One of our family traditions is to let the Birthday Person pick the dinner menu (or restaurant if it’s my birthday). For Hypatia this was easy, because she picked chicken and rice, and then we added some vegetables to round it out. But for Carbon, this can be challenging. He has interesting taste. For one [...]
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I have drifted away from using my bread machine, as I’ve been buying more and more prepared gluten-free goodies that can be pulled from the freezer and popped right in the oven or microwave. But, as part of my pledge to simplify our food consumption, I’m going back to making homemade bread.
My bread machine is [...]
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It feels like there is a sudden explosion of awareness about gluten-free in my town. Really, all of a sudden we’re part of a major sub-set of people!
At church, we hit a critical mass of folks who are avoiding or going completely wheat or gluten-free, and there is now an effort being made to provide [...]
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Having a wheat free family dinner frequently means I need to bake some bread. You can buy gluten-free bread at both grocery stores I use, but it’s dry nasty stuff. Starting off gluten-free is like learning to bake all over again, but after 3 years (that long now!) of doing this I’m getting the hang [...]
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DH and SIL said yesterday that “these are the best cookies ever”. So I have to share the recipe, obviously.
Pumpkin Whoopee Cookies
The Cookie:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour and 3/4 cup cake flour
(Gluten free: 1 cup gluten-free mix, 1/2 cup tapioca flour, 1 tsp xanthan gum)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick butter at room [...]
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So far this year, I have baked 257 cookies. I have a chart up in my kitchen to keep track, because I’m working on a big cookie project. At the beginning of the year, I pledged to bake 1000 cookies and raise at least $300 to send to treat and prevent fistulas in Africa. This [...]
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My sister is currently on a low-sugar diet, and we are all gluten-free – what was I going to make for our breakfast treat when they came to visit? Yes, turkey bacon. Yes, eggs from my chickens. But – I love a bread in the morning and I love to bake for my loved ones.
What I [...]
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So many people have been leaving comments that they are gluten-free also! Wow, I didn’t realize there were so many of us floating about in the homeschooling world. My mom was not surprised, however: “people who care to learn about their child’s special dietary needs will also want to personalize their educations, and vice versa” [...]
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