Hi, I'm Dr. Jean Layton. In diverse jobs from chef to doctor, I've used my analytical skills to address the ongoing goal, "There has to be a better way." When not seeing patients, I'm in the social media world, teaching people to thrive gluten-free.
I wanted a simple, quickly mixed and fast to prepare muffin for those school mornings. This one fits the bill. By combining the dry cereal mixture with the milk, then allowing it to sit for a few minutes, you alleviate the crunch of uncooked grains but retain the nice toothsomeness. Feel free to make it [...]
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Honey Toffee Crispy Rice Ball Recipe for the Holidays
The image of spheres of sweetness just evoke Christmas time to me. When I was a child, we occasionally made popcorn balls, huge buttery toffee covered spheres of corn, breaking apart into white sticky crumbles on first bite. Our family dogs always loved when we made them since we rarely managed to eat them without [...]
Mom- you forgot the ice cream. Pumpkin Eggnog Ice Cream in Pie Crust Bowl
Some foods are seasonal, like asparagus in the spring, apples in the fall. Pumpkin is the one of those fall flavors. For my girls, having these seasonal flavors at the right time of the year is an awaited event. So when Fiona saw the pumpkin ice cream for the first time in October at Trader [...]
Pumpkin Pie from scratch
Having a food based holiday happening so close to a candy based holiday alway seemed like serendipity to me. After all, haven’t we all wondered what to do with those lovely pumpkins post Halloween? This year we ended up with a few spares after the carving party . What to do with them? PIE of [...]
Mashed Potatoes- My favorite part of Thanksgiving.
The vegetables for Thanksgiving will truly depend on the market. I love to just pick up the freshest vegetables I can from Roslyn at Rabbit Field Farms at the Farmer’s Market. Prepared simply, some roasted, some steamed and occasionally slow cooked. That’s my idea of a great Thanksgiving. Mashed potatoes are essential for a holiday meal, [...]
Sugar-Free Buckwheat Applesauce Almond Muffins-National Diabetes Day
As we launch into the food based holiday time of the year, I was asked to participate with a very special recipe round-up Carolyn Ketchum from All Day I Dream About Food invited bloggers to create a diabetic-friendly recipe in honor of National Diabetes Day. And almost 40 bloggers said yes. Yes to creating a recipe [...]
Banana Bread- Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free
When you have those lonely brown spotted Appaloosa bananas on the counter, do you feel a pang? My frugal soul cringes just a bit when I have a few bananas that look like these. I know I could mix up a batch of pancakes, or muffins. But my long time goal has been a crisp [...]
Chicken and Dumplings
When the winds are blowing and my house might lose power, I make chicken and dumplings in my stockpot. Even when the storm is Hurricane Sandy, clear across the country. I make chicken and dumplings. Because soup is hot and wet, filling, comforting, a way of saying that all will be ok. Although Hurricane Sandy [...]
Dumplings for Soup- Gluten-free, Dairy-Free
Dumplings, gluten-free dumplings Even the name is evocative. Tender little puffs on top of a steaming bowl of broth, who cares if the soup is chicken or vegan. Dumplings for Soup Author: Jean Layton Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 12 mins Total time: 22 mins Save Print The key to making these is to [...]
Creamy Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Soup with Smoky Maple Pepita Brittle
Burnished leaves of yellow, red and orange contrasting with the pine trees. Pumpkin fields scattered with orange orbs and children running from one to the next with squeals of joy. Scattered orange flags dropping from cedar trees soften the pathways through the woods on a walk with my dogs. Orange is the color of fall. [...]
Smoky Maple Pumpkin Seed (pepita) Brittle Recipe
Accents matter. Listening to a group of people, the lilt of a brogue, the sliding vowels of New York, the gutteral catch of German, all serve to fascinate me. That is where the story lies, with those differences. In food, so much is the same. It is the accents that takes a recipe from routine [...]
Sweet Potato and Apple Scones- Gluten-Free, Corn-Free, Soy-Free,
Fall mornings. Back to the rush to school routine. Sometimes, I want to make a scone treat for our girls. They work so hard to excel at school, music and sports. These are so quick to mix up that I can bake them fresh for breakfast. Making them mini is part of the fun, but [...]
German potato salad- my daughters first time
German potato salad- my daughters first time, a photo by GFDoctor on Flickr. Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 15 mins Total time 20 mins Ingredients 2 pounds small starchy (yellow or red) potatoes 2 slices of good quality no nitrite bacon -cut into tiny bits 2 tablespoons organic brown sugar 2 tablespoons organic [...]
Cinnamon Pecan Bubble Bread-Pull Apart
Pecan sticky pull apart #gluten-free buns, a photo by GFDoctor on Flickr. Frequently, I take pictures as I finish baking, just to make sure I capture the thing before my family tears into it. This one of my Cinnamon Pecan Pull Apart Gluten-Free Bread went out on my Instagram feed, resulting in pleas for the [...]
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