My Indoor Garden Experience – Gardyn Week 3
Gardyn Lessons This last week I was pretty hands off with my Gardyn so I decided to take some time to start learning more about hybriponic growing. The Gardyn site has a lot of good information in their Gardyn Help Center. Here you can learn about planting, germination, grooming, harvesting, environmental factors, feeding, pollinating, etc. … Read more
My Indoor Garden Experience – Gardyn Week 2
Why Haven’t you Sprouted? By the end of week 1, about half of my yCubes had sprouted. But come day 8, 9, 10 almost all of them had finally shown signs of life. On day 10, Kelby prompted me to add the plant food. I also decided to try sprouting a few of my own … Read more
My Indoor Garden Experience – Gardyn Week 1
Let the Sprouting Begin… With the purchase of the Gardyn system, you are provided 30 yCube pods in the starter kit. Some of the yCubes contain a duplicate of the same plant. For example, I received 3 Butterleaf lettuce yCubes. I only filled 24 of my spots and capped the other 6 (that is the … Read more
My New Indoor Garden – Gardyn
Why I Chose Gardyn Many years ago, I took my first trip to Florida to visit Disney World. I absolutely loved it and my favorite park was Epcot. In the very middle of the park, they have an exhibit called Living with the Land. It was a leisurely boat ride through a dirt-less, indoor garden. … Read more
A New Twist on a Traditional Thanksgiving Side Dish – Gluten and Dairy Free
Not only is this a fresh, homemade version of a traditional Thanksgiving classic but it also does not include any gluten or dairy. Most Thanksgiving dishes are laden with flour, cream, butter and milk. This recipe takes a classic dish and modifies it so that it can be enjoyed by all. Best of all, there … Read more
Oriental Sesame Chicken Salad
My husband and I like to do happy hour on Friday nights. We used to frequent Applebee’s on a regular rotation with some of our other favorite neighborhood spots. We would both order their Oriental Chicken Salad. We loved it and still would if I hadn’t developed a gluten sensitivity. Because of this, I thought … Read more
Roasting New Mexico’s Hatch Green Chiles
New Mexico’s Hatch Chile Season… Each year we look forward to New Mexico’s Hatch Chili season. In August of each year, we often find someone manning a chili roaster and selling chili’s out of a local restaurant parking lot. The chili’s are roasted over an open fire, bagged up in plastic bags while still warm … Read more
French Dip with Gluten Free Au Jus
The search for gluten free Au Jus… Growing up, we would have French Dip sandwiches as a regular rotation for dinner. The sandwich was great but dipping it into that delicious, salty broth made them irresistible. Since going gluten free, I’ve had to give a lot of things up and do a lot of modifications. … Read more
Golden Beets with Goat’s Cheese and Almonds
Only 4 Ingredients!! It seems that people either love or hate beets. They definitely can have a “taste of the earth” flavor. I personally think they’re great when accompanied with the right ingredients and golden beets tend to have a milder taste than red beets. The key to this recipe is adding some acid with … Read more
Cilantro Lime Marinated Shrimp – Air Fried
I’ve been experimenting with this recipe for a while. In my first couple attempts I used garlic. It was good but there was something missing. Then I found the glorious shallot! That really is the secret to these delicious shrimp. Shallots taste like a cross between garlic and onion but with a milder taste This … Read more