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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]