Hello! Sorry for the break between posts. There's been a little bit going on of late - I needed to take some time out to recover from some minor surgery. No biggie, but the anaesthetic took a little while to work its way out of my system. Since then, I've also been tied up with end of year stuff for school and kindy, trying to get ahead with my writing deadlines so that I can have a Christmas … [Read more...]
Gluten-free Recipe: Rock Cakes
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: Salmon, Apple and Rosemary Bites
Yes, I'm out on a limb with this recipe. Putting fish in a lunchbox is a little dicey - there's always the risk that by lunchtime the fish smell will be overpowering not only your child but everyone else as well. Noone wants their kid to be in fishy exile for all of lunchtime! Having said that, it's not the first time I've developed a fish recipe for the lunchbox. You may remember my Tuna and … [Read more...]