I made my first batch of GF, lactose-free biscuits tonight for dinner, and they are light, fluffy, and *delicious*! I traded out the flour blend for Bob’s All-Purpose GF flour blend, and I used rice milk + 1 egg yolk to mimic the consistency of regular milk. I also used Earth Balance vegan butter sticks, [...]
Archive > November 2009
Completed.
Chapter One. I *love* the ‘comments’ feature in Mac’s MS Word. It’s not only helpful, it saves trees!
As my older brother would say…”Huh.”
I realized quite by accident today that my rough draft is done. Which means it’s time to go back through the sucker and start making it good. After the first draft is finished, I’ll go back through it again and do the second one, then it’s out to the readers. I have no idea when [...]
“The Confessions of a Semi-Successful Author.”
The article is from 2004, but unfortunately still valid. It’s a depressing read, but honesty is a good thing. I am finally fully grateful for e-publishers, who most likely are more willing to give the “not commercial enough” authors a chance.
Thanksgiving cooking.
The GF Cranberry Chutney tastes *amazing* and was really easy to make. The spice cake is good – tastes like the real thing, even though it’s free of gluten AND lactose. After the problem I had with adding applesauce in place of milk, for this cake I added one egg yolk to the rice milk [...]
Preschool: the gift that keeps on giving.
The Kid has pinkeye. He started the antibiotic ointment (he wouldn’t use the drops), but no school til Monday because of the holiday week. Not sure what we’re going to do about family festivities; technically he’s not supposed to be contagious after 24 hours of medication (assuming it’s bacterial – it’s difficult to know for [...]
Instant tear-fest.
Susan Boyle’s cover of Wild Horses is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.
