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Little Touches Make The Difference

When it comes to vegetables, carrots are another huge favorite. When I was pregnant I ate so many carrots I felt like Bugs Bunny. Carrots are good for your eyesight because they contain so much beta carotene which translates into Vitamin A. My children and I should never have anything wrong with our eyesight. It was certainly a better craving than many others I’ve heard of and less fattening than the other craving of custard tarts, which I also had. This was all before my gluten free diagnosis. Perhaps though, you are bored with just steamed carrots. A good suggestion … Continue reading →

Gluten Free Fruit Cobbler

Growing up, our daughter was a huge fan of Peach Cobbler and the best bit is it’s dead easy and you can make a gluten free version without any hassle. Here it is. Ingredients 1 15 ounce can sliced peaches or apricots 2 ounces margarine (or butter if you prefer) Half cup raw sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 egg 1 cup gluten free self raising flour I teaspoon gluten free baking powder One third cup milk One third cup coconut Topping 2 ounces raw sugar for topping I teaspoon cinnamon Grease a dish with margarine. Arrange drained peach slices … Continue reading →

Marvelous Mascarpone

Mmmm… mascarpone cheese. The thick, creamy Italian cheese is probably best known as an ingredient in tiramisu, but it also brings a richness to a host of other sweet treats as well (it makes a tasty alternative to cream cheese for cheesecake). The downside to the delicious cheese is that it can be difficult to find if you live in a smaller town with only one market. In addition, mascarpone cheese is quite expensive. You could make your own, but doing so requires getting your hands on tartaric acid. (Tartaric acid is found in grapes). I’ve only seen it available … Continue reading →

Very Berry Cheesecake

The price of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries has gone up quite a bit at my local market. Last month the grocer had strawberries priced at $5 (for 2 pounds), but since my family went out to a local u-pick farm I saved a ton of cash by putting my preschooler to work in the fields (kidding). At the farm we paid just $1 a pound for fresh, plump, juicy berries and I still have a pint left in the freezer. This weekend I will be using the last of the berries in the following recipe. It is a standard cheesecake, … Continue reading →

Refreshing Raspberry Recipes

My daughter’s taste buds are almost as acute as her hearing (I swear she can make out the “Dora the Explorer” theme song when it’s being played in a house two blocks away) and her sense of smell, yet she can’t distinguish the taste of raspberries (which she refuses to eat by themselves) when I add them into a multi-layered recipe. As you probably know by now strawberries are not the only summer berry flying off grocery shelves these days. My local market is selling two pints of raspberries for $3 this week. I happen to love raspberries, so, naturally, … Continue reading →

Berry Healthy Fruits

Yesterday my 3-year-old daughter and I spent the day at our local Pick-Your-Own Strawberry Farm. (I plan to detail our adventures in an upcoming Travel blog.) She had an incredible time and we left with six pounds of plump, juicy strawberries. That’s not counting the extra pound my berry-loving tot downed in the field. Forget about covering them with whipped cream or masking them under a mound of ice-cream… my daughter practically swallows them whole. We are fortunate to live 10 miles south of a gigantic strawberry farm and 25 miles east of a fabulous blueberry farm. Perhaps, that’s why … Continue reading →

Learn How to Make Meringue: Berry Meringue Cups

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Meringue is easy but there are definitely some tricks to making meringue come out perfectly. Once you know how to make it, you can make all sorts of impressive desserts like the berry filled meringues below. Basically, meringue is beaten egg whites and sugar. Most meringue recipes call for cream of tartar which is used to help bind the mixture together. Legend has it that meringue was invented by an Italian chef in the Swiss town of Meiringin in the 1600’s. Meringue can be used alone (like Meringue cookies), as a topping on pie (like Lemon Meringue), or as a … Continue reading →