original post: June 2015 updated: July 2020 - added some baking powder to make it a bit thicker and less eggy, also added a bit more flour updated: September 2022 - added vanilla to batter, added cinnamon to apples, thinly sliced instead of chopped apples. Great additions! If anyone openly mourned about never being able to eat a Walker Brothers' Apple Pancake again after having to go gluten free, cheer up. It's actually pretty easy to make. I based this recipe on the gluten version found here . As it does not require too much flour, pretty much any gluten free flour blend will do. I use the Better than Cup 4 Cup recipe. This recipe makes a single large pancake which serves 3. (although all of us wanted more, just like at Walker Brothers). Ingredients: 3 large apples (I typically use Granny Smith), thinly sliced 3 tbsp butter 1 tsp cinnamon (optional) 1/2 cup milk of your choice (I use 2%) 3 eggs 2/3 cup gluten free flour mix (if no xanthan or guar gum in

This past year we decided to get Disneyland Annual passes. Disney Resorts are by far the most allergy-friendly places we've visited so we decided to put all our eggs in the Disney basket. If you click on the "Disney" tab at the top you will see my top 10 list for Disneyland and Disney World. For Disneyland, here is some more info on what we've eaten at each place on the top 10 list, what we liked, what we didn't like and what we'd like to try next time: Blue Bayou (New Orleans Square, Disneyland) We've dined here 3 times so far (our next visit is in a few weeks) and we've figured out exactly how we like to order- we've done 2 lunches and 1 dinner: The Giggler gets a kids meal The hubby and I split an entree plus 2 sides of veggies We all split a dessert Favorites: Grilled salmon entree (lunch) Kids gluten free mac & cheese w/ fruit & broccolette Surf & Turf entree (Dinner) Chocolate mousse Mickey (presented when

If you are looking for an immediate cookie fix, find another recipe. This recipe requires at least 2 hours of refrigeration. But it will be worth the wait! Back in the 80's, a photocopied recipe claiming to be that of the official Mrs Fields Gluten Free cookies recipe was being circulated and ended up in my hands. It made something like 10 dozen cookies so I scaled it back, wrote it in my recipe book and enjoyed making those incredible chewy chocolatey cookies until I discovered gluten was rat poison to me in 2007. This was the first recipe I converted to gluten free and it took me a few attempts of flour mixes before I found one I liked. Now with what I'll call the gluten free "fad" (which is great because it brought some amazing products but bad because it came with many people thinking gluten free was for everyone - it's not- if you do not have a problem with gluten you really do not have to turn your world upside down- but if you do have a problem wit

This post was originally published April 9, 2015 and is regularly updated as I discover new snacks which displace others on the list. Without further adieu, here are the best gluten free chips, pretzels and crackers I've found so far: #1 - Luke's MultiGrain & Seed Crackers - Chia Seed Recent find at our local Costco The hubby spotted these at CostCo last weekend. Billed as Organic & Gluten Free, these chips taste like a whole grain corn chip. They are lightly salted and crispy and could easily hold a dip  like hummus or peanut butter and stand nicely on their own. These will be a regular purchase from now on - I hope Costco continues to carry them. The flour mix consists of brown rice, millet, quinoa, amaranth and potato and are dusted with chia and quinoa seeds. According to Luke's web site they also come in multi-seed, sea salt, bean & seed, black pepper and garden vegetable. Garden Vegetable sounds tasty - I hope I can find them somewhere.

Our family LOVES pizza. No - I really mean it. I grew up in Upstate New York amongst many great mom and pop pizzeria's while my husband feasted on Chicago stuffed and deep dish growing up in Chicagoland. Needless to say, we each have our own opinions on Chicago vs NY pizza but we both agree that both are just about the perfect food. If you've read any of my prior posts, you'll find many mentions of trying gluten free pizza offerings nationwide, as well as my attempts and eventual success at making a gluten free stuffed pizza. Well, it's taken over 7 years but I can finally say I've perfected a make-at-home thin crust pizza! I've made close to a dozen from-scratch recipes, tried pretty much every baking mix and prepared crust. I've also made many different sauces as well as tried a ton of pre-made sauces. Surprisingly, I ended up with all pre-made ingredients - the from-scatch sauces and crusts didn't beat the final winners. Here they are: Cru

Last week I went on my first International flight after going gluten free 4+ years ago. I was a bit nervous about food, or the lack of, so I packed my usual travel stash of trail mix, NuGo Dark bars and single-serve packets of gluten free oatmeal. This was a business trip and luckily my employer allows us to fly business class when going overseas. I flew SWISS airlines from San Francisco, through Zurich to Stockholm; Lufthansa from Stockholm to Frankfurt and United from Frankfurt to San Francisco. I was quite pleased with pretty much every meal although I would have to say the Swiss meals left me a bit hungry afterwards as they were mainly fruit, veggies and plain chicken breast. I think the Swiss meals were actually considered the "absolutely no allergen meals" as they appeared to be gluten, dairy, soy and egg free. Here is a summary (with photos) on what I was served: flight 1 - SWISS - San Francisco to Zurich This 10 1/2 hour flight served 2 meals. Dinner was  -

I was excited when the folks at Tres Latin Foods asked if I'd like to try their new frozen Pupusa's. The giggler eats Trader Joe's tamale's for lunch several times a week and I would love to give her an alternate meal. Plus, the idea of being able to toast up a tasty pupusa in just a few minutes versus making them from scratch also got my attention. So the folks from Tres Latin Foods sent me some coupons good for two varieties to try at my local market. Unfortunately it took me a little while to find them at my local stores but they've recently increased distribution and can now be found at two stores near me- Sprouts and Whole Foods. I opted to try the Black Bean & Sweet Corn variety as well as Spinach and Cheese. Their other varieties also sounded delicious: Kale & Pinto Bean, Green Chili & Cheese and Pinto Bean & Cheese so it was a tough choice. These Pupusas are very wholesome - many of the ingredients are organic and they lack the usual p