Hi Herbies, it's me Courtney again. Spices can make or break a meal, but when you have allergies they can also be a hinderance.  

There many commercial spice blends available at the store, like seasoning salt or chili powder. The problem with most of these is that they are either too spicy for me or contain black pepper.

When making a dish, often leaving out a spice won't make or break the recipe, but a mix might. Spice mixes …

What is gluten free flour? 

Is there a difference in cooking/baking with gluten free flours? 

Can I make my own gluten free flour? 

Most flour is made from wheat, which contains gluten, and more people are becoming allergic or unable to tolerate to gluten.

There are many types of gluten free flours, such as chickpea/garbanzo flour, teff flour, buckwheat flour, brown rice flour, to name a few. They each have their own unique properties, like if they have …

Replacing refined sugar is on many peoples minds, and an easy way to do that is with homemade date sugar and date syrup. Besides being a good replacement for refined sugar, they are also sweet way to sneak in more nutrients since dates are packed full of nutritional goodies.

Date sugar is not the same as regular sugar, there is no refining process to make it. Dry out sliced, pitted dates, then run them through the food processor until the …

Hi Herbies, It's me Courtney again. As some of you know, I am a Florida girl, born and raised. I've moved around and lived in a few different places, but always somewhere in Florida.

Now I'm in Colorado. It has been over a month and I am surviving.

Growing up, we went on a few winter vacations and I had been skiing several times, but never stayed in the snow more than a week.

It has been quite an …

Storing my baked goods isn't a problem for me, since they are usually gone within a day. I don't know how you Herbies do it - even if I make a large batch of cookies or a cake, it is gone. I know there are some issues with storing low-fat and no-fat foods.

Homemade HH baked goods with dry out quickly, and storing in plastic containers can make things all mushy, since they don't let out moisture.

Storing food, in …