Most of our Thanksgiving dinners are in the community room of Ecology House, an 11-unit government (HUD) complex for people disabled with chemical sensitivity. Every year, with the help of the Environmental Health Network, the residents there host a (supplemented) potluck dinner for the entire chemical sensitivity community. It’s great fun. I share the disability […]
Entries Tagged as 'Religion & Holidays'
An Organic Thanksgiving 2007
February 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments
Categories: Food · Living Spaces · Meals & Events · Places to Go · Religion & Holidays · Thanksgiving
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, lowcarb, marin county, photos-family, photos-food, photos-friends, photos-places, vegan, vegetarian
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
December 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Why is this recipe listed under Chanukah? Because my daughter can’t have chocolate and I wanted an alternative for dreidle gelt. I promised her we’d made cookies for Chanukah (we eat very few traditional sweets). The cookies are gold like gelt with golden raisins and jeweled cranberries. It was too messy to actually use cookies […]
Categories: Chanukah · Desserts · Recipes · Religion & Holidays
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian
Chanukah Latkes
December 14th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Your traditional latkes are grated potato, diced onion, egg, matzoh meal, and seasoning all mixed together and fried in olive oil. But what do you do when all you can eat is fried salt and pepper? Well, alternative latkes have always been part of the tradition: despite what many think, it’s not just about potato […]
Categories: Chanukah · Recipes · Religion & Holidays · Vegetable Dishes
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, jewish food, lowcarb, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian