Wandering Ladle

I was yearning a slice of moist and decadent Banana bread! Gluten-Free and Vegan. After a fun vacation in Playa Del Carmen and entertaining during the Holidays, we decided to stay home and snuggle on New Year’s Eve. We danced, laughed, caught up on all the movies we had missed and spent time together as a family. Growing up, I was accustomed to eating something sweet on New Year’s Day.  It was a fun way to start the year on [...]

When you have to cook every day, you tend to find short cuts to make the recipe flavorful, yet simple and less time- consuming.  I am no different.  When I truly cannot figure out what to cook for dinner I resort to some old-fashioned recipes from the kitchens of my mother and grandmothers.   You get the point – something that brings back childhood memories and reminds me of home.   Though I don’t follow  every detail in the recipe, my adaptation [...]

Dahl is a pretty much a staple over at our home.   We give it added flavor and color by adding carrots and/or greens – collard, kale, spinach, etc, each time we cook it.  Traditional South Indian dahl has mustard and cumin seeds, while in the North, you would probably find just ground cumin or a dash of the Indian Garam Masala.  There is yet another version that we know – which is the Konkani Dalitoy. Its more like a consomme but [...]

I grew up eating cookies that had coconut, butter  (weirdly, I guess I could tolerate dairy and dairy based products then) or cashew nuts as the key ingredient.  I got introduced to old –fashioned Chocolate chip, Oatmeal , sugar, macadamia nut and white chocolate cookies later. Though I loved the aroma and flavors of these delicious ‘biscuits’ (as we knew them in our part of the world) my favorite have always been the one with coconut. Living gluten-free has got me [...]

I love chocolate fudge and what better for my “Chocolate” theme for the first 5 posts (Out of the 20) of “Vegan Month of Food”.  I recently tried this recipe and have made this a couple of times after then for some friends.  Super easy, super simple and truly delicious. The best part, you don’t have to bake! We like the fudge  a bit bitter, so I opted to use just ¾ cup of agave nectar.  Previously I tried it [...]

I first read about the Gluten Fee Ratio Rally on Jenn Cuisine, and found it just amazing how different ingredients  are combined with respect to each other and how it was all about ‘ratios’ and their importance to recreate a gluten-free version of some of the popular baked goodies. In August 2012, when I hosted the DMBLGiT, Jenn was very kind and accepted to be on the panel of judges. It was during then that I discussed with her my interest [...]

I was quite curious when a friend treated me to some gluten-free vegan brownies.  I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to question and re-confirm it they were truly vegan and…..strictly gluten-free?  What I was eating was unbelievably awesome and I just couldn’t tell the difference from a (real) brownie. To me a (real) brownie contains flour and eggs.  Since we adopted a predominantly vegan diet  and I further took to an entirely gluten-free living, we’ve not made brownies at home and have not [...]

Trying to stay vegan as many days as possible is a voluntary challenge we have been trying to attempt for a while now.  We were good for some time, we fell off, picked ourselves up and resumed.  It’s been an on and off effort, either because it has been difficult to stay committed to OR switching back to non-vegan living has been very tempting. Thinking about it, adding veganism to an already existent list  for staying gluten-free and dairy-free, meant scoring off [...]

Gluten Free, Vegan, Soy Free …… Summer’s come and gone, but all things (produce in specific) that scream summer can still be fun anytime of the year, that is if you do happen to get your hands on them! On a day off from work, I decided to visit the Farmers Market in Grapevine, TX and found that they still had the sign that said “Roasted Hatch Chiles”!  Being late September, I wasn’t quite certain if they still had any [...]

I spent a day off from work, at the Farmers Market on Main Street Grapevine, TX.   Here’s a glimpse in monochrome… ~~A Shopper~~ ~~Baskets~~ ~~Vendor Chat~~ ~~Sun dried corn for decor~~ These  pictures have been submitted to “Black & White Wednesday”, an event created by Susan at “The Well-Seasoned Cook” (For more information on future hosting and round up, click here )