Originally Posted By iamsally In keeping with the aforementioned luau; I'll take a mai tai. We just had a luau yesterday for my grandson's 1st birthday. I have some wonderful, gluten free, leftover guava cupcakes.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Mint julep (Disneyland style I assume?) and a Mai Tai coming up Luau sounds fun! Hmmm, gluten free cupcakes. One of our grandsons is gluten free (eczema)and sometimes also dairy free. I've yet to find a cupcake in a store that isn't too sweet or mealy. I'm guessing you bake your own iamsally What flour do you use?
Originally Posted By iamsally My daughter and I have been working on a blend for years. We use white rice and add millet and corn starch and other things that strike our fancy. We have gotten pretty good results. Actually though, a Hogsdon (they are all natural) cake mix with a jar of baby food fruit and half the fat and 3 eggs makes a very good cupcake.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thanks iamsally I'll give the info to my DIL She will appreciate it!
Originally Posted By iamsally You do not have to use baby food. You can use apple sauce. It is just that my DIL had unused baby food. I found that the apple/apricot gives a very smooth texture and nice flavor. I also use fruit juice for the liquid. When I make pineapple upsidedown cake; I use the pineapple juice. Gluten free pastries do not store well at room temperature and should be frozen if not eaten right away. Sometimes freezing makes the texture better. Cookies end up being more like cookies and less like cake after freezing. You can also use a cake mix to make cookies by just adding the fat and eggs and no liquid. Hope everyone is having a nice day.
Originally Posted By smedley Sounds like everyone is busy having fun Sometimes it's difficult to keep up on here, fortunately I can find most people on facebook now.
Originally Posted By murfsmom So good to see You Amazed and Fowley, really made my summer! Still planning an end of the summer luau right after labor day!!!!!!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 GREAT to see you and hubby and Fowley and family!!! Always a fun time Looking forward to the luau! I had a backyard luau on my 12th birthday Nothing amazing but lots of fun!! I'm not sure about the buried pig on the plane but may we please have baby back ribs? Mai Tais and virgin Mai Tais of course!
Originally Posted By Fowley back home and sooking, my bones are already frozen again, I do love having shower pressure again, those Grand Cal showers are awful I have to say, oh and no Starbucks either is getting me down. I also miss my girls soooooo much, it just went so fast
Originally Posted By murfsmom Lol,Amazed,ribs for sure!!!! I forgot it was winter over there Fowley,that has to be a body shock after the heat here! Happy you got home safe !!!
Originally Posted By iamsally Well, I am bummed I did not get to join in on the fun( Hope we will get to see some of you next July. Right now we are rushing to leave for WA in the early AM. We will be tent camping on Orcas Island for 5 days and then traveling over to the middle for a bit; heading home for just two days before getting one last trip to Disneyland in before my PAP expires. This kind of thing was commonplace when we were much younger but I wonder what kind of shape we will be in a month from now.LOL
Originally Posted By iamsally We survived and are actually well rested. And what's more; after tent camping we have decided we are not too old! We are planning to tent camp in Yellowstone next year instead of renting a bungalow.
Originally Posted By murfsmom That sounds like fun Sally, I used to love camping but now my idea of roughing it is a hote!!!! Lol
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I was too "organized" to ever enjoy camping. I brought everything but the kitchen sink and felt like camping was work I wish I'd felt the joy and now these old bones of mine wouldn't handle it well. I'm really happy for and impressed with you iamsally How about a serving of coffee/tea/hot chocolate around the virtual campfire?
Originally Posted By murfsmom Well I just decorated the plane for Halloween ,I know it's early but I couldn't wait!! Please feel free to put up lights and whatever decorations you want. Hot cocoa ,s'mores yummmmm!!!!!!! Anything to feel like fall,iwas at my daughters and was 104 there today!!!!!!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 The plane looks great mm 104? ugh! It rained here last night but it feels muggy, not what we are used to. I have orange glow in the dark necklaces for everyone. OK if we dim the lights and watch a movie? Nightmare Before Christmas? Or how about the Halloween movie with Bette Midler (can't think of the name.)
Originally Posted By iamsally The necklace looks great with my Happy Halloween dancing skeleton shirt. We have gone from triple digits to pouring rain in just a few short days. Really can't complain about the rain even though we have not gotten all the leaks fixed! Adding a Jack-O-Lantern made from one of the pumpkins from our patch. Spiced cider anyone?
Originally Posted By Rivkah86 Spiced Cider sounds delightful! I'm gonna bake a pumpkin pie and bring it to share
