GF mini dounts

I brought a donut maker yesterday from KMart for only $9 so of course I wanted to make donuts today. I brought a donut flour mix from Fairley's and made up the mixture, below is a photo of what I started with:

Here is a photo of my end product:

This is only half the mixture, I have 2 sandwich bags full of donuts left over which I am going to try and freeze.

YUM, YUM!!!  :)



Brownies

Here is a photo of the brownies I made for a morning tea that we had at work. I made them from Woolworths macro brand, packet mix and they tasted SO good!!!!

Well and Good - bread from a packet

Here is what the Well and Good (packet mix) bread looks like once cooked ... well my version of it anyway. It's not as good as Dr Schar bread, but it's not awful either, overall I would give it a 6.5 out of 10 (it loses points for the amount of time I had to wait for it to prove) :-p

A day of High's and Low's

Yesterday was such a mixed day in my gluten free life. Since I have moved back to Victoria I have been ordering my Schar products on-line from Werribee and have just been buying the foods that are sold in Coles and Woollies.

The High:

I went to Fairley's IGA (http://www.fairleys.com.au/index.html) as some of the girls at work had told me that they sell a lot of GF foods their and OMG they were right!!! They have Schar products, as well as the Irresistible lolly range that I like, Byron Bay Triple Choc Cookies, the standard frozen stuff, as well as so many more pre-packed foods PLUS they have already made GF products in the bakery section!!! They had apple pie, apricot pie, lamingtons, swiss roll, chicken and beef pies, rum balls, cakes OMG I was in heaven!!! I can't believe I have never been to this store before. If you are ever looking for me, try this store first before anything else, I think I am going to move in!!!

The Low:

I went for dinner last night at the Shepparton RSL and had the Chicken Avocado after the lady at the register checked with the chef asking if the sauce had flour in it. She said that it didn't so I ordered my meal and got a receipt, the receipt even had the words 'Gluten Free' written on it. Once the meal arrived I ate it and it tasted quite nice. Not too long after I had a reaction to it had to frequent the toilets their quite a few times. In the end Mum and Lionel were waiting at the front door for me as they were wanting to go home so we made the dash home hoping that the urge to go to the toilet didn't it (which it didn't thankfully), once home I had to sit on the porcelain bowl for a little while longer till it was all out of my system. What a sucky end to such an exciting GF related day :(

11 years prison for a man who sold fake gluten free products

Check out this article (link below). 11 years prison for a man who sold products saying they were gluten free when they weren't.

Man who sold fake gluten free products

Perth's Gluten Free Expo

Today I went to Perth's Gluten Free Expo at the Convention Centre. I learnt from last years mistake and took more cash this time, which was just as well as I brought lots :)

From Schar I brought: Pan Carne bread, Twinny snacks, Ciabattine bread, Pepitas Cookies and another item called Snack.

From Bodhisattva Bakery I brought: Lemon shortbread and a Choc Orange Jaffa biscuit.

From Confectionary Link I brought: Rocky Road, mud cake and junior mints

From Eskal I brought: a few varieties of pasta

I also brought 2 cook books @ $5 each :)

Carl brought some Cheeseballs and marshmallows, items he loved from last years expo.

I like the expo as you get to try the food before you buy it. There are also guest speakers and cooking demonstrations. I also like that you get contact details for stores and websites so that I can get the food after the expo moves on.

A good afternoon :)

Star & Garter Hotel Kalgoorlie

I was in Kalgoorlie for the weekend just gone visiting family and was taken to the Star & Garter Hotel for dinner. It was a standard looking Kalgoorlie Hotel, full of workmen relaxing after a long days work and of course there was a skimpy that wasn't too badly dressed considering what some of them wear (or not wear). Anyway the big surprise was the restaurant, it was simple but nice, the meals were big and reasonably priced. I had the surf and turf, the chef made me a garlic sauce without any flour and it scrumptious, such a lovely meal. A nice night out and I would recommend it to other people :)

Gluten Free Expo

Mark it your calendar peoples, the Gluten Free Expo will be at the Exhibition Centre Perth on March 12th and 13th. I'm very excited, Dr Shar's is listed as attending, I'm hoping that Kez's will be there too. This time I am going to take more money with me now that I know what to expect and that so much can be brought. It's going to be a good day :)

Spoilt by Claire

Yesterday Rae and I had a play date with Claire and Sox. While Rae was hiding from a friendly Sox, Claire made me an awesome lunch. She made marinated honey, soy and garlic chicken (GF Fountain's marinade) with a lovely salad. It was YUM!!! Claire inspired me to make my own so I brought marinade and a pre packaged salad today and now my chicken is currently marinating in the fridge. I can't wait to cook and eat it tomorrow night.

Thanks for introducing me to marinated chicken and such a scrumptios lunch Claire Bear xoxo

GF Chocolate Self Saucing Sponge Pudding

Today I made Basco's GF chocolate self saucing sponge pudding. It was SO nice. I am glad I am the only person that wanted any as now I have left overs for tomorrow :)

I love the Basco's brand, their cake's and cupcakes always turn out well. I hope they are represented at the Gluten Free Foods Expo in Perth next month., i'll be buying up big :)