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
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From the Kitchen – Cookies!
I find baking very therapeutic when I need to take a break and calm myself again. Since one of our cats died this week, and work has been nuts, I needed a couple of days of just puttering around the kitchen. As an aside, Thanksgiving (the US holiday) is a nice idea in theory. In … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Cookies!
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