Harvard Health Article

Here is another good article from the Harvard Health Press about Gluten.  It's fairly concise and great for a beginner.  When I read these, I always learn something new.  

https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Letter/2009/June/Getting-out-the-gluten?print=1

Yin & Yang Cakes

Yes, that is a blowtorch!
Chocolate and white, light and dark, polite and rude, there is an opposite to everything. I promise myself that for each yin there must be yang and when it all comes to karma-etic balance, my chaotic life must have some wonderful things in store. But meanwhile...

My yin and yang for this week is cake. With the Mom-in-Law here, eating positive, healthy, and incredibly wonderful, it's only fair that the boys are sneaking off to polish off a half gallon of icecream and I am baking cake.

I'm having a church party at my house, Mexican theme'd so I'm baking a GF Tres Leches Cake (Cuatro) and my Double Chocolate Seduction Cake.

That only seems fair and balanced.

The white turned out looking wholly like a toasted mashed marshmellow and tasted gritty, but the chocolate was sinful and delicious as usual.

It's really sad to look at this one and realize as I carry it out to the party that it really should be on cakewrecks.blogspot.com. I'm only saved from that blogger shame by professing to be an amateur.

The chocolate cake is Bette Hagman's (Praise be her name) old stand by Devils Food and the frosting is a ganache 2 parts chocolate 1 part whip cream. YUM

(I would love to breech copyright and give Bette's recipe as I have been asked, no begged, constantly--but, I can't do it. Sorry! One day I will find it online and link... that's the best I can promise.)

Okay, I found it. Somebody else published it. Do the original recipe unless you are GF/CF too.

http://elsepeth27.blogspot.com/2008/04/post-about-cake.html

Agave Diabetic Pie Crust

I made this GF diabetic pie recipe and crust.  The recipe of 2 cups almond flour and 2 Tbs. agave syrup turned out delicious.  I baked it too long and I didn't grease the crust, so I couldn't pry it out of the pan until the second day when the filling softened the crust.

But it tasted good. 

http://www.madhavasagave.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?RecipeID=41

The filling is regular cook and serve sugar free pudding and raspberry rhubarb topping layered.

3 cups rhubarb (I used frozen) 6 minutes microwaved until bubbling.  Stir in 

1 package sugar free raspberry gelatin thoroughly.  Then cool and pour over the pudding in the pie shell.  Refrigerate 2 hours. 

Yum

Agave Banana Bread

Agave syrup is my newest diabetic assistant when I am hosting summer vacationers with diet issues.  

I am feeding family so I tried to use agave in my granola recipe.  I swapped the 3/4 cup brown sugar with 1/4 cup agave syrup and it turned out delicious.  (If I hadn't burned it - it would have been even better.)

I used the recipe from agave website for banana bread.  I loved it and the boys did too--when I added chocolate chips.

http://www.madhavasagave.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?RecipeID=32