As Gluten adopted Heidi @ Adventures of a Gluten Free Mom and made her Gluten-Free Power Sticks/Truffles and Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal.

Recipes:
Heidi’s GF Power Sticks
Heidi’s Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

I at the Book of Yum adopted Kim of Cook it Allergy Free and made pineapple upside-down cakes, dairy-free srirachi fingerling potatoes, chia chai spiced apple bread, dairy-free mochachino with chia, and cinnamon icebox shortbread cookies. Yum! I also reviewed her awesome allergy-friendly recipe Iphone or Ipad App and hosted a giveaway.

Recipes:
pineapple upside-down cakes
dairy-free srirachi fingerling potatoes
chia chai spiced apple bread
dairy-free mochachino with chia
cinnamon icebox shortbread cookies

Alta Mantsch of Tasty Eats at Home adopted Lexie of Lexie’s Kitchen and made dairy-free jalapeno poppers, egg-free fried green tomatoes, and stuffed squash.

Recipes:
dairy-free jalapeno poppers
egg-free fried green tomatoes
sausage stuffed squash

Heather of Gluten-free Cat adopted Valerie of City|Life|Eats and made Chocolate Zucchini Chia Pudding and her Azuki-Edamame Hummus.

Recipes:
Chocolate Zucchini Chia Pudding
Azuki-Edamame Hummus

Shirley of Gluten-free Easily adopted Tia of Glugle Gluten Free and made her Apple Crumb Muffins.

Recipe:
Apple Crumb Muffins

I love it when readers are inspired to adopt a blogger even when they don’t have a blog. Ninufar adopted Adventures of Vegirl and made some delicious chickpea pancakes.

Recipe:
Vegan Chickpea Pancakes

Read about her adventures:

I was excited to try this recipe, because it looks pretty simple, and also because I accidentally bought 4 lbs of chick pea flour at once. I made the recipe exactly, omitting optional sweeteners and using the larger amount of water. Putting this together was easy. (See preparation pic.)

Since I don’t own a big griddle, I preheated my one cast-iron pan and my one non-stick pan. Oiled both with spray olive oil, taking the pan off the stove each time. (Safety is good!) I managed to dislodge the burner element under the cast-iron pan while trying to scrape out the third pancake, and in general, I would go with the nonstick pan for these in the future. And medium heat, not low, on my stove.

The final product pic shows some of the gorgeous ones and a few balky ones on the side… the taste was pleasant and nutty, just right. I was so happy they came out, because even with very vigorous whisking, my besan flour still had small lumps in it. All the pancakes cooked through anyway.

Hard-core foodies will likely want to dress these up, but I just put some more applesauce on mine. Something I enjoyed, filled up on, and will be happy to tuck into my lunchbag all week, yay!

Thanks, VEGirl, & thanks Sea for posting this.

–Ninufar