Goodie Goodie Gluten-Free®

I got this recipe from one of my favorite non gluten-free cookbooks.  I tend to buy all kinds and just convert the recipes.  This cookbook called Homemade by Clodagh Mckenna .  She phrases her recipes as "Irresistible recipes for every occasion".  So true.   Clodagh McKenna, acclaimed cook, writer and television presenter, has created an invaluable kitchen companion as perfectly written in the introduction of her book. This lovely chutney is served at her Cafe.  Canal Cafe. pat of butter 2 onions sliced 2 1/4lb apples (a variety suitable for cooking, peeled, cored and diced) 2 1/2 cups brown sugar 10 whole cloves 1 tbsp. chile powder 3/4inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated 1 3/4 cup cider vinegar 1 tsp. sea salt 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp. turmeric powder Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and add the onions and apples.  Stir well, cover and let cook for five minutes. Stir in ...

Spangler Candy Canes are gluten-free! (All Spangler  candy is, and is made on GF equipment.  In fact their entire factory is free of gluten-fyi) In case you didn't know, and this post is super late, almost past the point...but just in case you didn't know...Most candy canes are NOT gluten-free.  It's a real shame.  And who knew?!  I mentioned Candy Canes in my Gluten-Free 101  section while talking of Hidden Gluten about a year ago, but I will mention it here in more depth.   Last year when I had my tree up, and kept taking all the candy canes and eating them, a bit here and a bit there.  After about 3 days, I started to REALLY notice my Gluten symptoms (hair loss, hives, breakouts...the whole 9 yards).  But I kept thinking it was something else.  Something I was ingesting and not realizing.  I racked my brains trying to figure it out and only came up with cross-contamination.  Never thinking the candy I ...