Last week, we talked about the various types of gluten-free flours and starches, and how to use them. Today we will discuss gluten free options for bread, pasta, breadcrumbs, and salad toppings. Let’s begin! Bread: This is generally one of the easiest substitutions to make, but it gets more complicated if you have more than…
Category: Allergy Friendly Baking Substitutions
Substituting for Wheat/Gluten in Baking and Cooking (Part 1: Gluten-free Flours and Starches)
Hello again, everyone! Today’s post is all about substituting wheat and gluten containing flours, for ingredients that contain neither wheat nor gluten. Before we begin, I would like to take a moment to clarify a few things, just to make sure we are all on the same page. Many people think that wheat and gluten…
Substituting for Milk in Baking/Cooking (Part 2: Non-Dairy Cream, Butter, Yogurt, Buttermilk, cream cheese, and Cheese)
Hello, again! I hope you all enjoyed my last post on non-dairy milks! Today we will be discussing how to substitute for additional dairy ingredients in recipes, including cream/heavy whipping cream, butter, yogurt, buttermilk, cream cheese, and cheese. I have a lot of information to cover in this post, so I will be keeping today’s…
Substituting for Milk in Baking and Cooking (Part 1: Non-Dairy Milks)
Today’s post marks the start of my series on allergy friendly baking substitutions. I decided to start with milk because out of all the allergens we avoid, this is the one we have been steering clear of for the longest amount of time. When we first received my son’s milk allergy diagnosis, we felt completely…
Allergy Friendly Baking and Cooking Substitutions (Introduction)
Hi, there Mama Bears! Since writing my introductory post, I have been hard at work compiling a list of allergy related subjects that I would like to write about, and recipes I would like to share with you. Before I start posting recipes, however, I want to lay a little ground work. The next 4-5…
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