The Hot Handle

A blog interspersed with occasional gluten free recipes.

Please note: If you have a family member who requires a gluten free diet, be sure to use a cast iron skillet that has never previously touched gluten....and if it has, scrub it all down completely and re-season, to be on the safe side.

Looking for information on Celiac Disease? There are many good sites, but here is one to get started with:
www.celiacdisease.net/celiac-disease-101.



Saturday, December 31, 2011

Holiday Cooking Recap

Here's a recap of the cooking we did this year for the holidays:

I meant to make Pizzelle (1/22/11 post) here, but never got to it.  I will have to do that soon.

John made some Peanut Butter Cookies (10/3/10 post) here, to share with friends, but then there were plenty of leftovers to put on our table at home.

We did, however, make Italian Almond Cookies (6/25/11 post) here, decorating some with whole almonds instead of slivered almonds.

We also made my famous Almond Biscotti (1/2/11 post) here.

We couldn't forget "The World's Only Good Fruitcake" (12/29/10 post) here.

And, of course, the Christmas Pierogi for Christmas Eve (12/26/10 post) here .


It's important to use every last bit of our HoneyBaked Ham in soup (1/30/11 post) here.


We had company during the week between Christmas and New Year, so I just used my Family Favorite Beef Stew recipe (12/8/10 post) here.  That, combined with the GF Cheese Biscuits from Whole Foods, makes a nice dinner.  We topped it off with leftover Christmas cookies (as mentioned above) and some ice cream.

Good thing I enjoy cooking!