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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 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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Is the Ninja Creami worth it? We think Yes!
If you know our bakery, then chance are you or someone you know has at least one dietary restiction. The new Ninja Creami machine might be perfect for you, as it lets you make custom "ice cream" recipes at home, in small'ish quantities that can cater to your different dietary needs. You can take a couple of simple ingredients (avoiding the not-so great additives of store-bought , pre-freeze them for 24hrs in their special tubs, and spin them on demand, right when you want som
May 16, 2024
Sweet Potato "McDonalds Hashbrown" Fritters
I had some frozen grated sweet potato in my freezer that I wanted to use up, so I put these fritters together, and they were so good! BONUS: I froze the leftovers, and they reheat amazingly in the airfryer too!! Here's how to make them: Ingredients: about 4 cups grated sweet potato (I used our food processor attachment) 1/4c almond flour 1/4c cassava flour (or you can sub tapioca or another "starchy" flour here. I just like that cassava is a resistant starch) 2 eggs (or I've
Apr 29, 2024
Caramel Pecan Clusters
Sugar-Free "Turtle" Candy Recipe | Dairy-Free & Vegan | Low Carb This is "Turtles" Candy without the sugar, and without the dairy!! You can watch the full YouTUbe video here: https://youtu.be/_2adUd44D7A&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgFOPg Feel free to sub our coconut sugar based caramel sauce if you don't want to use allulose: https://youtu.be/L_caYTBpziA&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgFOPg Makes: 12 Ingredients: 1/2 cup allulose* (see note below) 6 tbsp coconut milk, full fat (from
Apr 27, 2024
Easy ONE BOWL Chocolate Chip "Kookies" & Make A Viral "Crookie"!!
We’re making a gluten-free/vegan/paleo version of the “Crookie” (Croissant + Cookie) that has been going viral all over social media. And BONUS you also get our Chocolate Chip Kookie Recipe to make at home whenever you like!! :) #paleo #glutenfree #vegan #chocolatechipcookies Watch our full video here: https://youtu.be/A5xfJUDeudc&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgFOPg Where you can get GF croissants in our area: Choko Mocko, Ajax, Ontario, Canada https://choko-mocko.com (just out
Apr 11, 2024
2 Ingredient Chocolate Snack Cake!! Paleo, Low Carb & Nut-Free
I was skeptical with the 2 ingredient brownies, but they proved me wrong, so here we tried the 2 ingredient chocolate cake, separating the eggs, and whipping the whites to make the cake fluffy. And this one actually worked too! Ingredients: 1 1/3c chocolate chips* also works with sugar-free choc chips! or white choc chips 4 eggs Directions: Preheat your oven to 350F and line a 8x8 baking pan with parchment Melt chocolate chips in 30 second increments until melted, then let co
Apr 8, 2024
Gluten-Free Vegan Speculoos & Cookie Butter Recipe
Delicious, spicy, creamy cookie butter - like the real thing but better! No gluten, no soy, and totally vegan too. One batch of the cookies makes enough for one batch of cookie butter, plus some extra that you can enjoy dipped in your new homemade cookie butter. Because the cookie butter contains coconut milk, I store the spread in the fridge, and let sit at room temp to soften before using. Speculoos Cookie Ingredients: 1 1/2c gluten free flour (we used 1/2c each tapioca, mi
Mar 22, 2024
Gluten Free Mini Egg Brownie Cookies
Fudgey chocolately brownie cookies, with crushed mini eggs just in time for Easter. For a dairy-free version, swap out the mini eggs for a dairy-free chocolate chip or other mix-in (like Unreal quinoa gems) for a super yummy df fudge brownie cookie (the cookie dough itself is df). Makes 18-20 large cookies Here's what you'll need: -2 eggs -100g dark chocolate, melted -168g of coconut oil (about 3/4c) -180g of coconut sugar (about 1c) -1 tsp of vanilla -80g of gluten free flo
Mar 11, 2024
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
🍒✨ Maple Syrup Orange Cranberry Sauce | Fresh & Easy
You have no excuses to use canned gelatinous cranberry sauce - making your own is super easy and you'll never go back to canned!! Watch how easy it is: https://youtube.com/shorts/b57pDkBj3Xc?feature=share Growing up with Dutch parents, we always had homemade applesauce on the table for Thanksgiving and Christmas—a bright, refreshing contrast to all the rich dishes. So years later, when I watched Bobby Flay whip up cranberry sauce on TV and tried it myself, I had that same aha
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
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