One of my favorite brands of baking mixes, gluten-free or not, is Namaste Foods.  Their desserts and breads produce flawless results that easily fool my wheat-loving husband … and their pasta mixes are  devoured in minutes, literally.  Luckily, it seems as though the Namaste staff is in love with their products as much as I am. They have produced Simple Pleasures, a cookbook with over 60 recipes utilizing Namaste mixes.  The cookbook is entirely gluten-free, but some dairy does sneak on occasion.  Nonetheless, they were kind enough to give us a glimpse of the contents by sharing the following gluten-free, dairy-free recipes a blackberry streusel crisp and hearty minestrone soup …

... Though it didn’t greet me as I opened the package, the familiar scent of Captain Crunch Berry cereal emerged when I poured these flakes into my breakfast bowl.  True, I haven't even come within close range of Captain Crunch in decades (scarily true, decades), and even then I only tasted it a few times, but that scent is unmistakable. It instantly shocked my senses to attention. Luckily, this cereal tasted not a thing like that over-sugared candy, which is often confused with breakfast. The thick flakes packed a nice crunch that bought me a good amount of time, not allowing the almond milk to turn my breakfast to mush while I scrounged around for a spoon ... Read the full review

Hannah Kaminsky, Bittersweet and My Sweet Vegan ~ Talk about irony. A few short years ago, you wouldn’t have been able to get me to touch a block of white chocolate with a 10-foot pole, and now? Now it’s become an incredible luxury, a culinary diamond in my eyes, and I’ve become completely enamored with its simple existence. Simple indeed ... the white stuff has no actual cocoa solids, and thus remains pale as freshly fallen snow. Most manufacturers add dry milk powder, trans-fatty hydrogenated oils, and other undesirable elements to their white chips and chunks, to increase shelf stability and augment their supplies of pricey cocoa butter...

Erika Waz, Kids Cuisine and Tummy Treasure - I have tried many a pancake recipe over the last few years. It seems like I am always trying to find new ways to squeeze extra vitamins and nutrients into my kids, and pancakes are such an easy thing to change up on a whim. I’ve been playing around a bit with the perfect oatmeal pancake, because oatmeal by itself is a favorite in our household. This one, I daresay, is the hands down winner so far. We all love these pancakes — the lovely nutty-oat flavor combined with the sweetness of the banana makes it a perfect breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack.

Forgot to pick up something special for your loved one? Julie Hasson steps us through preparing this vegan Valentine's Day delight.  Since it doesn't contain dairy or eggs, and uses simple pantry ingredients, you can have this cake prepared in no time!  We had some problems with embedding the demo video here on Go Dairy Free, but I'm not going to tease you with this picture alone! Click on the image and it will take you right through to Julie's demo and the full recipe on EverydayDish TV ...

For every special occasion we can always count on Enjoy Life Foods to deliver food allergy-friendly and kid-friendly recipes.  For Valentine's Day, chocolates are the theme ... dairy-free, soy-free*, egg-free, nut-free, and gluten-free chocolates!  Enjoy the following recipes which are refreshingly easy to make ...