Category Archives: Baking

Coconut Oil Review & A Giveaway!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 55

Hi folks – For the last, oh, long time, I’ve been horribly remiss in posting much of anything useful here, as I’ve been hyper-focused elsewhere. Today, that changes. [..]

Baking, Food, Giveaway, Gluten-Free, Health, How-To, Personal Hygiene, Product Recommendations, Shopping, Stress, Sustainability, Tips , ,

Two Posts Homestead Geek Readers Might Like

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

I wrote these over on Homestead Host and thought you guys might be interested, too. They are about soaking and using sourdough to possibly overcome my gluten sensitivity.   [..]

Allergies, Baking, Fermented Foods, Food ,

Grain-Free Clafouti

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

I am a pathological modifier of recipes. Seldom do I find a recipe I don’t tweak in one way or another, usually in the herbs and spices area. [..]

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Falling Upon the Grenade

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

Internet, I want you to feel you can rely on me, trust me. I want you to know I am fully willing to throw myself upon the grenades [..]

Baking, Commercialism, Dietary Choices, Food, Gluten-Free, Health

Rage Against the Gluten

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

Last weekend, I was listening to The Splendid Table, a food and cooking show on NPR. Lynn Rosetto Casper was interviewing a foodie, who discussed the joys of [..]

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Mmm, Pie

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

We’re having a couple of friends over for dinner tonight, something we almost never do. Mike Neir and I are largely social hermits; we like the idea of [..]

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Finnish Mushroom Pie Recipe

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Erin D. | Permalink 6

The holidays mean two very comforting things to me – Sienipiirakka and Iz. I couldn’t just be A Normal Person and have my favorite holiday traditions be a [..]

Baking, Food, Vegetarian , ,

Vegetarian Pasties < Ass?

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

I’ve just put four vegetarian pasties into the oven,  and four more into the freezer. If they don’t taste like dry ass, it will be nothing short of [..]

Baking, Food

Basic Bread Recipes

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

This probably isn’t true of many quilters, but so many people haven’t ever made a loaf of bread. I hadn’t, at least not since I was terribly young, [..]

Baking, Food, Off-Topic ,

The pecan pie I am never allowed to make again

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

(Chiefly because I ate pretty much the whole thing, by myself, in under 48 hours.) Best Pecan Pie I’ve Ever Made It’s good stuff, people.

Baking, Food