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Gluten Free Peach Tart, Sugar Free

July 16, 2018 By Angela Roberts 1 Comment

I'm starting to wind down my peach recipes, but do go back and see everything we have put out this week. It's been a peach festival extravaganza. Let me remind you of my peach tips. You can freeze peaches. You can peel peaches easily. A gluten free peach pie, so delicious and so summery, made with fresh peaches only longs for a little vanilla ice cream You can make this with an all-purpose crust, (recipe here) or make it my gluten free tart crust here, gluten free pie crust here. The difference between the tart crust and the pie crust is that the tart crust is a ...

How to Cook Pasta Like an Italian (al dente) How to Choose Pasta

July 13, 2018 By Angela Roberts Leave a Comment

Cooking pasta is as simple as tying shoes. Tie your laces wrong and you can fall. I am Italian American, but my grandparents were Italian immigrants. Pasta was a constant in our home. However, when I went ot Italy and ate several different pasta dishes, I was surprised by the texture, and understood what al dente meant. When pasta is cooked al dente, it means it has a tooth to it or a bite to it. It resists slightly. This takes longer to digest and avoids a spike in blood sugar. The first time I ever ate a pasta cooked correctly was a Pasta Carbonara dish in Rome. It was so ...