I have been making gluten-free muffins for a while and have been searching for an acceptable flour ratio that tasted good, didn’t crumble, and had good texture. Another challenge is that I don’t react well to xanthan gum or guar gum. Needless to say, I have had to do a lot of experimenting. My ideas […]
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Gluten-Free and Allergic to Wheat and Oats
With a sensitivity to coconut and an allergy to gums and oats, trying a gluten-free diet in order to combat my wheat allergy has been a challenge. I should note that I continue eatint wheat and oats on rotation. However, I feel much better when I eat gluten-free. Eating gluten-free typically involves a lot of […]
Blog Facelift
Happy New Year–or so it will be in a couple of hours. For some time I have tried to think of how to describe this blog, and all I could think of has been “a hodge podge of topics that I care about”. Tonight, while digging through some old files, the solution came to me. […]
Sarah’s Gluten-Free Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Kevin has graciously been trying out my crazy cooking ideas over the last two and a half years. He didn’t know he was signing up with the kitchen experimenter extraordinaire. Since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I have had a hard time giving up my favorite snacks. I started out by experimenting with […]
review of Black and Decker EHC650 two-speed food chopper
Kevin and I make almost all of our food from fresh ingredients. That means we spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen, chopping and mixing. We have been on the hunt for tools to make our cooking process a bit easier and faster. This month we bought ourselves a gift with some gift […]
marriage tip for rough days
I am writing this afternoon while sitting in the kitchen, where I am watching two pots of food on the stove, Isn’t it interesting to note how life is full of paradoxes? A watched pot never boils, but you should never leave food unattended on the stove. Think on that for a while–but not too […]