Month: March 2022

Top Ten Gluten-free Easter Eggs 2022

Top Ten Gluten-free Easter Eggs 2022

If you delve deeply enough you’ll soon see there are so many gluten-free Easter eggs available in Australia that you need a top ten list. For those of you that haven’t seen it, I’ve got a full list of all the gloriously gluten-free Easter eggs …

Senza garlic and herb focaccia bread

Senza garlic and herb focaccia bread

The Senza garlic and herb focaccia bread stole the show during a recent dinner at our house. It’s a flat bread take on garlic bread in my books and that’s exactly how we ate it. By the way, has anyone else been confused about the …

Gluteenittomat Pääsiäismunat

Gluteenittomat Pääsiäismunat

Last year my friend gluten-free Marja said to me, “you’ve found so many good Easter eggs in Australia.” I jokingly replied, “Do you want a Finnish list?” She said yes so I spent the evening looking up Finnish Easter eggs that are gluten free (gluteenittomat …

Gluten Free Melbourne

Gluten Free Melbourne

Melbourne is my original home town and while I was living elsewhere from 2015 to 2023 there’s been an influx of gluten free options. Melbourne now, I think, is the gluten free capital of Australia. Though Sydney is definitely king for gluten free French patisserie. …

Review: Coles plant-based chocolate cupcake

Review: Coles plant-based chocolate cupcake

A quick review for the Coles vegan (plant-based) chocolate cupcake. I was a bit surprised this is gluten free as many plant based foods are packed full of wheaty goodness. These cupcakes retail at Coles for $4 for a pack of two. It seems a …

Corn and halloumi savoury pancakes

Corn and halloumi savoury pancakes

I often don’t know what to call these, fritters? Savoury pancakes? Given they stem from my gluten -free pancake recipe I’m inclined to say pancakes – let’s go with savoury corn and halloumi pancakes. This is a recipe I come back to regularly, it’s quick, …

My cooking goals for 2022

My cooking goals for 2022

Is it a little late to set cooking goals for 2022? I wrote these down a few weeks ago on a rainy Tuesday morning. I was enjoying a coffee at a local cafe and thinking about some different baking ideas. The thing about goals, any …

French toast hot cross buns

French toast hot cross buns

It’s Easter time and since the 1st of January I’ve been able to buy gluten-free hot cross buns at the supermarket. But what do you do if you buy some buns that maybe aren’t so great? One batch I bought recently was so dry it …

Six reasons why you should write reviews

Six reasons why you should write reviews

I started to write reviews highlighting gluten-free options at the start of 2022. I soon realised that while a lot of people write reviews, they don’t do it consistently.  Surprisingly there are not many posts on why you should write reviews. So that is what …

Gluten-free Dutch baby

Gluten-free Dutch baby

My first ever attempt at baking a gluten-free Dutch baby was in 2021 during a winter lockdown back in the UK. Somehow I had always thought making Dutch babies would be incredibly complicated or the kind of recipe that just won’t adapt well to being …