Pumpkin is such an iconic symbol of Thanksgiving that I want my Thanksgiving dinner finale to really capture it’s essence. What better way to do that than with a pumpkin pie? So as usual I went online and looked up pumpkin pies by visiting some of my favorite gluten free blogs. So many of them
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In my kitchen I have a bookshelf built into the side of a cabinet. On the two wooden shelves, I have well over 20 cookbooks and a couple of binders filled with print outs of recipes I’ve found online (this obviously was well before I built Velvet Aroma). I love this little nook. It’s where
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Yesterday was Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. A very Happy Diwali to all the Flip Cookbook readers. I hope the new year is full of love, health, happiness and peace for you and your loved ones! Diwali celebrations are actually spread over five days, with each having its own importance. Yesterday was Lakshmi Puja
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My sleeping beauties… aaah they were good! The combination of chocolate and coconut is absolutely divine! I became a coconut lover when I tried Coconut Bliss ice-cream. Since then I’ve been craving the chocolate-coconut combination. So this is Comfy Belly’s Chocolate Cupcakes (using coconut flour) recipe. I (rather Raj) called them sleeping beauties because my
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It is never a good idea to blog about a recipe and say, “Ohh this isn’t my favorite recipe” now is it? My problem has never been the recipe but the product, the “nankhatai” and the way almost all Indians react to it. They love it! Its similar to, but not as extreme, a reaction
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I’ve never been a big baklava fan. They’ve almost always tasted a bit *too* (and too being a huge understatement) sweet for me. I’ve wanted to make the traditional baklava so many times, so that I can experiment with the sweetness, but the very fact that it takes forever and is such a fine art
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