Gluten Free Eggs in a Basket Waffle style

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Eggs in a Basket Waffle Style

My kids love Eggs in a Basket. They actually call them dippy eggs. Normally I make them with toast, but I like to mix it up and use frozen waffles now and then.

This time around I used Gluten Free Cinnamon Eggo Frozen Waffles. Now I have to say the new Gluten Free Eggo Waffles are really tasty especially with the hint of Cinnamon. Almost tastes like you are eating french toast!

Anyhow, Gluten Free Eggs in a Basket Waffle style are a huge hit in my house and there is never a person that has left the table hungry!

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Gluten Free Brownie Cookie

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Gluten Free Brownie Cookie | Small Town Living in Nevada

I bought a box of Krusteaz Gluten Free Fudge Brownie Mix and there was a photo of Brownie Crackle Cookies on the side. My husband saw it and said, “I love those cookies. Can you make them for me?”

In almost 18 years of being together, you think he’d mention that before. Nope. Nevertheless, I recruited the children and we got down and dirty making my husband his brownie cookies.

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Gluten Free Fried Calamari tacos with a Mango Slaw

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Fried Calamari tacos with a mango slaw | Small Town Living in Nevada

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.

I purchased a bag of calamari and didn’t want to go the plain route of just making an appetizer and wanted to make it a dinner entree. So I came up with the idea of making calamari tacos. We love fish or even shrimp tacos and this is basically on the same concept.

So, now what did I want to pair it with…. a mango slaw of course!!

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Empty Bowls Project: Making an impact on hunger

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Carson City Empty Bowls

Making a bowl for Carson City Empty Bowls

So my daughter has been participating in the Empty Bowls project here in our town. We actually have two Empty Bowls Projects, one in the county we live in and then another in the next town over.

My daughter’s Girl Scout Troop painted bowls for one and then actually made and painted bowls for the other.

If you don’t know what the Empty Bowls Project is, well in a nut shell it is an international movement to help end hunger. Empty Bowls allows participating individuals or groups to paint and/or create bowls which are donated to later be used in serving a simple meal with in at a fundraiser dinner.

If you are interested in learning more about Empty Bowls you can check out Douglas County Empty Bowls or Empty Bowls Carson City on Facebook.

I am so proud that we have been involved in this project. My daughter will come full circle when she will be attending the 2nd annual Douglas County Empty Bowls’ event on Sunday, October 4th. This particlular event’s proceeds will benefit the Carson Valley Community Food Closet here in the town we live in.

Douglas County Empty Bowls Project

Painting pre-made bowls for the Douglas County Empty Bowls Project

Douglas County Empty Bowls 2nd Annual Dinner Fundraiser
Info: Benefits the Carson Valley Community Food Closet
Date: Sunday, October 4th
Time: 4:00-7:00 PM
Location: Carson Valley United Methodist Church in Gardnerville, Nevada
Please include the following links as our contact information:
Website: http://www.carsonvalleycommunityfoodcloset.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Douglas-County-Empty-Bowls/359499057590089
Email: admin@carsonvalleycommunityfoodcloset.org
Check out the calendar and see if there is an Empty Bowls Project in your town: http://www.emptybowls.net/calendar-2/action~posterboard/page_offset~-1/time_limit~1448224199

Intertwined Bacon for a Gluten Free BLT

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I made a Gluten Free BLT for lunch today. I wanted to try intertwining the bacon and was impressed with how it came out…. Think I may do this from now on but will have to cut the bacon strips in half so the ‘bacon patty’ isn’t so large next time.

Gluten Free BLT

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Layer Salad

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24 hour salad

Growing up my mother made her 24-hour salad that I always loved. Now I make this salad and my daughter just loves it as well.

But this is the salad that everyone always asks me to make when I am attending a Potluck or Barbecue. Since we were attending my son’s Cub Scout Rank Ceremony’s barbecue, I decided to make this salad as my contribution to the barbecue.

It has layers of lettuce, mayo, parmesan cheese, sugar, water chestnuts, peas, bacon, onions…. Mmmm, I think I need to make another batch for my own enjoyment. It is one of my favorite salads!

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Gluten Free Potatoes in a Coconut Curry sauce

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So my husband has been throwing around the idea of going vegan. I am not certain that is something I want to do. Can you imagine vegan AND gluten-free?

Anyhow, he came across a recipe from The Gourmet Vegetarian Slow Cooker cook book and really wanted to try out a recipe.

Of course I never can follow recipes to the ‘T.’ I just always have to do it my way and it usually always comes out great. Anyhow, this is my version and I hope you like it.

Potatoes in a Coconut Curry sauce

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Our summer has come to an end…..

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Summer is officially coming to an end. While I am sad, my kids are actually glad to be back at school which gives me more time to catch up things I have neglected over the last few months.

But seriously (sniff, sniff) summer went by way too fast!!

My kids were out of school just 3 days when we headed to Seacliff Beach in Aptos, CA. I love, love, love the beach!! Living 6-hours away from the ocean we get out there maybe once or twice a year if we are lucky. And this year we were lucky and were able to actually go twice – once in June and then again in August!!

Seacliff Beach, Aptos, CA.

The second time we were at Seacliff — it was AMAZING!! My mother, kids and I had such an extraordinary time at Seacliff State Beach today thanks to my cousins and their kiddos. It was an awesome adventure that included Whales, Dolphins, Seals, and Otters galore! I felt like a kid squealing at the site of the whales. This sighting was MORE EXCITING than when we paid to whale watch in Maui back in April. Oh my gosh it was just jaw dropping and ALL A FREE NATURE SHOW for all at the beach.

Seacliff Beach, Aptos, CA. - Whale sighting

Seacliff Beach, Aptos, CA. -- Dolphins

Seacliff Beach, Aptos, CA.
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Kale & Onion Waffle Iron Omelette

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Most days I have an over abundance of eggs in my fridge that ALWAYS need to be eaten. And since I had leftover Kale as well, I decided to make an omelette of melted cheese, chopped kale and sautéed onions.

I chopped the onions up then placed them in a sauté pan with a little olive oil until they were translucent. Next I took kale leaves off their stem and chopped them up with the onions and a 1/4 cup of shredded cheese in food processor and then added the eggs and set the food processor on low for 30 seconds.

When the omelette mixture was ready, I sprayed the waffle iron with cooking spray and added about a cup of egg mixture to the iron, closed the lid and let the omelette process to begin.

Kale & Onion Omelette

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Yeah Mama rocks!

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Sometimes an afternoon snack on a 90°+ day warrants a gluten free cone stuffed with black cherry ice cream topped with mint chocolate chip and then finally topped with rocky road ice cream. Yeah mama rocks!

Ice Cream in a Gluten Free Cone