Food – Page 18 – Some, Some and Some

Salted Caramel Bliss Balls

In our house, we love bliss balls and salted caramel is probably my favourite flavour. These were made in haste so that we’d have a yummy treat to take out with us on one of the rare nice days we’ve had this school holiday and the kids loved them too – well, all except oneContinueContinue reading “Salted Caramel Bliss Balls”

Lime and Coconut Bliss Balls

A couple of years ago I went to a cafe where I had the most amazing lemon bliss balls. They were intensely lemony, almost – but not quite – too tart, with a citrusy zing and only just enough sweetness to have you wanting more. These bliss balls are not those, but those bliss ballsContinueContinue reading “Lime and Coconut Bliss Balls”

Cranberry and White Chocolate Biscuits (Gluten Free)

Cranberry and White Chocolate Biscuits A few weeks ago, in the glorious days of Level 1 in everywhere in New Zealand, we joined a couple of other families at a friend’s house for lunch after church. We all did quick supermarket runs to get food to take and share and one of the things thatContinueContinue reading “Cranberry and White Chocolate Biscuits (Gluten Free)”

Gluten Free Bread

I remember one of the first gluten free breads I bought from the supermarket after my coeliac diagnosis. It was expensive – about 3 times the price of normal glutenous bread – but it looked very promising and delicious. I hoped this lunchtime would be the moment that my children realised life was not goingContinueContinue reading “Gluten Free Bread”

Vanilla Cupcakes (Gluten-Free)

Cake flour (by which I mean wheat-filled, gluten-filled cake flour) is a low protein flour that is great for making cakes because overmixing flour in cake batter can result in harder, less fluffy cakes. That means less gluten can actually be better for cakes. As a coeliac that makes me think that going gluten freeContinueContinue reading “Vanilla Cupcakes (Gluten-Free)”