Gluten Free Sour Dough Baking Giveaway

I know of several people that are on a gluten free diet. As a matter of fact I believe our family is headed that way. My youngest is allergic to wheat and soy. So far she is able to handle spelt. However if we rely to heavily on that one grain she could become allergic to spelt too. The rest of our family seems to have some sensitivities to gluten. 

Just yesterday I was reading an article written by Sharon Kane. She guest posted at Real Food Forager. I found her article to be very inspiring. It is just what I needed in researching the gluten free diet. It was also great because I just started making things with my spelt sour dough starter.

Sharon Kane wrote a book called Gluten - Free Sour Dough Baking. Real Food Forager is doing a giveaway of the book. I encourage you to go check it out! I am super excited about all of the possibilities that this will open up for those that are on a gluten free diet. 



Have A Blessed Day!

Sour Dough

So I have been working on this beautiful starter for about two weeks. Just a couple of days ago I started to build up the volume so that I could cook with it. I am so very excited because I was able to make the best pancakes ever! Even the children liked them.

You see, a couple of years ago I made a sour dough starter. I used half spelt flour and half rye flour. I only fed it every twenty four hours. Every thing that I made with that starter was SOUR! I realize that sour dough is supposed to have a tang to it.However this was extremely sour and the children did not want any parts of it. I had a hard time eating the bread that I made with it. Please do not tell the children I said that! LOL! So when I started my new starter the children were begging me to reconsider. HaHa!

 So my beautiful starter made it's way into my pancake batter. I used a simple recipe from one of my cookbooks. It already called for starter to be added. Since it was my first time cooking with sour dough in a while, I did not want to experiment to much.

The Pancakes were very fluffy and had a very good texture to them. I doubled the batch in the hopes that there would be enough for another meal. However my skeptical children liked them so much that I only had a few to put away. I do not want to complain too much because at least I know now that I can use this starter with good results :)

                             The children gave the pancakes two thumbs up!!

Blessings!

That Time Of Year

What time of year is it? Well it's that time of year of course. The time of year that we settle down and turn inward. We seem to be more home bound and doing little projects indoors.

As with many others I know, we too have had a little sickness. A few weeks ago a cold swept through the house. The lingering effects were a nagging, hacking cough that seemed like it took forever to get rid of. Just this past week my smallest monkey thought it was wise to go outside without a coat. So by Friday she deloped a cough. By Saturday night it sounded like the croup had set in. Monday we went to the doctors because I suspected Pneumonia. Thank God I was off the mark! She is just heavily congested and on the mend. When one of the family is feeling under the weather it reminds me that it is more important during the colder season to stay close to home. We do not want to share germs ;)

I have been doing several little projects. Currently I have been sewing a slip cover for the couch. The couch has been well loved ;) We have been doing several small deep cleaning projects. I try to keep some sort of hand project going too. As of right know I have a dishcloth on my knitting needles.

During the colder months I try to research and to learn new things. Currently I am researching sour dough. I have even started a sour dough starter. I am really excited to make something! I might do pancakes tonight for dinner. I have also been learning about gluten free vs. using sour dough. I have noticed that several of us have some issues related to gluten. Add that on top of my youngest being allergic to wheat, I believe that I may put the family on a gluten free diet to see who is gluten intolerant. So I feel I need to research this a little more before I jump in with both feet.

Is there things that you like to do during this time of year?

Blessings!