Piggies! I have been inspired by our Gluten Free Healthy Surprise Giveaway, and so this month I am sharing some quick easy gluten free vegan snack recipes. These maple cinnamon almonds are absolutely scrumptious! Raw almonds are my favourite snack food, and if I want to make them more decadent, I cover them in different sweeteners and flavourings and dehydrate them. I made a few different kinds of sugar almonds last Christmas, and they were a huge hit. I have labelled this recipe as "raw" because the almonds are raw and dehydrated. However, strictly speaking, they are not completely raw because the maple sugar has been made from boiled maple syrup. But, there are raw foodists who eat maple syrup. So I thought I would include it in the... Keep Reading
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 29 of Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid and we celebrate the second to the last day of our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with this delicious gluten free apple spiced loaf created by Jennifer Cafferty from GFree Life and founder of The Gluten and Allergy Free Expo and the Nourished Gluten Free Food Bloggers Conference. This gluten free apple spiced loaf is really a sweet cake baked in a loaf pan! Pure apple deliciousness! This apple cake is gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut-free, and is amazingly moist! Scott and I happily scoffed half the loaf during our "Mad Men Marathon" last night. The other half will be enjoyed when we continue it tonight! So who is Jen Cafferty? Well, she is one BUSY gluten free maven... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 28 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we celebrate the last 3 days of our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free vegan garlic rosemary crackers created by Kalinda Piper from Wheat Free Meat Free. These crackers have a delicious flavour and texture using a mixture of almond meal, sorghum flour, and potato starch, and binding it all together with flaxmeal. Aren't flaxseeds a gift from the Gods in the gluten free vegan world?! Just AMAZING! If you have never made crackers before, give it a go! You will be surprised at how easy it is! Kalinda's crackers are wonderful with vegan dips and spreads, or with a delicious salad or soup. Kalinda says about rolling the crackers, "A lot of cracker... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 27 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, and we celebrate our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious super easy gluten free vegan pizza buns created by the fabulous Megan Lust from The Gluten Free Vegan. I LOVE Megan's tag line, "It's Gluten Free. It's Vegan. It Actually Tastes Good" and these pizza buns taste GOOOOOOD! They are quick and easy, and Megan even shows you how to make them in her You Tube Video. I absolutely LOVE Daiya Cheese! It just HAS to be the BEST vegan cheese on the planet, and Megan uses it in spectacular fashion here! These pizza buns were gobbled up in record speed at our movie night last weekend. YUMMO! Everybody asked for the recipe! I prompted turned on Megan's video!... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 26 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we continue to celebrate our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these SUPER DELICIOUS gluten free, vegan banana chocolate chip muffins from Jennifer Ward at Be Free Bakers. Jen calls these muffins "Chocolate Monkey Business." I LOVE that name and I LUUUUUV these muffins, as well Jen's proprietary flour blend, "Jen's Blend," that she uses to make them. This amazing gluten free flour blend is composed of five different grains (teff flour, potato starch, sorghum flour, brown rice flour and tapioca flour) and works beautifully in muffins, cupcakes or even pizza crust. I have this burning desire to champion the cause of this small Missouri business, not only because I used... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 25 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and today we continue to celebrate our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free, dairy free, almond cranberry muffins from the lovely Linda Etherton from The Gluten-Free Homemaker. All of Linda's wonderful recipes are gluten free, dairy free, and soy free. My kind of recipes! I LOVE any recipes made with almond flour, and Linda beautifully mixes protein and starchy flours together to create a lovely moist muffin with a gorgeous flavour. I used cranberries in my batch, but you could also use raisins. Either way, these muffins are piggilicious! I use that word deliberately, for I scoffed FOUR in one sitting. YES! I AM a pig! Oh, and there's more! When... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 24 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we break gluten free bread today with the beautiful Amy Green from Simply Sugar and Gluten Free. Do NOT miss making Amy's gluten free baguettes, they are SENSATIONAL! Yes, you CAN enjoy a fabulous baguette whilst living a gluten-free lifestyle! These gluten free baguettes are PERFECT! They have a crusty outside and soft springy inside with a delightful flavour that is dairy free and sugar free as well! These baguettes would be fantastic for making gluten free bruschettas, serving with soup and salad, or for serving with some olive oil or your favourite dips! Basically, anything! I served them with a trio of roasted beetroot dip, muhammara, and raw vegan cashew dip and my... Keep Reading
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 22 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we continue to celebrate our 7QT Stand Mixer Giveaway with some delicious gluten free, sugar free high protein banana pecan pancakes, courtesy of the lovely Heather from Gluten Free Cat. I always associate pancakes with lazy Sunday mornings, so I deliberately chose to feature these little gems on a Sunday, in the hopes it might inspire you all to batter up in "curious cat" style! What does that mean? Heather, a.k.a Gluten Free Cat, describes herself in her blog tagline as, "A curious girl in a gluten free world." This instantly made me click on her when I came across her website a long time ago, because I too, am perpetually curious. She continues with "I'm a curious... Keep Reading
