Today turned out to be a fairly big kitchen day. I baked a nectarine/pluot galette, because I have SO MANY STONE FRUITS I need to do something with! I used the cream cheese crust from Joy of Cooking [0] using spelt flour, and oh man! Josie says it is the best thing I ever baked, period. I'll post the recipe in a couple of days.

Then John came home with something we've wanted for a while: A Fry Daddy [1]! We filled it up with unrefined coconut oil and made some French fries and some gluten-free battered zucchini sticks, and then I made a couple of little fritters out of the leftover batter. We intend to make some wheat-free treats in the next few days, and it's nice to be able to make French fries that aren't so horrible for us. Looking forward to trying some wheat-free fish and chips [2], John's fave. (But wait! there's more!)

And then I finally started the research into simple syrups that I've wanted to do. The first two we made were a caramel spice and a lavender. Yep, lavender syrup! I want to try the former as soda and in coffee, and the latter as the sweetener in fizzy lemonade. mmm...lavender lemonade...

The syrups were super, super easy, too. Tomorrow I make mint, rosemary, ginger and lemon balm syrups. Look for the article this Saturday.

Any flavors you want me to try for?

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