by Kate Otterstrom | Oct 25, 2023 | Gluten-free Treats
Halloween is one of the holidays that I associate most strongly with cutout sugar cookies. I remember having to wait an eternity (well, it seemed like an eternity to me as a 6 year old) for the dough to rest and chill in the fridge before we could roll it out and cut...
by Kate Otterstrom | Oct 5, 2023 | Gluten-free Treats
Have you ever had a fluffernutter sandwich? I ate my first fluffernutter sandwich as a freshman at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, many, many years ago. I remember being charmed by the nice play between the marshmallow fluff (aka marshmallow crème for us westerners)...
by Kate Otterstrom | Sep 23, 2023 | Gluten-free Treats
For a couple of years in high school I ate lunch every day with the same group of friends. We called ourselves the Lunch Group and we were pretty close at the time. Since then we’ve all moved away from home and lost touch, but I haven’t forgotten one of my very...
by Kate Otterstrom | Aug 8, 2023 | Gluten-free Treats
I love the flow of the year—the seasons, the holidays, the times in school and the breaks from school—and since I have basically always lived in a temperate environment with four distinct seasons, this flow has been a constant for me. One of my favorite parts of late...
by Kate Otterstrom | Aug 1, 2023 | Gluten-free Treats
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups Thai long grain glutinous rice (this is gluten free) 1 13-14 oz can coconut cream or milk ½ cup sugar Pinch salt 2 cups berries (fresh or frozen) 3 Tablespoons sugar Step 1: Pour the sticky rice into a medium sized bowl and cover it with hot...
by Kate Otterstrom | Jun 9, 2023 | Gluten-free Treats
Mom always made the same breakfast for Christmas morning: breakfast casserole and poached pears with some sort of sweet roll on the side. It took me years to be very interested in the pear, but when I finally tried it, I loved it! The soft, fragrant slices fell away...
