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Gluten Free Italian Chocolate Cake with Polenta: OXO Good Grips Egg Beater

January 26, 2012 By Laura 26 Comments

I am mortified by how long it has taken me to tell you about OXO’s new Egg Beater.  Yikes. Here are the facts: OXO sent me one of their new Good Grips Egg Beaters–along with a second to give away to a lucky reader–as part of their Blogger Outreach Program (their Blogger Outreach page is… 

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Filed Under: brownies, cakes, chocolate, eggs, Italian, kids cooking, Tools, whole grains Tagged With: cake, chocolate, cornmeal, egg beater, gluten free, kids baking, polenta, whipped egg whites

Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Pepitas and Queso Fresco

January 21, 2012 By Laura 11 Comments

I had been looking for farro for 8 months, ever since I got Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen because she uses it in a great looking soup.  I was intrigued by the grain, but for some reason–don’t make too much fun of me–it totally escaped me that it… 

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Filed Under: balsamic, Farro, Latin, sweet potato, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: Farro, pepitas, queso fresco, salad, sweet potatoes, yams

Maple Oat Cakes: Baking with Sammy and Alex

September 28, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

I can tell it’s fall because the viruses are just not stopping around here.  Which is relevant because I am soooo behind and that is why I am only now getting around to posting about these oat cakes, which I made with both girls on Labor Day (!), and which sustained me through the first round… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, cookbooks, kids cooking, maple, misc, oats, reviews, whole grains

Chunky Quadruple Chocolate Cookies: Baking with Sammy

September 19, 2011 By Laura 7 Comments

Houston, we have a winner! Because even Sesame Street has to hit a homerun every now and then.  Sammy and I have continued our baking adventures during the day while Alex is at school.

Filed Under: cacao nibs, candy, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, kids cooking, Uncategorized, whole grains

Whole Grain Chocolate Chocolate Cookies: A Rant and A Recipe

April 14, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

  This is a vent and a recipe.  I tried to think of a good way to connect them and all I came up with is life is short so have some cookies but have some whole grain cookies so your life is not too short.

Filed Under: cacao nibs, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookbooks, cookies, reviews, whole grains

Butternut Squash & Chickpeas served on Mixed Grains

November 5, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

This is a great dish to serve in the middle of holiday excess–which I realize we aren’t there yet, but it’s coming. I just bought several holiday cookie magazines, and am excitedly planning what will be gracing my cookie tins this year. But I digress–I was telling you how tasty, easy, nutritious and especially fiber… 

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Filed Under: barley, butternut squash, chickpeas, quinoa, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: butternut squash, chickpeas, couscous, garbanzos, Israeli couscous, pearl barley, quinoa, red quinoa, vegan, vegetarian, winter squash

No Nut Apple Pie Bars

October 8, 2010 By Laura 12 Comments

Last week Alex’s kindergarten class studied apples, so her teacher asked me if I could bake an apple treat for them. Because of the prevalence of nut allergies in kids (and indeed Alex does have one child with nut allergies in her class) I skipped past the apple bars I have made in the past… 

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Filed Under: apples, bar cookies, cookies, oats, whole grains Tagged With: allergy friendly, apple pie, apples, bar cookies, bars, cookies, nut-free, oatmeal, oats

Molasses Ginger Granola Bars

September 16, 2010 By Laura 13 Comments

Molasses Ginger Granola Bars--delicious, easy, unique and allergy friendly!

Well I still don’t have the marshmallows to share. I want to tweak just a few last things–for a 4th batch (most of the 3rd was enjoyed by John’s students lest you think we have turned into marshmallows around here). It’s a hard job, making all these marshmallows, but someone has to do it. In… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, molasses, oats, whole grains Tagged With: bars, candied ginger, ginger, granola, granola bars, molasses, oatmeal, oats, spices

Think Outside The Box: Double Chocolate Chip Mint Teff Cookies

March 29, 2010 By Laura 5 Comments

Some of you have heard me rave about teff before. The world’s tiniest grain (teff means “lost” in Arhamic, which they speak (I think) in Ethiopia) and one of the primary grains used in Africa, one handful of it can sow a very large field–which makes it both incredibly economical and also an incredible pain… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, mint chocolate, whole grains

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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