Mary Draper
Let’s Talk Cashews (And Poison Ivy?)
Although cashews can make a great, creamy, dairy-free substitute (great for making “cheese” sauces or “cheese”cakes or super creamy...
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Browse our blog for gluten, grain & dairy free (& some vegan!) recipes to try out at home, some tips & tricks, and updates & behind the scenes of running our shop & managing our health.
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Mary Draper
- Apr 4
- 2 min
Ingredient Spotlight - Cassava & Tapioca
We’re back for another ingredient spotlight this week! We get so many questions about our flours, since we don’t use the typical...
Mary Draper
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Who's coming to the Holistic Health & Wellness Expo Sat June 4?
We're SOOOOO excited to announce that we'll be at the Holistic Health & Wellness Expo at the Lakeside Pavilion in Kingsville, from 10am...
Mary Draper
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Ingredient Spotlight - Almond Flour
Almond flour is a common and popular substitute in wheat-free baking. It’s low in carbs, packed with nutrients and has a slightly sweeter...
Mary Draper
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Ingredient Spotlight - Canadian Maple Syrup
One of our most commonly used ingredients (right after almond flour and tapioca) is organic maple syrup. We use it as a sweetener, a...
Mary Draper
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Are We Keto? Vegan? What ARE We?
We get asked this quite a bit, and while we usually try to avoid labeling our type of baking (we purposely left a diet label out of our...
Mary Draper
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Healthier Sugar Swaps to Start 2022
These days we are completely overrun with refined sugar. Not just in the obvious places like sodas, fruit drinks and candy, but it also...
Mary Draper
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
Holiday Food Flares - Are you flaring now too?
I made a bad choice yesterday, and now I hurt. I woke up with that all too familiar feeling, like I’d “been hit by a truck”. My whole...
Mary Draper
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Holiday Baking? Here's our favourite staple ingredients & where to get them.
(Absolutely no sponsors/affiliation. Just high quality ingredients we love.) If you're planning out some gluten-free baking over the...
Mary Draper
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Work-Life Balance? Does it exist?
Our bakery has been a labour of love from the very start. It started more than a year ago as a "side-hustle" while James & I both still...