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 I divert today with these delicious non-baked gluten free autumn spiced truffle bites created by the lovely Lisa Natcharian from Allergy Free Vintage Cookery. I came across Lisa's blog some time ago when I was searching for healthy recipes for multiple food allergies. I was immediately struck by the warmth and fun of Lisa's blog, (check out the photo of her and Johnny Depp) and then found myself getting lost in the sea of incredible food allergy information!  I immediately forwarded many of the articles to my sister, who is cooking for my little niece, Alexandra who suffers from multiple food allergies.  If you are living with multiple food allergies, Lisa's blog is a... 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

Piggies! It is DAY 21 of Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid, and I celebrate our 7QT Stand Mixer Giveaway today with one of "the girls" -- Ginger Lemon Girl, that is. If you don't know who the fabulous Carrie Forbes is, let me introduce you, 'cuz you really should know her! Carrie is a gluten free food writer, recipe creator, home baker, and a passionate whole foods cook. Carrie shares a series of posts and recipes chronicling her journey towards a more nourishing healthy existence since realizing her gluten, dairy and casein intolerances back in 2007. You can find a TON of fabulous original recipes, including a focus on low-glycemic recipes, and a lot of really useful information about gluten free baking. I am particlarly fond of... Keep Reading

Piggies! It is DAY 20 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we celebrate our 7QT Stand Mixer Giveaway today with the lovely Carla Spacher from Gluten Free Recipe Box. This is a fantastic website for "all things gluten-free!" Not only are there fabulous gluten free recipes that can be searched by categories such as dairy-free, casein-free, yeast free, and sugar-free etc, but there is a ton of valauble information about gluten free living on her celiac education, celiac disease, gluten intolerance, and gluten sensitivity pages. There is also a fantastic community component to Carla's site, with forums, giveaways, and the new Zip List app coming soon, that will enable users to print, save, and rate recipes. The new app works with... 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