8 Ruhlman's Ratio and Food Scale Giveaway

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Go to Lauren's blog and Erin's blog for the past two months recipe posts from the Gluten Free Ratio Rally. Thank you to both again for hosting in April and May!


Since April I've been participating in the Gluten Free Ratio Rally. Aside from being part of an awesome culinary experiment, I really appreciate the Ratio Rally for influencing how I bake food. As a group we pull inspiration from Michael Ruhlman's Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind Everyday Cooking for our approach to baking.

Instead of relying on strict recipes based on measuring by volume, ratio cooking relies on baking by weight. There's two things I really love about baking by weight measurements.

1. Every baked recipe can be based on a simple ratio of ingredients. You can then use ingredients you already have at home or any of your favorite flavor combinations to create your own signature recipe. And the best part about cooking by weight is you can easily make a 1-2 serving batter when experimenting to quickly create a recipe.
2. You can bake without making a huge mess. There's been a variety of recipes where the only thing I've dirtied is a spoon, a bowl, and a baking pan. This is because you can pour all your ingredients into a bowl and measure them with a food scale, zeroing it out as you add each ingredient. It makes clean up a total breeze.

Because of all this, I want to hold a giveaway where the prizes are Ruhlman's book with all the food ratios and the food scale I use with my ratio baking. I've fallen in love with both the book and the scale, and wholly recommend them both to all of my readers. So please, participate and share this giveaway with all your friends!

What's being given away?
1 copy of Ruhlman's Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind Everyday Cooking and 1 Salter Food Scale

How to participate?
Minimum: Share this post using some social media (Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.) and leave a comment letting me know you would like to participate and how you shared this post.
Earn up to 4 additional entries: Do any of the following, each worth 1 additional entry
-Find a recipe on the blog that you'd like to try making, or that you have some way of improving and comment on that post.
-Share this post via some social media (Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc) and leave a comment on this post letting me know.
-Subscribe to my RSS Feed, leave a comment saying you did.

NOTE: Blogger has had some issues this past month with posting comments. This should be resolved, but if you're having trouble posting a comment, please contact me using the Contact Me page.


When does this giveaway end?
June 26th, 2011


Thank you to all my readers, and I hope your as excited about ratio cooking as I am!

0 Choose March's Recipe of the Month

Somehow it's already the end of March, so its that time to pick your favorite recipe again! For me it's a tough choice, but I'd love to hear your opinions! I appreciate the feedback that you guys give me through these polls, it helps me figure out what types of food you guys enjoy reading about. Also, please feel free to continue sharing your opinions or ideas through either comments in posts or via our Contact Us page.

Also this month, if you either include your email address in the poll (I promise not to share it), or share this link through Facebook or Twitter (please mention @trcrumbley, makes it easier to track), I'll randomly select one or two, and you'll have the chance to try The Gluten Free Bistro's gluten free pizza crust. I absolutely love their crust, and am sadly on my last crust in the freezer. You have until Friday, so please, participate and always let me know if there's anything I can do to make the site better! Thanks!

2 February's Recipe of the Month and Giveaway Winner

Thank you to everyone who participated in choosing this month's best recipe. It was close with a 1 vote separation, but your favorite recipe of the past month is...

Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes!


Here are the detailed results from the poll. Dark chocolate waffles came in a close second!

With this poll, there was also a gift of a $50 Amazon Gift card to a random participant, and that goes to Mary Ryan! Congrats.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of this blog. This month expect to see several Gluten Free Product Reviews, along with more recipes. As an extra feature for all of the technology nerds who read this blog, I will also have a review out on the Nintendo 3DS, slated to come out later this month.

Happy March everyone!

1 Choose February's Recipe of the Month & Win Amazon Gift!

In January, I started a new feature called "Recipe of the Month" to highlight the top recipe of the past month. As a feature I'd like to expand (which will include reviews of other food blogs), I want to give you, my readers, a voice in it. Fill out the poll below to choose your favorite recipe of the past month by March 1st to choose the next Recipe of the Month.

As added incentive to spark this feature, if you submit your favorite, you'll be entered for the opportunity to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Better yet, if you share this Recipe of the Month poll (via, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) you'll get an additional chance to win.

Choose by March 1st, and I'll present this month's favorite recipe along with the winner.

Thanks everyone, and Happy Friday!

3 End of 2010 Giveaway Winners!

Hi everyone!

The End of 2010 Giveaway has come to an end! Before announcing winners, thank you to everyone who entered and participated.

So the winners of the two giveaways are:

Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii - Cheryl
Gluten Free Cookbooks - Clara

Congrats to the winners! I've attempted contacting you through the Google Friend Follower, but if you haven't gotten any contact from me, please use the Contact Us page to give me the contact information you would like me to use.

Thank you again to everyone who participated, and sorry to those who didn't win this giveaway. There was such a wonderful turnout, and I look forward to having another Giveaway in the future! If you guys have any awesome ideas for giveaways, please let me know.

0 Blog Updated and Giveaway Reminder

With having so much time off from work, I've finally been able to give my blog the time and love I've wanted to in the past couple months. 

1. I've simplified the ways to share my blog and blog posts using AddThis widgets, so please feel free to share any recipes or news that you're interested in.

2. I've added a rating system to each blog post, which is located at the bottom of each post before the sharing links.

3. I've also been able to create a Recipe of the Month widget, which is on the left side bar. I plan on updating this every month with either the most popular recipe of the past month, or one that I feel especially proud of. For the month of January, its going to be December's most popular recipe, Dark Chocolate Lemon Truffles. Because of their popularity, and how good they tasted, I was thinking of trying to experiment and make other truffles. Any suggestions/requests?

Also, this is another reminder that the Giveaways are ending in 3 days! Click on the "Current Giveaway" tab above for each giveaway.

Finally, HAPPY NEW YEAR'S! Enjoy yourselves and stay safe!

0 More Christmas Cookie Ideas and Blog Updates!

I hope everyone has been enjoying the week leading up to Christmas weekend! I made sugar cookies last night (see this recipe) and had some fun ideas to share with yall to make your cookies festive and interesting.

The first requires candy cane or peppermint ice cream and some food coloring to make ice cream sandwiches. Use food coloring (cheap and easily available in many grocery stores, especially around this time of the year) to make a variety of colored frostings. Then, scoop some of the icing with a spoon and drizzle over top cookies. Once the icing is dry, scoop some ice cream and sandwich between two cookies for some cool Christmas Ice Cream Sandwiches.

The second uses the same colored icing for the sandwiches (pictured above). First, spread once of the colored icings onto some cookies. Then, drizzle a different color icing over top to create a cool tie-dyed effect on the cookies.

Also, I've updated the Gluten-Free Recipe page, and added a Contact Us page for if you'd ever like to contact me with any suggestions or would like to discuss something with me. If you haven't already, be sure to enter for the gluten-free cookbook and Donkey Kong Country Returns giveaways! Only about a week and a half left before winners are announced!

9 End of 2010 Free Giveaway: Donkey Kong Country Returns

For those who haven't seen, Part One of my End of 2010 Giveaway is located HERE. And for those of you who have a Wii, here's your free chance to win a brand new copy of Donkey Kong Country Returns. The reason why I have a giveaway with this item is that while I love cooking and coming up with new recipes, I'm also a total and complete nerd. I mean, its in my Job Title (Software Engineer). I've always had a love for video games, and in a year of many good video games (2010 in my opinion was the best year for gamers this side of 2000) Donkey Kong Country Returns stood out as the best in my opinion. So look below for the rules and how to enter!

PRIZE:
A free copy of Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Nintendo Wii!

END DATE:
January 3rd, 8pm EST.

HOW TO ENTER:
For each of the following that you do, you'll gain one entry into the contest (i.e. If you do the first, you'll gain one entry, while if you do all three, you'll be entered three times):

1. Follow my Blog using the Google widget on the right sidebar, and comment on this post if you're interested in entering. 
2. Tweet @TRCrumbley is giving away a free copy of Donkey Kong Country Returns at http://bit.ly/fmNucr
3. Share this contest on Facebook or Google Buzz using the Share Buttons on this post. Leave a comment on this post saying you did this (I have no easy way of tracking this like I do with Twitter).

Enjoy, and thank you to all my readers!

6 End of 2010 Gluten Free Giveaway!

Hey everybody,

I can't quite believe it, but we're already at the end of 2010, less than a week away from Christmas. I've had a very busy year between my career (which, albeit difficult, is going really well), blogging, and trying to maintain a social life.

I started this blog last year after graduating college, but I didn't really find a true purpose for it until last winter when I discovered that I needed to go on a gluten-free diet. I went on a journey of eating tons of pastas and breads, to a shock and awe of wondering how I'd be able to live a gluten-free life. Now, in the past half a year (roughly) I've come full circle, learning methods of how to cook and bake gluten free food that not only I enjoy, but all my friends and family enjoy.

As a way of showing my thanks to those of you who have supported me over the past year in person or through supporting my blog. I have two giveaways that I'm holding, this being the first. So look below for the details on how to win!

PRIZE:
A copy of "Gluten Free Baking Classics," and "Gluten-Free Everyday Cookbook." These are currently the two bestselling Gluten-Free cookbooks on Amazon.com.

QUANTITY:
I plan on giving out 1 prize, but if enough people enter, I'll end up giving away more prizes.

END DATE:
January 3rd, 8pm EST.

HOW TO ENTER:
For each of the following that you do, you'll gain one entry into the contest (i.e. If you do the first, you'll gain one entry, while if you do all three, you'll be entered three times):

1. Follow my Blog using the Google widget on the right sidebar, and comment on this post if you're interested in entering. 
2. Tweet @TRCrumbley is giving away Gluten-Free Cookbooks at http://bit.ly/dG7ieQ
3. Share this contest on Facebook or Google Buzz using the Share Buttons on this post. Leave a comment on this post saying you did this (I have no easy way of tracking this like I do with Twitter).

Thanks for participating in the contest, visiting, and supporting my blog! Happy New Year's to All!

1 Foodie Blogroll: Gluten Free Giveaway Contest

Hey everyone,

To those interested in Gluten Free diet, visit Foodie Blogroll to enter for a chance to win "The Art of Gluten Free Sourdough Baking."

Click here to go to the contest page for more details!