Month 2 of my Pantry Challenge & recipes

Tonight for dinner we had Chicken Stew as I call it. All from the pantry except for the chicken (did not want to have to butcher a hen for dinner....lol. So I let Tyson do the dirty work!)

I sliced up a bunch of celery, carrots, onion and put them in some olive oil and sauteed them.

Dumped those into the crockpot with a 32 oz container of NO SALT GF chicken broth,

cut up the chicken breasts (3 of them) added those to the crockpot,

sprinkled in some cumin (1/2 tsp or so),

1 tsp of poultry seasoning,

1/2 tsp of Kitchen Bouquet,

1/2 tsp of Marjoram.

A can of black beans drained and rinsed 

a large can of green beans (I think around 30 oz or so?) drained and rinsed.

I cooked that on high for an hour and then on low for about 3 hours. But you could put it on low all day and just leave it. I had some brown rice in the fridge leftover so I tossed that in about the last hour. It was a hit!!

Moe's Gluten Free/Dairy Free Chicken Stew

A fine meal like this was not be complete without a wonderful dessert!!

Moe's Gluten Free/Dairy Free Peanut Butter Truffle Brownie

1 box of Gluten Free Hodgson Mill Brownie Mix (use regular brownie mix if you can eat wheat  :)

I used 2 eggs to make the cake like brownies and followed the recipe on the box.

Then to make the peanut butter filling (use Sunbutter if you have allergies to peanut butter)

Filling

1/2 cup Fleischmann's salt free margarine (it's dairy free too!), softened (or use real butter)

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

2 cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoons Almond/soy or dairy milk (I added a bit more to make it more creamy)

Blend with mixer until creamy. Then I cut the brownie in 1/2 with a knife, layed on the filling and then put the top of the brownie on. It's 1/2 gone already! lol

Moe

Dreaming of a room like this

This is too cool!!!  Oh, I could spend hours in that room reading and enjoying a good cup of tea. Though I think I would change the flooring, I like a darker wood grain.

I just think that this is a very cool room. Got a dream room that you would like to share? Post a link to it.

Moe

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bars recipe

I found this recipe over on the Tessa the Domestic Diva: Wholesome, Allergy-Friendly Living blog here is a link to the recipe: chocolate peanut butter cookie bars, I plan on making these this weekend

The above photo is from http://tessadomesticdiva.blogspot.com/. check out her site for other gluten free and dairy free recipes. Lots of yummy & kid friendly recipes over there.

Have a great weekend,
Moe

Pantry Challenge recipe

Yummy recipe from my blogging friend over at the goodcheapeats blog, click on the link to go to the recipe for Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake. The recipe is NOT GF, but you can use any of the baking mix/flour mixes and it will work fine. I also used dairy free margarine and Almond milk to make ours.

I made a few additions to our recipe that I made this morning. It was very quick to make and did not mess up my morning routine. It took about as much time as it does for me to make eggs and toast for everyone.

Going along with our pantry challenge theme I had some cranberries and golden raisins that needed used up. I also wanted to limit the oil so I used 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce and 1/4 cup oil, also we are working on adding more fiber to our diet so I sprinkled in 3 tsp Ener-G Pure Rice Bran (can’t even tell it’s in there). And I doubled the topping recipe YUM!! My guys like it and so did I.

I love how the topping soaks into the coffee cake. Those chunks of Cinnamon topping were wonderful! I always double the topping on stuff like this.

Thanks for the great recipe idea on a cold morning!

This is a KEEPER!

Have a blessed day.
Moe