FREE Spices from my favorite spice company!

Penzeys Spices has a brand new website that is really simple to use now. They are offering a free 1/2 cup jar of any of there spices (excluding Saffron) with any $5.00 purchase. These make really awesome Christmas gifts and wedding gifts. My cabinet is full of Penzeys Spices. They are also great at answering allergy questions.

Come and get your coupon for FREE 1/2 cup jar of Penzeys Spices.

Here are a few of my all time favorites!

Cake Spice, I use this in my oatmeal, Amish Baked Oatmeal and pancake/waffle batter.
Ground Caraway Seeds, I use this in my pork recipes
Italian Sausage Seasoning, I use this when I buy fresh ground pork and make my own breakfast sausages.
Buttermilk Ranch, don't let the name fool you, there is NO buttermilk in the seasoning. I use this to make dairy free salad dressings and dips. This is also really good sprinkled on mashed or baked potatoes. And super yummy sprinkled on baked chicken breasts.

I like how I can buy small or medium sized bottles or I can buy a larger size bag. I buy the Cake Spice and the Buttermilk Ranch by the bag full!

Stop by Penzeys Spices website or one of there brick and mortor locations. I've been to a few of the locations and love all the recipes that are sitting out by the spices. Like them on Facebook too!

Moe

Carve Out Some Time For Pumpkin Goodies!

I've been doing some beeboppin' around today for My Let's Get Cooking Series brings you fall time goodies from Gluten Free Homemaker's blog.

Pumpkin recipes galore including:

Gluten free and dairy free pumpkin pie!!

Pumpkin Sheet Cake

Pumpkin Waffles

Pumpkin Chili

Paleo Pumpkin Muffins

and many more!!

What are you waiting for??

Jump on these recipes and take the chill out of your home with some baked goodness from Linda's blog.

Enjoy!!

Moe

~Let's Get Cooking Series~

During my Let's Get Cooking Series, I plan to beebop and hop around the net to some blogging sites that I frequent and give you some tips and tools to find great gluten free recipes to make your home life easier in the kitchen. As a wife, homeschooling mom, daughter of a Mother who lives nearby who needs constant care, I lead a busy life. I know that your life never stop either!

All the recipes in this series can be made either gluten free or with gluten, so don't run away if you are one of my readers that is NOT gluten free.

So the Let's Get Cooking Series is kicking off today with some AWESOME recipes from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures. Hop on over and check her out! Tell Lynn that Moe sent you from Adoptive Mom Home Schooling An Only Child blog.

40 Ground Beef Recipes
Lynn's Kitchen Adventures has some wonderful meals that could be easily made gluten free. Stop by her blog and  check out the 40 recipes that she has on there.


Taco Soup photo from Lynn's Kitchen Adventure blog

We are pinching penny's right now in our household due to my husband being hurt at work and ground beef tends to go a long way in recipes. I plan to make a number of these in the near future.

Many of these recipes look like they could be easily changed to gluten free and also look freezer friendly. Easy swap outs would be regular noodles for gluten free noodles. I think that these recipes will be easy enough for a Gluten Free newbie to try out and enjoy.

Lynn also has a Gluten Free button on her site for more recipes. Always check your ingredients and make sure that you are using gluten free.

Warm up with a nice hot meal on the cheap!
Moe


 Lynn's Kitchen Adventures

Pumpkin + Fall = BAKING

What The Fork Food Blog has this incredible looking recipe for Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese frosting.

Now if you are dairy free don't cringe!! You can make this with some yummy dairy free cream cheese. I am going to make this tomorrow and I will post my thoughts on it. I can't wait to take the damp chill out of the house with a cake baking in the oven.

I've looked around Sharon's blog and WOW!!! Tons of yummy looking treats on her blog, many look like they will freeze great for holiday baking too.

Check her out!
Moe

p.s. As we move into the holidays and get busy, please be watchful as to what you eat and cook with. Even though you are busy, don't make careless mistakes that will make you sick. Keep gluten free snacks with you and when you are out on the town, check the restaurant menus before you step through the door or go through the drive thru. Did I tell you that Red Robin is my favorite place now? No!! They did not give me anything for saying that, but I will tell you that there is nothing like their French Onion Soup (ask for gluten free and make sure they hold the croutons and bread) and an order of fries (fried in a dedicated fryer!) I would say that the soup rivals Panera Breads or St. Louis Bread  Company's gluten filled french onion soup.