Piggies! It is DAY 17 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, and today we celebrate our 7QT Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free vegan crackers from the fabulous Maggie Savage of She Let Them Eat Cake. Is that not the best name for a blog ever?! It immediately conjures up images of love and fun, and that is EXACTLY what this lovely lady is about. I utterly ADORE her, and I feel certain that once you familiarize yourself with her gorgeous blog, you will too! It is pretty hard not to. Not only are her gluten free vegan recipes delicious, they are made with organic whole ingredients and a whole lotta heart! Maggie also shares my obsession with smoothies! What can I say? That ALWAYS scores extra points in my trough!... 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! It is DAY 15 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid to celebrate our 7QT KitchenAid stand mixer giveaway, and boy, do I have a treat for you! This incredible gluten free, dairy free, drunken rum & raisin carrot cake created by the fabulous Karen Morgan from BlackBird Bakery made me weak at the knees! It is SPECTACULAR. I have admired Karen for a long time, and was thrilled when she agreed to participate in this event and share one of the inspired recipes from her amazing book, Blackbird Bakery Gluten-Free: 75 Recipes for Irresistible Gluten-Free Desserts and Pastries. So, who is Karen Morgan? She is basically the gluten-free baker to the stars! After being diagnosed with Celiac disease in 2002 and feeling frustrated with the... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 14 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and I am celebrating our 7QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway at the Gluten and Allergy Free Expo in Chicago with some of my favourite gluten free people, and the FABULOUS Beth Hillson from Gluten Free Makeovers. WHERE do I even begin to introduce this incredible woman? Words actually escape me.....because Beth is literally a GOD in the gluten free world! I literally couldn't believe it when she agreed to contribute and particpate in this event! After following her in bewildered awe for many years, I was blown away by her generosity of spirit and good humour through the countless emails we have exchanged throughout the lead up to this month. Not only is this lady insanely smart... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 13 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and I am celebrating the 7-QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with my fellow gluten free bloggers at the first annual Nourished Gluten Free Food Bloggers Conference in Chicago. I am SO excited to connect with my friends in the gluten free community, and meet new people and learn from them! The wonderful Amy Green has put this wonderful event together, and has invited many of the fabulous ladies I will be featuring this month to speak at the conference. No self-respecting gluten free event would be complete without including Cybele Pascal amongst the presenters, so I thought it only fitting that I feature her today! If you are not familar with Cybele Pascal, The Allergy-Friendly... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 12 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we continue to celebrate our 7-QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these incredible gluten free, dairy free berry-full cupcakes from one of my favourite people, Lisa Cantkier, and her fabulous new website, Gluten Free Find. This amazing gluten-free directory is like an “A to Z of everything gluten-free" in Canada and the U.S. You can find a wealth of information there: nutritionists and dieticians, manufacturers and distributors, restaurants, bars and cafes, travel hotels and resorts, special deals to save you money, recipes, cookbooks, and the list goes on and on. This gluten free portal is getting more comprehensive every day, and best of all, it is free -- there is... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 11 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we celebrate our 7-QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway in spectacular fashion today with "Avocado Mania"! This is what the magnificent Colette Martin from Learning to Eat Allergy-Free calls it and I LOVE it! Those of you who have been following me for a while are WELL acquainted with my love affair with avocados! Oh, show me the way to Piggy Heaven! Well this gluten free, nut free, soy free, vegan avocado chickpea quickbread is INCREDIBLE! Soft, moist, flavourful and versatile. You can jazz this vegan bread up with sweet or savoury spreads of your choice and enjoy with soup, make sandwiches, or slather with some jam with a cup of tea. I happily indulged in all three with my... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 10 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, and we are celebrating our 7-QT Stand Mixer Giveaway with a little frosting on the top! I thought I had died and gone to piggy sugar free allergy free vegan heaven when I dipped my finger into this scrumptious concoction by the fabulous Ricki Heller from Diet, Dessert and Dogs. If you don't know Ricki and her PHENOMENAL blog and cookbooks, then you are missing out on one of the great treasures in life! I say this because I can eat every single last morsel of perfection on this jewel of a website! Diet, Dessert and Dogs incorporates Ricki's three passions: "Diet" chronicles her life-long struggle with weight issues, her journey with candida, and her love of whole foods and... Keep Reading
Piggies, I hope you all had a fabulous Easter. It is DAY 9 of Gluten Free Baking With KichenAid, and even though it is has been the Easter holidays and not the Christmas holidays, I still wanted to feature this delicious gluten free, nut free, soy free, vegan pumpkin bread that can really be enjoyed all year round. When I asked the fabulous Alisa Fleming from Go Dairy Free to contribute a recipe to this event in honour of our KitchenAid stand mixer giveaway, she sent through this "Gluten Free Vegan Holiday Pumpkin Bread" with a note that said, "Wrong holiday but here's a good recipe," to which I responded, "It is never the wrong holiday or day to enjoy pumpkin bread!" Then I tasted the recipe!! WOW! This pumpkin bread is PHENOMENAL!... 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
