cooking tips

An Update On Trying A Few Healthier Gluten Free Flours

April 17, 2012

A few months ago I shared that one of my goals for this year was to experiment more with healthier gluten free flours and so far I have used them quite a bit. However, I still have mixed feelings about them and so far I have not had a recipe that I feel is worth sharing. I [...]

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Some Foods Will Never Be The Same……

January 28, 2012

Gluten free eating, and food allergies, bring about so many changes to your life and in many ways things will never be the same. I have come to realize that some foods may never be the same, but that is okay. I have realized that pizza will never taste quite the same. Yes, I can [...]

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My Thoughts On Gluten Free Flour Blends

January 24, 2012

The two questions I get asked most often by readers are what is your favorite gluten free pasta and what is your favorite gluten free flour blend. Last week we covered my thoughts on gluten free pasta, so this week I thought we would talk gluten free flour blends. Gluten free flour blends are where many, [...]

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My Favorite Gluten Free Pastas

January 18, 2012

One of the questions that I get asked often is about gluten free pasta. Many people have emailed me, or left comments on the recipes on my main site, asking me what I like and what I suggest they try when it comes to gluten free pasta. So, I decided that it was time to [...]

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Pans For Gluten Free Baking

April 5, 2011

Gluten free baking can be a challenge. There is so much more that can, and often does, go wrong. So much of what I did before going gluten free, no longer works with gluten free baking. I have had to figure out new things and find what works and does not work with the gluten [...]

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Sweet Rice Flour

August 24, 2010

One of the ingredients that I found confusing when I first started baking gluten free was sweet rice flour. I kept seeing this flour in gluten free recipes, but I could not find it anywhere in the stores in my area. I looked at several stores that carried gluten free flours and I also looked [...]

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Xanthan Gum

August 14, 2010

One of the things that I have learned since cooking and baking gluten free is that there is no one magic flour blend that replaces regular flour. A blend that works for pancakes may not work well for cookies or breads. The first few months I baked gluten free I had many disasters, but I think [...]

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Quinoa Pasta

August 9, 2010

I have tried a wide variety of gluten free pastas including corn, quinoa, brown rice, and others. Many of the ones I have tried have been quite a disappointment. Some of them were just plain awful and ended up in the trash. So far my favorite brand has been Tinkyada brown rice pasta. For things [...]

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