Suitable for children with a Salicylate allergy (yep, it’s failsafe). This pizza base is: Gluten Free, nut free, soy free, egg free and dairy free AND it still tastes good! You need an accurate pair of scales for this recipe.
This was probably the first truly grain-free book that I read and its impact was pretty profound. It is a must read for anyone who… Read More »Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Living with long term food sensitivities isn’t easy. It’s navigating your way in a mine-field where your body seems to betray you at every turn. It can be depressing and extremely frustrating. It can also be lonely, especially if you are surrounded by friends with apparently cast-iron guts who have absolutely no way of empathising or understanding your unique stance on food.
Buckwheat is a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb and sorrel and despite having the word “wheat” in its name, has nothing all all… Read More »Is Buckwheat a Seed or a Grain?
At least once a week, I get an email from someone saying something like “hey, isn’t quinoa a grain?” or “my doctor told me quinoa was a grain”.
Quinoa is the seed of the Chenopodium or Goosefoot plant.
Most baking powder contains grains as a mixer/filler so the recipes on grain free living combines sodium bicarbonate (also called baking soda) with cream of tarter to make a grain-free/filler free version.
Just use 1/2 tsp bicarb and 1 tsp cream of tarter to each cup of flour. Sometimes the recipe needs a little more or less.Read More »Make your own Baking Powder
This is based on a traditional italian recipe with a few personal adjustments. It is surprisingly light and easy to eat.Read More »Coconut Cake
This is a buckwheat flour recipe just perfect for anyone who hates the taste of buckwheat. It tastes amazing, and you could give this to your fussiest eater, including “normal” wheat-eaters and they will love it too. Its healthy enough to have for breakfast toasted or untoasted and “cake-y” enough to have anytime as a treat. Its other big plus: its failsafe, although not recommended for the amine sensitive due to all the bananas!Read More »Failsafe Banana Bread
In Australia, pototo starch and potato flour are the same thing: a very fine white powdery pure starch. Actually, potato flour and starch are different… Read More »Potato Starch/Potato Flour
In Australia, the terms tapioca and arrowroot are used interchangeably and mean the same thing. Sometimes its called a flour, sometimes its called a starch,… Read More »Tapioca/Arrowroot Flour/Starch