10Nov

Gluten-free Goodies: Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Green Bean Casserole, Goat Yogurt, and more…

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It’s been another busy week in our kitchen. I feel somewhat obsessed, like I just can’t get enough of cooking, creating and trying out new recipes. I read about a recipe or want to make something that I would normally buy and it’s like a bookmark is created in my mind and a few days later I find myself making it.

However, I really feel like this obsession is actually a healthy one for me. Because I presently feel healthier than I have – physically, emotionally and mentally – than I have for a while. I feel as though the GAPS diet is like taking a chill pill for me. I really need to write a separate post about this because it’s a long story. But I will just say here that I am finding that being grain-free, starch-free and sugar-free is giving my mind, heart and body a much needed break and time to heal in a way that it just hasn’t had a chance to for many years.

Like I said last week, I’ve been in the kitchen a lot. I was actually in the kitchen all day Sunday this week except for a walk that I took with my husband and toddler. But it doesn’t really tire me out because I love it so much. It doesn’t even feel like work to me, until I get tired of doing the dishes.

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19Oct

Recipes for Grain free and Gluten free Homemade Tortillas

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Update:  If you’re looking for step by step instructions with photos on how to make grain-free almond flour tortillas, click here to see my photo tutorial of my grain-free tortillas.

Nothing beats homemade, especially when it comes to tortillas.  I’ve made corn tortillas and they were simply nothing like the ones you buy in the store.  I also decided to venture into the art of making gluten free tortillas and experienced the same thing – homemade is simply yummier.  I really don’t mind the Food for Life brand of Brown Rice Tortillas – they are great in a pinch.  But if you can, plan some extra time to try to make your own sometime.

The brown rice tortillas I used to make are based on Bette Hagman’s recipe from The Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Food.  I really love them.  However, since I last made them, I started soaking my flours first over night.  Without retesting this recipe, I wouldn’t know how to adapt it.  I am also grain free now which takes on a whole new meaning.  However, here is the original recipe I used to use:

(See pictures here!)

Here is the recipe:

Brown Rice Gluten-free Homemade Tortillas
Servings:  4-6
Prep and cook time:  35-50  minutes

Ingredients:
2 cups GF mix*
1 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum
2 tsp real maple syrup or honey
1 tsp salt
2 tsp almond meal
1 cup warm water

*GF Mix:  2 parts brown rice flour
2/3 part potato starch
1/3 part tapioca flour

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