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Knit_Witch

Large glass of red here please! oh and for the gf people I was given this info by a dietitian

Gluten free flour mixes



Basic white flour substitute

6 parts rice flour

2 parts potato starch

1 part tapioca flour



Xanthan Gum

For bread/scone add 1tsp per 500g of flour

For cakes and biscuits add ½ tsp per 500g of flour

For pastry and shortbread add ¼ ts per 500g flour



Grainy gluten free flour (suitable for breads and quick breads)



1000g brown rice flour

400g golden cornmeal (fine)

200g tapioca starch

100g chick pea flour

100g buck wheat flour

50g red lentils

50g quinoa

30g linseeds

30g sunflower seeds



1 tsp xanthan gum per 250g flour

cornishchick

:)Sorry to be a pain, but could I have a shot of whisky instead please

3rd batch of GF cup cakes looking a little better then the first two. Made spag bol in slow cooker and a batch of half decent Gf dough balls, to find out they didn't plan to eat dinner here and are now eating on route, and didn't DH tell me............... grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Oh well feel like I am on great British bake off, that sinking feeling when Mary seems your cakes that didn't rise, well mine didn't rise but at leastthey have fFlat!! Tops so will cover in icing a silver balls.....:p
got time to whip up a batch of none gf ones so will check it's not my oven playing up...

ArthriticOldThing

Thanks greatly for that Knit Witch. Information now safely stored.

kidcat

Ok so have left out a selection of wines on the counter - feel free to help yourself I however am joining cornishchick in a large whisky - my ribs are so sore now as well, I figure a large glass of medicinal should help!!

Pooky

Interesting link wonder, thanks.

I need some parsnip inspiration, they were selling them off in Mr As today, loose ones had been bagged up and were 30p a KG as they're slightly past their best.

I picked up a few bags so I thought I'd make up a couple of batches of mixed root veg mash, get some prepped and part roasted and frozen ready for quick roasts.....I was hoping for something's soupy too? Anyone have any favourite recipes for me?

mardatha

I would love to know how to make that mash turnip with potatoes mix that they sell in tesco. Mine comes out wet and horrible.

katieowl_2

Knit_Witch wrote: »

Large glass of red here please! oh and for the gf people I was given this info by a dietitian

Gluten free flour mixes



Basic white flour substitute

6 parts rice flour

2 parts potato starch

1 part tapioca flour



Xanthan Gum

For bread/scone add 1tsp per 500g of flour

For cakes and biscuits add ½ tsp per 500g of flour

For pastry and shortbread add ¼ ts per 500g flour



Grainy gluten free flour (suitable for breads and quick breads)



1000g brown rice flour

400g golden cornmeal (fine)

200g tapioca starch

100g chick pea flour

100g buck wheat flour

50g red lentils

50g quinoa

30g linseeds

30g sunflower seeds



1 tsp xanthan gum per 250g flour

Have you tried that second one? Do the lentils cook through?

Kate

maryb

katieowl wrote: »

My eyeball hurts today, not the one that popped, the other one, but in the same place IYSWIM. Think I may refuse that test another time It was a glaucoma test...anyone else had problems with that?

Kate

Katie I have glaucoma and I have regular field tests to see how it's progressing. Fortunately it seems pretty stable at present - in fact I've even got my driving licence back without restrictions woohoo! It IS disconcerting the first time you do it and because you keep staring at the fixed point of light your eyes feel quite dry and sore for a few minutes but you would be surprised how quickly you get totally used to it. You've got a good optician there - not all opticians are set up to do field tests - so PLEASE don't refuse the test. You wouldn't know you had glaucoma until about half the optic nerve cells were dead and then it's too late to do anything about it, whereas with an early diagnosis you would be able to get treatment to stop the progression

jpscloud

Oooh parsnip is my absolute fave for soups. I've tried the various spiced ones, but honestly for me it's such a lovely flavour that a simple creamy parsnip soup can't be beaten. I do admit to adding just a tiny bit of nutmeg, but I think strong spices or curry spoils it.

I don't follow a recipe so it's slightly different every time but the ingredients are four (edit: large!) parsnips, a couple of sticks of celery, a large potato and a large onion (sweated in a couple of tbsps of olilve oil) with vegetable stock. I do mine in a pressure cooker, then stick blend it and add cream and seasonings.

katieowl_2

maryb wrote: »

Katie I have glaucoma and I have regular field tests to see how it's progressing. Fortunately it seems pretty stable at present - in fact I've even got my driving licence back without restrictions woohoo! It IS disconcerting the first time you do it and because you keep staring at the fixed point of light your eyes feel quite dry and sore for a few minutes but you would be surprised how quickly you get totally used to it. You've got a good optician there - not all opticians are set up to do field tests - so PLEASE don't refuse the test. You wouldn't know you had glaucoma until about half the optic nerve cells were dead and then it's too late to do anything about it, whereas with an early diagnosis you would be able to get treatment to stop the progression

It's the other gadget that seems to have done the damage? He gave me drops to numb my eyes, and then used something that looked like one of those things doctors look in your ears with, that had a tip? My left eye is really quite sore today, but no visible damage. I think he said it was the pressure test?

Kate