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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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TikTok Pasta Chips - Made GF & DF!
PASTA CHIPS! Latest TikTok Trend: Made with cooked pasta, tossed in olive oil & spices and air fried until crispy. Serve with your fav dipping sauce! But we’re doing TWO ways: garlic Parmesan, and a gf df version with nutritional yeast - will they be as good? You Can Watch Our YouTube Short Here: https://youtube.com/shorts/Qrz51ttiZmI?feature=share Here’s how we made ours: Regular Garlic Parm: -boil pasta per packaging instructions, then drain & toss with olive oil, garlic, s
Mar 6, 2024
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free-ified Compost Cookies
Come along & listen to my thought process as we try to gluten-free & dairy-free-ify another recipe! This time it’s Lynja’s* Compost Cookies from the Nick DiGiovanni Knife Drop cookbook. We’re trying out some fun new goodies too as mix-ins: I found some slightly “cleaner” candy-coated df/vegan chocolate chips to use as M&Ms, as well as naturally coloured gf cornstarch-free sprinkles from Pure Foods. (Though I wasn’t a huge fan of the crunchy-ness of the candy-coated choc chips
Feb 29, 2024
GF/DF Homemade Chicken Nuggets
Come along as we try to gluten-free & dairy-free our favourite chicken nugget recipe (plus some of my ramblings/explanations of how/why I’m doing it a certain way). If you want the exact/original recipe, you can find it in Nick Giovanni’s cookbook: Knife Drop. We’ve been loving everything we’ve made from his book so far, but it’s not gf/df, so we’re going to see if we can convert some of them over for those of us with dietary restrictions, in a new series we’re going to call
Feb 27, 2024
DIY Bread Crumbs - They're SUPER Easy
Need gluten free bread crumbs for a recipe at home? Did you know how easy it is to make them yourself? Never buy them again AND you can switch them up and season them to your liking! INGREDIENTS: Gluten free bread (that's it!! unless you want to add some salt, and maybe some herbs/spices like Italian seasoning) DIRECTIONS: If your bread is not already stale, leave it out overnight to get stale. OR to shorten the time it takes, you can put the bread on a sheet tray and bake it
Feb 27, 2024
Happy French Toast Day - Recipe
Today is National French Toast Day!! Growing up french toast was one of my fav meals, and I would make it for dinner sometimes too. Use our new fluffy sandwich bread for a great gf version. Make it super fun by adding lots of toppings for everyone to mix & match and make it their own. Ingredients 4 slices of fluffy sandwich bread, defrosted and lightly toasted or left out to get stale so it holds up to the egg/milk mixture. 2 eggs splash of milk of your choice (we use coconut
Nov 28, 2023
Our Super Easy Fresh Cranberry Sauce - Thanksgiving 2023
You have no excuses to use canned gelatinous cranberry sauce - making your own is super easy and you'll never go back to canned!! Ingredients: 1 bag of cranberries 1/2c maple syrup 2 oranges pinch salt Directions: Divide the cranberries: add all but 1 cup of cranberries to a medium sauce pan. Keep the 1 cup aside for later. Zest both oranges and juice one orange and add to saucepan. Add maple syrup and salt and bring to boil over medium heat. Turn to low heat, and simmer unti
Nov 28, 2023
Our Gluten Free Stuffing Recipe - Thanksgiving 2023
This recipe was a HUGE hit this Thanksgiving. It was everyone's fav dish, and we all went for seconds and thirds. Switch out the protein to suit your tastes, and make the most delicious and crispy stuffing for your next holiday get together. :) Ingredients: 2lbs ground pork (we used pasture raised ground pork from Brandner's instead of sausages that sometimes have hidden/not-so-clean added ingredients. If you don't eat pork, you can totally sub any other ground meat/meat subs
Nov 28, 2023
Apple Crisp Recipe (2 ways)
With apple season finally here (we got some yummy apples from Lee & Maria's this week, and also picked out first apple from our new Honeycrisp tree in our backyard!) I've dusted off my mom's old apple crisp recipe, and given it a gluten-free, refined-sugar-free overhaul. Hope you like it! I make it two different ways: 1. As one bigger crisp: This makes enough for a 8x8 baking dish, and is great for sharing. For that, we like to bake it in a square 8x8 pyrex baking dish. 2. On
Sep 11, 2023
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe
In our house, zucchini season calls for double chocolate zucchini bread!! Back when I was little, my grandma would make us zucchini bread, using zucchinis they had grown in their backyard garden. Now we do it every time we get too many zucchinis, but with a healthier take on it. Gluten-free, dairy-free, and no refined sugar. No fancy steps or equipment required, and it's all mixed in one bowl, so easy clean up too. INGREDIENTS 1 large or 2 smaller zucchinis (after shredding y
Jul 30, 2023
Gluten Free & Actually Crunchy Battered Fish
Being English, fish & chips was a big part of my husbands' life. We used to have a "fish fry" almost every Sunday evening. But when I went gluten-free, I switched to pan-fried (unbuttered) fish that I would eat when he would do a fish fry. And slowly the fish fry tradition kind of fell away. Now, whenever my parents come to visit, he uses it as a "excuse" to do a fish fry, and I started working on a gluten-free batter. It took a few tries to get a batter that was tasty, and a
Mar 27, 2023
Buckwheat Pancake Recipe (gf)(veg)
Use this recipe to make heart pancakes in this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIrECcTgIg8&t=126s My family was making pancakes this morning for breakfast, and I felt like switching it up from my regular almond-flour based pancakes, so we made a buckwheat batter instead. They turned out great, and were easy to cook (not like a lot of other gf recipes that are super tricky to flip). So here's a great gluten-free recipe, for when you feel like switching it up too. B
Jan 22, 2023
Grain-Free, Corn-Free Sorghum "Popcorn"
Photo: organic air-popped popcorn (left), with organic pan-popped sorghum (right). If you're looking for a grain-free/corn-free alternate to popcorn, give this recipe a try! It uses organic pseudo-grain sorghum in place of corn kernels, for a healthier alternative, and uses pretty much the same technique as stove-top popcorn. (We tried in the air-popper but the sorghum kernels are so light, they flew out before popping). Have you heard of sorghum? It's a nutrient packed pseud
Jan 8, 2023
Our Favourite Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Ever wonder what to do with all those seeds (after you've carved your Halloween pumpkins, or made some pumpkin pies)? Every Halloween we try different recipes roasting the pumpkin seeds. This year, this was the winner! We tried several different recipes from adding paprika & garlic powder, to everything bagel spice, to these guys. The secret... white vinegar! These were an attempt to make salt & vinegar flavoured pumpkin seeds (cuz our kids love S&V potato chips). And althoug
Oct 31, 2022
Chocolate Avocado Breakfast Pudding
Creamy, chocolatey pudding, made easy with only 3 ingredients. Add some optional toppings for crunch, and you’re all set for a sweet-tooth-satisfying breakfast, full of healthy fats to keep you full until lunch. I love to make a bunch of these and freeze them for easy on-the-go breakfasts, when I don't have time to make something (Farmer's Market mornings!!). It's also great for when all your avocados and bananas go ripe at the same time, and you don't know what to do with th
Jan 17, 2022
DIY Tortilla/Pita Chips Recipe
Sticking with this week's "Creation Giveaway" theme, these make-your-own pita/tortilla chips are so quick & easy, you can make them in your oven in the time it takes to reheat leftover curry/soup. Or use them with your favourite dip or humus!! I don't know about you, but I totally miss corn. I used to put corn in my soups, our chili, and tortilla chips with salsa, dips or guac is just awesome. (And fresh Lafferty's corn on the cob!!! OMG. Don't we have the best corn here in E
Jan 10, 2022
Pillowy Homemade Marshmallows
Have you ever made your own marshmallows at home? They're so pillowy and soft, you'll never want to go back to the store bought ones - And extra bonus, these marshmallows are made from cleaner ingredients, and will go amazing with your homemade paleo hot cocoa ( get the recipe here )!! We made these at our bakery for homemade s'mores. You'll need a thermometer for this recipe to make sure the syrup reaches the right temperature - but don't let that scare you off. If you don't
Dec 6, 2021
Easy Fruit Jam
This is our easy berry jam that we use for our amazing pistachio thumbprint cookies. Only 3 ingredients, and so super easy, fresh & delicious! Tweak the syrup amount if you want it more or less sweet. When I make it for myself (to top my waffles - get my waffle recipe here ), I totally leave it out. What you need: I cup of berries (fresh or frozen) - for our thumbprint cookies, we use all raspberries. When I make it for waffles I love a combo of cherries and blueberries. But
Nov 15, 2021
Homemade Paleo Waffles (vegan option)
While my kids love pancakes ( you can try our pancake recipe here ), I've always been a sucker for French toast or waffles. So I adapted our easy gluten free, grain free, vegan pancake recipe to work in our waffle iron and make super tasty breakfast waffles. This one is a little trickier and has a few extra ingredients than the pancake recipe, but its totally worth it! You will need: 2 cup almond flour 2 tbsp coconut flour 1 tbsp cassava flour 1/4 cup tapioca flour 1 tbsp bak
Nov 15, 2021
Easy Vegan Pancakes
Use this recipe to make heart pancakes in this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIrECcTgIg8&t=126s These have been my family's go to pancake recipe for over a year. My brother and his girls love it too! It's simple, and easy. It's gluten-free, grain-free and vegan. You will need: 2 cup almond flour 1/4 cup tapioca flour 1 tbsp baking powder (if you're sensitive to corn, make your own at home with 1 tsp baking soda, and 2 tsp of cream of tartar) 1 tbsp coconut sugar
Nov 15, 2021
Easy Homemade Coconut Whipped Cream
Here’s a delicious, yet simple plant-based recipe for whipped cream. Over here we add it to EVERYTHING from hot chocolates & lattes, to pies & ice cream, and pancakes & waffles . If you prefer it less sweet, you can leave out the syrup (or add a bit more, if you like it sweeter!). You will need: A 400mL can of full fat coconut milk or coconut cream (if you’re sensitive to soy, find a brand that does not have additives), chilled in fridge overnight. 2 tbsp pure maple syrup 1
Nov 15, 2021
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