Piggies! It is DAY 23 of Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid, and we begin the last week of KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway Mania with this fantastic gluten free, vegan crunchy topped apple coffee cake from the DIVINE Kim Lutz and Megan Hart from Welcoming Kitchen. If you are living with multiple food allergies, this amazing website will be a LIFESAVER for you and your family. All of the delicious recipes that Kim and Megan share are free of the eight common allergens (dairy, eggs, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, fish, and shellfish), and are gluten-free, and vegan. WOO HOO! I swear this site is a GOLD MINE! I call these ladies the "dynamic duo" because they do AMAZING things together in the food allergic community. These ladies both... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 19 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we continue our grand celebration of the 7QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with this fabulous gluten free, dairy free cinnmon bun cake from the lovely Jeanine Friesen from The Baking Beauties. Heads up! If you like cinnamon rolls but don't want to take the time to make them, you can still enjoy the lovely taste of them with this super easy cake. But I will say, that if you want to make some AMAZING cinnamon rolls, TRY Jeanine's gluten free cinnamon rolls which are the most popular recipe on her site! One bite of those babies and you will see why people are flocking there in their droves for a piece of cinnamon heaven! I am trying her lemon bars and homemade granola... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is still DAY 18 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we continue celebrating zucchini with this delicious gluten free, dairy free, nut free, soy free, vegan sweet zucchini cake from my other New York beauty, Patrice Pollack from A Health Foodie. I wanted to feature a brand new blog during this month and I chose Patrice because I just love her! I first came into contact with her when she started following my blog and wrote to me regarding the use of agave in my recipes. This started a chain of lovely emails, and a fabulous new internet friendship was born. Patrice revealed that she works in advertising at JWT in NYC but was a self professed "foodie" who had just started a recipe blog that was mainly vegan and gluten... 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 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, 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
Piggies! It is DAY 7 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we continue to celebrate Easter and our fabulous KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free chocolate brownies from my ADORABLE friend, Valentina Kenney, from Cooking On The Weekends. Yes! I HAD to feature one of her recipes on a Saturday, so I was truly "cooking on the weekends" with her! I don't know about you, but when I think about cooking on the weekends, my mind always heads to baking sweet treats with my mother. So, I thought it was only fitting that I feature one of the recipes that Valentina lovingly created for her son, who has celiac disease. If you love sweet, decadent, chocolate treats that make no apologies for their indulgence, you are... Keep Reading
