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

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

Piggies! It is DAY 7 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, and we continue celebrating our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway. Seeing as it is Easter Saturday, I thought I would share TWO bloggers today and TWO gluten free treats you can make with your family. The first fabulous lady I would like to introduce you to is Sarah M. Boudreau-Romano MD, a.k.a The Allergist Mom. Sarah is a board certified pediatrician who completed a fellowship in allergy/immunology at Northwestern Medical Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. She is also the mother of 4 children, 3 of whom have life-threatening food allergies. As Sarah says on her blog, "Sal, age 6, although significantly affected by his siblings’ food allergies has never... Keep Reading

Piggies! It is DAY 6 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid celebrating our 7-QT Stand Mixer Giveaway.  It is also Good Friday and the beginning of the Easter holidays, so Happy Easter everyone. Happy Passover too :) I thought it only fitting that I share a really showstopping little dessert that I am making for my Good Friday dinner party. My friend Kat (who is like my second sister) is going to be here from Australia, and we are going to have a FEAST! I don't know about you but if the photo of these gluten free dairy free berry cheesecake tartlets doesn't make you salivate, perhaps you need glasses! Talk about GORGEOUS food photography. It is ALL CLASS at The Pure Pantry, and Elizabeth Kaplan is just the gluten free maven to kick off... Keep Reading

Piggies! It is DAY 5 of "Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid" Month to celebrate our 7-QT Stand Mixer Giveaway. Today's featured blogger is the fabulous Kelly Courson, from one of the very first gluten free blogs, Celiac Chicks. I was absolutely thrilled when Kelly agreed to participate in this event, as she is so wonderfully sassy! LOVE the name of the blog to start off with. But there is also so much valuable information about gluten free health, lifestyle and nutrition presented in a hip way that makes gluten free living FUN! On this light-hearted blog, Kelly guides you through everything gluten free: gluten free beauty and lifestyule products, the best gluten free restaurants and bakeries, gluten-free-friendly travel destinations, and... 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