http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com Gluten-free, dairy-free, cane sugar-free recipes. Made for the very first time. On camera. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:48:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS The secret to success I’ve been told is 90% showing up. And it’s my belief that if that’s true, then it must also be at least 5% cheery attitude. Otherwise how would anyone get out of bed “to show up” in the first place?  In this episode Catie cheers me on relentlessly. She is sooo not subtle and yet still so very effective.  Basically what I’m saying is that I have amazing friends.  Music: ‘Happiness’ by Spirit Kid. LOVElillian]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/fun-shorts/the-cheery-5/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS I’ve heard the popular saying. I know how it works. I’m just saying that in my case it doesn’t apply.  But just in case, double checking is always a good idea. This episode features a very cool New York City based band, Luff playing their song,  ’Bees Practice Geometry’. This is my first time featuring them in a Lillian’s Test Kitchen episode. Please, give them some love! LOVElillian]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/fun-shorts/when-you-assume/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS I used to think that baking and cooking were totally different. I thought that that cooking was more of a casual thing, in which spontaneity is useful and encouraged, while baking demands constant attention to detail and adherence to the recipe. This idea kept me from baking for a long time. We all know by now that attention to detail is not exactly my forte, and so I was afraid to start baking because I was afraid to make mistakes. But my experience has proven something else, baking can take a little manhandling. You really like cinnamon? Add more. Just know that if you add in a whole extra cup of cinnamon that it will have an impact on the texture. You like to use maple syrup instead of agave? Go for it. It’ll add...]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/fun-shorts/dont-sweat-the-small-stuff/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS My good friend Casey Barber over at Good.Food.Stories. has put together an excellent guest post episode for you!  Not everyone (myself included) has a fancy blender like a thermomix, blendtec, or a vitamix. And I’ve been very intimidated by the thought of trying to make nut milks with a regular blender (not that I have one of those either… dang, I really need to soup my kitchen UP). And so Casey is making some tasty looking almond milk with a vitamix AND a regular ol’ blender to show us the difference and to prove to me once and for all that it’s possible. Ingredients 1 lb Almonds (soaked overnight) 4 cups water cheese cloth or flour sack towels (for straining) Directions Add the water and almonds in the blender Blend Strain the almond milk through...]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/beverages/making-almond-milk/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS It can be difficult to get the courage up to do anything (and by anything, I mean very much anything: going for a jog, knitting, baking a cake, starting a business etc.)  if you’re under the constant threat of harsh criticism. And it’s a tremendously brave thing to be able to continue doing what you want despite all of that. Fortunately for me, I’ve not had to deal with many real meanies in the year and a half that I’ve been producing this show. I’m not sure why… I would love to say that it’s because everyone just loves me and everything that I do. But not even my mother is that indiscriminate. So I’m pretty sure that it isn’t that. (Love you mom!)  Whatever it is, I wanted to take a moment and thank you for...]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/lifestyle/thankyou/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS I recently made myself a delicious baked good that had not one, not two, but three different kinds of sweetener in it. I ate it (it was pretty tasty) and immediately felt sick.  I got a headache, and my brain felt cloudy. My skin broke out. I felt depressed, tired, and a little woozy. The feelings didn’t doesn’t last that long (only about an hour or two) but it was definitely unpleasant, and it almost ruined my night. And even today, after a full night of sleep, I can tell that I’m still not on top form. Now, I know this one. I know that I am sensitive to sweeteners. I am usually on top of this. But for some reason, I wasn’t last night. Now, admittedly it’s been a while since I’ve made this...]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/lifestyle/boom-lesson-learned-until-next-time/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS Welcome to day 25 of Home for the Holidays- Gluten-free Style!!! This has been an amazing event and it’s not over yet! Z’s Cup of Tea made some tasty looking Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies yesterday and tomorrow, Shirley from Gluten-free Easily (and the host of this incredible event) will be posting something that I’m sure will rock your socks off. I feel confident about that because the chocolate silk pie with honey whipped cream that I’m making today are both her recipes. And they are both incredible. This event has been huge: 25 different gluten-free bloggers each posting a recipe that say home and holidays to them. And not only that, but there are prizes to be won! Today I’m giving away two books:  One copy of Healthier Without Wheat by Dr. Steven Wangen...]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/dessert/chocolate-silk-pie-with-honey-whipped-cream/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS This next episode is CRAZY delicious. I’m making Chocolate Silk Pie (coming soon). And I just wanted to post a tiny preview to tease you. And show off this awesome song by Spirit Kid. Music featured in this episode is the awesome and fun Boston based band: Spirit Kid. Check out their site (and more of their music) HERE!  LOVElillian]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/fun-shorts/dont-burn-my-mouth/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS You know those extreme baking competitions where bakers have to get their incredible, 5 feet high sugar creations from one room to another without spilling or breaking anything? And of course their baking art is too heavy to be carried by one person, so they need at least two people.  They practice this. Each move and step is coordinated. Everyone knows what moves to make when. It’s an extremely delicate dance. (If you’re curious about what I’m talking about check out the documentary “Kings of Pastry“. It’ll blow your mind how serious a puff pastry can be.) Anyway, these master bakers usually have to carry their incredibly delicate creations for at least multiple yards. And while I watched the film and I enjoyed it. I didn’t fully understand how emotionally intense it can be to...]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/fun-shorts/i-can-do-this/ • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • Google Buzz • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS The emotional highs and lows are always pretty intense when I’m making something for the first time. There are moments when everything seems totally wrong and then sometimes almost seconds later, it’s all working out! It’s bewildering, but also very exciting. And I know (although I do have to remind myself of this regularly) that if I can take the down moments, the up moments tend to be both gratifying and completely delicious. The music in this episode is another fantastic local Boston band, Girlfriends. This is their song ‘The Day I Was A Horse’. Check out more of their music at their website! girlfriendstheband.com Please, leave a comment (yes! now you can!) and tell me, what do you think of the new site???? Do you loooove it? And please, share with everyone you know.  LOVElillian]]> http://www.lillianstestkitchen.com/fun-shorts/performance-anxiety-kindness/