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Bakery Blog & Recipes
Welcome to The OTHER Side of Mindful BakeHouse
The side for the do-it-yourselfers, the adventurous bakers, and those that live a little to 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 in
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NEWS
Bakery news & updates, behind the scenes, as well as gluten-free and/or dairy-free product unboxing & finds.
History of the Nanaimo Bar
I was thinking about this while cutting trays of them this morning… We get asked about Nanaimo bars a lot, especially from our visitors across the bridge. Flavour-wise: it’s a 3-layer bar with a chocolate-coconut crumb base, a custardy middle, and a layer of chocolate on top. While we know its a classic Canadian dessert, originating in the town of Nanaimo, British Columbia, I didn’t know much more than that, so I looked it up! The history seems to be quite foggy, but the reci
Jun 13, 2023
What exactly is vanilla? And what does it have to do with beavers?
Thankfully, nothing (anymore!)! But let me explain… In an effort to make some room on our bookshelves at home, I started purging my old collection of Food Network magazines, and came across an article on vanilla that mentioned imitation vanilla coming from wood pulp. That sent me down a rabbit hole to figure out what exactly is the difference between all the vanilla options out there. At our bakery, we always use real Madagascar vanilla bean or pure vanilla extract. But is im
Jun 5, 2023
NEW Bake-At-Home Cake Mixes
Make your own paleo cake or cupcakes at home, when you're craving a yummy treat! These delicious one bowl cake mixes come together so easy, all you need is a mixing bowl and a whisk! (Hand mixers are great too, but not required). Each pouch will make 12 cupcakes or one 8-inch round cake layer. Or bake it in an 8x8 inch square pan or a bundt pan for a fun snack cake! Just add eggs, oil, water, and vanilla, and you’re 20 minutes away from fresh baked cake/cupcakes. To celebrate
Apr 11, 2023
NEW Bake-At-Home Line
We're excited to launch the first of our Bake-At-Home products: a super easy pancake & waffle mix, made with our wholesome paleo ingredients. Just in time to enjoy with your family over March Break! To celebrate, we're giving away pouches of our pancake mix for you to try out. Stop by this week (Mar 14-Mar 18, 2023), and spend $20 or more, and we'll throw in a free pancake/waffle mix!! Check it out here: This is the first, or a whole line of bake-at-home products - what would
Mar 13, 2023
Need Keto/Sugar-Free? Do It Right With Paleo Palate Cafe, Now At Our Bakery!!
Watch an unboxing here: https://youtube.com/shorts/wrPXoHs0aPk?feature=share At first glance, you might mistake these cupcakes for cupcakes from our shop. I wouldn't blame you! My husband came into the bakery as I was taking these photos and thought they were too. But they came on a delivery van from Toronto today (along with lots of other yummy goodies!!) from Snehal of Paleo Palate Cafe. Since we opened, we've had lots of requests for keto/sugar-free/diabetic-friendly produ
Jan 14, 2023
House-Made Single-Source Chocolate Bars
If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you may have seen that we recently launched made-from-scratch chocolate bars. They're amazingly smooth and creamy, and sweetened with organic coconut sugar (a lower glycemic-index natural sugar). And we use 100% organic cacao & cacao butter from Peru, making them 100% organic, packed with antioxidants, good fats, trace minerals and zero soy/lecithin/fillers. Our new milk chocolate & white chocolate bars use organic coconut milk powde
Nov 28, 2022
TWEPI's Very Yummy Yuletide!
We're so excited to be featured in this year's Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island's "Very Yummy Yuletide" alongside other amazing local small businesses like Kings Bake Shop, Sweet Revenge Bake Shop, Caffeine & Co. and many more. You can read the full article on their website: https://www.visitwindsoressex.com/blog/a-very-yummy-yuletide/ The photos alone will make you hungry... :)
Nov 23, 2022
"Oats are mischievous"
You know I love listening to podcasts. From health, to food, to parenting & kids, to business; I listen to sooo many. Last week Dr. Steven Gundry (the author of some really great books like Plant Paradox, Energy Paradox, etc) spoke about oats. He called them "mischievous". Most of us know that there can be cross contamination between oats and gluten, since farms will use the same processing equipment to harvest their grains. This is why gluten-intolerant people are told to lo
Aug 22, 2022
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 “nice” cream, we don’t use cashews (or peanuts) at our bakery and here’s why: Cashews are the second most common nut allergy out there, second to - you guessed it - peanuts. What’s funny, is neither peanuts nor cashews are actually nuts. Peanuts, which actually grow underground, are considered legumes. And cashews are botanically considered a “dr
May 2, 2022
Bakery Update - April 25, 2022
Hi there! I thought I’d send out an update, since I’ve missed our weekly blog posts for a few weeks, and have been out of the bakery a bit, and I’m feeling a little out of touch with you all. We’ve had a challenging last few months, between onboarding new team members, making lots of reject product while they learn, equipment & electrical issues, and an ongoing battle with sick days as covid and other things are circulating right now. But we seem to be coming out of it no fin
Apr 25, 2022
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 gluten-free flour blends with rice, or potato, or oat flour. At our bakery, we use varying ratios of almond flour, coconut flour, cassava flour, and tapioca flour to get different textures for our baked goods. But what exactly is cassava flour and tapioca flour? And where does it come from? Tapioca and cassava come from the same plant - a plant call
Apr 4, 2022
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 until 4pm. And it's totally FREE!! Check out the poster below or head to the facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/2qVFlobrc As we get closer, watch for a list of all the amazing people you'll get to meet, talk to & learn from. I don't know about you, but we can't wait!!
Mar 28, 2022
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 taste. Almond flour may also provide more health benefits than traditional wheat flour, and it’s a very important ingredient here at Mary’s Mindful BakeHouse, as our main grain-free/gluten-free flour. Almond flour is made from ground almonds , after blanching and sifting to remove the skins, and results in a fine flour. Almond meal, on the
Mar 21, 2022
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 healthier replacement for processed sugars, but did you know it has health benefits too? Pure maple syrup is high in anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. FUN FACT: It has the same anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory properties as green tea!! It contains nutrients like: Manganese that helps in energy production. Riboflavin that helps
Mar 14, 2022
Countdown to DWFM 2022!
Come for a walk thru our farmer's market here: https://youtube.com/shorts/RFynIzJPkQU?feature=share Can you believe it’s only weeks away from the start of market season? The Downtown Windsor Farmer’s Market is starting early this year, on Saturday April 2!! I am totally excited (but totally not ready, lol). We have SOOOOOO much going on at the shop right now. It’s going to be a wild and crazy couple of months getting our front counter built out, setting up our new soft serve
Mar 7, 2022
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 bakery’s name), Mary’s Mindful BakeHouse fits best into the “paleo” label, with our whole food, unprocessed ingredients, and no grains, dairy, or legumes. We also have lots & lots of plant-based/vegan options and a few nut-free & AIP items (and are trying to add more options in the future!). We often get asked if we are diabetic safe, but our
Feb 28, 2022
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!
It's our storefront's first birthday this week!! If you're on our mailing list, check your inbox for a coupon from us! From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank you for supporting us over the last year (and before! - I know many of you have been with us long before the storefront). We've doubled our team, added some fun equipment & new recipes, and found our way into some stores near you to make it easier for you to enjoy an amazing bagel or pretzel, or indulge in dess
Feb 4, 2022
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 hides in processed foods and pasta sauces, and all sorts of places you wouldn’t even think to look. The average child today consumes way more than the recommended limit of 25 grams (or 6 teaspoons) a day!! Refined, added sugars can lead to sugar cravings & weight gain, energy crashes & metabolic diseases, headaches, inflammation, and many oth
Jan 4, 2022
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 body hurts. I used to feel this way every morning before going grain, dairy & nightshade free. It’s so hard to will yourself up & out of bed. To get up & get going. I know I’ve “red-fooded” myself (when you eat a food on your Red Food/Do Not Eat list), and am now in a flare up. I have to push through and get up. For me, luckily, I know at least
Dec 27, 2021
Holiday Baking? Here's our favourite staple ingredients & where to get them.
High quality ingredients we love. If you're planning out some gluten-free baking over the holidays, but don't know where to find some of the ingredients, we're sharing all our favourite brands for paleo home baking. FLOURS: 1) Almond flour - Kirkland brand: here at the bakery, we love Costco almond flour. Every few months, I search for newer/better brands, but Costco always wins out. Note: almond meal is not the same as almond flour in a recipe. Almond meal included the skin
Dec 13, 2021
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