Category: kitchen questions

We’ve all got kitchen questions. Here are the posts that address them. From what you can do with a bag of cassava flour to how to find a good gluten-free bread for communion, these articles answer questions relating to the world of food. Do you have a kitchen question you want covered? Get in touch via the Contact page!

What’s the Easiest Way to Make Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi?

Speaking of everybody’s favorite grocery store, have you tried Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi yet? Priced under $3 for a 12-ounce bag, it’s a meal option that’s free of gluten, wheat, sugar, dairy or eggs. It’s also only good when you know how to cook it. So, five bags in, here’s a fresh take on the easiest, foolproof way to make it.

Trader Joe's Cauliflower Gnocchi

You don’t have to be gluten-free to see the appeal of Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi. Roughly 75% cauliflower, according to the store’s blog, this trendy product is mostly vegetable, with the remaining 25% made of cassava flour, potato starch, olive oil and salt.Read More

How to Make Gluten-Free Meatballs and Never Miss the Breadcrumbs

Leave it to Italy to know the secret for how to make gluten-free meatballs even better than the original. Swap in one simple ingredient (can you guess?), and you’ll wonder why you ever thought you needed breadcrumbs at all.

How to make gluten-free meatballs and never miss the breadcrumbs // Go Eat Your Bread with Joy

After a recent trip to Italy, my sister-in-law brought back a simple meatball tweak. Rather than using breadcrumbs in the mixture, she said, try swapping in the everyday ingredient that’s got all the health benefits of vegetables and none of the gluten people struggle to digest. What’s that ingredient?Read More

I Bought $12 Bakery Bags on Amazon, and Now I Want to Bake Bread for Everyone

Once you start baking bread, it’s only natural to shop for bakery bags. There’s no denying that giving someone a fresh-baked loaf is more fun when it looks professionally wrapped. So, fresh from my own hunt for the best way to gift sourdough to friends, here are some recommendations worth trying!

bakery bags for bread

The only thing better than a fresh loaf of sourdough is a fresh loaf of sourdough someone made you and wrapped in a clean bakery bag. Presentation, am I right? Read More

[survey results] What to Bring a New Mom

When you’re sick, overwhelmed or newly postpartum, there are few things as comforting as food. When someone drops off a meal, it’s like a life raft in a sea of exhaustion and a reminder that you’re not alone. So what to bring a new mom, new parents or someone who’s ill? In a recent informal Instagram survey asking that question, a few conflicting opinions and several consistent themes emerged. Here’s a look at the results.

what to bring a new mom [instagram survey]

It’s a time-honored tradition to bring meals to new parents or people who need support. In fact, the idea is the main subject of The First Forty Days (affiliate link), a book Mother Mag says is geared especially towards the healing postpartum period for new moms. According to the review, this book incorporates “the wisdom … in which a new mother is pampered and cared for, sometimes isolated from the distractions of the outside world, so she can solely focus on rest and recovery for herself and the new baby.”

No matter what you decide about what to bring a new mom, bringing over some sort of meal is usually a welcome favor. Why? As one Instagram respondent said this week, “That postpartum period is HARD. All the hormones, the recovery, still getting to know your little one–it’s a lot. And having someone take care of this need for you means so much.”Read More