The Book of Yum came up with a wonderful tribute to Bette Hagman aka "The Gluten-Free Gourmet" who was a pioneer in gluten-free cooking and recently passed away. They have asked bloggers like myself to bake something from one of her cookbooks, and picture it on our site. You can check the link above for further details.
To honor Bette, I baked New 'Oatmeal' Cookies (the chocolate chip variation) from her book The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Food. In this recipe, quinoa flakes replace the oatmeal. To me, these cookies symbolize so much. I came to gluten-free cooking due to my son's autism and GI troubles. Thanks to my food heroes like Bette, I can bake cookies for him to enjoy after-school, and he is thriving now that his tummy feels better. I also included a "bouquet" he drew and his Mother's Day artwork. In this way at least, we are just like a regular mom and a regular kid. Since nothing about autism is "regular" this is such a gift.
My family and I wish Bette Hagman's family peace at this difficult time. She helped many mothers like me wondering how to create sweets for little ones with tummy troubles. The Prince and I toast her with two glasses of rice milk and some of her tasty cookies!
3 comments:
Beautiful post. Thank you so much for participating!
-Sea
The cookies look delicious, and I love the card and "bouquet"! And I didn't even know quinoa flour existed -- although I eat plenty of quinoa! What an excellent tribute to a woman who was obviously a caring and wonderful cook and author. (Which, in fact, sounds like a certain GFCF blogger I know!)
Sea:
My pleasure and an honor too!
Genie,
Ahhhhh, shucks. Thank you for the compliment. Yes, quinoa is great stuff. Actually, for the cookies the recipe calls for the flakes which look and have the texture of oatmeal flakes, but add a nice little crunch!
Katherine
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