New Jersey's Mother's Day Gluten Free Restaurants & Gluten Free Risotto Recipes

There is hidden gluten in a lot of foods we eat so it doesn't come as a surprise that many of us are either cutting back or avoiding gluten altogether and searching for gluten free restaurants, recipes and foods. With Mother's Day approaching here are some gluten free searches:

Best Free Gluten Restaurants New Jersey Written by Emily Tamburri
Bin 14, Hoboken, NJ
Janice, HoHoKus, NJ
LaRiviera Trattoria, Clifton, NJ
Park & Orchard, East Rutherford, NJ
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/guide/the-4-best-gluten-free-restaurants-in-new-jersey/

Gluten Free Dairy Free Resaturants Blog
A library listings restaurants to check out.
http://glutenfreedairyfreenj.blogspot.com/p/gluten-free-dairy-free-restaurants-nj.html

The Artful Diner's Review of a NJ Gluten Free Restaurant
Tortilla Press, Collingswood, NJ...may be worth a try Mother's Day too!
http://blog.nj.com/artful_diner/2012/12/new_years_eve_dining_at_tortil.html

Montclair Gluten Free Restaurants
Mesob, Montclair, NJ (sample Ethiopian)
http://www.urbanspoon.com/tn/53/1/5341/North-Jersey/Gluten-Free-Friendly/Montclair-restaurants

A Gluten Free Restaurant in Monmouth County, NJ.
(I loved the Kale salad, Shrimp and Risotto!)
Spargo's Grille
Manalapan, NJ
BYO
http://www.zagat.com/r/spargos-grille-manalapan

Are You Cooking for Mom? Visit these risotto recipes websites:

Betty Crocker
Gluten Free Risotto in 50 minutes
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/gluten-free-risotto/ceafe491-409f-4fdb-b11d-cc28af8f4da8

Clean, Green, Simple
Mushroom and Asparagus Risotto
http://cleangreensimple.com/2011/06/mushroom-asparagus-risotto/

Saffron Risotto
by Ina Garten
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/butternut-squash-risotto-recipe/index.html

List of Foods Containing Gluten
The Gluten Free Chef
http://www.the-gluten-free-chef.com/gluten-free-food-list.html

Italian Gluten Free Arborio Rice
"Some chefs say that you can use Arborio rice—the rice used to make risotto—to make paella?"
http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Gluten-Arborio-Risotto-Ounces/dp/B001GZVYMQ
Rice Select Arborio Rice
http://www.amazon.com/RiceSelect-Arborio-Rice-32-Ounce-Jars/dp/B000EH4XZC
Rice is Nice
http://www.livingwithout.com/issues/3_6/Gluten-Free-Grains-1024-1.html

TIP BIT: May also calls  for Celiac Awareness
Here are some tips to help you plan ahead for your gluten-free guest.
http://www.celiaccentral.org/SiteData/docs/GlutenFree/b3acf25878a9a0c3/GlutenFreeEntertaining.html







 

Wreath Stollen and Other Sweet Bread Recipes for Spring

Wreath stollen as popular in Spring as in Winter sprouts the same nostalgic feelings for holidays like St. Patrick's, St. Joseph's Day and Easter....

Lost Recipes From Old Titles searched sites for newspaper, magazine, book and blog to gather stollen, bread, cake, cookie, dessert recipes...

German Christmas Stollen
http://gogermany.about.com/od/foodanddrink/p/christmas_stollen.htm

Gina Lollobrigida: Christmas Wreath Cookies
http://carlahoag.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/celebrity-recipes-good-housekeeping-december-1964/

America’s Christmas Heritage by Ruth Cole Kainen, 1969, How Christmas Began – A New American Christmas – Cardamom, Swedish, Julbrod, Kolacky, Limpa, Lucia Buns, Moravian sugar cake, Panettone, Portuguese sweet, Saffron, Swedish, Stollen, White Christmas, Russian…. a book listed inside my blog at Holiday Food Traditions Library, January 7, 2011.

Robin Hood Sweet Dough Recipes
http://artisanssquare.com/sg/index.php?topic=17689.35

Almond Wreath
http://www.joyousnotions.com/2011/12/on-1st-day-of-christmas.html

Stollen traditional German cake..."into thick braids, just like Oma used to."
—Ellen Marie Wiseman
http://www.bookpage.com/the-book-case/2012/12/27/recipe-of-the-week-german-stollen/

Stollen....
http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/daring-baker-s-challenge-stollen-and-some-lost-challenges-fid-1222702

Recipes - Breads
http://www.recipelink.com/cgi/msgbrd/ms.pl?listype=2&q=1960%20OR%201961%20OR%201962%20OR%201963%20OR%201964%20OR%201965%20OR%201966%20OR%201967%20OR%201968%20OR%201969%20OR%201960%27s%20-collection

Christmas Stollen
http://www.folkwisdommagazine.com/

Cardamon Sweet Bread
http://vintagekitchennotes.blogspot.com/2012/12/finnish-pulla-cardamom-scented-sweet.html

Roscones are eaten throughout the holiday season
http://www.simplespanishfood.com/breakfast-desayuno/

Recipe for Galician Easter Bread
http://landforsaleingalicia.blogspot.com/2011/04/recipe-for-galician-easter-bread.html

Savvy Books & Websites For Food Lovers and Healthy Lifestylers

Below are websites I've surfed, books I've read and chapters I've saved--recipes for food lovers and healthy lifestylers!  All article, website and book reviews honor hard working writers and mentors truly interested in helping folks like me and you find food recipes and in the scheme of things, find life recipes for longer, happier lives.

Balancing Acid/Alkaline Foods at Trans4mind
http://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/pH.html
(learn how acidity and pH balance can improve health)

Exercise for Depression - How it Helps
http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/does-exercise-help-depression
(feed your soul with exercise) 

Caffeine Sensitivity in Coffee
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/07/caffeine
(chart caffeine levels that give you trouble while still enjoying your coffee)

Men's Health - A Balanced Diet, The New Science of Weight Loss
http://www.menshealth.com/weight-loss/diet-strategies-energy-balance-and-weight-loss
("Think of your body as a car that operates 24 hours a day.")

Oops-Proof Your Workout By Caroline Hwang
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/tips/expert-advice/oops-proof-your-workout/
(plan what you are eating too)

Sauce Savvy by Julia Childs at PBS Food
http://www.pbs.org/food/features/sauce-savvy-culinary-magic-in-your-kitchen/
(reduce heavy handed acid ingredients)

The Cheater's Guide to Real Food by nourishedkitchen.com
http://nourishedkitchen.com/the-cheaters-guide-to-real-food/
(eat oily fish, a good source of Vitamin D)

Top Strategies to Keep Your Brain Healthy are included in the article, Ask an Expert About Alzheimers
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/booming/ask-and-expert-about-alzheimers-part-3.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
(exercise, stimulate your mind, eat a healthy heart diet)

 
Wellness Guide From Brain to Digestion to Stress by Andew Weil
http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/headtotoe/head_to_toe_print.html
(don't overlook health strategies for digestion)

Woman's Health - Spirit, Body & Balance expert, Christine Northrup, MD. What You Need to Know About Heart Disease
http://www.drnorthrup.com/womenshealth/healthcenter/topic_details.php?topic_id=97
("Enjoy soy, lower triglycerides and total cholesterol levels, including LDL ("bad") cholesterol.")

50 SECRETS OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST LIVING PEOPLE
by Sally Beare
(enjoy your food, breath deeply, relax) 

The All-Purpose Cookbook
joy of COOKING by Irma Rombauer
(try a multitudes of recipes and Irma's advice on ingredients and substitutes)

The Mediterranean Diet 
WINE*PASTA*OLIVE OIL*AND A LONG HEALTHY LIFE
by Carol and Malcolm McConnell
(America, learn to enjoy food and leisure)

Jack LaLanne, Revitalize Your Life after 50
Improve Your Looks, Your Health & Your Sex Life
(let foods for all seasons enter your home and replenish your heart)

Healthy Digestion the Natural Way
Preventing and Healing, Heartburn, Constipation, , Gas, Diarrhea, Inflammatory Bowel and Gallbladder Diseases, Ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Food Allergies and More by Dr. Lindsey Berkson
(learn how winds of change also come with mind-body techniques like an abdominal meditation)

Six Ingredients or Less Cooking Light & Healthy, Quick and Easy Low-Fat Low-Cholesterol Recipes
by Carlean Johnson
(get cooks tips, calorie, fat and cholesterol counters)

Jane Fonda Cooking for Healthy Living, 120 Easy LOW-Fat Recipes
(know nutritional basics, keep a food pyramid)

Better Homes and Gardens EAT and STAY SLIM
Now...The System That Counts Calories For You, How to Maintain Your Ideal Weight, Tasty Recipes And Menus To Make You Trim
(mantra, mantra, mantra...more exercise, less fat)

HEALING SECRETS From The BIBLE, Dr. Patrick Quillin, PhD.RD, CNS
(know what's good for the colon, good for the blood, good for cholesterol; apples.)

Quote - "Success--never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner."-Og Mandino

Recipes For a Happier and Healthier Life Start with Vegetables.

Natural Awakenings, November 2012 article, Powerful Energy Boosters, reminds us to eat right. Trans4mind.com recommends you test your pH level and eliminate nagging problems caused by acidosis.
Shine from yahoo.com lists 8 healthy foods you're probably eating too much of.
Euromoniter.com International says keep an eye on vitamin and mineral supplements.
Jacob Silver's book, 'The Poisoning of Americans' rallies for better regulation, better foods.

Article, books and quaint old sayings reminds us that these old adages have a place in today's world:
"Too Much of Good Thing", "Everything in Moderation", "You Are What You Eat" ....

Recipes for a happier and healthier life start with vegetables. Serve these on Thanksgiving Day or any day...from my library of Recipes From Old Titles:

250 Ways to Serve Fresh Vegetables, Associate Editors Culinary Arts Institute, 1952, Artichokes, Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Corn…Dasheen, Egglplant… Fennel, Kale, Kohlrabi…Mushrooms, Peas, Peppers…Pimentos, Radishes, Salskify, Sauces, Spinach, Squash, Swiss Chard…Vegetables Combinations…Vegetable Marrow….Zucchini

Vegetable Marrow Hungarian Style
1 1/2 pounds of vegetable marrow
3/4 cup boiling water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk, 1/2 cup cream
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons chopped onion
Pare vegetable marrow. Cut into narrow pieces 2 inches long. Place in saucepan, add boiling water and salt, cover and cook slowly for about 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and continue cooking 5 minutes longer. Blend flour and milk and stir into squash. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer. Pour in cream, heat to boiling and add more seasoning if desired. Melt butter in sauce and brown onion lightly. Serve marrow with browned onion over top.  

St. Joseph's Cook Book, Vegetables, Cauliflower Delight, Mom's Stuffed Cabbage, Stuffed Artichokes,
Celery and Brussels Sprouts Casserole,Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, German Cabbage, Harvard Beets

Cauliflower Delight
Medium head cauliflower
2 eggs well beaten
with 1 tbsp. of water
salt and pepper
Cook cauliflower in salted water until tender. Drain, cool slightly, roll in flour, the dip in egg which has been seasoned with salt and pepper. Brown in vegetable oil or shortening.

Family Fare Food Management and Recipes, Beets in honey sauce, Cauliflower au gratin, Scalloped sweet potatoes and oranges,  Baked squash, Spinach au gratin...buy "fresh" vegetables and fruits.

Beets in honey sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon water or beet juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon of table fat
2 cups dices or sliced beets, cooked
Mix the cornstarch and salt. Blend in the water or juice from canned beets. Add vinegar, honey, and fat. Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add sauce to beets; let stand at least 10 minutes to blend flavors. Reheat.

Miriam B. Loo's Family Favorites Cookbook, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Wild Rice Casserole, Cranberry Jelly

Cranberry Jelly
1 lb fresh cranberries
1 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
Place fresh cranberries in large saucepan; cover with boiling water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until berries burst and mixture thickens (about 5 min.) Press mixture through sieve of food mill. Add sugar; stir till dissolved. Pour into hot sterile jars, cover and refrigerate. 

Pot Pies, Forty Savory Suppers, Beatrice A. Ojakangas, Italian Mushroom and Artichoke Pie, deep-Dish Spinach Pie, Finnish Country Vegetable Pie, Herbed Leek and Chevre Tart, Swiss Mushroom Pie, Russian Cabbage Pie

Deep Dish Spinach Pie
1/2 recipe Lemon Pastry
1 T Dijon-style mustard
2 lbs fresh spinach, cleaned and stemmed
1/2 t. dried tarragon
1/4 c fresh lemon juice
1 c crumbled feta cheese
4 eggs
1 1/2 c heavy cream or evaporated milk
1/2 c sour cream
1/2 t salt
1/4 t freshly grated nutmeg
Preheat the oven to 400F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to a 13-in square and fit into a 9-in square baking pan. Fold the overhanging pastry all around to make a raised edge and crimp decoratively.
Fit a sheet of foil over the dough and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until the edges are set, about 10 minutes. Remove the foil and weights. Return the crust to the oven and bake 5 to 10 minutes longer, until the bottom is firm and dry. Brush the pastry with the mustard and return to the oven until set and dry, about
5 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 375 F. Put the spinach into a large pot with just the water still clinging to the leaves. Cover and cook over medium-high heat until the spinach is wilted 2 to 3 minutes. Drain well and chop coarsely. Mix in the tarragon, lemon juice and feta cheese. Whisk together the eggs, cream or evaporated milk, sour cream, salt and nutmeg. Turn the spinach into the partially baked pastry shell and pour the egg mixture over the top. Bake until puffed all over and lightly browned, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool about 15 minutes before cutting.

Better Homes and Gardens EAT AND STAY SLIM

"Cellulose is the indigestible part of plant foods which furnishes bulk in the intestinal tract and helps to maintain regularity."-BH&G Eat and Stay Slim 

I added Better Homes and Gardens EAT AND STAY SLIM to my library of cookbooks because I also enjoy researching  how food and diet promotes better health. There is no secret to the health benefits we derive from staying slim, counting calories and eating healthier foods. In recent years aiding digestion has becomes equally important. Just today I discovered three articles that maybe of interest to those of you who suffer from too much stress, acidity, heartburn , "pH Levels...Alkaline and Acidic Foods" posted by Truth is Treason.net and "Emerging Type of Heartburn Defies Drugs, Diagnosis" by Melinda Beck of The Wall Street Journal and "How to Prevent Winter Blues, Pump Up Your Vegetables" by Prevention magazine. 

Today's book post and referenced articles, recommend eating "stomach friendly vegetables": brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, carrot, yams, beets and vegetable medleys. 

Favorite recipes with vegetables and formulas from my vintage library of cookbooks @ Lost Recipes From Old Titles: 

Salmon Steaks With Rotini & Juliened Vegetables (veggies: steam zucchini, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli).
- The Mediterrnean Diet, Quote from Paula Wolfert, "This is a treasure of gastronomic and medical lore...." 

Steamed Cabbage (bite-size cabbage pieces with soft tub margarine)
- SIX Ingredients or Less Cooking Light & Healthy, "Learn to eat in moderation and enjoy...."

Tips to Enhance Digestion
- Healthy Digestion the Natural Way, "Eat in a relaxed atmosphere. Do not eat when angry, upset or hurried. Emotional upsets disturb digestion, no matter how pure the food is."

Vegetables
- American Heart Association, Low-Fat Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, "Substitute chopped vegetables for some of the bread when you make stuffing."







  

Lost Recipes for Holiday Orange Breads & Cakes

From the picture window of my country home, I gaze across at the whirling leaves as my thoughts turn to fall and the approaching holidays. I imagine heartfelt requests for lost family recipes will soon start to pour in, especially for citrus breads and cakes.

A cake no longer found in the supermarket remains a favorite of mine, Sara Lee’s Orange Cake. Made many moons ago, this square shaped, luscious, creamy and perfectly orangey cake satisfied my sweet tooth. With the approach the 2012 holiday season, I sip my steaming hot coffee still pining for this dessert. So I wrote Sara Lee in the hopes of obtaining a copy of this delicious dessert. I patiently await a reply to my  inquiry.

For those of you like me, who love sweet morsels of orange zest inside a spongy cake or bread, check out some old family recipes from cookbooks of days-gone-by I’ve listed below.

ORANGE CAKE

1 C. brown sugar

½ C. butter

1 egg

1 C. sour milk

1 t. soda

2 C flour – sifted

1 t. baking powder

½ C chopped walnuts

½ C chopped dates

Grated rind of 1 orange

Cream sugar and butter. Beat in egg. Add sour milk with soda stirred in. Add dry ingredients, nuts dates and orange rind. Pour in loaf pan. Bake 40-45 min. at 360 degrees F. While still hot slowly pour ½ C. Sugar dissolved in juice of 1 orange (1/2 C.) over cake and let it absorb. Don’t cut for 2 days. – Rachel DeLonge, New Jersey’s Own Cookbook

ORANGE DREAM CAKE

2 C. cake flour

1 ½ C. Sugar

1 t. grated orange rind

½ t. grated lemon rind

2 t. baking powder

¼ t. soda

½ C. orange juice

½ C. water

2/3 C. shortening

2 eggs, unbeaten

2 T. lemon juice (Do not add until end of mixing)

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt into mixing bowl. Drop in shortening (no creaming needed). Add grated fruit rinds, orange juice and water. Beat 200 Strokes (2 minutes by hand). Add eggs and beat 200 strokes more. Add lemon juice and blend. Bake in two square 8X8X2 inch greased pans in moderately hot oven (375 F) 25-30 minutes. Chill layers. Spread Orange Cream Filling between layers and on top of cake.

Orange Cream Filling

Mix together 1 C. coconut, 3 t. grated orange rind, ¼ C sugar, 2 T. orange juice, 1 T. lemon juice; let stand about 15 minutes. Whip 1 C. heavy cream, fold in coconut mixture.

– Ann Vollmeer, New Jersey’s Own Cookbook

ORANGE JUICE CAKE (Delicious)

(Tastes as though it were made of butter)

2 cups Presto

11/4 cups sugar

2 tsps. Grated orange rind

2 egg yolks (unbeaten)

1 tsp. vanilla

2/3 cups orange juice

½ cup shortening

2 egg whites (unbeaten)

Sift flour three times. Add orange rind and vanilla shortening and cream well. Add one cup sugar gradually and cream together until fluffy. Add one-fourth of flour and mix well. Add egg yolks to orange juice and beat slightly, add to creamed mixture alternately with remaining flour, a small amount at a time, beating well. Beat egg white until foamy, add remaining ¼ cup sugar gradually and beat until stiff. Add to batter and beat thoroughly. Turn into two 8-inch pans which have been greased and lightly floured. Bake in moderate oven-375 degrees F.-25minutes.

-Mrs. Leon Bartsch, The New Jersey Club Woman, American Home COOK BOOK

P.S. I also find these delicious titles for orange cake recipes from a friend’s home collection of cookbooks. Should you desire one of the old recipes listed below or the original cookbook, type in the address box, BookFinder.com and you will most likely be successful with your search.

Orange Cake, polish recipe for Ciastro Pomaranczowe by Alina Zeranska; the book, The Art of Polish Cooking, DoubleDay, 1968

Orange Sponge Cake, sponge cake recipe by Better Homes & Garden, New Cook Book

Mandarin Orange Cake recipe, made with yellow Duncan Hines Butter Cake Mix, International Flying Farmer, Inc., Nov, 1988

Orange Cream Cheese Muffins, made with Smucker’s Sweet Orange Marmalade, America’s Favorite Brand Baking, 1999, ISBN 0-7853-3433-5

Anyone out there looking for Orange Juice Crème Anglaise, try Mediterranean Light by Martha Rose Schulman, Bantam Books, May, 1989

And last but not least, a postscript from Julia Child, Julia Child & Company, Alfred Knoft, 1979, ISBN 0-394-73532-3, references Julia’s search in the art of making Muffins, see English Bread and Yeast Cookery by Elizabeth David, Penquin Books, 1978

I hope to share holiday memories of bread and cakes with you. I look forward to hearing about your family recipes. Celebrants of lost family recipes email me at:  deestephenson@comcast.net.

Recipes for Old Time Refreshments

On a hot summer day there's nothing like a cool refreshment, poolside, at the Jersey shore, on a park bench...from one of my favorite lost recipes books, Time For Food.

 CHERRY FLOAT
4 tsp. cherry flavored soft drink powder
1/2 pint vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 qt. milk
In each tall glass, mix 1 teaspoon soft drink powder and 2 tablespoons sugar. Add 1 cup milk, stir until well blended. Add scoop of ice cream.-Catherine Francis

ICE FRUIT DELIGHT
Dilute 1 6 oz can of frozen orange-grapefruit concentrate with cold water as directed on can. Fill tall glasses 3/4 full, add scoop of orange sherbert, stir and serve.-Catherine Francis

RUM PUNCH
1 quart pineapple juice
1/2 quart orange juice
4 cans of frozen lemonade
1 package of frozen pineapple chunks
1 quart of lemon sherbert
3 quarts of carbonated water
2 quarts of rum
Decorate with mint leaves and sliced lemons
Serves 50-Dorothy Baldwin