This gluten free easy pot pie recipe transforms leftover beef or chicken stew into a delicious and hearty winter meal. You can also make this ahead of time and freeze for up to six weeks! Can be made as a large pie or as mini pies. I'm so glad it's fall. As I write this, a cinnamon-vanilla scented candle burns near my laptop (but luckily not too near). A bowl of popcorn sits temptingly on the table nearby, left by my roommate with the invitation to help myself. I am trying to resist. ...
Gluten-Free Recipe
Fluffy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes
These gluten free pumpkin pancakes are fluffy, super easy, and reminiscent of pumpkin pie. But with chocolate. What's not to love? Gluten free, can be refined sugar free. It's the time of year to make things with pumpkin. Like these pumpkin doughnuts, for instance. Or pumpkin pie. Definitely pumpkin pie (especially this recipe, which happens to be free of refined sugar, and made with real pumpkin or butternut squash and cream instead of evaporated milk). Or these light and ...
Berry Clafoutis
I stumbled upon this French custard dessert a while ago on Pinterest. Of course, I just had to do it my way and made it with chocolate rather than fruit. Then, while updating some of the recipes on my blog the other day I came upon the chocolate clafouti recipe and realized that I never did make a real gluten free fruit clafouti. I was also looking for something to make for breakfast the next morning (yes, even though it’s a dessert). So I decided to go for it. I’m not normally ...
Gluten Free Made Easy Cookbook
A few weeks back I was contacted about featuring a cookbook called "Gluten Free Made Easy" by Christi Silbaugh and Michele Vilseck. As this post probably demonstrates, I was interested. I'd never done a feature before (so being that this is my first try, don't expect extreme excellence or elegance) but I was willing to give it a shot. I'd forgotten about it until a mysterious package arrived in the mail addressed to me...For a second I thought it was maybe a gift from a complete stranger ...
Gluten Free Apple Cobbler
You've gotta have gluten free apple cobbler. It's just one of those necessities of life. Like chocolate or books. Books. I've been on a book marathon lately. Except not really a marathon. It's just that sometimes I'm hungry for food and other times I have a voracious appetite for books. Sometimes both. I think I read three books yesterday. And after that I read a bunch of short children's stories. Yes, I still read children's books. No, I'm not ashamed. And anyway, ...
Gluten Free Coconut Cake (dairy free and refined sugar free options)
This gluten free coconut cake is everything you know a coconut cake should be: it's light, soft, sweet, full of coconut flavor, and has a nice tender crumb! Sometimes I feel like writing and sometimes I don't. Today I don't. So I probably shouldn't, because I'll end up writing something really weird about aliens or extinct mammoths, and then I'll come back here later and look at it and wonder how I even started thinking about extinct mammoths. So instead, I'm going to ...
Yam Salad
Okay, I just need to let you know before we get started: This could very well be a sweet potato salad instead of a yam salad. My sisters and I have been arguing about yams vs. sweet potatoes for a long time now. I looked it up on the internet but there were varying definitions, so I’m still not completely certain which is which. It’s a sad world when you don’t know the difference between a yam and a sweet potato. I’m of the opinion that yams are orange and sweet potatoes are ...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten-free flours have less “hold” than gluten flours. Obviously. I’ve found that this is a problem in cookie and pie making because all of the butter in the mix just melts all over the place because there’s nothing to hold it together. With my pie crust, I finally got the perfect recipe with cream cheese. Cream cheese is firmer and doesn’t melt as much, so that way I was able to keep the crust firm without compromising that sweet buttery flavor. I was having the same “melt” ...
Lemon Cake
Yes, yes, I know it’s been a while since the last recipe. But you know that cold that has been sweeping across the entire world? Yep. I’ve had this lemon cake recipe ready for a while, but haven’t gotten around to posting it. Until now, of course. For some reason I’ve developed a fondness for lemons. Maybe it’s just the idea behind a lemon—sweet but sour, tangy and romantic—or maybe it’s that I read a book about lemons. Now you’re weirded out. Who reads books about ...
Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole
I actually made this gluten free breakfast casserole last week, but haven’t gotten around to posting it until now. I’ve been experimenting a lot lately with different breakfast recipes, and I even considered the hated quiche (hated by me, anyway. You probably love it and I’m really sorry for offending you just now). This is sort of an adaption of quiche, made with potatoes, meat, spinach, and cheese to break up the “egginess” of it all. Of course, you can make it as quiche, but who would ...
Gluten Free Strawberry Crisp
My Mom recently bought a whole bunch of strawberries for a really good price. We enjoyed them very much, but even a family as big as ours failed to eat that many strawberries in just a few days. My sisters and I polished off the last few (anything that wasn’t completely rotten we managed to use) in this easy and delicious gluten free strawberry crisp. I made the topping oat free, so if you don’t eat oats there’s not a problem. If you do eat oats and you’d prefer an oat crisp, use the ...
Chocolate Birthday Cake Frosting & Decorating
For my little sister’s 11th birthday this week, I made a two layer chocolate cake with my new favorite icing (BUTTERCREAM)! The results were delicious and now my entire family is on sugar withdrawal. Earlier today, hoping to tempt my little sisters to go to town with us, I told them that we would buy them ice cream and everything (an impressive bribe, considering that they hardly ever get to buy ice cream). My youngest sister piped up: “No, I don’t want ice cream; I’ve had too much sugar ...
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
I’m not a big date lover. For some reason dates remind me of dried figs and dried figs remind me of what my Dad used to tell us: Figs are filled with small, disgusting worms that crawl around inside your throat after you’ve eaten them. I apologize for telling you that. You’ll probably never eat figs again either. But all the same, dates aren’t figs. They might remind you of figs, but they aren’t filled with disgusting worms like figs are. And even though I don’t like them plain, they are ...
Paleo Carrot Cake
Lately I’ve been experimenting a little more in the world of paleo. It’s a strange world, full of aliens like coconut flour and chia seeds (still not real sure about the chia seeds but everyone else loves them so that’s terrific for them). I’m not even going to say that half (or a third) of my paleo baking attempts are exactly successful, but I can say that this one is. So, here you have it. Paleo Carrot Cake with some Coconut Spice Frosting. Dig in. Ingredients ¼ ...
Paleo & Nut Free Vanilla Cupcakes
I made these with very low expectations. Shocking, right? I expected it to fail before I even tried. But pretty much everything paleo that I’ve made (except for the few paleo recipes on this blog) has not turned out very well. There just isn’t much to work with. If you asked me what is in these cupcakes, the honest answer would be “nothing.” Because I myself have absolutely no clue how these cupcakes even existed. The only proof I’ve got is one solitary, lonely little ...
Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting
Yes, I confess. This is a recipe for chocolate cake. It would be rude of you to mention that I already have several chocolate cake recipes on the blog (I think five, but even I have lost count). Will you stop giving me that look? THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH CHOCOLATE CAKE. I’m not going to say that this one is the best chocolate cake recipe on here, because that would probably result in some hurt feelings (I’m talking about the other cakes here. They’re oversensitive ...
Gluten Free Fried Doughnuts
I should have called these “Gluten Free Fried Doughnuts that Aren’t Gross,” because that kind of sums it up. I’ve made a lot of gross gluten free fried doughnuts. These are different. Last week I had no yeast, so I tried doughnuts with baking powder. Can I say POINTLESS? If I’m gonna fry the suckers, they might as well be the real deal. I’ve heard about baking doughnuts. I have, really. They look perfectly good baked. But the whole IDEA of a doughnut is to fry it. In oil. Then ...
Single Serving Apple Pie
This might not be qualified as an actual “post” since in reality it is only a quick how-to. Really it’s just me showing off my adaption of the recipe into single serving pies. The reason you only see one pie in the pictures is that we ate all the rest of them the night before I took pictures. I try to avoid taking pictures at night AT ALL COSTS. The light is horrible. It would turn my mediocre pictures into awful ones. And the YELLOWNESS of the resulting images. Bleh. Another thing: I ran ...
Apple Quick Bread
I intended to make yeast bread today. I’m a planner, so of course I had it all figured out that I was going to make yeast bread and it was going to be terrific and you were all going to love it and the pictures were going to be excellent, etc, etc. I should stop planning so much. Last week I tried to make yeast bread (you know, the kind that was going to be terrific, etc etc), but for some reason it didn’t rise. It was the worst bread I’ve made in a very long time. Fortunately, I ...
Cupcakes with Chocolate Coffee Frosting and Toasted Coconut
This isn’t a cupcake recipe. The cupcakes themselves are my Dark Chocolate Cupcakes, a recipe I use a lot since they are pretty predictable. They weren’t exactly predictable this time because I did a little bit of experimenting. I replaced some of the rice flour with almond flour, my new thing-I-want-to-try-to-see-how-it-works. Almond flour is very moist, so I was hoping that it would make up for the dryness of the rice flour. Well, the almond flour idea seemed to work, but it also ...
Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls
I’ve been meaning to make gluten free cinnamon rolls for quite some time now. I had a recipe before this, but that one wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. These ones, however, are sweet, yeasty, and light. And don't let your cinnamon cravings end here! If you want an easy cinnamon bread recipe without all the rolling, try this tasty gluten free monkey bread. Yeast Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 2 tablespoons honey 1 ½ tablespoons yeast Put the water, honey, ...
Gluten Free Pie Crust
I was sick of pie crust that didn’t turn out well. Either it was too “flaky” and crumbled in fear at the first touch of a knife, or it was made of iron and didn’t crumble at all. There had to be a happy medium. So I went looking for pie crusts. I went on Pinterest, my favorite food blogs, the food network blog, allrecipes, anything. I tried gluten-free recipes and recipes that I converted to gluten-free as I went along. I tried recipes that were “guaranteed” to work (liars). I tried ...
Chocolate Lava Fudge Cakes
First off, this is grain free, refined sugar free, fudgy, delicious, and super evil. You can have it three ways: Ultra dark fudge, regular dark fudge, and chocolate lava fudge. I’ve been having this for a snack. After all, it’s grain free and refined sugar free, so what do I have to lose? It isn’t the most unhealthy snack ever. It takes a little longer to make than a typical snack (20 minutes to cook, 5 minutes prep), but I fully believe that it’s worth the wait. But by now, you’re ...
Fruit Tarts
I'm not exactly the pastry queen. If you're wondering about the truth of this statement, check out the "pies" section. It looks pretty pathetic. So actually, don't check out the "pies" section. I don't make pies because they are a lot of work, and because they aren't my favorite thing ever. Thinking about it now, I wonder why they aren't my favorite thing ever, because these tarts made a pretty good breakfast. You heard me right. I had these for breakfast. The idea struck me ...
Chocolate Coconut Bars
These are good. You think I’m joking? Crunchy coconut in a rectangle, wrapped in super dark chocolate. Do you still think I’m joking? Healthy. Sugar free, dairy free, grain free, soy free…etc. How about now? Hey, if you’re still not convinced, I feel bad for you. Coconut might not be for everyone, though it’s definitely for me. I used to hate coconut, but coconut is like the best now. But if you don’t like coconut, if you are convinced that you never will (how can that ...
Paleo Banana Muffins
These are: Dairy free, grain free, gluten-free, and soy free. They can be made sugar free fairly easily. The only thing that’s counting them as non-sugar free is a little bit of honey, which can be substituted with another kind of paleo sweetener. You can also go with no sweetener at all, since the banana does add quite a bit of sweetness. Makes: 8 muffins Time: 10 minutes prep, 40 minutes cook Ingredients 1 ½ cups almond flour 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed (optional. I find ...
Chocolate Fudge Brownies
Yes, I’m a chocolate person. Get used to it. But think about it. Chocolate gooeyness that tastes like fudge, contrasted with whipped cream. I’m thinking about it. Definitely. You should too. SERVES: About twelve people TIME: 20 minutes prep, 20 minutes cook Ingredients: 2 sticks butter 4 cups chocolate chips 3 eggs ¼ cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup rice flour Pinch salt Grease a 9 by 13 inch buy xanax reddit glass pan. You could also use a ...
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Brownies
I know, I know. This is an unstable dessert. After all, cookie dough (the best thing in the whole wide world) and brownies (the second best thing in the whole wide world) put together? Well, let’s do the math. Best thing in the world + second best thing in the world = the very best thing in the world. Or you can use the general rule: A positive plus a positive equals an even bigger positive. And the best news (besides above math problem): Easy. Anyway, in a nutshell: This recipe ...
No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Pie
So, yeah, new recipe: Chocolate mousse pie. I'd call it a pie, anyway. And the mousse part? Usually mousse is pretty soft and creamy and such, but this firm. Firm enough to cut. So I don't know whether or not that qualifies for mousse. But let's just make things easy. Call it mousse. And here comes the cool part: Completely no bake. And it's extremely yummy. That was two cool parts, actually. I gotta work on my counting skills. Anyway... Serves: 10 Time: 20 minutes prep, 1 ...
Potato and Egg Hash
My little sister came up with this recipe, actually. We do this “everybody makes their own breakfast” thing. I made blueberry pancakes for myself, and that should have been satisfactory. But it's really hard to watch somebody else enjoying a hearty, yummy-looking meal like this. So I've dumped blueberry pancakes (for the time being) and replaced them with this, which is absolutely delicious. So thanks to my little sibling for the recipe here. I wouldn't be surprised if, in a few years, she ...
Pumpkin Muffins
These are soft and moist, with a bit of autumn mixed in. Optional: Sprinkle pecans or sliced almonds on top before baking. Makes: 6 muffins Time: Prep; 15 minutes, Cook; 40 minutes Dry Ingredients 1 cup rice flour ½ cup cornstarch or tapioca starch 1 teaspoon xanthan gum 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon a pinch of baking soda pinch salt Wet Ingredients 1/2 cup canned pumpkin (or use pre-baked pumpkin) 1 egg 3 tablespoons ...
Pizza Crust (no bread-maker used)
Since my bread-maker is officially a goner, I had to make pizza crust without a bread-maker (*looks shocked*). I had to make pizza crust because it was my sister's birthday and they ALWAYS ask for pizza. I'm not kidding. Always. A little originality here, please? Whatever. I don't have anything against pizza. Just the work. And time and time again I've attempted to enslave my little siblings to help, but since they happen to hate grating cheese and cutting up toppings, well...Yeah. It's ...
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Converted to gluten-free from this recipe. Dark Chocolate Cupcakes Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 25 mins Total time 45 mins These are intensely rich, with a melt-in-your mouth, deep chocolatey consistency. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Cupcakes Serves: 24 cupcakes Ingredients --Dry Ingredients-- 1 cup rice flour ½ cup cornstarch ½ teaspoon xanthan gum 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ¾ cup extra dark dutch ...
Yeasty Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread
This bread is soft, yummy, and delicious. It tastes like cinnamon rolls, except it is a much easier, quicker version. You can eat this for breakfast or dessert. Yeasty Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread Print Prep time 30 mins Cook time 1 hour Total time 1 hour 30 mins Serves: 1 loaf Ingredients -Yeast Ingredients- 1 cup warm water 2 tablespoons yeast 2 tablespoons sugar -Dry Ingredients- 1 ¾ cup rice flour, plus ½ cup more to be added later ¾ cup ...
Fruit Crisp 2
We just got six boxes of fresh peaches. Which means that this is a perfect time to make cobblers and crisps. I made crisp last night, and I made crisp again this morning, since we were out of eggs. This crisp recipe requires gluten-free oats. For information on oats and where to buy them, check out the oat issue. For those of you who don't have gluten-free oats, I'll try to make some oat-free crisp soon! Until then. Fruit Crisp Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time ...
Sandwich Bread
For quite some time I have been meaning to make a bread that did not require a bread maker. This one came out blog-worthy and delicious: A soft and light sandwich bread that is not at all dry or crumbly. The reason that this would make a good sandwich bread is because, as shown in the below picture, it slices very thin. However, in order to get nice, clean thin slices, cool for at least 15 minutes before cutting. Sandwich Bread Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 1 ...
Gluten Free Crêpes
After an unsuccessful attempt, these have come out blog-worthy. My nine year old little sister, when I asked her this morning what she thought of them, said: “Goob!” Her mouth was full, and she couldn't say anything better, but I figured that was enough. So here is the crepe recipe. I'll really have to attempt the doughnuts again this week, but unfortunately I might not find time. We are now entering a very busy summer. My sisters and I will probably be in the saddle about ...
Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Why haven't I posted one of my illogical patterns of thought before a recipe lately? Because I only think illogically sometimes. And when the illogical spirit is not on me, I have no choice but to post the recipe without. I know, I know. Poor logic really adds to the recipe. Unfortunately, It's easiest to write illogically. If I write about nothing, I have a better chance of writing something. Whereas, if I write about something, I will most likely get nothing. It's ...
Gluten Free Fruit Cobbler
I hadn't made a cobbler for months when my little sister came up with the idea. You might consider her the 'second baker' in the family. She likes to help me bake things now and then. She especially likes baking something all by herself. She likes to get the credit. You might say she's in it for the fame. And so she wanted cobbler. She wouldn't leave me alone. What could I say? She cut the apples last night, mixing them with lemon juice while everyone watched (my sisters like to hang ...