Comforting Pear Muffin Recipe (Gluten Free, Low Oxalate, Low Salicylate)

When the days get cooler I find myself craving foods that have warming flavors, such as cinnamon and ginger. Unfortunately, because of several food chemical intolerances, I have to follow a restrictive diet and all the warming spices are off the menu for me. Pears, however, are packed with flavor, especially when baked, and offer…

Gluten Free Sourdough Starter from Chick Pea Flour

After a few years of loyalty to my trusty brown rice sourdough starter, I tried experimenting with switching out the brown rice for chick pea flour earlier this year. To be honest, this creation wasn’t some brilliantly hatched culinary dream brought to light. I was simply trying to use up an excess of garbanzo bean…

Recipe – Gluten Free Sourdough Starter

Most of us have probably heard that fermented foods are healthy for us, increasing the biodiversity in our microbiomes. Fermentation is also an exciting way to see nature at work – seeing an inert mixture develop bubbles and start to smell heavenly is a fun science lesson and provides a tasty cooking ingredient.