Gluten Free Barbecued Seasoning Rub

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My husband was going to barbecue fish for dinner the other night. However, the kids begged for me to make the fish into tacos. Yeah, why not? Totally sounded great. Except there was a problem. We were out of our Mild BBQ Rub. So I improvised and made my own. And you know what? It came out really good!

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Gluten Free Barbecued Seasoning Rub

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Place all ingredients into a small bowl, mix thoroughly.
  2. Place into an air tight container and use when needed.

Gluten Free Beef Stroganoff

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Gluten Free Beef Stroganoff | Small Town Living in Nevada

Even though my husband isn’t a huge fan of Beef Stroganoff, I still make it for dinner once or twice a year.

The kids definitely like my Gluten Free Beef Stroganoff, and totally wish I could make it more often.

Nevertheless, Beef Stroganoff is a comfort food that you should try… so give it a try you won’t be disappointed.

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Gluten Free Korean Beef and Veggies Rice Bowl

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Korean Beef and Veggies Rice Bowl | Small Town Living in Nevada

My husband walked into the kitchen from work and immediately said to me, “What are you experimenting on now?” He knows me oh too well. And it doesn’t phase him nor my kids that I am constantly photographing my food before I join them for a meal.

Nevertheless, I bought 5 pounds of hamburger and ziploc bagged 1 pound bags of hamburger. I set aside a pound to make dinner but wanted to make something different with the meat, not your usual Cheeseburgers or Meat Loaf.

I came across a recipe for Korean Beef and was like, yeah that looks good, but noticed there wasn’t any vegetables included. Well that has NEVER stopped me before; wasn’t gonna stop me now. I grabbed practically the last of my string beans from my garden and some organic carrots out of the fridge and diced them up to add to my adapted Korean Beef dish for dinner.

Well as everyone was enjoying dinner, my husband says, “This is really good!” And my daughter had 3 helpings because she thought it was delicious! I would say that is a dinner success!

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Gluten Free Quiche Florentine

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Quiche Florentine | Small Town Living in Nevada

I don’t know what it is about Quiche, but it is one of my favorite breakfast or lunch meals. As much as I really like quiche you’d think I’d make it more.

Nevertheless, yesterday I was low on groceries and basically pulled items out of the fridge that needed to be used up and looking at everything I figured a quiche would be a great way to put those items to great use.

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Gluten Free Shrimp & Vegetable Stir Fry

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Shrimp & Vegetable Stir Fry | Small Town Living in Nevada

I love shrimp and I love stir fries, so why not combine the two in a recipe that can be made in 30 minutes or less.

I normally raid the fridge to see what I can throw in my stir fry since they are so versatile and you can pretty much use whatever veggie you have on hand. In this case I picked the last of the fresh beans from my garden and used up some organic carrots from the fridge.

While I was stir frying I made white rice since it only takes 25 minutes. If you want brown rice, the rice will take longer to cook than this stir fry recipe and you’ll have to start the rice at least 30 minutes before you start the actual stir fry. Nevertheless, you won’t be disappointed with the wonderful flavors of this dish.

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Kids Halloween Party

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Last week I hosted a kids Halloween Party at my house and have to say I was a little stressed over it even though it was Potluck. The reason is I have a small home and a large backyard. In Nevada where I live, the weather can be hit or miss… the saying is “Wait 5 minutes and the weather will change.”

Nevertheless, I wanted to host an outdoor party and was stressing on how the weather would fair that Saturday. Luckily, the weather turned out perfect. However, the next day was horrible, cold and windy. So I truly lucked out.

Since we were going to be outside, I went the minimalist route for decorating. And the dollar store AND Walmart were my main stops for decorations, my true friends for the event.

A year ago June, I made an outdoor buffet table from pallets laying around the backyard. I have to say it is one of the best things I have ever made. I can’t tell you how many times I have used it for BBQ’s, birthdays and now I can say for a Halloween Party.

I decked it out with cobweb, a festive plastic tablecloth and then waited for all the guests to start arriving with their food they were contributing.

Pallet Buffet Table | Small Town Living in Nevada

Since the weather was nice the kids enjoyed playing on the Trampoline and the swingset… as well as playing with the cornhole board that I borrowed, and a bowling sent. I even put together a craft table so the kids could make cut-outs and just have another level of fun. But they thought the tire swing was THE BEST thing since sliced bread, LOL!

Tire Swing | Small Town Living in Nevada

But it made me happy at how much fun all the kiddos had… and was thrilled with all the food the parents contributed even though I supplied the main dish of ghoulish hot dogs and condiments. AND one of my friends made Gluten Free Cake Pops cause she didn’t want the kids and I to miss out on the desserts!! Now how cool is she!?

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Crafts Table | Small Town Living in Nevada

Crafts made at the craft table…

Kids & Food | Small Town Living in Nevada

I placed an extension cord outside and placed all the hot dogs in the crockpot with hot water so no one had cold dogs.

All in all it was a great turn out and the kids and adults alike had fun. I call that a success!

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Gluten Free Pumpkin Doughnuts

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Gluten Free Pumpkin Doughnuts | Small Town Living in Nevada

I have been baking non-stop for HOURS and all so my kids can contribute to their Halloween parties at school. I made my daughter Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting and my younger son Brownie cupcakes topped with the leftover Cream Cheese Frosting. They came out quite cute, but my favorites was making the Pumpkin Doughnuts.

I came across this pumpkin doughnut recipe on Pinterest and couldn’t wait to get doughnut pans . My mom surprised me a few weeks back with pans so I couldn’t wait to get started on trying different doughnuts especially since doughnuts are one of several foods I quite miss about living a gluten free lifestyle. Well, not any more!

The original recipe calls for a Cinnamon Sugar dusting and while that is fine and dandy I went a step farther and just glazed them instead.

This is one tasty doughnut… it is kid, husband and of course approved by me as well!

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Homemade Hollandaise Sauce

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Hollandaise Sauce

I absolutely LOVE Poached Eggs. And while I don’t normally make homemade hollandaise sauce for all my Eggs Benedicts I make… making your own hollandaise sauce isn’t all that hard to prepare.

Many people are afraid of making hollandaise sauce but honestly it is quite simple to prepare.

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Pasteurizing your eggs to use in Recipes

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Pasteurized eggs

Sometimes a recipe calls for raw eggs and while I love these recipes I don’t like the idea of consuming raw eggs. I’m not the only one, many cooks shy away from using those recipes. However, my solution is to pasteurize my fresh eggs before adding to the recipe so they are slightly cooked but still have the raw consistency.

Pasteurizing eggs basically reduce the risk of food-borne illness in dishes that are not cooked or are only lightly cooked.

Pasteurizing eggs in their shells are achieved through a technique that uses precise time and temperature zones within a pot of water. To Pasteurize eggs you are briefly boiling your eggs at a high temperature and then cooling them off with cool water. The yolk must reach a temperature of about 140º F.

Pasteurizing your eggs

  1. To pasteurize large eggs, place them in a saucepan filled with water and fitted with a digital thermometer. Turn on the heat and bring the water up to 140º F.
  2. Keep the water temperature at 140º F for 3 minutes (and no more than 142F), reducing the heat on the burner if necessary. Remove eggs from hot water and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
  3. Store in the refrigerator until needed or use right away.

Adapted from Baking Bites

Gluten Free cheese stuffed hamburgers

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Gluten Free cheese stuffed hamburgers | Small Town Living in Nevada

I recently broke my hamburger press and looked at purchasing another one to replace it. However, I came across a stuffed burger maker and decided to get that one instead so I can make cheese stuffed hamburgers for dinner.

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