Chicken & Avocado Enchiladas

I have been craving enchiladas. But if you have a gluten sensitivity, anything with a sauce can be dangerous, as sauces are often thickened with flour. Many times, when you ask if a dish contains flour or gluten, people who are not cooks will think of a sauce as one ingredient. Learn from people who have learned the hard way! Enchiladas, while delicious, are not worth full-body hives (or worse!). And so I have been craving homemade enchiladas recently. They’re better that way, anyway, aren’t they?

Thai Coconut Green Curry Quinoa

My son just recently returned from a week-long trip with his dad. While he was away, I was challenged to try to cook meals for just myself and the two year old, which essentially boils down to just myself, plus a little extra. Now, I LOVE to cook. But I loathe to cook for just myself. And cooking for myself and a toddler? That might actually be worse. Because I at least know what I want to eat. And I don’t often change my mind between deciding on what I want to eat and then having the meal placed in front of me. So I was looking for meals that were pretty quick and easy.

Don’t Drop the Beet (Greens)! [A not-so-lyrical ode to my favorite greens]

Around here, beets are a farmers market staple. They pretty much grow year ’round. And so we buy a lot of beets, which suits me just fine. But, I’ll be honest, it’s not really because of the beet itself. Oh sure, beets are very pretty, and quite good. They’re necessary for borscht, great for use as a natural dye, and excellent for staging a faux-crime scene (a friend of mine has a hilarious story about her firefighter/EMT husband coming home to her wielding a large knife, just finishing up chopping a large number of beets… he freaked out, thinking she’d accidentally removed a limb!). While beets are yummy, and a great source of B vitamins, antioxidants, folate (if eaten raw), and potassium, I really buy my beets for the greens…

freshly picked beets