gluten free

Cookbookz for Cool Kidz

Posted on by Caitlin

Skip to recipe for curried lentil stew with potatoes and carrots

Hey team. Things are pretty terrible right now, and they just keep getting worse, huh? Like many many other people (judging by the fact that the whole internet is out of yeast and flour) I have been spending a lot of time in the kitchen lately. Also like many others, I am hungry for ways to connect to the world outside my apartment. So from now until at least whenever the shelter in place order is lifted in Illinois, I’m going to post something in this space every Monday. These posts probably won’t be as long or polished or, well, good as I would like. But they will be something I can keep doing and a way I can keep sharing. Hopefully, if you’re reading this, there will be some ideas you can use or some dumb drawings that make you smile. Also, I would love to see what you are baking (and hear about your kitchen fails) as well!

Anyway, on to the dumb drawings!

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Crouching Baker, Hidden Gluten

Posted on by Caitlin

I wasn’t totally honest with you about those chocolate chip cookies a few weeks ago. I didn’t lie about their deliciousness (I’m not a monster). I still believe that everyone you feed them to will love them, and you. But when I said they would solve all your social problems, I was exaggerating. The truth is, sooner or later you’ll run into someone – like a vegan, or a person allergic to soy, gluten, dairy or chocolate – who can’t eat them. And then, your Lutheran cookie powers will be useless.

But when that happens, you mustn’t lose hope! There are other powers you can call upon. I’ll show you. I know I may seem like a simple prairie girl: facing the world with nothing but a church cookbook, a few pounds of butter, and a sweet, I-hope-she-doesn’t-realize-I-have-no-idea-what-‘fleek’-is smile. But I have a more sophisticated set of baking skills than you might think. Read More