From the Kitchen – my first venture into gluten free baking

I made my first venture into gluten-free baking this weekend. I find the whole gluten-free craze to be largely nonsense, especially when people would ask us in the meat department if a steak was "gluten-free".  However, a friend has muscular dystrophy and prefers to avoid gluten. I had been curious on how the flours worked so … Continue reading From the Kitchen – my first venture into gluten free baking

From the Kitchen – Quiche, cookies and apple dumplings

With work, I don’t have as much time to cook as I’d like.   So, when I have a couple days in row off, I cook a lot.  This time, it was quiche, apple dumplings and two types of cookies. The chocolate chip/toffee cookies have been blogged about earlier here.    The other cookies are a result … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Quiche, cookies and apple dumplings

From the Kitchen – Chocolate Toffee Chip Cookies

Everyone needs a tasty snack now and then.  Especially when blogging about political and religious idiocy which seems far far too common anymore. I’m not much of a sweets person but I do like Toll House style cookies with their salt quotient. Yep, I’m bit of a salt monster. My husband came up with this … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Chocolate Toffee Chip Cookies