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Category Archives: Gluten Free

Cookbook Recs from Celia Sack of Omnivore Books | A Cook Smarts Podcast

Giveaway for: The Omnivore’s Recipe Keeper (below and signed by Celia Sack) + Choice of cookbook below (which may also come signed!) Task: Tell us your most used / useful / favorite cookbook in the comments section below By: August 15th, please How we’ll choose: The old fashion way – we’ll draw your name out of a…

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BBQ Baked Salmon and Almond Green Beans | “A Week of Shortcut Cheat Meals” Meal Plan

There have been no shortage of highlights since starting Cook Smarts at the beginning of this year. If I had to pick just one though, it’d have to be getting to meet so many wonderful moms and getting a real sneak peek into their lives in the kitchen. While everyone is at their own individual cooking level,…

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Cooking Formula: How to Roast Vegetables (with lots of flavor)

I find the oven to be one of the most underutilized tools in the kitchen. While it gets warmed up for baking, it doesn’t get much action for general everyday mealtime making. I think this is just too bad, because so much low-maintenance and simple deliciousness can come out of the oven. I use mine…

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Recipe for Roasted Broccoli with Tofu and Jalapenos

This is the last recipe in our Ingredient Spotlight on broccoli this week, and I’ve saved the most common usage of broccoli in my kitchen for last. I love roasting vegetables, especially broccoli, which I know is not the most common preparation of broccoli. So many of us are used to seeing the overcooked mushy…

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Recipe for Pureed Broccoli and Celeriac (aka Celery Root) Soup

If it’s a vegetable, I promise you I’ve tried to puree it into a soup with my immersion blender. And since we’re ingredient spotlighting broccoli this week, I think you can guess what recipe we’re featuring today: a pureed broccoli soup. Every week I place a head of broccoli in my grocery cart, so I’ve developed…

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