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Archive for 'Gluten-free cooking' Category

Great Article on Gluten in Flour!

Nov 19th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

I recently signed up to receive new posts on the Foodie-file (one of the Canadian Living site blogs) via e-mail and was thrilled when I saw the subject of the latest post was so applicable to me and my baking situation. The post titled “Gluten in Flour: Everything you need to know” literally had everything [...]

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Gluten Free Monster Cookies

Oct 9th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

I found this recipe online on SparkRecipe. Here is the original link http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=348298. I’ve also pasted the recipe below and added the modifications I made to the recipe which worked out great! I was looking for something that was similar to the monster cookies my mom used to make us pre gluten free diet and [...]

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Baked Apple Snack

Oct 4th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

Well, fall is here! And it’s my favourite season! I love the fall colours, the cool (but not yet freezing temperatures), and especially the food! As I’m expecting very shortly, we are not traveling for thanksgiving dinner this year or planning any kind of big meal ourselves, so to make up for that I’ve been [...]

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Crockpot Rutabaga Beef Stew and Hardy Cranberry/choco-chip Oatmeal Cookies

Oct 4th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

This is definitely a comfort food meal perfect for a cold fall day. I made up two batches of cookies while the stew was cooking in the crock pot. I made one batch with choco-chips for my boyfriend (oatmeal choco-chip is his favourite) and then I made the cranberry batch gluten free by using uncontaminated [...]

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Going gluten free

Oct 2nd, 2008 by dragonfly | 2

I’ve been on a gluten free diet now for about 4 months. My mom was recently diagnosed as a Celiac and I decided I better cut out gluten too as after becoming pregnant I found that anything with gluten in it wasn’t making me feel very well (putting it mildly). I’m still fairly new to [...]

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