by messienessie_62pahm | Mar 18, 2012 | Cocktails & Appetizers, Holiday Fare, Live
Welcome friends! Here let me take your coats, hats and pocketbooks. Please go on in, there’s plenty to eat and Don will whip you up a Martini or an Old Fashioned — you know how Mr. Draper is. Oh, and I brought the tastiest shredded pork and shrimp egg...
by messienessie_62pahm | Mar 14, 2012 | Healthful Eats, Live, Salads
When Virtual Potluck was approached to work with True Lemon, I was hesitant. As a native Californian (only transplanted in the Pacific Northwest) citrus is like home to me. The idea of NOT grabbing a fresh lemon or lime for a recipe seemed, frankly, a little nuts to...
by messienessie_62pahm | Mar 4, 2012 | Breads and Rolls (NOT GF), Comfort Food, Gluten-Free, Live
What? Wait? Did I say, “corn dog muffins?” OK, I did — but did I really say, “Gluten-Free?” (Yes!) “No way,” you say, “there’s all kinds of fillers in hot dogs and usually that means wheat.” Not when you use...
by messienessie_62pahm | Feb 25, 2012 | Gluten-Free, Healthful Eats, Live
The REAL Chia plant (not its imposterSalvia carduacea) I love a good lemon poppy seed cake. Not all the time and not all lemon poppy seed cakes, but when I find a good one– I’ll certainly dig in. So when I was trying to think up a recipe for Bob’s...
by messienessie_62pahm | Feb 20, 2012 | Chocolate and Cocoa, Live, Low or No Sugar, Luscious Desserts
I’m in the midst of building a better me (gluten-free and lower sugar) — but that is a hard road most days, because I’m a chocoholic. Luckily the VP gang and I all received big boxes, chock full of avocados from So Cal Avocados. Delicious...