A serendipitous pudding resulting from a burst bag of chia. Heart-healthy and so easy.
Oat and Strawberry Slice
I was trying to recreate a lovely oaty raspberry slice that I like to have with coffee in Ginger & Co cafe in Shrewsbury and didn’t quite manage it but am very pleased with this less chewy but still moreish alternative. I grind my own oat flour using my Komo mill but any type…
Buckwheat pancake ‘cannelloni’ with nettle spinach and ricotta filling
Thankfully our gluten free, plastic free lifestyle means we have buckwheat flour, plenty of milk from the local farm stored in the freezer, home made kefir yoghurt and nettles in the garden. Buckwheat pancake ingredients 130g buckwheat flour 300 ml milk 2 tbs live thick yoghurt or strained kefir 2 medium to large eggs Salt…
Pain au Sonic: A GF breadmaker
I decided to invest in a bread maker to save time as well as plastic since we had lazily reverted to buying commercially produced bread. As part of low to no plastic lifestyle we really needed to ditch the non-recyclable packaging of our favourite bought loaf. After a good deal of experimentation I believe that…
Gluten free sandwich loaf for the Panasonic Breadmaker
This combination of finely ground non gluten containing flours with the addition of bakers bamboo fibre and xanthan gum gives a delicious, moist, well textured loaf that holds its structure well for sandwiches. It has a crusty outside and slightly spongy but airy inside. It toasts brilliantly. For a loaf more reminiscent of rye bread…
Soft Chocolate and Plum Flapjacks
These flapjacks are way moister than than the type available in most health stores, many of which resemble cattle cake in my opinion! The addition of fresh plum combined with really dark chocolate gives them a slightly healthier twist but also creates the stickiness as the plums ooze juice into the mixture during baking….
Gluten free loaf using kefir
I used to make sourdough bread but found the results a little unreliable at times. After reading up on the subject it seems that the wild yeasts used for the sourdough mother can be temperamental and vary with the ambient temperature and even changes in pressure. The most successful all round loaf yet is the…
LéKué Bread Baker
This is one of those cookery innovations that actually works. It’s great for the gluten free bread maker for the reasons explained below: It’s a mixing bowl with a difference – it is made of heavy duty silicone so is a great non-stick alternative to mixing. If you use this suggested recipe you can use…
Little Bro’s daily bread
This one is for you Little Bro and Sister-Outlaw 🙂 . Using the bread mix I made up for you the recipe goes like this: Utensils Large mixing bowl Wooden spoon Set of measuring cups 2lb loaf tin (I strongly recommend the silicone bread baker from Lakeland though) Liquid ingredients 3 large eggs lightly beaten…
Kim’s “Best Ever Gluten Free Loaf” is now my best GF friend!
I’ve been feeling a bit depressed about my bread-making lately as the sourdough loaves I’ve been making have been heavy and crumbly. I’ve been searching for a really good recipe that produces a nice moist but not sticky bread that can be used without toasting for sandwiches. Today I’m over the moon to have found…
Death by chocolate brownie
The title is tongue in cheek. As any gluten free person will know the chocolate brownie has been overdone. My heart sinks when I go into a nice cafe and find that the only cake they have on offer is an overly sweet yet doughy tasting brownie. This is not that cake. This is more…
Vegetable bhajias
I’d planned to take these lovely, warm, crispy and spicey fritters to a Wassail tonight but got my dates wrong so ‘sadly’ we’ll have to eat them ourselves :D. Not the healthiest snack but certainly not the worst and excellent for us GF peeps as they use Besan (chick pea) flour. Ingredients I cup of…
Cranberry pudding
Happy New Year! Today we had a family dinner and I made a gluten-free version of a cranberry and butterscotch pudding from Nigel Slater’s Christmas Chronicles or rather that was my intention but I misread the instructions with serendipitous results (see below). I also tinkered with the quantities of some of the ingredients. It worked…
Goodness Me Gluten Free 