Monday, April 28, 2014

Mani Monday

I had a busy week, so I missed last week's Mani Monday. The first one is from last week. Its Julep Flora and Kayla.

The second is this week's mani is a lot of fun for me. It mixes up different finishes and colours. Main colour is Julep Aphroditie and accent is China Glaze Teal the Tides Turn.

Friday, April 18, 2014

Easter Mani

No Mani Monday because I did my Easter mani late Monday and it took forever. I was gonna do acrylics but instead to save time I just used regular glue ons. But it still took a long time. Labour of love I guess. I added all the bunnies in deco pic because it's fun.
Colours
Color Me Monthly Chiffon for April
Color Club Nail Art Polishes

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Gluten Free, Dairy Free Potato Flat Bread

My first attempt at flat bread was good, but not great. This one is a lot better. It's softer and very delicious. I really like this new recipe. It's a modified version of this recipe. Very modified. I pretty much just used that one as a place to start, like inspiration.

What you need
1 1/4 c gluten free flour mix (I used one from trader joes)
1 1/4 c potato flakes (the instant kind, if you want the bread o have a flavour use the flavoured ones!)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 tbl baking powder
1 tbl lemon juice
1 egg
1 tbl extra virgin olive oil
1 c hot water

Mix all your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg and carefully mix in other wet ingredients. You should have a medium firm dough, if it's too dry add a bit more water and if it is too wet add a bit more potato flakes.
Form dough into balls and roll flat or press with hands. I pinched mine from the center outward. Get them to about 1/8 inch thin, they will rise a little because of the baking powder and lemon juice, but not a lot. You could also make them thicker and cut them like pita bread when done.
Cook each side in a frying pan or on griddle for about 45-60 seconds or until golden brown.

Depending on how thick and how big you make them you should end up with about 8-10 of these.

I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich with one yesterday and it was super delicious.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Mani Monday

I had a a few manis to post before I went on my break, and did a few while I was on break. So here they are all are in one post, newest to oldest.