Gluten Free Loaded Potato Focaccia Recipe

A moist potato based focaccia topped with cheese, chives and crispy bacon. This Puglian classic is stone baked and best served warm from the oven!

Yield 12 square slices

Loaded Potato Focaccia

As far as focaccias go, I'm a bit of a staunch traditionalist. Ordinarily, I can't turn down a warm-from-the-oven slice of focaccia flavored with garlic and rosemary and drizzled with olive oil. Resisting the urge to throw garlic and rosemary at this dough was difficult, but worth it!

There's mashed potato in the dough, which helps to keep it moist and the focaccia recipe only calls for four other ingredients, which helps to keep it simple! Although I added fresh chives, cheese and bacon, you could very well top this potato-y focaccia with your favorite jacket potato toppings instead. I also used this authentic 00 Italian pasta flour from Nifeislfe.com. The flour is so soft and pillowy; I was surprised at how big of a difference there is! And the flour was delivered to my door along with a box of other Italian groceries so it was insanely convenient.

What to Eat this Weekend #03

This week is all about stepping out of my culinary comfort zone and trying new recipes that I maybe wouldn't normally go for! I hope that these recipes will inspire you to be a bit braver with the meals you create this weekend, too!

Gluten-Free Garlic Braided Spaghetti Loaf / Spaghetti en Croute

Sick of making spaghetti sandwiches with soggy bits of sauce-soaked bread? Put the 'ghetti in the garlic bread and get ready for a taste explosion. Spaghetti en croute!

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Gluten-Free Garlic Braided Spaghetti Loaf

I have strict rules about spaghetti. Normally, I prefer it the second day, after it's been refrigerated and rewarmed. It tastes so much better. And two, there has to be bread of some sort. As a kid, spaghetti was always accompanied by buttered slices of Wonderbread and the combination was just delicious. This is how the adults big kids do spaghetti and bread: perfectly al dente noodles with chunky meaty sauce inside buttery, flaky pastry. What you can't see is the insane amount of gooey cheese lurking inside.

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How to Have a Successful Blog without it Taking Over Your Life

Written by: Anyonita Green on 3/27/2104

Success is the motivation behind many a blog today. Bloggers talk about it pretty much all the time and people who are thinking about blogging base their aspirations around it. 

Being a success doesn't necessarily equate to profitability and monetization. Not for everyone. So it's important for us to establish what this post will and won't do upfront.

This isn't the equivalent of a pyramid get-rich quick scheme. I'm not going to initiate you into an esoteric cult and whisper blogging secrets to you. I'm not going to say, "do this and your traffic will increase by xxx" and I'm not going to rope you into purchasing an "ebook" that's really a Word document full of my opinions.
I am going to show you how I don't let my blog take over my life. I will give you practical advice on how you could do the same or find your own ways to do the same. I will be open and honest and I will try my very best to explain things as clearly as possible, and lastly, I'll let you decide whether you think my blog is successful or not. 


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Easy & Impressive Gluten Free Mother's Day Roast Chicken Dinner

Meat and two veg are the stars of this easy roast chicken dinner perfect for a Mother's Day meal!  You'll be sure to impress with expertly cooked juicy chicken, beautiful seasonal veg and homemade gravy.

Yield at least 3 servings

Easy & Impressive Mother's Day Roast Chicken Dinner 

UK Mother's Day is this coming Sunday and roast dinners are a big part of the UK's culinary culture, but instead of going out this Sunday and flashing the cash, stay in! Put on your chef's hat and treat mom to this truly easy and completely impressive roast chicken dinner.

This is the ultimate roast chicken dinner: it's impressive and it's easy for even the most novice of cooks to make. Earlier this week, I shared my recipe for Lavender & Rose French Macarons and mentioned that they'd be the perfect Mother's Day dessert. Well this juicy chicken, those crispy and fluffy hasselback potatoes and these vibrant spring vegetables would be a truly wonderful combination to serve before whipping out a tray of your tasty homemade macarons.

Tasty Tuesdays #54

 

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Without you, we wouldn't have a party at all. So we think you're pretty special and deserve to benefit from linking up with us each week. Here's how:

Mother's Day Gluten Free Lavender & Rose French Macarons

These pretty lavender & rose French macarons have just the right amount of floral flavor!  They are completely gluten-free and when presented in a gift box, make the perfect Mother's Day gift.

Yield 20 macarons

Lavender & Rose French Macarons

These perfectly pretty French macarons are so floral they're like eating a sweet flower. That's probably my most favorite thing about them: they perfume your mouth with a lovely floral flavor from both the lavender-scented shells and the heady rosewater buttercream.

Here in the UK, Mother's Day is this coming Sunday and everyone usually can be found queueing up at the local supermarket with arms full of flowers and chocolates, but this year, I wanted to give you another option: something homemade and delicious and still quite floral. The idea for these macarons came from a rose macaron recipe I came across. I loved the idea of a rose macaron but wasn't sure I could handle that much full-on rosiness. So this was a compromise.

What to Eat this Weekend #02

I've got spring on my mind! I can't wait for barbecues, tulips and daffodils, ditching my heavy winter coat and getting my toes out! But most importantly, I'm ready for dinners out beneath the gazebo. Here are some recipes I've been crushing on this week that would be perfect for warmer weather:

Gluten Free Kale & Wild Mushroom Vegetarian Spaghetti Carbonara #shortcuteggsperts

Creamy vegetarian spaghetti carbonara bulked up with fresh kale, wild mushrooms and green beans!  You won't even miss the pancetta!

Yield 4 servings

Kale & Wild Mushroom Vegetarian Spaghetti Carbonara 

This carbonara is so creamy and luscious and incredibly earthy. By now you probably know that we're bona fide carnivores in this house; munching on all the meats from pork to lamb to chicken, but every now and then it's nice to just have vegetables. My favorite thing about this dish is the kale. And then there's the mushrooms that have an earthy taste all their own. And then you get the tarragon. *swoon* If you've never had tarragon with mushrooms ... well, just try it. Tarragon and mushrooms go together like ketchup and mustard.