These days, food and diets are scrutinized: GM Food, preservatives, additives, organic farming, allergies, intolerances, salt, and sugar. The list is long!


In our household, we’ve changed our diet to cure fatigue, depression, migraines, mood swings, asthma and ezcema. We got the idea of changing our diet (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Refined-Sugar-Free) after consulting a child psychiatrist and a naturopath. We also read the book “Gut and Psychology Syndrome” which provide detailed information about what’s going on in the digestive system and how food can affect mental health and the nervous system (including problems such as ADHD).


Several people expressed their interest in trying a similar diet but they didn’t know where to start and what to do. A few asked me to write a cookbook. So here I am, offering you the delicious secrets of our cure!


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lundi 3 janvier 2011

Delicious Gluten and Dairy Free Chocolate Cake


  • 1 cup brown rice flour
  • ½ cup corn starch
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons guar gum
  • 1 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 cup non-sweetened almond milk (or other liquid of your choice)
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ cup molten coconut oil
  • ¼ cup light tasting olive oil

Mix all dry ingredients. Melt coconut oil. Add remaining ingredients and mix. Pour batter in two 8 or 9 inch greased round moulds. Bake in oven at 350°F for 15 minutes

Variation: For a vanilla flavour cake, replace cocoa powder by same quantity corn starch, and add ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract.

Icing:

  • 2 cups sifted icing sugar
  • 3 tbl spoons molten coconut oil
  • 40 g molten dark chocolate (70%)
  • 3 tbl spoons almond milk (or other liquid of your choice)

For darker icing, add cocoa powder and a bit of liquid.

Spread immediately on cooled cake.

mardi 2 novembre 2010

Little spices cakes gluten-free casein-free


  • 2 cups of organic brown rice flour
  • 2 tsp. of guar gum
  • 1 cup of organic cane sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup of coconut oil (melted)
  • 1/4 cup of olive oil (light flavour)
  • 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/4 tsp. of sea salt
  • 3/4 tsp. of baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. of nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp of cloves
Mix all the dry ingredients. Add all the others and stir well. Put in muffin pan and cook at 350 F for about 20 minutes.

They are moist, sweet and my favorites!

vendredi 11 septembre 2009

Gluten Free Pancakes



  • 1/3 cup of olive oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup of apple juice
  • 3/4 cup of almond milk (rice milk or another kind of milk)
  • 2 cup of brown rice flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder

These pancakes are absolutely delicious! Even better than the ones made with wheat flour! It's a recipe inspired from the Marilu Henner cooking book "Healthy Life Kitchen" and I got it from one of my friend (Janice).

Makes approx. 4 to 6 servings.

mardi 1 septembre 2009

Granola



  • 1/4 cup of coconut oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup of dates purée (*see recipe below)
  • 1/4 cup of honey
  • 1/2 cup of quinoa or buckwheat flakes
  • 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup of chopped nuts and/or chocolate
  • 1/2 cup of puffed brown rice cereals
  • 1/4 cup of brown rice flour

Mix all the ingredients, transfer the mixture in a greased pan (approx.: 11 in x 7 in) and cook for about 10 to 15 min at 350° F. Let cool in the refrigerator before cutting.

Make approximately 10-12 servings.

** To make dates purée: bring the dates to boil in an equal quantity of water until they are soft. Then, reduce them to purée in the blender. Keeps very well in the freezer. **

vendredi 28 août 2009

Almond Milk Pudding



  • 2 3/4 cup unsweeted almond milk
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup corn starch
  • 4 table spoon cocoa powder
  • 4 table spoon coconut oil (or another fat of your choice)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 drop of vanilla extract
  • 4 to 8 drops of Stevia (can be replaced by a little more honey)

Stir the corn starch in 1 cup of cold almond milk. Put all the ingredients in a pan and bring to boil, whipping gently. Put in desert cups and refrigerate. Serve cold.

(My recipes are not really "Sugar-Free". We sweeten the least possible and try to use honey and maple sirup instead of refined sugar.)

Approximaletly 8 to 10 servings.