Breakfast can be a dilemma for a mom with a large family. Some days I just point everyone to the cereal cupboard, but most days, I want everyone to start the day with something healthy that will keep them going. (Especially on those busy days out when lunch is delayed……
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Gluten Free Rum and Spice Apple Tart
#glutenfree #gfree
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Basic Gluten Free Banana Bread
Every week we buy bananas. It’s what responsible grown up people with children do. And some of the bananas get eaten. Maybe 3 of the bananas. The rest of the them sort of sit on the counter waiting to be eaten.
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Grain Free, Dairy Free Apple Crisp
Last week I was homesick. Not seriously, just a little. Reading everyone's tweets and Facebook posts about cooler weather and back to school supplies made me a bit lonely for those nights curled up on the couch with a cup of tea and a warm spicy dessert. The homesickness…
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Gluten Free, Grain Free Cashew Flour Pancakes
I am incredibly happy. I have finally found a grain free pancake recipe that I LOVE!! When I was a little kid my dad would make pancakes from scratch. Amazing fluffy, sweet pancakes. And we didn’t eat them with cheap old table syrup. We’d eat them with butter and lemon…
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How to make Polenta
We started eating polenta when we moved back to the United States from Malawi, Africa. In Malawi we ate a corn mush called Nsima with a sauce made of fresh tomatoes and onions. Nsima flour is hard (but not impossible) to find in North America, but Polenta is in almost…
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Gluten Free Coconut Quinoa Porridge
My parents are coming to visit from Canada in two weeks!! We’re all very excited here; we haven’t seen them for six months. My mom is also gluten free, and she’s dairy free, and she’s one of those people who needs to eat breakfast every day. Living in Canada she…
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How to Make Quinoa
Here’s a quick easy tutorial on making Quinoa. I’m not a huge fan of plain quinoa, but I cook it ahead and use it in other recipes with !FLAVOR! as a side dish or a breakfast cereal. Basic Quinoa Measure out quinoa and place in a strainer. You will cook…
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Gluten Free Mung Bean Pancakes
On Monday I invented mung bean pancakes. I had ground mung beans to try out in my continuing grain free waffle experiment, but the flour was so soft and beautiful I decided to make pancakes instead. They weren’t quite what I was hoping for. Fantastic texture, but the taste just…
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Flourless Mock Bran Waffles
In my quest to make a waffle that I can use a substitute for flavorless toast, I discovered a mock bran muffin waffle. If the thing you miss most being gluten free is starting your day with the, um, unique flavor and texture of a bran muffin, you might enjoy…
