Yesterday, I was craving this Carrot Currant Cake I made a few months ago.  It was so easy to whip up, in the oven in under 15 minutes, and I had everything I needed to get started.  Only snag was the few bananas sitting on the counter in my fruit bowl, begging to be used… Continue reading

I first heard the word “Vegan”  about 30 years ago, back then I thought if you were a vegan you lived off of alfalfa sprouts, avocado and brown rice.  And, the baked goods they consumed certainly contained carob. Things have changed hugely in the kitchen since then.  Baking vegan solves a lot of food allergy issues… Continue reading

  Today, I had planned on sharing a chicken and wild rice soup recipe, however I didn’t love the picture I captured at all – that happens, quite a bit judging by all the snaps sitting on my desktop screen that probably won’t get imported.   Instead, seeing that it’s well into the new year,… Continue reading

I remember my first forays into gluten free baking, they always included xanthan gum.  Most of the info on the web back then, in my new gf cookbooks, heck, even in the recipes on the side panel of the bagged gluten free flours included it. I thought you couldn’t bake gluten free without it.  Guess… Continue reading

I often lament here that gluten free baking is a chemistry project with some astronomy thrown in. Because, often it seems that not only do you have to have the perfect combination of flours and starches, but also the stars have to align for the whole thing to work out. Some combinations work, while other… Continue reading