My adventures in going gluten free continue. I can honestly say that I rarely crave baked goods anymore. For the most part, I just avoid what I can’t have. I eat my burgers and brats without the buns. I eat rice cakes instead of bread (I did this beforehand, so no biggie.) I need to cut back on my carbs, anyway. Spaghetti and pasta is good with the corn pasta. No one in my family can tell that it’s GF.

There are some things you just can’t do without, however. Birthday cake is one of them. It’s no fun to sit back and watch everyone else indulge in a slice of cake. My mom’s birthday is July 2nd, and my parents were at the cabin that day. I braved making a GF sour cream chocolate chip cake up there. (BTW, did you see who was home from the Marines?? He surprised me a couple of days before this. So good to have him there for my mom’s celebration!)

 

I followed the recipe exactly (I don’t always do that), and the cake was delicious!!! Everyone loved it. They gobbled it up and didn’t complain an ounce about it being GF. The recipe is here, my favorite site for GF recipes.

When we got home, the strawberries were coming in. With deadlines and Nature Camp, I just didn’t have time to pick berries and make jam this year. But I didn’t want to deprive my family of their strawberries, so I did buy some freshly picked. Strawberry shortcake sounded so good, but what to do about the shortcake. Problem solved – GF pound cake.

Oh. My. Oh. My. Soooo very delicious. I was planning on bringing some to my parent’s for Sunday dinner the following day, but we ate the whole thing. It was that good. The recipe, again from my favorite site, is here.

Is anyone else going GF? What are some of your favorite recipes?