The other day I stood before my closet, poised to do the impossible: I wanted to clean it out.
Sadly, I was so overwhelmed that I walked away and ate a cookie (a gluten, dairy, soy, nut and egg-free cookie, of course). Normally, I’m not so into cleaning, but a thought the previous day spurred me to action. It occurred to me that despite an enormous wardrobe and ambitious hopes of wearing it despite the fact that I bake for a living and have two children with perpetually and adorably sticky fingers, that I really only ever wear 6 things. It’s true. I need two shirts, a pair of jeans, a pair of leggings, a dress and one layering piece like a sweater or vest. That’s it. That’s all I wear, just in different combinations.
So, instead of cleaning out my clothing closet, I decided to clean out my baking closet. Again, I really only need 6 things to successfully bake any gluten-free, casein-free, nut-free, egg-free and soy-free dessert: gluten-free flours, sugar, xanthan, powdered rice milk, shortening, some sort of leavening agent and cider vinegar. OK, so I use other things, too, like vanilla extract or confectioner’s sugar or ground flaxseed, but those feel like accessories. I always have lots of accessories (much to my husband’s chagrin) lying around.
So that’s it. Now, go out and stock your cabinet and start baking!
