I have been pondering for a while if I could make the torte gluten free since there is already so little flour in the recipe. Recently, I have had more people come into my life that either have celiac disease or are gluten sensitive, so I tried to give it a whirl. I considered substituting …
After making fudge last year, I wondered if I could come up with a quicker and easier way to make fudge. The Peanut Butter Fudge from last year had me pondering if I could do something similar with chocolate. After a couple of tries, this fudge is what I came up with. It is a …
A couple of my daughter’s classmates are allergic to eggs, so for her Thanksgiving Day lunch I made vegan sugar cookies. These are very similar to my regular sugar cookies. Her school is also nut free, so I omitted the almond extract. A quick tutorial on how to decorate these and other cookies without the …
No bake Disappearing Maple Bars are an easy and fun treat to make with the kids or by yourself. With the holiday season in the near future, these bars make a great gift for friends, family, neighbors, and teachers. I call them Disappearing Bars because they do not last very long. Disappearing Bars are vegan …
One of the most irritating parts of having a dairy allergy is that it can be difficult to go out to eat. When we go out, we usually stick to Asian restaurants. They are most often the safest when trying to avoid dairy, but you still have to be vigilant. Unfortunately, I cannot eat Indian …
I love salads, but in recent years, I haven’t eaten them as often as I use to. I like various oil and vinegar based salad dressings ok, but I really missed ranch dressing. That was my favorite. And now, it is again! I hope you enjoy this cool creamy dairy free ranch dressing over your …
Here is a gluten free version of my Chocolate Chiffon Pie. Use finely ground nuts, either almonds or hazelnuts, in place of graham cracker or cookie crumbs. This time I used a 9inch spring form pan instead of a pie pan and added a dairy free chocolate ganache on top. I have decided that I …
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The frustrating frosting is frustrating no more! I have successfully made chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream frosting several times with the Fleischmann’s unsalted margarine sticks.* I want take a moment to give a quick thanks to David Lebovitz for taking the time last year to respond to my email about meringue buttercream. While he didn’t have …
Around 2007 we had several exchange youths from the Lions Club stay with us. This was our second time having exchange youths. We did it three times and each time was a great and rewarding experience. That summer we had a three teens stay with us. Two were from the Czech Republic and one from …
I made my first test batch of thin mint cookies the other day. I ran into some issues with the melted chocolate then I ran out of the melted chocolate so I ended up with some leftover plain chocolate cookies. I decided to use them up by making a pie with a cookie crumb crust. …