Adventures in cooking, traveling, and science – all while gluten free!
Your favorite bartender probably has a ton of simple syrup stashed behind the bar at any given time. Simple syrup is, quite simply, a high concentration sugar solution. All you do is dissolve a bunch of sugar in hot water. Easy!
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After a long hiatus, here’s a quick recipe just in time for nettle season! Although their name is the opposite of appetizing, stinging nettles have a fantastic flavor once they’ve been cooked. Once I learned about these wild looking plants, I’ve made this creamy nettle soup every time I’ve seen them at the farmer’s market.
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I don’t really care for jarred pasta sauce, but it’s great to have around in a pinch! When you can, a little planning and some pantry staples makes homemade marinara an easy meal!
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This gluten free groundcherry crumble (for one!) ticked a lot of boxes for me. For starters, sometimes you want dessert just for yourself. Although this recipe can be scaled up easily if you feel like sharing, it’s totally okay if you don’t want to!
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This is the first travel guide posted here at My Gluten Free PhD. Welcome! I’ll talk about our short gluten free trip to Spokane in Washington State – places to eat, drink, and see things!
Continue reading “Gluten Free Guide to Spokane, WA”So, about my last post… Which was in 2020…. Oops. 🙂
Sometimes life can throw you a curveball. Or just a lot of things all at once.
Things have been quite busy for me between January 2021 to now, but I have also been exceptionally lucky.
I am happy to share that I officially finished graduate school, and I’ve got the “name letters” to prove it! This freshly minted PhD is ready to move on to new challenges now that graduate school is behind me.
I will be the first to admit that I did not succeed in doing all of the things I needed to do to finish my degree without losing my mind (A little? A lot?), but it is DONE. Admittedly, I am very happy that I never have to write a dissertation again.
I want to give a shout-out to all of the students – both undergraduate and graduate – who have had to celebrate their degrees remotely without their friends and family in 2020 and 2021. It may not feel as real when the people you love the most can’t be there to celebrate with you, but it is still a tremendous achievement!
Stay tuned for new posts soon! 🙂
This medley of beans, greens, and Andouille Sausage is an old standby in my kitchen, and worth a post now after a very busy October and November! When I don’t feel like figuring out something to cook, but I have some pantry staples and a package of flavorful Andouille sausage in my fridge, dinner is ready in under an hour.
Continue reading “Beans and Greens with Andouille Sausage”I’m really not sure how it’s already December 14th as I sit here and write this… October and November both flew by!
Today I’m starting up a tradition of publishing an update sometime around the end of the year. So here we go!
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During the pandemic, whenever I hit the farmer’s market, I have entertained myself by picking out one item I’ve never cooked with before. There’s an online ordering system available for the Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, so I don’t really know what I’m going to get until I pick up my order. I’ve snagged some common purslane a few times now, and this sour, sort of salty succulent is really unique. I have more on that on another page – Discover Something New: Purslane! – Which will be the first of future posts highlighting a plant that’s new to my kitchen. I was dying to make a salad out of purslane, which is the star of this Greek-style purslane salad.
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Common purslane is an annual succulent… and a weed! You read that right! It’s a weed that is also part of the same family as cacti. Purslane is also known as portulaca oleracea, pigweed, or little hogweed. But don’t worry – this is not the same plant as this absolutely terrifying Giant Hogweed!
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