Recipes by The Crispy Cook
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Spinach Quinoa Mediteraneo as a Side Dish and SaladRecently I was contacted by Westside Market abouttheir recipe for their popular Spinach Quinoa Mediteraneo dish. ThisNew York City market features freshly made prepared foods from recipesby Maria Zoitas, wife of the Market's founder and I jumped right intothe kitchen to make this dish.I don't remember to makegood!Thanks to Westside… |
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Perfecting the Gluten-Free Pizza CrustPagesPerfecting the Gluten-Free Pizza CrustIt's been four years (and 400 posts!) of living gluten-free and Dan has finally perfected his pizza crust. He's the head baker in the house (I just dabble at it) and loves to tinker around with recipes for gf rolls and breads. After many, many tweaks and taste testings, the recipe below gives… |
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Garlicky Cucumber Refrigerator PicklesPagesGarlicky Cucumber Refrigerator PicklesThe cucumber rules in our household. We like to grow the Suyo Long cucumbers that curl and twist as they grow and stay deliciously sweet and small-seeded even when they are big, but this year my old seed packet didn't germinate during our cool spring weather, so I was forced to buy some… |
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Canning Sweet Pickle RelishPagesCanning Sweet Pickle RelishAll the rainy weather has given us a bumper crop of cucumbers, so I consulted my trusty Ball Blue Book and decided to try a sweet cucumber relish for the first time. It only used up 6 cucumbers, but every day I'm trying to keep up with the garden, so it helps.I put the cucumbers, onions and peppers in… |
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Canning Spicy SalsaPagesCanning Spicy SalsaYesterday was a gorgeous and warm summer day, perfect for visiting the Washington County Fair on its last day. We saw crazy crested chickens, lop-eared goats, prize-winning pumpkins and sampled lots of great maple syrup treats. Not to mention the people watching!The highlight for me was talking to some of the… |
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Canning Dilly BeansPagesCanning Dilly BeansSo the dewpoint is in the 70s and it's 90 degrees Fahrenheit outside and we are all sweating just sitting still in the shade. Time to boil up a cauldron of water and start canning!It is ironic that harvesting and storing the garden bounty must be done in the steamiest of weather, but that's when the vegetables… |
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Homemade Salmon BurgersPagesSalmon Burgers Up!This is a family favorite we hadn't made in a while, but it's a real winner. It's a bit time-intensive and a little wiggly to handle, but we all sit down to wolf these burgers down. Makes 6 burgers, which feeds 6 persons or 3 people and 1 teenager. Make sure you have a couple of hours to make it before supper… |
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Shrimp and Fennel Cocktail ParfaitPagesFiddling with Fennel for my QueenIt took some hard thought and a second try, but I came up with something scrumptious for Jen the Leftover Queen's Royal Foodie Joust. The object of this fun foodie challenge is to use three ingredients selected by the previous joust winner. Peter of Souvlaki for the Soul won last month's Joust… |
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Melomakarona CookiesPagesMelomakarona CookiesWith Christmas packages needing a little sweet treat from the home ovens, it's been cookie baking time here at Chez Crispy, and so I was glad that this month's host for the Gluten Free Ratio Rally, Caroline of The G-Spot Revolution, picked COOKIES. Our dedicated band of gluten-free bakers tackles a new baking… |
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Damp Apple and Almond CakeOne of my wonderful customers at the bookstore was chatting with me about baking and I told her about our new gluten-free lifestyle and how baking is quite a challenge these days. She recommended that I try Nigella Lawson's weirdly-named Damp Apple and Almond Cake. Through the power of the Internet I scrounged up the recipe which you… |
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