Johnny Cakes

Since I have living in South Africa there have been food items I have really missed. Gluten free flour is not readily available on the shelf and they dont sell half of the products we carry like corn tortillas and other bread, muffin and other mixes.

I wanted to make my  grandma's White Sauce to go over some homemade GF meatballs but there was no gluten free flour or cornstarch to be found. Instead we found Corn Flour. The South Africans usually like Mieliepap out of it, which can be thin like porridge or think like something you have never had before.

My roommate, being the amazing person that she is, decided to make Johnny Cakes out of them (of course missing a few of the ingredients)

The first night she made them by just adding water to the flour and then frying them in little patties. We then ate them with chopped tomatoes and cucumbers.

This morning I made them with water, a little sugar and cinnamon and ate them with honey (they dont have maple syrup here)

As a GF Girl you really have to experiment with what you have. Once we get the Johnny Cakes recipe down, I will share it with you again!

Gluten Free/ Dairy free chicken parm

So my fabulous roomie, Adrienne and I made a great chicken parm that was gluten free and dairy free for dinner today. Since we are in South Africa, gluten free options are not everywhere. Our bread crumbs were made out of cornflake crumbs and left over crumbs from a loaf of bread we baked. It was great. We just coated the chicken in egg then the breadcrumbs and baked them. Served over corn pasta with homemade sauce, it was perfect!!

It can be hard but you can do it!!! And enjoy it!

I found home base

So my GF roomie and I found the most perfect store to buy gluten free food from. B Healthy in Stellenbosch, SA is off of Plein St. Really close to the University of Stellenbosch. It had so much great food and they said they would order anything they didn’t have. We got bread, cookies, crackers, nachos, peanut butter, aloe jam and so much more. Really it is fabulous. Tel: 021.887.3442

Also right next door to B Healthy is a little fast food place called Kauai. They had gluten free wraps, tons of salads and rice noodle dishes and so many amazing smoothies. Their food is fast, cheap and so divine!

Sorry I have not been blogging a lot but the internet here is much different than back in the states. I promise I am not leaving any exciting news out.