I had an amazing weekend and I hope you did too. Is your Christmas shopping done? Mine sure isn’t! No, this weekend was not full of shopping as it probably should have been. This weekend I was busy in the kitchen whipping up some delicious (and healthy) gluten-free Christmas cookies, like these Meyer Lemon & Almond Biscotti.

But that’s not all I did! I also had a five hour food photography lesson with Brent Harrewyn from Hoverfly Photography (make sure to check out his amazing food portfolio , isn’t it stunning!?). Brent was gracious, patient and showed me the ins and outs of food photography. I’m excited to take what I learned and translate it into my work on the site. I’m jittery just thinking about it! What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Now, onto the cookies. As Christmas is just a little over a week away, I decided I would dedicate the next five days to cookies. A week full of cookies. Gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free quinoa cookies.  Yes, that’s right. Each and every one of the recipes this week will feature quinoa. Why you may wonder? Not just because I love baking with quinoa, but also because quinoa is the greatest and it makes everything taste better.

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