Ah, nostalgia! Do you remember rock cakes? I learned how to make rock cakes at school when I was about 13 years old. They stand out in my memory because it was the first time I learned a baking technique - how to rub butter into flour. And because they were simple and straightforward to make, I tended to make them regularly, thanks to my Mum giving me free run of the kitchen whenever I felt … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Pizza Sub
Honestly, I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. It's the perfect solution when you don't want to prepare yet another gluten-free sandwich or roll, but that's your only option. And it's such a flashback to the 1980s. Remember the pizza subs that you could buy frozen? Pop them in the oven and you had a pizza meal. I used to think they were the ants pants. Always desperate to try one, … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Pine+Apple Cake with Maple Icing
I can't think of anything meaningful to say this week, so instead here are three random and unrelated facts about me: My 5 year-old son and I are making a pompom. That is, I'm making the pom pom while he gets the wool nicely tangled and strewn up everywhere. It's for a kindy project - all the kindy kids' pompoms are going to be hung from a tree. It should look amazing. They're so easy to make, … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Eggplant and Capsicum Pasta Bake
I've been in a bit of a vegetable rut over recent months. I tend to favour carrot, zucchini, corn, mushrooms and sweet potato or pumpkin. If you look back over my savoury recipes, you'll see that I've had them on high rotation. So, in the words immortalised by Taylor Swift, I decided to "shake it off" and introduce my kids to a few more veggies. Red capsicum, fennel and eggplant were my choice as … [Read more...]