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!
Veggie Beef Cheeseburger
I am one of those moms that want my family to have veggies with every dinner regardless of what we are eating. The other night the kids wanted hamburgers for dinner. Most times the only veggie they would get with a hamburger would be a piece of lettuce, however, I wanted them to eat more than that, so I pulled out the bag of frozen veggies. I chopped the veggies up in the food processor then added them to the hamburger meat. Definitely not your typical burger, but it was quite tasty, in my opinion, and the kids ate every bite up, too. AND it didn’t hurt that I made tater tots as our side so the family was all round happy!
Homemade Maple-flavored Syrup
One weekend I was making pancakes for everyone then I realized I didn’t have enough pancake syrup for all of us to share, so I decided to make my own syrup.
After cooking a batch, the syrup was watery but very flavorful. However, it will totally thicken up once it cools down. And after you make a batch of syrup, you won’t want to buy syrup from the grocery store again!
And don’t try to double this recipe, because the recipe won’t work… the ‘chemical magic’ unfortunately will be against you. So one batch at a time, only.
What’s for dinner?
What’s for dinner:
Gluten Free Gnocchi with Alfredo sauce accompanied by a GF Caesar Salad is what I made for my family in about 15-20 minutes if that.
I came across Corabella’s rice and potato gnocchi’s that were gluten-free at the grocery outlet yesterday. I bought 3 boxes at $1.99/box. And have to say they were very good and paired well with a gluten free Caesar Salad for dinner!
The down side to the Grocery Outlet is their products don’t stay around for long, so I might have to go back and buy a few more packages to stock up on.
Gluten Free Home-Style Turkey Meatloaf
My daughter is a HUGE fan of Meatloaf. I get heartburn from cooked tomatoes that includes ketchup and barbeque sauce. Basically anything that contains cooked tomatoes is not my friend. However, I will make meatloaf and bare the pain because my daughter loves my meatloaf. That has to be love, right?
Gluten Free Turkey and Vegetable Casserole
I am always trying out chicken recipes since I can always substitute with turkey because of our allergy to chicken. And the easier the recipe the better as long as it is tasty! I came across a recipe not too long ago that sounded great and I wanted to try it out… however I’m the type that can never stick to the original recipe without changing it up or adding to it. I just find it is way too hard unfortunately to keep to the original.
Nevertheless, my version came out really tasty and the turkey came out very tender and I savored every bite and even went back for seconds!
Gluten free Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
My brother was having a 40th birthday celebration and he wanted my aunt to make him a carrot cake for his party. Well in order for my kids and I to be able to join in on dessert, I had to make us a gluten free carrot cake.
I couldn’t believe how moist and airy this cake was. And some of the party goers wanted to sample what gluten free “tasted like” and said they thought my cake was actually tastier and even moister than the “regular wheat” carrot cake that was served.
Homemade Bubble Solution
So I wanted to try a different bubble solution and was quite happy with the results even though the cornstarch and baking powder were weird to work with and made the solution milky in color. Nevertheless, this made a nice large bubble for the kids to happily squeal at and that is all that mattered to me!
I placed all the ingredients into a cleaned out gallon milk container and shook it to mix all the ingredients together… however it created A LOT of foam in the jug. Regardless it made really nice bubbles!
Ingredients:
6 cups water
1/2 cup dish soap
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 tbsp baking powder
1tbsp glycerin
Directions:
Place everything into a gallon jug and mix thoroughly.
Gluten Free Boneless Pork Chops with Apple Chutney
Last night I was headed out to a Bridal Shower with my mother and daughter but before I left I made sure the boys and my father had dinner. My mom had bought boneless pork chops so I grab the package out of the fridge and started to make an apple chutney to top the chops with.
I hope they appreciated the work I put into dinner that night cause Lord knows they would had eaten cereal otherwise, LOL.
Classic Egg Salad for Sandwiches
Every once in awhile I like egg salad. I don’t know why I don’t eat it more often since it is quite easy to make. Even though I am not very fond of mustard doesn’t mean you can’t add mustard to your recipe. Nevertheless, I always have a lot of eggs on hand and rightly so with 10 chickens at home — so might as well make some egg salad since all those eggs I have are taking up so much space in my fridge.
