Jens Gluten Free Blog

For many, the Thanksgiving holiday means a hot roasted turkey smothered in gravy with creamy mashed potatoes and green beans with onions on the side. Perhaps there is a platter of fresh corn on the cob cooked to a perfect crunch with some cranberries decorating the perimeter of the plate. For some, the Thanksgiving holiday means taking a moment to be grateful for all we have: our families, our homes, our loved ones. But to me the Thanksgiving holiday means one thing and one thing only: The Dallas Cowboys game.

If there is one thing that gluten-free eaters need to learn to embrace it is rice. As all gluten-free moms know, rice is in just about every recipe you make. It appears in every possible form: brown rice flour, white rice flour, rice puddings, rice and beans, rice in soup, rice in stuffing, rice in meatballs, rice with vegetables, Rice Krispie treats, and the old standby…rice cakes! So I have decided to dedicate this blog to my favorite rice recipe.

When Jen first suggested that we enter the virtual cupcake competition at gourmetgirlmagazine.com I was a bit skeptical.

When I first found out that Amy had celiac disease I thought it would only affect her mealtimes. I didn’t realize that it would affect her playtime too.

A while back, Jen and I decided it was time to take the gluten-free baking plunge together. Unfortunately, our first gluten-free baking experience did not go particularly well, to say the least. Neither of us knew much about gluten-free baking, but we figured we would wing it.