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Welcome to The OTHER Side of Mindful BakeHouse
The side for the do-it-yourselfers, the adventurous bakers, and those that live a little too far away to make it to our bakery in person. This is where I post all the fun gluten-free dairy-free things I've been testing/making that aren't official BakeHouse recipes. Most of which we also share on our YouTube Channel, as well as our second instagram account, & TikTok. So if you're like me and you'd rather watch than read, feel free to go follow us on your fav social media app i
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Bakery news & updates, behind the scenes, as well as gluten-free and/or dairy-free product unboxing & finds.
Trying Levain's NEW GF/V Choc Chip Walnut NYC Cookies! #NYC #glutenfree #vegan
We tried the "regular" Levain cookies a few months ago. You can watch that video here: https://youtu.be/dhQD-On5_pI But this time we wanted to try their gluten-free & vegan NYC Cookie (since I try my best to be gf/df). The website warns that they're crumbly... and they totally are... but watch to the end to see what we think. https://youtu.be/FC1LL_42UmU?si=jT3R-e7CBVxWzdFh Ingredients of their "Vegan & GF Chocolate Chip Walnut": Plant based butter (made from cashews, almond
Nov 18, 2025
Our very first YouTube video: watch Sarah & I face off in a pretzel shaping race, LMAO
Mary & Sarah go head to head in a pretzel battle - (Comment Below Who You Think Is Gunna Win!) then head over and watch our 90 second video to find out: https://youtu.be/rcAzkaYsCHw We're new to YouTube and still trying to find our niche - so please be kind, and let us know what you'd like to see more of!!! #bakeryowner #smallbusinessowner #bakery ================================================ ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfu
Nov 18, 2025
My day trip to Gluten Free Fest in London ON
Come along and walk through GFF with me: https://youtu.be/CwLbL5VBEGQ This is a throwback to a day trip I made in the summer, by myself to visit Gluten Free Fest in London Ontario in 2024, to pick up from a bunch of local gf bakeries (to restock our gran b go freezers back at. our own gf bakery in Windsor), as well as getting to check out their Farm Boy (Windsor is too small a city to have some of the fun/specialty grocery chains yet). Some the awesome vendors at the show (so
Nov 17, 2025
Trying Max Mallows | Keto Sugar-Free Marshmallows
We recently grabbed some new goodies to try from a Detroit Meijer including these keto/sugar-free marshmallows (with MCT Oil & collagen) that my kids wanted to try, and they have some fun/unique flavours too. Regular price was $5.89 USD for 12 marshmallows Sale price was $4.99 Watch us inbox and taste test these marshmallows with my kids - are they any good? https://youtu.be/QGA0FjXdXm8 #keto #lowcarb #zerosugar #sugarfree #marshmallow #caramel #birthdaycake #mctoil #collagen
Nov 17, 2025
🦕We Tried Dino Buddies Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets
We found some dinosaur shaped gluten-free chicken nuggets on our last shopping trip in Detroit Meijer 🇺🇸 Watch our unboxing/taste test video with my kids, and see what we thought of them: https://youtu.be/hyyQmO_1Z4Q ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfulbakes/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@marysmindfulbakes YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@marysmindfulbakes Fav Products* 🇨🇦 https://www.amazon.ca/shop/mindfulbakehouse Fav Produ
Nov 17, 2025
I made a Terry's Chocolate Orange | DIY Silicone Mold | How It's Made
If you’re dairy-free, vegan, gluten or wheat-free, nut-free, soy-free, refined-sugar-free you are just plain out of luck when it comes to Terry's chocolate oranges. And they're a holiday tradition in my husband's family. So I thought it would be fun to make my own!! You could make it df/v/gf/sf/keto depending on the chocolate/mix-ins you use - the possibilities are endless. 🍫🍊 Ingredients for Terry's Chocolate Orange: * Sugar * Cocoa mass * Cocoa butter * Skimmed milk powde
Nov 17, 2025
Make a Heart Cake WITHOUT a Heart Pan ♡
💌 HEART CAKE HOW TO - If you have a round cake pan, here’s how you turn it into a heart, and no scraps! (Ok, maybe the tiniest scraps, but they’re great for a tiny taste test to make sure you baked the cake perfectly!😉) 1️⃣ Start with a baked & cooled round cake ⭕️ 2️⃣ Mark the centre across your cake (but don’t cut!) 🔪 3️⃣ Then mark the centre the other direction, marking quarters on the cake ❌ 4️⃣ Cut off 2 edges, mark to mark, making sure to cut 2 side-by-side edges (⚠️
Nov 17, 2025
Brownie Box Mix Chickpea Hack | Vegan, Egg-free Oil-Free Brownie Swap
Let’s try the hack where you use a can of chickpeas in place of the oil/water/eggs called for on your box mix brownies to make egg-free/vegan brownies. It also significantly changes the macros (see chart below ⬇️) Please refer to your brownie box mix ingredients if you need it to be fully vegan - the simple mills box mix we used was vegan You need: -Standard sized Brownie Box Mix (to make a 8x8 or 9x9 brownie) -1 can of chickpeas Steps: 1. Drain & rinse your chickpeas, then a
Nov 17, 2025
Welcome to The OTHER Side of Mindful BakeHouse
The side for the do-it-yourselfers, the adventurous bakers, and those that live a little too far away to make it to our bakery in person. This is where I post all the fun gluten-free dairy-free things I've been testing/making that aren't official BakeHouse recipes. Most of which we also share on our YouTube Channel, as well as our second instagram account, & TikTok. So if you're like me and you'd rather watch than read, feel free to go follow us on your fav social media app i
Nov 16, 2025
Thanksgiving Preorders Open
Thanksgiving Pre-orders are now open! (can you believe that it's less than 4 weeks away!?!) When checking out, we now have a drop down menu to select your pickup date - choose from Thurs, Fri or Sat. If you need a different pickup date, please choose the regular pickup option and add a note to let us know. Thank you!! Note: our hours are Tues/Fri 12-6pm & Thurs/Sat 12-4pm ___________________________________________________________________ Thanksgiving Pies Choose from o
Sep 18, 2025
Windsor-Essex Gluten-Free Restaurant List
Disclaimer: this is a list of place you guys have recommended/eat at. Please check with each restaurant for their level of gluten-free-ness/celiac-safe-ness/dedicated prep space. (image of my spreadsheet...) While we no longer have any 100% gf restaurants any more 😭, we do have lots of places offering gf options. But some our hidden gems that only a few people know about. So that's where this webpage comes in. You've sent me all you fav places to eat, and details about each,
Feb 17, 2025
Cleaner Beauty Brands - As Recommended By You
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook then you may have seen my recent post, that I went to reorder my fav Consonant products (a Canadian better-for-you skincare brand). only to find out that they closed in December 2024!! 😭 And now I'm left searching for a new brand... So I asked for YOUR fav recommendations. and you sent me SOOO many, I love it, and appreciate you all so very very much. 🫶 I've gone through each and every one of your DMs, and found a few products to or
Feb 16, 2025
Paczki PREORDERS now open!!
PRE-ORDERS NOW OPEN for our gluten-free, dairy-free vegan paczki for Paczki Day Tuesday March 4, 2025. FILLINGS: -raspberry jam -sour-lemon curd -caramel -chocolate fudge -whipped cream (coconut) POWDERED SUGAR: -organic cane sugar (default if you don't specify) -organic coconut sugar NOTE: Please list your filling/sugar choice for each paczki in the comment box when checking out (or we will reach out to you by email - so we can prep enough filling for that day - thank you!!
Jan 31, 2025
Feel Good Foods find!! 🏆🥇
I don’t know how I’ve never seen these before!! (We don’t have them near me in Canada 🇨🇦) and turns out I’m even following these guys on instagram?!? But I randomly came across them at local grocery store chain while visiting a friend on vacation in another country. 🌎✈️ They had 4 Feel Good Foods products (pork/veg/ckn potstickers and pizza bites) and I grabbed the chicken potstickers & the pizza bites. Watch us cook & taste test them here: (or keep reading below)...
Jan 31, 2025
2024 Holiday Pre-Orders Now Open!!
We just finished finalizing our items today (I managed to successfully remove the eggs from our gingerbread cookie recipe today so it's vegan this year!!), so our holiday pre-orders are now open! A few things: like I just mentioned, the gingerbread recipe is now vegan, so both cookie kits are now 100% vegan, as well as our goodie box!! We've also added some extra days, that we are usually closed so when selecting a pickup date please note we will be open: Up to Sat Dec
Dec 2, 2024
Annie's Gluten-Free Fish & Chips | Stratford (Greater Toronto Area)
https://youtube.com/shorts/7Lq8s4MmHa8?feature=share If you are gluten-free, and ever find yourself in the Toronto Area, here is a gem of a restaurant you NEED to check out!! One entire side (so half!) of their menu is gluten-free, and 100% of the items on the (hilarious and unique) kids menu offer gluten-free substitutes. They have 3 dedicated gf fryers, a dedicated gf workspace, and tag all gf plates with a special sticker. AND if you're super worried or super gluten sensit
Nov 5, 2024
Eyeball Donut Giveaway!💕
Excerpt from Facebook: "The beautiful humans of 💕Team Tina💕 were so excited to partner up with Mary [of] Mary's Mindful BakeHouse Ltd. this weekend to surprise and delight her customers with a free treat from us! We always love partnering up with Mary and her team! These eyeball donuts were a perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit! Thanks to our friends at Desjardins Insurance and the #BetterState crew for helping us to bring this #betterthingsmoment to our community
Oct 21, 2024
Baking Pan Equivalents (my personal cheat sheet)
Ever go searching in your cupboards for a specifc pan you need for a recipe, and you don't have it? Or do you change batch sizes all the time, like I do? (I like to test 1/2 or 1/4 batches of new recipes before commiting to a whole batch and possibly wasting ingredients). So I use this chart to guide me to pick a new pan. There are other charts out there, that give you volume/cup measurement, but this gets tricky, because if you don't keep your pan area similar, your bake tim
Oct 21, 2024
Does baking soda contain aluminum? Plus DIY baking powder recipe
SHORT ANSWER (TL/DR): No. All baking soda are chemically 100% sodium bicarbonate. And do NOT contain aluminum. LONG ANSWER (see below) Ok, then where does this idea come from? It comes from baking soda’s cousin, baking powder. Baking powder is baking soda plus an acid that it reacts with to create the rise in your baked goods. Sometimes this acid is cream of tartar (like in our homemade grain-free corn-free baking powder recipe, we’ll share it at the bottom if you’d like to m
Oct 11, 2024
Thanksgiving PREORDERS Now Open!!
All our holiday goodies are added back onto our site, plus the new savoury pies from The Bread Essentials and all the new nut-free goodies from Newton's No Gluten, and we are now taking preorders for Thanksgiving. I've created a "holiday" filter/page, but you can totally order anything on our website for pickup, I just tried ot make it easier to find the pies, and stuffing, and dinner rolls, etc. All products: https://www.mindfulbakehouse.com/shop Holiday page: https://www.mi
Sep 30, 2024
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