Mixin' it up

So recently, my lil sis (she also has celiac disease) has started really exploring the whole world of gluten free cooking and baking. She has really motivated me to start trying some new options. I haven't done much since I was diagnosed and have kept it very simple with my eating habits. So since things are slowing down on the home front, I think I might take a stab at it! To start off on my own baking and cooking exploration, I decided to start with the basics. First up different mixtures of flours to replace the glutenous flours of my past. Here are a few I recently found online. Try them out and let me know which you liked best or even if you found the holy grail, ALL PURPOSE MIXTURE, that can be used for everything and has the same taste and texture of regular flour!

-B

P.S. The beautiful illustration is from - Deliciously G-Free By Elisabeth Hasselbeck

3 c brown rice flour (I use Bob’s Red Mill)
3 c corn starch
2 c soy flour, sorghum flour or garfava flour
1 c masa harina

http://www.glutenfreecookingschool.com/archives/gluten-free-all-purpose-flour-mix/

2 c rice flour

2/3 c potato starch

1/3 c tapioca flour

1 teaspoon xanthan gum

http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/1471/gluten-free-flour-blend

2 1/4 cups superfine rice flour

1/4 c potato starch

2/3 c tapioca flour

3/4 c sweet rice flour

1/3 c cornstarch

2 teaspoons xanthan gum

http://glutenfree.wordpress.com/my-gf-flour-blend/

1 ½ c sorghum flour
1 ½ c potato starch or cornstarch
1 c tapioca flour
½ c corn flour or almond flour or bean flour or chestnut 

http://glutenfree.wordpress.com/carol-fensters-new-flour-blend/

1 c rice flour
1/2-3/4 c potato starch
¼ c tapioca starch/flour

or

3 c garfava bean flour
2 c potato starch
2 c cornstarch
1 c tapioca flour
1 c sorghum flour

or

2 c rice flour
2/3 c potato starch
1/3 c tapioca starch/flour

or

 2/3 c garfava bean flour 
 1/3 c sorghum flour
 1 c cornstarch 
 1 c tapioca starch/flour

                                                                             or

                                                                    1 c rice flour
                                                                    1 c cornstarch
                                                           1 c tapioca starch/flour
                                                           1 Tbsp. potato flour

                         http://www.csaceliacs.info/gluten_free_flour_formulas.jsp

Sunny Days Are Here Again!!

                                

We are a big beach family and spend most of our time there. Wether its August or February that's where we are! So when it comes to sun protection it's a necessity! It's been a while since I found a product I truly loved. While in Whole Foods a couple months back, I came across this sun block by Kiss My Face. Holy AMAZING!!! It is absolutely perfect. It is very light and airy. It soaks into your skin with out the greasy remnants of other sunblocks. It also smells faintly of mintiness and not the normal strong sunblock smell! It stays on wonderfully, with better protection than any of the other run of the mill sunblocks we have tried! I found this in Whole Foods, but it is also sold online at places like amazon.com and drugstore.com. Oh boy and I almost forgot, its gluten free for all my Celiac PEEPS!!!!!!!!!

S T /\ Y  G O L D E N
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-B