Gluten Free Recipes - Elana's Pantry

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Julienne Slicer

This julienne slicer is the tool that changed my life.  I love to chop, and I can chop very well.  I am able to slice vegetables quite thin and enjoy doing so; I find this practice meditative, in fact. However, this hand held julienne slicer has revolutionized chopping in my kitchen.  Before I had it


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Purely Decadent Ice Cream

Purely Decadent’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream This is my family’s favorite ice cream.  I’d have to say they like it quite a bit more than my homemade Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream. When I posted that recipe last week, several people asked if I had heard of various brands of store bought vegan, gluten


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Coconut Flour

Coconut flour is my new favorite flour. I have been experimenting with it for a while –that would be more than 2 years. During this time I have come up with some delicious recipes that lend themselves perfectly to coconut flour. This flour is a bit lighter than almond flour, which makes it perfect for


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Stocking Your Kitchen: Pots and Pans

With more time in the kitchen during the holidays, several people have asked me about cookware, specifically, pots and pans. As you read through the list of items below, keep in mind that stocking your kitchen need not be an overnight process. You can invest slowly and build your own “dream team” set of pots


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Toasted Sesame Oil

This condiment is a family favorite. We drizzle it on everything from kale to chicken. It adds a wonderful, nutty Asian flavor to dishes. I consider it a kitchen staple. My younger son especially likes sesame oil and in his enthusiasm, sometimes tries to dump half the bottle on his steamed broccoli. In order to


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Now Nau

In spring of 2005, Eric Reynolds, the visionary creator of the company Marmot, contacted me. He wanted to pitch what he said would be the next big thing in retail. He arrived at my office, laptop in tow and we pored over his spreadsheets and business plan. His ambitious venture: to launch a chain of


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Great Gifts from Boulder

Boulder is often called the “Mount Olympus” of the organic food industry. Boulder’s Best Organics, a web based business, provides a pantheon of locally made products including soaps, chocolate, wine and tea. This company offers a convenient way to ship a Rocky Mountain gift basket to far off friends and relatives who need a fix


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Fiordifrutta

These delicious jams by fiordifrutta Rigoni di Asiago are made with 100% organic fruit. They’re juice sweetened –no cane sugar, fructose or other forms of processed sugar in disguise. This is the only organic jam I have found with no added sugar. The flavors are great! My favorites are orange and raspberry jam, though they


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Good to the Last Drop: Tube Wringer

I am addicted to my tube wringer. It drives my husband crazy. Even though we have our own toothpastes, I get out the tube wringer and squeeze every last drop out of his tube before I let him throw it away. I use it as well for ointments and other products that come in a


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Ume Plum Vinegar

I keep ume vinegar on hand at all times. It has a delicious tangy flavor. I use this salty condiment on salads, chicken and fish to lend a discrete, Asian flavor to my dishes. Click on the photo to buy your own mouth puckering bottle.

Dagoba Chocodrops

Have you heard? Chocolate is good for you! Dagoba Chocodrops are made with 100% organic ingredients and are fair trade certified. These chocodrops have a high cacao content (73%) and are quite flavorful with just a hint of sweetness. Dagoba organic chocodrops are small (dime sized) discs. Use them in your favorite cookie recipe or


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Splenda: Sweet Smoke and Mirrors

In a recent email, my dear friend Pat said, “I am curious to know what your opinion of Splenda may be? It is the only non-caloric sweetener that doesn’t make me feel like I have to brush my teeth after ingesting it. Will it kill me slowly?” Well Pat, a couple of years ago, one


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Stevia

I adore agave nectar, however, there are times when I want something sweet and don’t want to increase my blood sugar level. This is when I reach for stevia, an herb 300 times as sweet as sugar with a glycemic index (GI) of 0. This low glycemic, low carbohydrate sweetener is widely used in Japan.


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Agave Nectar

Sweetness is the first taste we experience in life, the primal taste of our infancy, of mother’s milk. For several years I researched delicious, healthy alternatives to sugar that held up well in the baking process, yet did not substantially raise glycemic index levels. Enter agave, the nectar of the agave cactus plant –a golden


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Almond Flour

Blanched Almond Flour

Salmon Jerky

This high protein snack is made by SeaBear from wild salmon. It has great flavor and a very chewy texture. Comes in convenient pouches. Expensive, but I think this high quality, nutritious food is worth it. I keep it in the glove of my car for afternoons when I need a good hit of protein.


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