Looking for Gluten Free Desserts – Katz to the Rescue
January 3, 2010 | by DianaThere was an amazing coincidence this past holiday visit to the family homestead in NJ. One day before leaving I received a box of Katz gluten free-dairy free-nut free goodies to try out. That same day on a family forum, a discussion formed around my nephew’s girlfriend who as it happens has Celiac disease. My mom was providing alternatives for her for the dinner, hoping it would work out. I threw all of the desserts in a sack and took it with us. I figured I could judge the taste just fine, but this was an opportunity to share it and maybe make a holiday meal a little more fun. My mom was making jello for her dessert, but I decided to wait and surprise the girlfriend and see what her opinion was. Well, she was not only surprised but thrilled at eating some treats that she hasn’t enjoyed in years.
I want to say, for my part of the tasting that everything tasted exactly the way it would if you weren’t gluten free. That was amazing to me. Most of my experience with gluten free is that the foods come out doughy, or a little different …
Gingered Carrots & Kohlrabi
November 15, 2009 | by Diana
Kohlrabi, kohlrabi, kohlrabi, kohlrabi, kohlrabi, kohlrabi, kohlrabi. There’s a joke that goes – If you say the name of something 7 times it’s yours for life, and then some girl says – John, john, etc. It doesn’t matter how many times I say kohlrabi, my mental picture doesn’t match up with that name and I go blank trying to remember. Kohlrabi is a nice crunchy vegetable, similar to a turnip, but tastes more like a cross between cabbage and turnips to me with a little bit of sweetness. My sister in law adds it to salads, or just peels and slices it up for people to chew raw. My dish was baked, bringing out another level of flavor.
I peeled off the leaves, scraped off the skin and julienned the kohlrabi along with some carrots. I used my frozen ginger in this dish, which smells so wonderful when grating. I did all the mixing right in the baking dish, so it’s truly a one pot dish. Even though this would have served more , with my …
