Our Recipes
February 21st, 2018
Cornbread is what is called a quick bread. It doesn’t require any special skills or any special pans. Cornbread is a wonderful place to begin to learn how to bake gluten-free for so many reasons. As its name implies, there is no yeast in a quick bread recipe and so no time for rising. Temperature […]
January 6th, 2018
Start the new year off right with a flavorful, though light, dinner of sweet & spicy shrimp tacos. The holidays are over, and I’m ready for lighter dinners to recover from all the socializing I did. I had never had fish or shrimp tacos until I moved to California in the late 1990’s. At that […]
September 20th, 2017
One of the best things about the end of Summer is the harvest of wonderful, flavorful tomatoes available. If you grow your own or buy them at a farmers market, you can’t beat the flavor of fresh- from-the-garden tomatoes. Usually I have such a bounty from my garden that I am looking for new ways […]
August 30th, 2017
Don’t you think that the beginning of school places a lot on the shoulders of parents? Today I have 2 meetings for the kids but they are not even in the same area–so I’ll be on the road quite a bit. In addition to that, we are trying to have everyone at the dinner table […]
June 28th, 2017
I make this very easy taco pie often for my family because they really, really like the taste. It is easy to make and I can even do all the preparation and baking in the cooler summer mornings and just heat it for dinner if it gets too hot to cook. This week we are […]
March 16th, 2016
Bacon is used in all the British Isles for main dishes that are quick and tasty. This recipe sure fills that bill, plus it is savory with only a handful of ingredients. The British use various cheddar cheeses in this recipe, the Irish often use a Swiss-like cheese, called Gabriel, in savory pie recipes like […]
March 2nd, 2016
My mother’s mother was of German descent. In fact, my mother spoke German as a child. She had to learn to speak English to be able to go to school! I was an adult before I knew this about her. Unfortunately, I never knew my grandmother. She died when I was a baby. I did […]
February 29th, 2016
It’s still winter where we live, and we had a dusting of snow the other day. Not quite time to rejoice in the warming trends. We all know there is another cold snap waiting around the corner–just after I get started gardening. It is so hard to remember it is still February. That said, I […]
January 4th, 2016
Happy New Year! Welcome to GF Baking Free, a blog for people who keep a gluten-free lifestyle. For 2016, I hope to work on easily prepared recipes that help us maintain a healthy, gluten-free diet. In January and February, I plan to work on main dishes and breads that are so flavorful you can serve […]
December 2nd, 2015
The holiday season is just starting up and I’m already so overwhelmed with sweets! I just don’t want to always do sweet stuff. I decided to tell you about this wonderful recipe that I made recently. A friend was coming over so I asked her to come and have lunch with me. She is vegetarian […]