Gluten Free Tempura Fried Calamari

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Fried Calamari Tempura Style

I love fried calamari! Since I was diagnosed gluten intolerant, I have not been able to really patron many Italian restaurants let alone order fried calamari. But I found the Walmart near me carries a 1 pound bag for $5. I cannot believe how reasonable that is! The calamari is already cleaned and cut which is even better! Nevertheless, I made up a tempura batter, dipped the calamari in and fried them up to a crispy goodness!

Gluten Free Tempura Fried Calamari

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bag of calamari, cleaned and cut
  • 1 cup arrowroot
  • 1 cup sweet rice flour
  • 1 cup white rice flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 2-3 cups ice cold water (depends on how thin you want batter)
  • Oil for frying

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a deep pot or fryer to 375º F.
  2. In a large bowl mix arrowroot, sweet rice, white rice, eggs and water together. Mix thoroughly.
  3. In batches – dredge calamari in batter, then place in hot oil.
  4. Fry 2-3 minutes or until golden and crispy.
  5. Drain on a paper towel lined plate. Transfer to a ‘Warm’ oven until all calamari is done.
  6. Repeat frying steps until all calamari is done.

Sweet Potato Noodles with a Sweet Sage Brown Butter Sauce

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Sweet Potatoes with a Sweet Sage Brown Butter Sauce | Small Town Living in Nevada

All I had ever used my spiralizer for was to make zucchini noodles, so I finally branched out and tried it with sweet potatoes and so happy I did. I went to the market and purchased 3 large sweet potatoes to make my noodles.

Well the potatoes are WAY more firm than a zucchini and I was so glad I had my spiralizer otherwise I don’t know how the heck I would had made the noodles.

You are going to peel your sweet potatoes before you spiralize them. Next you will most likely need to cut them down to size in order for them to fit in the spiralizer then spiral away!

Now what to make with the sweet potato noodles?  Yeah a Sweet Sage Brown Butter Sauce was a no brainer!

You have to saute the sweet potatoes a little longer than you would zucchini noodles since the sweet potatoes are firmer,  however the flavors in this dish from the brown butter, fresh sage, sauteed onions, cheese  and the pecans are just amazing!

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Poached Eggs baked in the oven

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Poached Eggs baked in the oven

I love poached eggs. I think they are my all time favorite way of cooking eggs. And the there is Eggs Benedict which is my favorite way of eating poached eggs.

A friend of mine posted a cooking video of Justin Chappele from Food & Wine explaining how to make poached eggs in the oven. I loved the video and knew I needed to give it a try.

This recipe allows me to “poach” 12 eggs at once using a muffin pan and my oven preheated to 350º F. Then in 10-15 minutes depending on how runny you prefer your egg you will have wonderfully perfect “poached” eggs.

Poached Eggs baked in the oven

And by using a muffin tin, it will not only save you time — it is an easy clean up as well especially if you have a family of five like me or if you are having a brunch party at your home.

 

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Sierra Gourmet Grill – Restaurant Review

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Sierra Gourmet Grill Sign

From the road Sierra Gourmet Grill looks like a little house set back among a huge parking lot yet when you step inside the restaurant is quaint and rustic with prompt service.

Dining RoomOnce inside my husband and I were instantly greeted by Kevin who was standing behind the bar. Since the restaurant wasn’t crowded we were able to handpick our table. I was drawn to their picnic table and asked to be seated there. Unfortunately my husband who is 6’4” and had back surgery a year ago couldn’t get quite comfortable in the table so we eventually asked if we could move.

Without a blink of an eye, Kevin moved us to a more comfortable spot so my husband could have a regular chair with some back support. If you have any back issues, I would suggest not being seated at their very beautiful picnic table. In fact, all their tables were beautiful. According to their website, the tables and bar top are cedar plants made from repurposed trees from the Angora fire that occurred in South Lake Tahoe just up the Mountain.

Salad MenuWhat the little restaurant lacks in seating, it makes up with BIG flavor through their food! The menu choices were very appealing from sandwiches and burgers to steaks, chicken and seafood. And an added bonus they have a kids menu as well.

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Gluten Free Bagel Melt

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Bagel Melts

I am a sucker for Bagel Melts. I deeply love them for breakfast or even for lunch and a Bagel Melt is just incredibly easy, so easy that you take a toasted bagel topped with cream cheese, avocados, tomatoes and provolone cheese then sprinkled with garlic pepper and then broiled to a melty goodness. And prep and cooking is usually ready in under 10 minutes.

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Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes

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Buckwheat Pancakes and eggs

So my kids thought I was making chocolate pancakes and got all excited, LOL. I had to explain that I was making Buckwheat Pancakes not chocolate. Surprising they weren’t sad about not getting chocolate ones as they hoped.

Buckwheat gives these pancakes an incredible flavor. This buckwheat pancake recipe makes very delicious, yet thick pancakes. If you want something lighter, I suggest adding more milk to thin the batter out. Otherwise this batter comes out thick like cake batter.

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I injured my finger on Wednesday

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On Wednesday I noticed the kids had moved my husband’s weights around on the back porch where he keeps his weight bench and weights. It looked iffy like someone could possibly get hurt so I decided I was going to tidy up and move the weights where they needed to be placed. As I was moving the weight bench a dumb bell that had 20 lb weights on each side some how rolled off the porch and in the process smashing my finger and split it open. So just the one side of the 20 lb weight smashed my finger wide open! AND it took forever to stop the bleeding. For the longest time my finger just killed me and was totally throbbing.

I have had a bazillion clothes to fold between then and now and it has been a really slow process of getting everything folded. A challenge to say the least. Using the mouse hurts… and texting is getting better. My husband thinks I possibly needed stitches and that my finger probably had been broken as well.

Don’t get me wrong, my finger still hurts. But I am doing a lot more. I have a rubber finger protector covering my finger so I can wash my hands and basically wash dishes without feeling like the bandage will get soaked or gross from something.

12019143_10206212338761412_1019077949_oThen I went to the store and got some fancy jewelry since I kept banging my finger on stuff. Now I feel A LOT better.

2 days later and I still can’t touch my finger. It hurts even with the slightest touch. So for now I am really babying it. I still can understand how I did this with that damn 20 lb weight!!

Homemade Honey Maple Pancake Syrup (corn free)

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Honey Maple Pancake Syrup

Today the kids didn’t have school and everyone wanted dippy eggs with waffles and of course I was low on syrup. Which isn’t a big deal since I can whip up a batch in 10 minutes or less. But I wanted to try something different and not use corn syrup. I decided to substitute the corn syrup with honey and go from there.

The honey has a strong flavor so I added more maple flavoring to compensate. Needless to say — the syrup came out very tasty!

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Gluten Free Black Bean Meatless Burgers

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Gluten Free Black Bean Meatless Burger | Small Town Living in Nevada

I have never made anything like this before and was iffy about making a meatless burger to begin with… Well I will tell you this, I devoured the whole thing! My daughter ate all her dinner and the boys ate almost it all as well. Even my husband said it was good. So I think I stumbled onto something that I will be making more often.

My youngest son wanted hamburgers for dinner, however, I literally have no meat in the house because I need to go grocery shopping. Since I had canned black beans I just went from there and built what I am calling my Black Bean Meatless Burgers.

Not one of my kids complained that they weren’t “Hamburgers” so I guess everyone was satisfied with my meatless burgers.

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Gluten Free Stuffed Bell Peppers

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When I was growing up my grandmother use to make stuffed bell peppers. Now I will say as a kid I didn’t like the bell peppers, but would devour the stuffing instead. As I grew older I started to like bell peppers and now love the whole meal!

I usually have leftovers and have to say the stuffed bell peppers are even better the next day or the day after that. That is fine with me cause then I know what I will be having for lunch and not have to ponder what should I make.

All though this isn’t quite the exact recipe as my Grandmother’s, I use American Cheese Slices to keep that part of the recipe like the way my Grandma made it. But you can use any cheese for topping your peppers you prefer.

Nevertheless, you will love this recipe as I do.

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