Today Is....

Anonymous Quotes

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Life is about choices. Choose to live each day to its fullest.

Never miss an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Relax, reflect and recharge each day.

Don’t waste today worrying about yesterday.

The best accessory is a smile. Wear one often.

Share your blessings when you’re feeling blessed.

Fill your to-do list with things that make you happy.

Remember that some things are urgent and others are important. Know the difference.

If you want something out of your day, put something into it.

Share your thoughts to uplift, not undermine.

Never let a kind word go unsaid.

Teach what you know. Learn what you don’t.

Love is...

Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can for others and especially yourself. Morrie Schwartz

Love lights more fires than hate can extinguish. Ella Wheeler-Wilcox

May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it flows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it and also a friend. Irish Blessing

Kindness in words creates confidence; kindness in thinking creates profoundness; kindness in feeling creates love. Lao Tzu

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other. Luciano De Crescenzo

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Love is love’s reward. John Dryden

No, the heart that truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close. Thomas Moore

Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent

Love is the tact of every good, The only warmth, the only peace. Delmore Schwartz

Stickers

Old magazines, comic books or gift wrap
• 2 tsp. flavored gelatin
• 5 tsp. boiling water
• Paintbrush

Time needed: Under 1 Hour

Step 1: Cut a bunch of pictures from the magazines, comic books or gift wrap.
		Step 2: With a small paintbrush, coat the backs of the cutouts with a thin layer of gelatin solution. Let dry, and the stickers are ready to lick and stick.

Misc.

These are some misc. substitutes that can come in real handy.

• Light Corn Syrup 1 cup + 1 Tbsp granulated sugar & 1/4 C water
• Dark Corn Syrup 1 cup + 1 Tbsp brown sugar & 1/4 cup water
• Gluten & dairy free maple syrup or honey can also be used as a corn syrup replacer

 

Dairy

= to 1 C of orginial Dairy Product

 

Butter

1cup dairy free margarine & 1 1/2 Tbsp water

 

Butter Milk

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice topped up to 1 cup with gluten & dairy free milk alternative (soy milk, potato milk)

allow the liquid to stand for 4 to 6 minutes before dadding to a recipe

 

Double or heavy Cream

2/3 cup milk alternative & 1/3 cup melted dairy free margarine

 

Single or light Cream

1/4 Cup milk alternative & 1/4 cup melted dairy free margarine

 

Evaporated Milk

use Single Cream as listed above

 

Sweetened Condensed Milk

1/2 Cup Dari-Free, 3/4 cup Sugar, 2 Tbsp dairy free margarine, 1/2 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum

Mix all the ingredients together well

Bring slowly to a boil over a med. heat stirring constantly

Boil for 1 minute or until thick & bubbling stirring constantly

Chill liquid before adding to recipe

Egg

In place of a large Egg you can use

• 1/4 cup fruit puree
• 3 Tbsp Tapioca starch flour & 3 Tbsp water
• 1/4 cup blended plain soft tofu
• 1 Tbsp ground flax seed soaked in 3 Tbsp water

 

GF Flour Mix

Gluten Fee Flour mix

4 C white rice flour

1 C potato starch flour

1 C tapioca starch flour

It is advisable to make a huge batch of this flour & store it in an airtight container so that when you need to bake you do not have to first mix up the right quantity of lour before you start. After mixing store in freezer. flour deteriorates rather quickly by freezing you will prolong its life. The flour doesn’t freeze whole it remains loose. Don’t have to bring it to room temp. either unless your making bread dough.

Plain flour Mix

2 C of above GF Flour Mix

2 tsp. Xanthan gum

Self-rising Flour

2 C of above GF Flour Mix

2 tsp Xanthan Gum

2 tsp. Baking Powder