Gluten Free Grilled Rosemary Pork Chops

Just in time for grilling! Gluten Free Grilled Rosemary Pork Chops recipe can be found over at the Whole Food Mom on a Budget blog. She has lots of yummy looking recipes, not all are gluten free, but most could be easily adapted with a few small changes.

We don't have the grill ready to go so I think I will make these on the stove. YUM!
Enjoy!
Moe

Gluten free, Dairy free, Corn free hamburger bun recipe...let the grilling begin!

YUMMY Gluten Free, Corn Free and Dairy Free hamburger bun recipe from the Gluten Free Homemaker hamburger buns. They look mighty fine! Head on over and check out the recipe on Linda's blog. They are pretty easy to make too.

These are my go to hamburger buns when we grill out. Mine don't look as good as Linda's from the Gluten Free Homemaker, but they taste GREAT. Let me know if you try them and what you think of them.
Read her comments section, someone mentions freezing them for later use and also using a premixed flour blend.

Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Corn Free recipe....YUM!

I was cleaning out the refrigerator and found some goodies to make these Cheesy Potatoes with Bacon.

 

Moe's Easy Cheesy Bacon Taters

I sliced up some potatoes, fried them up in some oil, drained them and then added on some cheese (use dairy free kind if you need to) and then crushed up some crisp cooked bacon. YUM! Easy meal to go with scrambled eggs. Sometimes something good comes from cooking with scraps.

Gluten Free, Corn Free, Dairy Free Cheesecake!

With fall being here, I love to cook more. I needed a birthday cake for myself and I was thinking CHEESE CAKE! So I decided to head to the grocery store and I found my fall season favorite Silk Soymilk Seasonal Nog and there was a yummy recipe on the back for Eggnog Cheesecake! SOLD!!

Eggnog Cheesecake

16 oz cream cheese softened (regular, light, dairy free)

1/2 cup sugar (don't tell, but I put in 1 cup)

2 Tbls flour (I used Better Batter)

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp nutmeg (don't tell, but I did not have any, so I used Penzey Spice's Cake Spice)

2 Tbls dark rum or 2 tsp vanilla (I used 4 tsp Vanilla)

3/4 c Silk Seasonal Nog (any flavor will do)

2 eggs (or egg sub)

It called for a graham cracker crust, but I just greased my pan and skipped the crust

Preheat oven to 325F, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, salt and nutmeg. Then add in and beat vanilla and Silk in. Then beat in eggs. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 25-30 min. I had to go almost 40 min because my oven is a bit off. Just insert a knife in the center and when it comes out clean it's done.  Chill and yields 8 servings.

 

This was so good!!!  I had to freeze the rest of it today so that I would not eat anymore of it! lol.  BTW I sampled it frozen and it does not freeze solid, but has a very nice texture frozen. This is for sure a Thanksgiving recipe that I am making and freezing ahead of time. Even with no crust it was wonderful. The edges get nice and brown and have that fancy New York Style Cheesecake taste.

 

Now for those that like a crust, you could make your own or use a prepackaged gluten free graham cracker crust. Always check ingredients even though I say mine are GF, CF DF just to make sure that I don't miss something.

ENJOY!

 

Recipe! It's fall and time to do some cooking...YUM!

Gluten Free Breadstix

 

 

bread sticks inspired by olive garden

 

These were really yummy! The recipe is from Better Batter and you can get it above at the link. I used Penzeys Buttermilk Ranch Seasoning, it's dairy free. in the margarine mix.

These freeze really well, just reheat for a few seconds in the microwave or a few minutes in the oven and enjoy with a nice salad.

 

Yummy Gluten Free, Corn Free, Dairy Free recipe

I was over at today and came across this recipe for Zuppa Toscana click here to find out what that is!! Zuppa Toscana Recipe. This recipe is so yummy looking, I plan to make it next week when I go shopping, I need to buy the sausage. Now you will notice that the recipe calls for sausage and bacon be sure to use corn and gluten free meats. If you need to be dairy free also, sub the milk for your choice and the cheese for Daiya brand. Stop by and see what other goodies Erica has on the Confessions Of A Homeschooler blog.

Enjoy!
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I Can ____________ in 2013!

Well 2013 is upon us and in thinking about how 2012 went, I need a word to help me get through this new year!  My word for the 2013 year is CAN.

 



• I am going to think of all the things that I CAN do to improve my health.
• Think on things that I CAN eat (that is hard to do with numerous food allergies).
• On the bad days, how CAN I make it better?
• On the good days what CAN I do?
• How CAN I impart wisdom and knowledge into my only child?

I'm pretty excited about this list and CAN hardly wait to add more to it!
CAN you help me?

Happy New Year,
Moe

Holiday Recipe

I like to have something sweet and creamy on hand for a quick sweet treat while everyone is eating gluten & corn filled treats. So I've come up with a Cherry Ice Cream recipe.

This has not been frozen yet, so it's very soft in the photo.

 

Cherry Ice Cream

 

1 1/4 cups milk (whole, 2%, soy, rice, almond) I used soy today

14 oz can full fat coconut milk (liquid and solids from the can)

1/2 c-1 c sugar (depending on how sweet you like it)

1/2 c tart or dark cherry juice (usually found in health food section of grocery store)

Pour all ingredients into mixing bowl, whisk together or use mixer until combined.

Taste to see if it's sweet enough, add more sugar if needed.

Then pour into ice cream maker and freeze. As mixture thickens you can add in chopped cherries if you want.

Add a drop of two of red food coloring if you want a festive colored Cherry Ice Cream.

YUM!! This was really good!

Moe



Two New Recipes

The first recipe is just something that I threw together today. I found some boneless, skinless chicken thighs on sale (use leftover turkey later this week for this recipe, you could add more broth for soup or add gluten free dumplings on top for chicken/turkey pot pie), so I dumped them in the crockpot and covered with water. Cooked them on high for about 5 hours. Drained the meat and poured the broth into a large pot, I brought that to a boil and added 24 oz of gluten free & corn free chicken broth, I ran a head of celery through the food chopper along with 5 carrots, tossed those in.

I then added 1 tsp Poultry Seasoning, 1/2 tsp Thyme, 1 tsp onion powered (I would have chopped a full onion but we have a funeral visitation to attend this evening and I did not want my hands and hair to smell like onions  :O(  I then added my secret weapon Superior Kosher Chicken Base it is gluten free and corn free and REALLY REALLY adds some great flavor!! I put about 1 1/2 TBLS in. I let this boil for about 20 minutes to mix the flavors up.

Then I added in gluten free & corn free egg noodles. I order them from PastaAlley, we love their gf egg noodles and gf soup noodles, they soak up the broth and taste like Grandma's homemade noodles. After adding the noodles I let them boil for about15 minutes and then shredded up the chicken and added that. YUMMO!! I am eating a bowl full as I type. I did add a touch of sea salt at the end.

I also was in the mood for something sweet and holiday like. I bought some SILK Egg Nog, called the company and they assured me that it was gluten free & corn free. So I decided to make some Egg Nog ice cream.  I love my Cuisinart Frozen Yogurt Ice Sorbet maker it makes goodies in less than 25 minutes, actually it took me about 15 minutes start to finish to make this. And it tastes wonderful!
You can whisk this up in a bowl, but the full fat coconut milk is hard to whisk I think. So I use my mixer. I added
1 1/4 c Soy Nog
1/2 c sugar (use more or less to your taste)
1 can full fat coconut milk (liquid and the thick white stuff in the can (lol.....I freaked the first time I opened a can of this, I was like "what on earth is this?" lol)
And mix or whisk until smooth.
Pour into ice cream maker and run as directed from manufacturer.

I know this looks like a dough ball.......LOL. But it's really ice cream in the ice cream maker and it's YUMMY!!

So these are some starts to my Holiday cooking this week. My in-laws will have the traditional Thanksgiving meal and I will be bringing my own eats  :O)     I don't mind since I like the people better than the food. We will spend the afternoon playing board games and visiting. Of course I am sure that there will be some sort of football game blaring in the background...lol.  Though one person will be missing from the family meal table, our son's Birthmom. She was killed 6 years ago by a drunk driver the week of Thanksgiving. She was on her way home from Grad School to her Mother's home for  Thanksgiving break. I am thankful that our son had several years to get to know his Birthmom before her death.

Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving!
Moe

Pizzelle Cookies: gluten & corn free!

I did some cooking yesterday, I found some Gluten Free Bisquick at our local salvage store for $2.49: that is a BARGIN! It's almost $5.00 a box at our grocery store. I found the Pizzelle recipe on the ezgf blogspot checkout her other great recipes too.

 One of my favorite cookies before being diagnosed were Pizzelle. They are light, crisp Italian cookies that are just delightful. You can flavor them however you like. I have a Pizzelle make that I bought from Taste Of Home, it makes Pizzelles, waffles and filled sandwiches. I made some rolled up cannoli shells, flat cookies and some dessert shells (add ice cream or fruit to them for a pretty dessert). You can also shape them into ice cream cones. 

These tasted really good, I would say about 98% of what I remember from the gluten kind  :O)

Enjoy!
Moe

 

Recipe for Labor Day Weekened!

Herbed Turkey Burger w/ Zucchini Buns

 

Recipe for Labor Day Weekend!

 

This looks WONDERFUL! I'm thinking with Labor Day Weekend coming upon us that these will be on the menu! Stop over at Queen Of Quinoa's blog to get the recipe, there is no Quinoa in this recipe  ;0)   She has a nice listing of recipes and they are all gluten free. Many can be easily made corn free and dairy free too.

 

Enjoy!

Moe

Sunday Dinner of Chicken & Noodles

Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Corn Free Chicken and Noodles.
This turned out really well!  It's also gluten free, dairy free and corn free! But please don't let that scare you off if you don't have to be FREE of foods.

I baked one of our farm fresh chickens yesterday and picked it clean. (Saved the bones for rich broth).
So here goes the recipe.
2 boxes of Hodgson Mill gluten free pastas  I LOVE THEIR PASTA!! (It's non GMO & has golden milled flax seed in it too!), you may use wheat pasta too. Cook pasta until just under done.
3 cans of Cream of Whatever Soup your family likes (I make my own gluten, corn and dairy free and will include the recipe below.)
Chopped up chicken, (in a pinch you could use canned chicken (check label for gf/cf/df if needed), cooked chicken breasts) however much your family likes. I used up the entire 6# chicken that I baked, my guys must see meat in the food or they think they will die of starvation! lol........
Mix this all together and heat until warm. I then served and sprinkled on some Penzeys Spices Pasta Sprinkle (ingredients sweet basil, Turkish oregano, thyme and garlic). I LOVE THEIR SPICES! You could also add some seasoning salt (not corn free). This recipe made enough for my guys and for about 6 single servings in the freezer for me.

Next time I make this I think I would saute some onions, celery and carrots to add to the mix and then add some frozen green beans.  To put a spin on these as leftovers, you could spoon this into an 8x8 pan, mix in some leftover veggies and cover with some gluten free, corn free, dairy free biscuit topping and have chicken, noodles and biscuits!

Recipe for gluten free, dairy free, corn free Cream of Whatever Soup
I found this one over at Allrecipes.com

A flavorful condensed cream of chicken soup base recipe for use in dishes that call for canned creamed soups

Yield:

3 cups (about 2 cans)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt (or less; taste to test)
1/4 teaspoon parsley
dash of paprika
1 1/2 cups milk (I used homemade rice milk)
3/4 cup flour (I used gluten free, but use wheat if you want)

Instructions:

1. In medium-sized saucepan, boil chicken broth, 1/2 cup of the milk, and the seasonings for a minute or two (longer if using fresh onions or garlic).
2. In a bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 cup of milk and flour. Add to boiling mixture and continue whisking briskly until mixture boils and thickens.

Gluten free, dairy free, corn free Pineapple Ice Cream

This was such an easy recipe!! Until I left the room and the timer went off and I did not hear it.......LOL!  It made a huge mess, but it tasted so good! Here is the quick and easy recipe.

Gluten free, dairy free, corn free Pineapple Ice Cream
Pineapple Ice Cream (or sorbet, whatever you want to call it.)
I used 1 fresh pineapple (you can use canned but it does contain corn in the citric acid) add pineapple and juice to blender, blend until smooth.
Then add in 1 cup sugar or more (use whatever sweetener you desire)
Then add about 1/4 cup of OJ of your choice (I had orange pineapple on hand).
Blend it all together and taste. You want this pretty sweet, because once ice creams or sorbets freeze they don't taste as sweet because your tongue gets numb from the cold. I think I ended up adding about 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
You can also add a bit of gluten free vanilla if you like.
Then pour into your ice cream maker and process as directed. I did mine for 20 mins, but forgot about it and it went for about 32 minutes.....LOL. As you can see my results. But it tasted really good!

Enjoy!
Moe

Beef Stew slow cooker recipe

It's finally cooling off here a bit so I've started cooking some hearty meals around here. I use my crockpot/slow cooker all summer long, but when it's time for school to start, I get that slow cooker crockpot really fired up! This time I made some Corn Free, Gluten Free & Dairy Free Beef Stew.
I found some flank steak on sale, cut that up into small pieces, cut up some organic carrots and added some garden fresh green beans. Poured in 2 cups of water (I don't always add water to my crockpot, but I wanted some beef broth to put in the freezer), added some fresh ground pepper, about 3 teaspoons of Grandmas Molasses (corn free & gluten free-had to call the company to find this out), 2 tablespoons of Soy Sauce (corn free/gluten free brand), 1 tablespoon of Bragg Liquid Aminos (tastes like soy sauce to me but with less sodium and it's also Certified NON-GMO liquid protein concentrate), if you don't have Braggs, just add more soy sauce, and finally I added a teaspoon of Sea Salt.
If you don't have the allergy restrictions you can add mixed veggies, corn, mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes and whatever seasoning sounds good to you.

I'm sort of funny about my beef, I like it very tender. So I put it in the crockpot for 3 hours on high and then about 5 hours on low. You can just leave it on low all day or put it on high for 4 hour.

I did not serve anything with this since I'm sort of doing a rotation diet so as not to get another allergy started. But this would be good with the beef stew and juices poured over mashed potatoes, rice or brown rice pasta. 

Next week I will share my new dairy free, corn free and gluten free cantaloupe sorbet recipe.......SO EASY!!  I'm loving my new ice cream maker BIG TIME!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Moe

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!!

School is fast approaching and I wanted to give you one of my all time favorite websites for cooking during the school year  the Crockpot 365 blog.

The entire site is gluten free, but the recipes are for everyone!  Look under the Slow Cooking tab and click on Index for a listing of the recipes. She also gives a review along with reader comments after each recipe.
We love the  Baked Oatmeal, Chicken Teriyaki , Rotisserie-Style Chicken (this is WONDERFUL! and tastes like the expensive store bought). After I make this one I add about a cup or so of water to the chicken broth in the bottom of the crockpot and then I freeze it for later use YUM!
Check it out for easy meals during the school year.
Moe

Happy Independence Day!!

I am blessed to live in this wonderful country know as the USA!!
It's been a busy time for all of us I am sure. I've not been feeling 100% as I think I have been getting traces of corn in my diet somehow, the culprit may be some brown sugar that I bought from Kroger, the ingredients should have tipped me off, it just said BROWN SUGAR. Guess what? You can't grow brown sugar, so it must have something else in it. I called and they can't tell me if it contains corn, but said it could. THANKS FOR NOTHING! So they have lost my business.

So since I know that we are all busy this time of year, I thought I would post a few blog postings that have really touched my heart. And this one sure did. It revealed to me that I needed to ask our son for forgiveness in the area of being snappy when he wants my attention through out the day. I get engrossed in something like cooking, reading labels or trying to find something to eat that is gluten free, corn free and any of the other things that I am allergic too free....lol...besides a celery stick or carrot stick...hahaha.

Doing or Being? is the name of the blog post article. Read it and put it to good use this summer before school starts again and we get super intense on getting things done. I think that this hit me hard as I just read in my daily devotions of Martha/Mary and how Jesus responded to Martha, he made time for her, listened to what she thought she needed and did not get snappy with her, even though he was busy teaching with Mary and others at his feet.

Luke 10:38-42
^{38 "}Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
⁴⁰ But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
⁴¹ And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
⁴² But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

Happy Independence Day!
Moe

Gluten FREE & Corn FREE recipe

Carla's Gluten Free Recipe Box had a wonderful recipe this week that you just have to try! gluten free vegetable soup. This can be corn free if you make your own broth or use a corn free broth and check the beans for corn in the ingredients. This sounds so good for those rainy days we have been having here.  Easy lunches for those last few days of school too.

Enjoy!
Moe

Weigh in day

Today was weigh in day for our chickens, two of them were 1 lbs 3 oz, and the rest were all around
3 lbs, 8oz. So they are looking pretty tasty......eeerrr, ummmm, lol. I mean looking good  ;o)
They will be fully grown and ready to go the week of May 24.

As for names so far we have

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken & Dumplings

Chicken Noodle Soup

BBQ Chicken

Fried Chicken

Chicken Salad Sandwich

They are enjoying their time in the sunshine and fresh air. Though it's been a bit frosty in the mornings, they are doing well. The hens DO NOT LIKE THEM! lol. We had them in the yard next to the girls nesting boxes and they were screeching at them.

We even weighed some of  our hens and they all tipped the scales at OVER 5#.

Off to bake some gluten free/corn free bread.

Moe

Neat recipe site

By now you know that I am a sucker for any recipe website.....lol. I can't pass one up, I've got tons of cookbooks, I just need to use what I have. hahaha. But then along comes a website like this Angelas Kitchen from my friend Megan. I clicked on it and looked around, saw some a gluten free, special diet, whole foods, and traditional menus with recipes. Off to the side I found some others including CORN FREE!!  (they have soy free, pork free and many others too!) What a wealth of info!

So check her out and see if you can find something new to eat, she even has once a month cooking plans.

Moe

Sugar & Spice & every thing nice

My frugal gal friends have given me a tip about Penzeys.com a wonderful looking spice company. They have a very nice catalog that you can request, they have coupons and specials. They also have retail stores, none near me, but you might look them up. The catalog is not just a selling point for their products, it contains readers stories and recipes. It's well worth requesting.
I have not ordered from them as of yet, spoke with a helpful customer service rep today regarding gluten/corn in their products and I was referred to an email address. So I am waiting to hear back from them.

I cooked up one of the recipes Classic Saffron Rice and it was WONDERFUL! I used some ground Saffron that I got from a friend that went on a missions trip down to Grenada, I plan to take her a bowl of it to sample when I see her tomorrow. Everyone here liked, had a nice mild flavor, next time I think I will add a touch more. The recipe can be found in the latest edition Spring 2012 catalog. I don't have permission to post the recipe, so just call or email them and ask for a catalog. The issue that I got offers a coupon $5.00 off a purchase of $10.00 or more! I plan on using that if I get good news on the products not containing corn/gluten.

Recipes can be found here for many yummy looking dishes.

Please let my readers know if you have ever bought anything from Penzeys Spices.

Thanks & Bon Appétit,
Moe