Toad in the Hole

This has always been one of Jon's favorite recipes, and not so much mine. Morgan and Jon read a book together that reminded him of this recipe. He ask me to add the ingredients to my shopping list. Being a good wife, I did just that. So I attempted to convert this to being GF and it worked out really well. Jon says it tastes just like the real thing. It doesn't make very much so we made a side of waffles and muffins and had breakfast for dinner. I actually even really liked it this time.

1 C GF flour mix
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
2 eggs
1 C milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 lb small breakfast sausages

Prepare batter and refrigerate for 1 hour. Half cook sausages in pan. Transfer to greased baking dish (8x8). Space sausages 1 inch apart. Pour batter over sausages and bake in preheated oven at 400-425 degrees. for 30-40 minutes.

Scotch-A-Roos

1 cup sugar
1 cup Karo syrup
5 1/2 C GF Rice Chex
1 bag butterscotch chips
1/2 bag milk chocolate chips
1 1/2 C Peanut Butter

Put sugar and Karo syrup in pan. Once it comes to a boil, remove from heat. Add in 1 1/2 cups peanut butter. Then add 5 1/2 cups GF Rice Chex. Stir together and pour into cake pan. Spread out into the pan. Melt together one bag butterscotch chips and 1/2 bag chocolate chips. Pour over the cereal mixture and let set.

Sweet and Sour Smokies

This recipe is a 'however much you want' recipe!

Smokies

Barbeque Sauce

Pineapple chunks, tidbits or crushed ( I even use some of the juice)

Place everything in the crockpot. Cook until heated through.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

2 cups chicken meat cooked (cubed or shredded)
1/2 c sliced onions
3/4 cup sliced peppers (red, yellow, orange and green)
2 Roma tomatoes diced

Sauce
1/2 Cup water
5 Tb Cornstarch
3/4 Cup Brown sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 20 oz. chunk pineapple (use juice for sauce)
2 Tb GF soy sauce
1/4 c vinegar

Make sauce and cook until thickened. Add veggies and chicken and simmer for 15 minutes. Just before serving add tomatoes. Serve over rice

8-10 Servings

Huli Huli Chicken

Can I just say....Oh my yummy! This was a huge hit. The chicken was so moist and had the best flavor. I think this is a new family favorite. Especially with summer barbeque's coming up.



Huli Huli Chicken

5-8 Large chicken Breasts cut in half
3/4 C GF soy sauce
1/2 C freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 C honey
1/3 C brown sugar
3 Tbsp olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
3 Tbsp ketchup
2 Tbsp minced fresh ginger root
1 tsp Asian chile paste or sambal oelek ( I used Sambal Chili Paste. Can be bought at Smith's)
1 tsp sesame oil
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Hawaiian sea salt or other salt to taste

In a medium-size bowl, whisk together all ingredients except chicken. Place the chicken in a Ziplock bag and pour in marinade. Marinate for at least 4 hours in the refrigerator. Grill until chicken is done.

Texas Chicken Quesadillas

2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
1 onion, sliced into rings (I chop mine very fine)
1 tablespoon honey
2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into strips or chunks
1/2 cup GF barbeque sauce
1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
24 (6 inch) corn tortillas

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. In a large, deep skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium high heat. Slowly cook and stir onion until translucent. Mix in honey. Stir until onion is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside.
3. Place remaining oil and chicken in the skillet over medium high heat. Cook until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in barbeque sauce and evenly coat chicken.
4. Layer 12 tortillas individually with chicken, onions, Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese. Top with remaining tortillas.
5. Place tortillas on a large baking sheet. You may only be able to bake 5-6 at a time. Bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Do not let tortillas become too crisp. Remove from heat. Cut into quarters to serve

We cooked ours on a griddle and reheated the leftovers in the oven the following day. They were fabulous.

Fruit Pizza

A summertime classic. Full of color and yummy flavor!

For this recipe I cooked mine on a 15 inch round glass pan. If you want to make it in a jelly roll pan, I would use a full cookie recipe and double the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla.

1/2 Soft Batch Cookie recipe

4 oz. cream cheese
1/4 C powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla

Seasonal fruit of your choice. I used strawberries, blueberries and mandarin oranges.

Glaze:
1/2 C pureed strawberries (or fruit of your choice)
1/2 C water
1/4 C sugar
2 TB cornstarch
Cook until thickened.

Spread cookie dough out on greased pan of your choice. I baked mine at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Let cool. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Spread over cookie crust. Top with your favorite seasonal fruits. Drizzle glaze over the pizza. If not serving immediately, refrigerate.

Honey Nut Chex

Now available in select stores! YEAH!!!

Rice Chex has been out for almost a year now. I picked up the box of

Honey Nut at our local Walmart Neighborhood Grocery store.

Chocolate Covered Cake Pops

I found this awesome website called Bakerella and she makes these really cool cake pops. I followed her directions located on her website only I baked a GF cake and colored it pink. I was looking for a fun new birthday classroom treat for my girls and this hit the spot. They are definitely a very sweet treat. They are supposed to look like cupcakes, but it will just need to work on that!

Hawaiian Haystacks

Minus the gluten filled noodles!

Three chicken breasts cooked and cubed

2/3 C creamed soup mix plus 2 1/2 C water

4 oz. cream cheese

Cooked rice

Pineapple

Green onions

Chopped olives

Grated cheddar cheese

Roma tomatoes diced

Mix creamed soup mix, water and cream cheese on stovetop. When all blended and thickened, add cooked chicken. Serve over cooked rice and add toppings.

Deviled Eggs

Summer is approaching and these are a favorite side dish for a picnic or a barbeque.

This is another recipe where I don't really measure, it's more about looks, taste and consistency.

Today I used:
12 hard boiled eggs shelled, cut in half and the yolks removed into separate bowl.
1 tsp vinegar
1/3 C mayonnaise - approximately
1 1/2 tsp prepared mustard
Dash of onion powder

Mix yolks and all the other ingredients until you have reached your desired consistency (peanut butter) and spoon back into egg white halves. Sprinkle with paprika. Refrigerate until served.

Black Bean Tostada's

This isn't anything new, just a variations of the usual at our house. My girls have really taken a liking to black beans. I like to prepare mine in the crock pot with garlic and onions. (follow directions on package of beans for amounts to be cooked). After they have cooked all day, then I drain the juices into a separate bowl which will be added as needed to make the consistency desired. Mash or beat beans and add salt to desired flavor. It worked well for me to blend mine in the blender. Top tostada's with your family's favorite toppings.

Race Track Cake

Braden's Birthday Cake...

I used the chocolate cake recipe and doubled it to get two round cakes. For the track, I used crushed up Oreos. I frosted the cake with Duncan Hines Cream Cheese flavored frosting.

Red Robin, Red Robin!

One of our favorite family places to go out to eat was Red Robin. Well, having Celiac puts an extreme limit on your eating out choices, almost makes it none. We have baked french fries in the oven quite a few times, but it's just not the same. So we pulled out the good old fry daddy and fried up some crinkle cut french fries and then sprinkled them with our homemade Red Robin seasoning which I found the recipe for online. They were so yummy. I did not have the dry tomato soup mix the recipe calls for, but it still had great flavor. We will definitely be doing this one again!

Red Robin French Fry Seasoning

3 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon instant tomato soup mix (Knorr tomato with basil works nicely)
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Mix all ingredients in a shaker of some sort (I used our salt shaker)

Happy St. Patty's Day

Just made up a few treats for the kiddos school class for St. Patrick's Day.

Click here for the Cookie recipe.

Click here for the cupcake recipe. (I just added green food coloring for this specific holiday)