Y'know how we have the Christmas rush, followed by New Year's celebrations and then the Back-to-School frenzy happens straight after? It's irritating, isn't it? You barely get a breather between school ending and the Christmas season and then all of a sudden you're meant to be thinking about new pencil cases and trying to work out how to get out of covering your children's school books. Oh, and … [Read more...]
Which Flour?
Have you ever noticed all the gluten-free flours that are out there? There's just so many of them, it's hard to know where to start. I wrote about gluten-free flours in the introductory pages of my eCookbook and I've reproduced an amended version below. I hope it's of some use to you, and more importantly, I hope it saves you the cost and inconvenience of buying a heap of flours that you'll … [Read more...]
GFL’s Top 10 Lunch Recipes
Well, it's that time - back-to-school - and the foodie blogosphere is abuzz with back-to-school ideas. No doubt you already know that it's a non-stop back-to-school fiesta on this site. Almost every recipe I've ever posted is developed especially for the school lunchbox. But as a nod to the season, I'll hold over my latest recipe until next week and instead give you this top 10 … [Read more...]
Reminiscing
To be perfectly honest, I'm not in the mood for blogging this week. The end of winter has me feeling a little bit blah. One of my kids is sick, I'm a bit sleep deprived and, well, feeling blah. Blah blah blah. Rather than writing this post, I'd much prefer to be curled up on the sofa watching old episodes of ER (you know, the ones with Dr Ross, Dr Green, Dr Carter ...). So I thought I'd do a … [Read more...]
Gluten-free and Dairy-free? Read this.
If there's one thing tougher than coming up with ideas for your child's gluten-free lunchbox, it's coming up with ideas for your child's gluten-free AND dairy-free lunchbox. I mean, seriously, how do you give them a great whack of good nutrition as well as avoid all the things that make them sick? Damn, it's a tough gig for some parents and kids. Really tough. And you can't pack nuts if … [Read more...]