Copycat Rice a Roni, GF DF

1/2 cup raw GF spaghetti broken into 1/2 inch pieces
1 cup raw white rice 
1 1/4 cups of GF broth (vegetable, beef, or chicken)
2 tablespoons oil

salt and pepper to taste

Put oil and spaghetti in skillet pan and saute on medium-low heat until pasta is golden brown. Add water, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes until rice is done. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Biscuits and Sausage Gravy, GF DF

Sausage Gravy

1/2 lb of sausage, GF
2 tbsp of cornstarch
1/4 cup of almond milk (or milk of your choice)
1 3/4 cups of almond milk (or milk of your choice)
salt and pepper to taste

Cook sausage breaking it up into little pieces. Turn pan off, remove sausage from the pan and leave about a tablespoon of grease in the pan. In separate bowl, mix cornstarch and 1/4 cup of milk until smooth. Add 1 3/4 milk to pan. Stir in cornstarch and milk mixture with a whisk. Turn heat on medium and heat until bubbling. Add sausage back to pan and simmer. Serve over gluten free biscuits! Here is my favorite GF biscuit recipe: Easy Mayo Biscuits, GF DF

Easy Mayo Biscuits, GF DF

2 1/2 cups of gluten free flour mix
1 cup of milk
1/2 cup of mayonnaise
1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
3/4 tsp of salt

Mix all ingredients and let sit for about 5 minutes. Pat dough out on a gf floured surface. Cut out biscuits and place side by side in a greased pan.

Bake for 30 minutes at 350.

These are great served with: Sausage Gravy, GF DF

Rocky Road Fudge, GF DF

10 oz bag of Enjoy Life chocolate chips or chocolate morsels
1 tbsp oil
1 7 oz jar of Jet marshallow creme
1/2 cup marshallows
1tsp vanilla
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Put chocolate chips and oil in microwave safe bowl. Microwave for two minutes stirring every 30 seconds. Mix well and fold in marshmallow creme. The. Fold in the rest of the ingredients.
Spread in greased pan and put in refrigerator until set.

Dill Pickle Soup, GF DF

My son and I love dill pickles. I have had the thought of dill pickle soup on my mind for a while. Tonight I decided to give it a go. It turned out delicious!

3 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1 medium potato, diced

1/2 cup of almond milk 

1/4 cup dill pickle relish or chopped dill pickle
1/2 cup dill pickle juice
1 1/2 tbs cornstarch
4 tbs water

Boil potatoes in broth until tender. Add milk, pickles, and pickle juice. Mix cornstarch with water and slowly add to soup. Bring to a boil while stirring.

Top with DF cheese or Fried Dill Pickle Chips, gluten free!

Enjoy!

Pizza Bake

After getting six inches of snow today on the first day of November, I wanted a bubbling hot pizza for supper. My son has a friend over for the weekend and they were willing to try whatever new concoction I came up with tonight. (Thank goodness, my husband is always will to be my guinea pig)

Well, I barely got a picture of half of it to post. Once they tasted it, they almost devoured the whole thing. I have to admit, it was really good....I got seconds...and thirds too! 

4 cups Gluten Free Bisquick Mix (click link for homemade version)
1 1/2 cups milk
24 oz can of pasta sauce ( I used Hunts garlic and herb sauce)
2 cups cheese
Additional topping optional

Preheat oven to 350. Mix Bisquick and milk until dough forms. Let rest while you grease a 13x9 in dish. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough to cover the bottom of the pan.

Pour pasta sauce over dough and add any additional topping you may want. Bake for 10 minutes.
Top with cheese and bake an additional 15 minutes. Enjoy!

Candy Pecans

A week ago, I got to visit my Aunt Brenda. She kindly gave me pecans that she has picked up from the pecan trees in her yard. She even already had them cracked for me! I love candy pecans, but honestly I didn't want to heat the oven to make them. So, I decided to try a stove top version. They turned out great!!!

1/2 cup sugar
2 cups pecans
dash of salt
cinnamon to taste

Add sugar and pecans for pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is melted. Add salt and cinnamon and turn out onto a cookie sheet. Let cool, then enjoy!

Pumpkin Pie Dip

My class has been studying about apples. So, I have been on an apple kick lately and making dips. Last night, I made vanilla dip with yogurt and a little instant vanilla pudding mix. Today, I wanted pumpkin pie.  My boys love pumpkin pie and this is so yummy!

1 15 oz can pumpkin
1 3.4oz package instant vanilla pudding (dry mix only)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 container cool whip

Mix first four ingredients, then fold in cool whip. Serve with sliced apple or other fresh fruit.

Gluten Free Drop Biscuits

2 cups Gluten Free Flour
1/4 tsp xanthan gum (if not included in flour mix)
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk

1. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl.  Cut butter into the flour. Add milk and stir until well mixed. 
2. Spoon the batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until golden. Remove biscuits from pan immediately, and place on a wire rack.

Fried Dill Pickle Chips, gluten free

Fried Dill Pickle Chips

1 cup Maseca flour, gf
1 egg
1 cup dill pickle chips, drained and dried
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Cook oil

In a container, mix flour,  salt, and pepper. In a separate bowl, beat egg. Dip dill pickle chips in egg then flour mixture one at a time. Heat oil on medium. Drop in oil and cook to browned. Place on paper towel covered plate to drain.

Add your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy!

Celiac Kids: Back to School Resources and 504 Plans

Here some Back to School resources for Kids with Celiac Disease:

Back to School

Infographic: Back to School Gluten-Free Checklist

Gluten-Free Back to School Tips from Parents, for Parents (pinterest)

Letter to Educator
Gluten-Free Lunch Ideas
Gluten-Free Quick Snacks
Back to School: Preparing to Educate School Administrators on the
Importance of Gluten-Free
Understanding Your Student    
Letter to Teacher
School Trip Letter
Celiac Disease and children 

Gluten Free Letters for:  Student, Principal, Teacher, Cafeteria Staff, Parent, School Counselor, Nurse

504 Plans

504 Plan Roadmap
Requesting a 504 Plan for a Child with Celiac Disease
504 Plan Could be a Celiac’s BFF
ADA Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance 
Sample 504 Plan 

Blackberry Pies, Gluten Free

My son and I went blackberry picking. It was so much fun! One of my favorite things about berry picking, besides eating as you go, is the great conversations I have with my son. When we returned he asked for a blackberry pie. So, here it is!

Gluten Free Blackberry Pies

Crust
1 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp Gluten Free Flour Mix
6 tbsp butter
6 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp of cold water

Cut butter into flour and sugar. Add water and mix until it forms a dough. Press dough down into mini pie plates.

Filling
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 pts blackberries, washed and cleaned
1/4 sugar

Mix blackberries with sugar and cornstarch. Spoon evenly into the mini pie crusts.

Topping
1 tbsp butter
1/4 cup gluten free oatmeal
sprinkle of sugar

Sprinkle oatmeal over mini pie crusts and top with a 1/2 tsp of butter. Then, sprinkle with a little sugar on top. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes until done.

Top with ice cream......yummy! 

  

   

Meatballs GF

These meatballs are great as an appetizer, main dish, in spaghetti, or to make a meatball sub!

Gluten Free Meatballs

1 lb ground meat
1/3 cup gluten free oatmeal
1 egg
1/2 tsp gluten free soy sauce
1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
4 oz of water
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning, gf
salt and pepper to taste

Mix ground meat, oatmeal, egg and soy sauce until mixed well. Scoop     tablespoon size of meat mixture and roll into a ball.

 Cook over medium heat until browned on each side. 

Add tomato sauce Italian seasoning, and water to meatballs and simmer covered for 15-20 minutes on low.

Kettle Corn

A perfect summer snack...sweet, salty, and crunchy! 

I often make this treat when we are heading to the beach or pool! 

1/4 cup of oil
1/2 corn kernels
1/4 cup sugar
Salt, to taste

In a large pot with a lid, heat oil and corn kernels over medium heat. After the first kernel pops, add sugar to pot and put lid back on. Shake pot constantly to prevent sugar from burning. Cook until popping stops. Quickly and carefully, pour into a large bowl and add popcorn or sea salt.

Easy Way to Peel Peaches

Bring water to boil in a pot. 

Place peaches into the boiling water for 45 seconds. 

Remove peaches from the boiling water and let cool for 5 minutes. 

Gently pull skins off and rinse. 

 

Beautiful peeled peaches!

Now you can make a yummy Peach Cobbler! 

Click here for the recipe. 

*** This trick also works great when removing the skin from tomatoes. 

Peach Cobbler, GF

6 tbsp of butter
1 cup of GF flour mix
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups of sugar
3/4 cup of milk
4-5 peaches or a can of peach pie filling

Peel and slice peaches. Click here for an easy way to peel peaches. Place peaches in a bowl and sprinkle with 1/4 cup of sugar. Set aside.

Melt butter in Pyrex dish. Mix flour and 1 cup of sugar together and add milk. Stir until blend, pour over butter. Place peaches into mixture. Do not stir.

 Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Top with cool whip or ice cream!

Lemon Pound Cake, GF

1 1/4 cups of sugar
1 1/2 cups of gluten free flour
4 eggs
3/4 cup of butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 1/2 teaspoon of lemon flavoring

Cream butter, margarine, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour and mix well. Beat on high for a minute then fold in flavoring.

Divide between 3 mini loaf pans that are greased. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. 

Blueberry Cobbler

If you are looking for sweet goodness, this one is for you! My dad makes this yummy cobbler and shared his recipe with me many years ago. My dad is a great cook and is often cooking for big crowds...hunting club, church group etc. Everytime I make this, I think of him and his big heart!

Here is my GF version:

6 tbsp of butter
1 cup of GF flour mix
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup of sugar
3/4 cup of milk
1 pint of blueberries or a can of blueberry pie filling

Melt butter in Pyrex dish. Mix flour and sugar together and add milk. Stir until blend, pour over butter. Place blueberries into mixture. Do not stir. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Top with cool whip or ice cream!

Fresh Tomato Pasta with Zucchini

I love fresh tomato pasta! It is simple and perfect for a summer day! 

2 Tbsp of herb olive oil 

2 garlic cloves 

1-2 tomatoes, diced

1 zucchini, diced

salt and pepper

cook pasta, for serving

In a sauce pan on medium heat, add oil, garlic and zucchini. Cook for 1-2 minutes. 

Add tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes on low. Add salt and pepper to your taste.

Serve over pasta! 

Chicken Bok Choy Stir Fry GF

Our family has been getting fresh produce each week from Wild Pilgrim Farmstead. This week's box had bok choy in it. I enjoy eating bok choy but have not cooked it much. So, I decided to whip up some chicken boy choy and it turned out delicious! 

1/4 cup soy sauce, GF
1 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tsp light-brown sugar
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 tsp cornstarch
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, diced
4 cups bok choy, sliced
1/4 cup of water
Cooked rice for serving

Slice chicken into strips and toss in bowl with cornstarch. In skillet or wok, heat oil over med-high heat. Add garlic and stir, then add chicken and cook about 7-8 stirring frequently. While chicken is cooking, combine soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and water in bowl. Add bok choy to pan and cook until it wilts. Add sauce mixture and cook until it thickens. 

Serve over rice and enjoy!

Strawberry, Walnut Salad

Growing up, this was my favorite salad my mom would make. It was also the beginning of my love for onions. I remember when she first made it, I was about 10 years old. I looked at the salad with sliced onions on it. Yuck, I thought (of course, I would not have dared told my mom that) but she must have read the look on my face. Try it, she said. Oh my, how those sweet strawberries and onions did a dance in my mouth!

So simple, yet delicious!

Mom was right....again :)

Strawberry, Walnut Salad

1 pint of strawberries, sliced
1 small onion (spring, or purple), thinly sliced
1/4 cup of walnuts, chopped
1 head of lettuce or spinach, washed and cut or broke in bite size pieces

Place lettuce in a bowl, top with strawberries, onion, and walnuts. Toss and top serve with strawberry or raspberry vinaigrette.

Substituting

While at the Gluten Free Expo in Asheville, NC, I had the pleasure of  listening to Beth Hillson speak about gluten free baking. It was great! One thing she covered was substitutions. Here are some suggestions that she gave for substituting boldly!

Flour........ Gluten Free Flour mix + gum
Milk......... Soy, hemp, or almond milk
Butter....... Margarine, coconut oil, or organic shortening
Eggs......... Flax gel, chia seeds, puréed tofu, applesauce, or psyllium

For more information, see her blog http://glutenfreemakeovers.com/

Or purchase her books click here

Gluten Free Waffles

1 1/2 cup of Gluten Free Flour Mix
1 cup of milk or alomond milk
3 tbsp of molasses 
2 eggs
1/3 plus 2 tbsp of oil
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla

Whisk ingredients to get her until well blended. Set aside for ten minutes while waffle iron heats. 

Pour batter onto the heated waffle iron (mine takes about a 1/3 cup) and cook until the waffle is crisp and golden brown.  Serve with fruit and or your favorite syrup! 
 

Strawberry Shortcake

Pound Cake

1 1/4 cups of sugar
1 1/2 cups of gluten free flour
4 eggs
3/4 cup of butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1/2 teaspoon of lemon flavoring

Cream butter, margarine, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour and mix well. Beat on high for a minute then fold in flavoring.


Divide between 3 mini loaf pans that are greased. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. 

Strawberries

1 pint of strawberries

1/4 cup of sugar

1 tbsp of water

Slice strawberries.* Add sugar and water. Let sit in refrigerator until ready to use.

* I like to use an egg slicer to cut my strawberries. Makes easy, uniform slices.

To assemble: slice pound cake, place strawberries over pound cake and top with cool whip.