This is a favourite recipe that was often made at home, when we were kids. Modified to suit our gluten free diet. Basic ingredients with the taste of cardamom, cinnamon and the chunks of pears, mixed with a heavy ginger hit. Yum!! To make this vegan. Replace the egg with another tablespoon of chia seeds […]

November 15, 2018

Ginger Pear Cake

Perogies, or dumplings filled with deliciousness, like potato and cheese and many other fillings. Who wouldn’t love these! Perogies are one of those popular dishes that we usually have on the table at large family gatherings. For the longest time we have been experimenting with a gluten free dough that will hold together in boiling […]

November 2, 2018

Perogies – Gluten Free

A gluten free sourdough starter is needed to make sourdough bread. In this starter recipe there is no commercial yeast, only the wild natural yeast from the starter. Made with the basics … flour and water. It does replace commercial yeast but in a different process. It’s easy to make a gluten free sourdough starter […]

October 26, 2018

Creating a Gluten Free Sourdough Starter

The weather is cooling and the trees are changing colour lately. It’s that time of year when you think it’s okay to have the oven going again, after the summer heat has gone. The pumpkins in our garden are finally ready and are plentiful everywhere right now. Some favorites are the Buttercup and Kabocha for […]

September 26, 2018

Apple & Pumpkin Muffins

We have still been picking and eating blackberries from the garden and they have been producing since July now. So we have made many yummy dishes and frozen many bags of berries. The flavours in this fig and blackberry ice cream are amazing! With few ingredients and very little sugar. The figs add their own […]

September 20, 2018

Fig and BlackBerry Ice Cream

Oven-dried tomatoes that are incredible for flavour, with the simplest of ingredients. Which seems to be our motto for our celiac diet. Eat well, but keep it tasty and simple. We grow many tomatoes because we love them so much and we use them in so many recipes. This year we have canned a few […]

September 5, 2018

Partially Dried Tomatoes

Make this delicious Saskatoon, apple, and rhubarb crisp. This gluten-free dessert is the perfect combination of sweet and tart. It combines juicy Saskatoon berries, crisp apples, and tangy rhubarb, topped with a golden, buttery oat crumble. Whether you’re looking for a cozy fall treat or a delightful summer dessert, this crisp is sure to satisfy […]

July 27, 2018

Saskatoon Apple Rhubarb Crisp

If you have Celiac Disease (About 1% of the population), you are well aware of the frustrations that come with it. We know not everyone is as well educated as someone who has the disease, but it does help when a family member or friend, does some research to better understand your disease. Realizing that […]

May 13, 2018

Pet Peeves of Being a Celiac (Celiac Disease Awareness Month)

Buckwheat is a gluten free seed that is related to rhubarb and it makes a great porridge, but it is also tasty in many other dishes. Buckwheat may be substituted for rice and other grains and it is high in fibre with many health benefits. This is a filling and tasty breakfast to get you […]

April 20, 2018

Overnight Orange Buckwheat Porridge

This stuffing recipe for turkey or chicken is so good and no one will even know that it is gluten free. We have trialed quite a few different stuffings over the past few years and this is our favourite so far. Using only gluten free breadcrumbs can easily turn into a soggy mush, but with […]

April 4, 2018

Stuffing Recipe – gluten free