Saturday, November 5

Review of HB5M's GF Boule Bread

First posted 12-4-09

Five minutes - GF Bread? No way. GF Bread is faster than wheat, but not that fast. And still good? I'm dubious. Healthy Bread in Five Minutes A Day's new cookbook is great!

Truthfully, I bought the book as a gift for a friend. What GF'r buys a 315 page book on baking conventional wheat-filled bread--even if it promises a chapter on GF bread? But when it arrived yesterday, I was intrigued so I turned right to the 20 pages that were GF and mixed up a batch.

Wow. I'm still dubious about purchasing an entire book for one dinky chapter, but the authors posted the recipe online! And the same batch works for pizza? And for naan, crackers, scones and for sweet breads like stollen and strudels. And wow. It was fast, and easy.
I might have added a touch too much water. When they say use your hands to mix the last bit of flour completely, that would mean thicker than I made it. And it thins out some after the first two hour raise.
I baked it the full 35 minutes at 450 with the water bath below and ontop of a pizza stone and the crust is to die for. Thick and crunchy and delicious must be a result of their recommended baking method of steamed and baked at a high temperature.

Absolutely no complaints! A big + + in the review column.

Wednesday, November 2

News from the NIH

A little late for the creepiness of Halloween, but The National Institute of Health has these updates just for you.

The Howl about Bowel? Everything you ever wanted to know about bowel control.

Fowl in the Mouth? Study of gluten fighting microbes.

Does your blood GLO? The potential new predictor of CD in the blood.

Read all about it in the National Institutes Summer Newsletter www.celiac.nih.gov/NewsletterSummer11.aspx#1.

"High Prevalence of Celiac Disease in Women With Young Onset Collagenous Colitis"
authored by Ahmed Bedeir, MD, Bhaskar Ganguly, and Mukunda Ray, MD, PhD

This study found young women with collagenous colitis are eight times more likely than the general population to have celiac disease. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/caris-diagnost...rology-2011-10-31

Tuesday, November 1

GF Chocolate Cupcake Link

My good friend and new GF Mom, Rinda recommends this recipe for gluten-free kids. She showed me one of her cupcakes baked and it was beautiful. The recipe did make more than the 12 large cupcakes. She filled them as full as she dared, and still had enough batter for about six more.

I love recipes that come well recommended, particularly for new people who are not accustomed to diverse flours. And allrecipes site is a great one for comments!

G-F Chocolate Cupcakes

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/gluten-free-chocolate-cupcakes/detail.aspx