Piggies! May is Celiac Awareness month, and to celebrate I am helping to launch the BRAND NEW Gluten Free Surprise snack delivery service from Healthy Surprise. In this month's giveaway, you can WIN a Six Month Subscription to Gluten Free Surprise valued at $396! That is SIX boxes full of delicious gluten free snacks delivered directly to your door. My friend Joe has teamed up with some of the best natural food companies in America to bring you a box full of healthy gluten free snacks every month. Partner companies (what you might find in each box) include: Hail Merry, Caveman Bakery, Go Raw, Two Degrees, Home Free, Righteously Raw, Yoga Earth, Bobo's Oat Bars, Skinny Crisps, Two Moms in the Raw, Bumble Bar, Kopali, The Bliss Bar, Twin... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 30 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, which means it is the LAST DAY to enter to win the 7QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer! We have had an incredible month of delicious gluten free recipes created by some of the top gluten free bloggers in the world. So, it is only fitting that we wrap up our celebration in style with these SENSATIONAL gluten free peanut butter glazed chocolate midnight doughnuts created by the incomparable Silvana Nardone from Silvana's Kitchen. These doughnuts are rich and DELICIOUS. I had never made doughnuts before, and Scott and I had SO much fun! Silvana will be featuring these babies in the May/June issue of Easy Eats magazine. How lucky are we that we get to sample them first?! Do not miss making... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 18 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we celebrate our 7QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with a double whammy! I have my two favourite New York beauties rocking a KitchenAid stand mixer with zucchini. The first recipe is for these delicious gluten free, vegan sweet balsamic zucchini scones from the gorgeous Amie Valpone of The Healthy Apple. If you are looking for a gluten free treat with a difference, this inspired little recipe fits the bill! These gluten free vegan scones are light and fluffy with a sweet balsamic drizzle. They strike the perfect balance between sweet and tangy for me. Furthermore, they are allergy-friendly -- gluten free, dairy free, egg free and nut free! YUMMO! So who is Amie Valpone?... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 16 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid in honour of our 7QT Stand Mixer Giveaway and today I am thrilled to celebrate with one of my lovely virtual friends, Alta Mantsch from Tasty Eats At Home. I first came in contact with Alta when we both became regular contributors to The Balanced Platter, and it didn't take me long to totally fall in love with her. First of all, isn't that the most fantastic name for a blog? Secondly, she is just a really cool lady. Alta is a recipe writer, amateur food photographer (pretty darn good if you ask me!), and self-taught "home-chef-in-training" as she calls herself. She shares her journey with food in a humble, personal, authentic, honest way that I find incredibly appealing.... Keep Reading
Piggies! Happy Easter Sunday. It is DAY 8 of Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid and we continue to celebrate our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway. I always associate scones with Sunday afternoon tea, so I chose to feature these incredible gluten free, dairy free, egg free, nut free, sugar free, vegan scones created by the wonderful Lexie Croft on Easter Sunday! Lexie is the creator of Lexie's Kitchen, where her mantra is, "Modified Recipes For Modified Diets - Gluten-Free, Casein-Free & Allergy-Friendly Eats and Treats." I HAD to share that word-for-word because I think it is fabulous! When I first came across Lexie's blog, I was immediately struck by the authenticity, GREAT information, love, and FUN! Lexie started writing her... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 4 of "Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid" in celebration of our fabulous 7-QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway. Today I am celebrating with what one of my piggies called "Gluten Free Baking Royalty." Yes! I received an excited email from a reader after announcing the list of contributors who proudly declared her Royal Status. I also received some emails from other contributors gushing that Carol was their "baking goddess!" So, for those of you who are not acquainted with the great Carol Fenster, here is the scoop! Carol Fenster is a cook, teacher, consultant and author of 10 gluten free cookbooks (see links below) for those with celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity. She believes that eating is the most... Keep Reading
Piggies, ONE more sleep until I pick up my mum and dad from the airport and I can start cooking up a storm with my mother. I have already started trialing recipes to share with her. My mother is an AMAZING baker, so I typically save my Christmas baking to do with her, so that I can benefit from her years of experience. She is also a shortbread aficianado. Those of you who have been following me for a while will remember the allergy free lemon shortbread I made as part of my gluten free, dairy free, egg free, nut free Christmas menu that I developed for Super Living Magazine in Australia. That shortbread is wonderful if you suffer from food allergies, but doesn't hold a candle to my mum's homemade shortbread, which unforunately is loaded... Keep Reading
Piggies! I am SO excited to share this scrumptious gluten free vegan mantecado cookie recipe from November's Pig Of The Month, Magali Pès Schmid. Read Magali's fascinating journey with whole foods. She is one of my favourites readers, and an unending source of inspiration to me. She is an incredible self-taught cook who is always developing delectable snout worthy recipes! These gluten free vegan almond lemon and cinnamon cookies are absolutely delicious. Best of all, they are SUPER easy! Just throw all of the ingredients into your mixer, food processor, or in a bowl with a wooden spoon (I made them that way too), bake and devour. Mantecado cookies or "Spanish crumble cakes" are traditionally eaten at Christmas, weddings and other... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is cranberry season and I could not be happier! I admit to having performed my signature piggy dance of joy with reckless abandon in the middle of the farmer's market on the weekend whilst salivating over all of the plump delicious fresh cranberries on offer. My snout was wet, my tail was wiggling, and the "tart at heart" in me was rejoicing as I contemplated "death by excessive cranberry consumption." Just call me the scarlet lady! What can I say, those plump glossy tart little berries were just begging to be exploited! So, I snatched a few bags and was inspired to create some delectable cranberry dishes for my contribution to the holiday issue of Raw Super Life Magazine. I decided right then and there to celebrate "all things... Keep Reading
Piggies, thankyou for all of your lovely emails, Facebook and Twitter messages, and comments about our "Pride and Prejudice" marathon movie night. It is nice to know there are so many fellow Jane Austen fans out there! Seeing as I couldn't zap you all to our event (believe me, I would have if I could have) I will share the remaining two recipes on our delectable raw vegan menu. Today I am sharing the raw vegan mint chocolate chip cookies, and next week I will post the raw vegan sun dried tomato kale chips! I will attach a piggy disclaimer about both of these recipes before continuing: these little morsels of heaven are extremely morish! They are hard to quit eating, and will kick even the most disciplined foodie into an over indulgent... Keep Reading
