Armed with another gluten free year of experience under my belt, I made my family's Moravian Molasses Cookies again for the holidays. A small amount of quick internet research tells me that these cookies originated in what is now the Czech Republic after the spice trade began to take off in the area. These cookies were meant to highlight those new flavorful spices that were coming through the region. This re-vamped version eliminates the gums I used in my first attempt and changes amount of flour to 140 grams of gluten free all purpose flour mix per cup in the original recipe.
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After I found out that I could no longer eat strawberries, I was pretty disappointed, especially in BOS (Banana, Orange Juice, Strawberries) smoothies I would be missing out on. Shortly after, on a visit to one of my favorite places, the Ferry Market Building in San Francisco, I tried subbing peaches in a fresh made smoothie. I loved it and now it's one of my favorites!
Like I mentioned in the post about breakfast, we opted to go for meals that did not require ice or refrigeration for a week long trip. Additionally, we tried to consider that we might be super tired at the end of each day and therefore meals needed to be simple. To do this, we stuck with simple one pot meals.
While we could have gone the cooler and ice route for to keep some of our food chilled. We decided to go for the uncooled route. That left us without the breakfast luxuries of eggs, bacon, and chilled non-dairy milks for cereal. We also chose to opt away from more difficult breakfasts like pancakes, which we could have made without eggs by using a flaxseed paste.
Adapted from this recipe from Sunset Magazine.
Adapted from this recipe.
Okay, I've settled on it. This is my favorite savory topped pizza, with pineapple being my favorite sweet topped pizza.
Adapted from Simply Gluten Free's Apricot Almond Tart, which is now quite possibly one of my favorite desserts because of how light and delicious it is.
This adaptation is quite the opposite. It's heavy (in a good way), rich, and one slice is all the dessert you need. For my tastes, this is like a rich chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. A wonderful indulgence but not an everyday treat.