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Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free Recipes
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One of my son's has recently been diagnosed as gluten, wheat and dairy free. This is proving to be a fairly big challenge for us! Any suggestions for recipes, especially lunch box ideas, would be…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ruth Carpenter Jun 5, 2011.
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Ruth Carpenter posted a status"Find it very had to resist sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce.... yuuuuuuuum!"
Joe Bartlett left a comment for Ruth Carpenter"Wow Ruth that sounds amazing, your website looks great!! Well done to you on the teaching front. It will picking up i'm sure. your foodie pics look yummy!! Look forward to seeing you on the sauces course!"
Ruth Carpenter commented on Joe Bartlett's blog post What the students did next !!!....................???????????????................"Hi Joe,
I did the Diploma course in Sept 09, and almost immediately after emigrated to NZ. It was never my intention to change careers when I did the course, but my passion for food was so fired up after doing the course that I've…"
Ruth Carpenter replied to Ruth Carpenter's discussion Dairy, Wheat and Gluten Free Recipes"Thanks for this Dom. I will try the pastry - but will have to sub the butter for margarine, as he is also dairy free. Should be able to come up with a filling subbing the dairy for soy milk - won't be quite the same, but hopefully…"
Ruth Carpenter posted a discussionDairy, Wheat and Gluten Free Recipes
One of my son's has recently been diagnosed as gluten, wheat and dairy free. This is proving to be a fairly big challenge for us! Any suggestions for recipes, especially lunch box ideas, would be gratefully received. Currently sushi is a favourite - and fortunately I've managed to find a gluten free soya sauce! However we need a bit more variety :-)See More
Ruth Carpenter replied to Veronique de Sutter's discussion Diploma course question"Hi Veronique,
I did the course in Sept 09 - I had no intention of changing career, just wanted to improve my cooking skills. I loved every minute of it, and learned so much. I am even considering a change of career! Go for…"
Ruth Carpenter commented on Dom O's group Meat Free Mondays"Here's a great quick and easy recipe my whole family love:
Haloumi with Spiced Chickpeas, Spinach and Tomato 2T vegetable oil 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced 1t ground turmeric 1t ground cumin 2 x 400g cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained 2…"
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Meat Free Mondays
This group has been set-up to inspire and encourage those who want to try to reduce the amount of Meat in their diet by having a Monday Meal featuring only veggies.
Ruth Carpenter commented on Darrin Hosegrove's blog post Healthy Eating starts in February"Start a new family tradition Darrin - in our family we share the cooking - the person who is hosting Christmas that year cooks the main course. Everyone else brings nibbles, salads and desserts (it is summer here, so salads are good!). …"
Ruth Carpenter commented on Dom O's blog post Let's hear it for chefs who cook"I vote for Jeremy Ashpool at Jeremy's just outside Haywards Heath (West Sussex) - it was our place top go for all special occasions when we lived in the UK. Jeremy makes great food using lots of local ingredients. …"
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Dessert Island launches at Clevedon Farmers Market
Posted on March 24, 2010 at 9:08 3 Comments 0 Likes
Dessert Island starts trading this Sunday, 28 March, at the Clevedon Farmers Market! We will be selling a range of handmade, high quality desserts using quality fresh ingredients (no additives or preservatives – only things you would recognise in your own cupboard J )…
Continue Dessert Island Tasting Evenings
Posted on March 6, 2010 at 4:17 2 Comments 0 Likes
I held three focus group Dessert Tasting Evenings this week, Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday nights. 28 people tasted my desserts over three nights. I had a mixture of old favourites and some of my own recipes. I had two questionaires for people to complete - one before the tasting to find out what they thought of the idea of each dessert, and one to rate each dessert after tasting. The results were very interesting, and not necessarily expected (although I have asked myself what I expected,…
Continue Dessert Island - where there's always room for pudding
Posted on March 1, 2010 at 7:52 3 Comments 0 Likes
After completing my Chef's Diploma at Ashburton Cookery School last September, I returned to NZ to live after 7 years in the UK. It seemed like the perfect time for a career change, so I have given up IT Consultancy and am currently working on my businss plan for Dessert Island! No prizes for guessing what I'm planning to make and sell!
I plan to start small, using the local Farmers Market as a test market, then when I feel that I have the right product offering I will target…
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- At 9:43 on July 13, 2011, Joe Bartlett said…
- Wow Ruth that sounds amazing, your website looks great!! Well done to you on the teaching front. It will picking up i'm sure. your foodie pics look yummy!! Look forward to seeing you on the sauces course!
- At 3:57 on March 6, 2010, Ruth Carpenter said…
- Hi Mohamed, I hope you are enjoying the diploma course - I had a ball! I had never heard of Red Velvet Cake until you asked about it. I did a quick google and found loads of recipes on the net, so I'd suggest you have a good look through them until you find one that sounds like your kind of thing. Re the frosting, I'd probably go with good old butter cream. You can flavour/colour this with anything you like - I like to add a bit of cream cheese to give it a bit of a tang, but you might not want to do this if you're making a chocolate flavoured Red Velvet Cake. A good basic buttercream icing recipe is 110g unsalted butter (room temp), 60 ml milk (I use semi-skimmed), 500 g icing sugar. Beat butter, milk and half icing sugar until smooth (can take several minutes) then slowly add remaining icing sugar. If you want vanilla flavour add 1 t good quality vanilla extract at the beginning. You can substitute the vanilla for any other flavour you fancy. Add food colouring at the end, drop by drop, until you get the colour you want. Hope that helps! Good luck with the course. Are you planning to go into the food industry?
- At 22:02 on March 5, 2010,
Mohamed Seif-Elnasr said… - Ruth, Hi. I am taking the Diploma course now at the school and just signed up to the network. Best of luck with your career change. Do you know a good recipe for Red Velvet Cake. I had it in a boutique pastry shop inside of Bloomingdales in Dubai. It is really good. A beetroot color cake with fluffy (good tasting) icing. I got a recipe from the the www.foodnetwrok.ca where I get most of my recipes, but the icing was wrong and runny and the cake was good, but not as good as I hoped for. Any pointers.
- At 10:23 on February 28, 2010,
Jan Highcock said… - Hi Ruth, hope you are well. I am sure you are still cooking up a storm in Auckland. Drop me a line when you get a chance. Take care. Jan xx
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