Why Do Gluten Free Products Cost So Much?

Have you wondered why gluten free products are so expensive? Read today’s guest post from Chris Bekermeier at PacMoore, a certified gluten free food manufacturer, to find out why. Gluten-free is the latest buzz in nutrition circles. The rise of celiac disease has moved the gluten-free concept into the mainstream marketplace, filling retail shelves with [...]

Can a Gluten Free Cake Be “The Best Cake That You’ve Ever Eaten”?

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Well. . . the 6 families that taste-tested my latest cake recipes thought so. And they don’t normally eat gluten free food! Here’s what one of the moms posted to her Facebook account: “Mary Frances Pickett, owner of www.glutenfreecookingschool.com and a fellow full-time RVer is KILLING me. She’s FORCING me to give her the the [...]

How I Saved 43% Without Coupons on Gluten Free Groceries

I confessed last week that I’m not a good budget grocery shopper. I am a good cook. That’s why my business is all about cooking….not grocery shopping =) Over the past few years, we have seen how graciously God has provided money for our gluten free food purchases. And, although I know He will provide [...]

Gluten Free Blogroll

Just a quick note to let my fellow bloggers know that I’m putting a blogroll back on my site. If you’d like to be included, let me know in the comments to this post.

The New Baby

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Since today is the day that our family celebrates Christs’ resurrection and the new life that we have in Him, I thought it would be a good time to let you know about the new life that God has placed in our lives. Grant finally arrived a few weeks ago (weighing 7 lbs 13 oz [...]

Chicken BBQ Baked Potatoes

During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers.  Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...]

Cream of Broccoli Soup

During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers.  Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...]

Tuna Melt Sandwiches

During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers.  Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...]

Cashew Nut Chicken

During the month of February I will be featuring some of my recipes that have recently been on the menu for Gluten Free Suppers.  Many of these recipes have not been published at Gluten Free Cooking School before because they are from my childhood or our pre-vegetarian days. And since they contain meat, I don’t [...]

Crockpot Cola Chicken

Crockpot Cola Chicken was one of my favorite meals as a kid. The BBQ like sauce is delicious and the chicken is so tender. Now that I’m a working mom, I can better appreciate how easy this meal is for a weeknight supper. During the month of February I will be featuring some of my [...]

Biscuits with Sawmill Gravy

On the menu for Christmas Brunch: Biscuits with Sawmill Gravy

Christmas preparations in our house are way behind schedule. So far I’ve put the Christmas music in the stereo and ordered gifts. That’s it! I’m still holding out hope that I’ll get a Christmas tree up and make a batch of Sugar Cookies on Christmas Eve. (Maybe we’ll celebrate the twelve days of Christmas this [...]

Taco Soup

Weather reports say that we may get snow tomorrow! It’s been YEARS since we got a good snow, so we get way overexcited when there’s even a chance. And when it’s snowy outside, soup seems like the only acceptable dinner. Luckily we still have one last container of Taco Soup in the freezer. Taco Soup [...]

Spoonbread Corn Muffins Inspired by Tayst in Nashville

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The thermometer mercury is dropping here in Alabama and I’m ready for some good, hearty non-Thanksgiving food before I start the Christmas baking. So I made up a new corn muffin recipe. A few months ago we ate dinner at Tayst in Nashville and they served us the most delicious corn muffins. They were much [...]

Parmesan Penne with Roasted Vegetables

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Simple meals like this pasta dish have abounded on our dining room table lately.  It’s not the prettiest dish I’ve ever served (and this is a particularly unfortunate picture), but it’s hot and cheesy and delicious. Just what I need when I want to save my remaining energy for bed time cuddles with super silly [...]

Free Gluten Free Coaching by Phone – Sign up Now!

Have you ever wished there was someone you could call when your bread falls in the middle for the umpteenth time? Or maybe a friendly voice to offer encouragement and guidance during those first few gluten free months? Starting later this summer, I will be offering Gluten Free Coaching (by phone). Until then I’d like [...]

GF Birthday Cake, Allergies, Veganism and 50 Lbs to Lose

Our Gluten Free Birthday Cake

    This, my friends, is a picture of a birthday cake. A gluten free Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. David and I share a birthday, and my gift to myself this year was a homemade cake. For a first try I thought it turned out extremely well. No one could tell that [...]

Cookbook Giveaway: Betty Crocker’s Best Chicken Cookbook

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(And we have a winner: Karen from Comment #6 will receive my copy of Betty Crocker’s Best Chicken Cookbook as well as any advice she would like from me as to how to make the recipe’s gluten free.  Congratulations, Karen!) (Update: Today (05.18.08) is the last day to sign up for the giveaway. Just subscribe [...]

I’ve Been Working on the Blog

To my feed and email readers: Come visit the blog! I’ve been making some changes to the blog over the past few weeks and I’d love for you to come check it out: There’s a new header showcasing my Roasted Asparagus I’ve changed the blog colors and I’m really loving the new look Towards the [...]

Shopping Alert: Breadman Breadmaker w/ Gluten Free Setting

On sale today at Amazon.com is the Breadman TR875 2-Pound Breadmaker, on sale for $79.95 from $114.99. Free shipping is available. This bread machine has a special gluten free setting. I haven’t tried it yet – our bread machine is still going strong after almost 5 years. But if you’d like to hear more about [...]

22 Days to Go: Gluten Free Flour Tortillas

Gluten Free Flour Tortillas

These were so yummy and so easy to make. We used them in Last of the Sweet Potatoes soft tacos, which I’ll get around to posting some day.

23 Days to Go: A Snuggly Boy

David lying in my lap to eat his cereal this morning. He’s cutting teeth and has been extra snuggly this weekend.

24 Days to Go

Fruit Basket

Our fruit basket – we’re snacking healthfully this week.

25 Days to Go

Potato Salad, Pasta Salad

A Salad Trio for Supper: Potato Salad, Pasta Salad, and (not pictured) a green salad w/ apple slices, dried cranberries, pecans and wasabi dressing. Yum!

26 Days to Go

chamomile tea

A cup of chamomile before bed

27 Days to Go: A Biscuit Haiku

Light and Fluffy Gluten Free Biscuit Dough

For those who have had Trouble with dough – A Picture To guide you next time.

28 Days to Go: A Simple Breakfast

A Simple Breakfast

A 28 Days To Go Haiku A Simple Breakfast: Brown Rice, Butter, Sugar – A Cup to Go, A Spoon

29 Days to Go: Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti Squash with Creamed Mustard Greens

 This new recipe got a few strange looks, but was actually pretty tasty.  Creamed Mustard Greens over Spaghetti Squash.  When I don’t plan menus, there is no telling what is going to end up on our table. Especially when I decide we need to eat more greens.

30 Days to Go

Leftovers from Surin

31 days to go

Unloading Groceries on a Saturday Afternoon

Friends, I’ve missed you. I’ve missed your comments, your encouragement, your suggestions, and your questions. I’ve missed talking to you a few times a week through this blog. And even though there are still 31 days to go in this busiest time of the year (for me), I’m ready to get back to blogging. Inspired [...]

Best Gluten Free Recipes from 2007

I only have an hour and 15 minutes left to look back on 2007, so here is a quick roundup of my most popular blog posts from the year (determined by the number of times each was viewed). There has been some recent comment action on several of these, so you may want to go [...]

Messing around with the site

Hi everyone, I played around with the layout of my site last night and it’s looking a bit funky right now. I’m going to go ahead and do some more major changes while I have it messed up so that it only looks strange once this week. I should have it back to normal by [...]

Bread Baking Bonanza Roundup

It is getting to be late on Sunday night, and in case you’re busy blog surfing I wanted to let you know that Gluten a Go Go posted her Bread Baking Bonanza Roundup this past week. The post features bread recipes from eight different blogs, including two of my favorites Gluten Free Mommy and Gluten [...]

August Roundup

Just in case you missed them, here are the top five posts from August. “Gluten Free Fried Brown Rice Recipe” Fried Brown Rice is one of our favorites because it’s yummy and it’s quick. We never have leftovers when I make this, so when my coworkers see that I’m eating a sandwich, they now comment [...]

My First Meme!

Kate at Gluten Free Gobsmacked has tagged me for my first ever meme. Never heard of a meme; it’s kind of like a chain-letter for bloggers. Here are the rules: 1. Once tagged, let others know who tagged you. 2. Players are to list 8 random facts about themselves. 3. Those who are tagged should [...]

GF[CS] Expansion: Reader Submitted Recipes

The Gluten Free [Cooking School] Website is about to under-go an expansion. We will be adding a separate page for reader submitted recipes, so that all gluten free cooks can share there recipes with the world. If you’d like to go ahead and submit a recipe, just type it into the comments section of the [...]

Gluten Free Wraps and Puff Pancakes

We’re running a bit behind on the Forgotten Cookie recipe that I had meant to post for tonight. Hopefully it will be up tomorrow night, but in the meantime I wanted to tell you about a few great recipes that we’ve tried this past week. First, Gluten Free Gobsmacked has a wonderfully good recipe for [...]

We’re on Vacation!!

Hi everyone, John and I are heading off on our first week-long vacation in over a year. My younger brother is home on leave from Iraq and we are going to spend some time with him, his fiancee, and my parents. I’ll be back with more recipes next week, and I hope you’ll spend some [...]