January again, Seville oranges are in season, and it's time for making marmalade! I love making marmalade - it makes the house smell wonderful, the product is delicious, naturally gluten free, and I get to feel like a proper homemaker. Seville oranges have rough, thick peel, are usually quite small and don't have much by way of 'insides'. … [Read more...]
Taste test: Gluten Free Pizza Mix (Freebake)
I discussed the Freebake bread mix that we tried from Freebake in an earlier post, and decided that I would recommend this as a mix. This weekend we tried the pizza mix, and this was a huge hit. Again, it would have been easier if the instructions were in the product box, but it wasn't difficult for my daughter (aged 11) to find the … [Read more...]
Cooking for children
Marica at Keeping the Castle (a blog full of homemaking tips and ideas) has some recommendations for cookbooks designed for children who want to join in and help. Her suggestions are Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup! (aff), the Kid's Cookbook (aff) and the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook (aff). I haven't seen any of these books (though the Green … [Read more...]
