Do I Have To Proof My Yeast When I’m Making Bread Using a Gluten Free Bread Mix?
Hi Mary: I just read your post making my own gluten free bread mix. I’m a little confused. You say that we can put the 2.5 c of flour mix in a qt size bag. Then you say we add the xanthum gum, sugar...
View ArticleThree Things You Should Think About Before You Host Your Next Dinner Party
It will be no surprise to anyone reading this that being a gluten free guest in someone else’s home could easily be compared to a minefield. This minefield extends beyond the food to the relationship...
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Lose Weight, Improve Energy Levels, and Feel Great: Three Variations On The...
There’s often a lot of confusion about starting a gluten free diet. Most people, when they’re interested in eating gluten free, look up “gluten”, find out that’s it’s contained in wheat, and they...
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Gluten Free Groceries for $1/lb
Confession here: I’m not good at budget grocery shopping. However, I do want to be a good steward with our money and our income is variable, so I’ve decided that I need to get some help =) Help for me...
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Make Your Own Gluten Free Sub Sandwich
Don’t you wish you had one of these? You can! Here’s my favorite gluten free bread recipe, and a tutorial on how to make long gluten free loaves. The middle of our sandwiches include: gluten free...
View ArticleHow I Saved 43% Without Coupons on Gluten Free Groceries
I confessed last week that I’m not a good budget grocery shopper. I am a good cook. That’s why my business is all about cooking….not grocery shopping =) Over the past few years, we have seen how...
View ArticleAre You Prepared To Bake Gluten Free Bread When The Sky Falls Down?
Are you afraid the world as we know it is going to end soon? Or maybe just that you’d like to be prepared for whatever life throws at you? Read these questions from a gluten free mom who wants to be...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Nutritional Needs Met on a Gluten-Free, Casein-Free (GFCF) Diet
I get quite a few questions from readers who want to know how a gluten free diet will affect them nutritionally. Since that’s not my area of expertise, I went to my friend Tovah to get an answer for a...
View ArticleWhy Do Gluten Free Products Cost So Much?
Have you wondered why gluten free products are so expensive? Read today’s guest post from Chris Bekermeier at PacMoore, a certified gluten free food manufacturer, to find out why. Gluten-free is the...
View ArticleHow Do I Get My High Fiber Cereal Fix on a Gluten Free Diet?
Are you a high-fiber cereal junkie? I was. Before I started a GF diet I thought the most healthful part of my diet had to be the bowl full of high-fiber cereal and 2% milk that I had every morning....
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Best Places to Buy Bulk Gluten Free Flour
Buying gluten free flour in bulk is convenient and cost-effective. When you’re doing a lot of gluten free baking, it’s lovely to have a 25 lb bag of brown rice flour at hand, so that you’re not...
View ArticleMisconceptions About Measuring Flour
Since the current special deal on my cooking classes includes a free digital kitchen scale, I wanted to take a few minutes to write a post on why a digital kitchen scale is needed for gluten free...
View ArticleThree Rules To Effortlessly Maintain A Clean Kitchen
My parents have often joked that they know when I’m visiting because the kitchen is always 10x messier than normal. In fact, my mom’s self-appointed job when I am cooking for all of us is to follow me...
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Why Peanut Butter Cookies Don’t Need Flour
Here’s a trivia question for you: What are the 4 essential ingredients in a cookie recipe? We’ll get to the answer in a minute – but first let me tell you why this is on my mind. One of our favorite...
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The Hidden Cause Behind GF Bread Failures
Gluten free bread is more of a science than an art and precision matters. In my gluten free cooking classes we weigh all of the flours to ensure that the we’re using the same amount each time. We use...
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A Gluten Free Bread Case Study: Trust The Process
Back at the end of June I told you all how excited I was at the prospect of teaching a 300 people how to bake gluten free bread during July. I have to say, baking with the July 300 students has been...
View ArticleThe Slacker’s Guide to A Gluten Free Thanksgiving
I have a confession. I’m a last-minute Thanksgiving planner. Very last minute. And that’s really just not a smart thing to be when you want to have a delicious Thanksgiving meal that is gluten free....
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The Slacker’s Guide to A Gluten Free Thanksgiving – 13 Days Before Thanksgiving
Now that you know who’s coming to Thanksgiving and who’s doing the cooking (here’s that assignment, if you missed it), it’s time to finalize the recipes. If you’re not doing the cooking, but need food...
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The Slacker’s Guide to A Gluten Free Thanksgiving – 2nd Weekend Before...
Today is Saturday. Theoretically people have more free time on weekends and can do some pre-cooking for Thanksgiving. I’m going to assume that you have more free-time this weekend. If you don’t, go...
View ArticleThe Slacker’s Guide To A Gluten Free Thanksgiving: 10 Days Before Thanksgiving
I love turkey, I really do. But I love it most the day after Thanksgiving when we have leftover turkey and stuffing sandwiches. What Size Bird Do You Need: The hard part about cooking the Thanksgiving...
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