Pumkin Bars

This comes from Meritt over at It's just the coffee talking.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bars

¾ cup sugar
1 egg
½ cup pumpkin
½ cup oil
1/6 cup water
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup flour (Use ¾ cup Bob's Red Mill mix + ¼ cup tapioca flour)
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon each: ground cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon

Beat egg and add other wet ingredients and mix well. Add dry ingredients. Bake in a glass 9” x 13” pan about 30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Bars will be a slightly browned. Bars will be very thin and moist. Let cool.

Gluten-Free Frosting
¼ cup butter½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon milk
½ pound powdered sugar

Gluten-Free Frosting Directions:Melt butter, add brown sugar and milk. Heat to boiling and cook 1 minute. Remove from burner and add powdered sugar, stirring until good frosting consistency. Spread onto bars.Note: The frosting hardens quickly, so mix it up and spread onto bars immediately while still warm. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time so it doesn't dry out the frosting.

Thank you Meritt.

Seattle trip.

I'm off to travel the great Northwest today, sometime today anyway. Since I will be traveling to the Seattle area this week my food choices are somewhat easier that most of my travel.

Thank you to stores like Trader Joe's for helping out with the Gluten free issue. Fred Meyer has also started to cater to the Gluten free world in the health food section. The only issue here is that not all Fred Meyer's carry the same items, nor do they all have the "Gluten Free Section" at each store.

On a side note, thank you very much to my Mother in Law for handing out my Glutino cookies to everyone, but me. I really like the Vanilla Dreams Sandwich Cookies.

I will attempt

To relate the issues and troubles that a woodland creature might run into while traveling around the US looking for something to eat that does not contain Gluten.



One might think that this is not an issue at all...quite the opposite. I have found that restaurants that say they cater to the Gluten free world are not really Gluten free at all. Information on the web can be difficult at best. I found a few great sites to share and I hope to help make at least one persons travel easier and more of an enjoyment instead of a hassle.

First recommendation: Taco Del Mar. I love the Del Mar, the food is great, they claim it's Gluten free. It's not and I believe it's the rice that is the item that gets you. The rice may be treated with something that keeps it from sticking together. So the bottom line here is that you should use caution with Taco Del Mar. I've sent in a question about this on their web site and at this point I've heard nothing back from them. When and if I get a response from Taco Del Mar, I will post the response here for all to see.