We are off to camping one last time before the weather becomes way too cold. We won’t have cell coverage — so I will talk to you on Sunday!
Gluten Free Egg Muffin Sandwich
I decided to make the kids and I Egg Muffin Sandwiches this morning for breakfast since I had come across a package of Ener-G English Muffins at the grocery store. I love English Muffins and have really missed having an English Muffin since we had to go gluten free over a year ago. And well… plus, I love Eggs Benedict.. Egg Muffins, and the list goes on. I have to say the English Muffins were more like a croissant than an English Muffin — which is perfectly fine. I love croissants so it was great. I cut the roll in half then toasted them in the toaster and it worked out perfectly. This could probably be a great roll for Turkey Salad Sandwiches as well… hmmm sounds like I might have to try that sometime soon. 
Ingredients
- 1 Ener-G English muffin split and toasted
- 1 egg
- 1 slice of American cheese
- 1 slice of deli ham
Directions
- Take a microwave-safe greased ramekin place a slice of ham in the ramekin then crack an egg on top of the ham. Place ramekin in a ziploc bag (in case egg explodes in microwave) and place container in the microwave and cook for 45-60 seconds until all the liquid is cooked off and egg is cooked through.
- When the egg is ready, place it on top of the bread and top it off with cheese and the other half of the bread. The egg will be hot and will melt the cheese.
Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Turkey
The kids have been asking for sweet and sour turkey, but last night I wanted to do something different — I normally don’t bread and fry the turkey — but this time around I did and it came out really tasty.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pound boneless, skinless Turkey Tenderloin, cut into 1-inch chunks
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 cup pineapple tidbits
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
FOR THE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon gluten free soy sauce
INSTRUCTIONS
- To make the sauce, whisk together sugar, vinegar, ketchup, and soy sauce in a sauce pan and cook until sauce thickens.
- In a large bowl, season Turkey with salt and pepper, to taste. In another bowl beat cornstarch and eggs together. Dip the Turkey into the egg mixture.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan or wok. Add Turkey and cook until golden brown, and cooked through. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; discard excess oil.
- Top with sweet and sour sauce, pineapple and sesame seeds – toss thouroughly.
- Serve immediately.
Adapted from Damn Delicious
Zucchini Pineapple Quick Bread
Peanut Butter and Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose gluten free flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1 bag mini chocolate chips
- 1 bag peanut butter chips
Directions
PREHEAT oven to 350° F. COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs. Gradually beat in flour, xanthan gum, salt, and baking soda. Stir in both bags of morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
DIRECTIONS
Refrigerate dough for 1 hour or until firm. Use a cookie scooper, drop by rounded scoops onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 8 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
There was a Garlic festival at my house….
So we had friends over for dinner and a movie – and Frozen Mojitos. I have been nursing my mojito for hours, LOL. It is strong on the Barcardi 151! My husband bought Cocktail Rx Freezer Cocktail mix – Mojito Flavor that comes in a 19.5-Ounce Bucket. Just freeze over night, pour in a glass, add some crushed mint and you have a yummy drink! Except my drink is living on foreverrrrrr……………
For dinner I decided on Shrimp Scampi, bruschetta, Garlic Bread and Crab Cakes with a garlic aoli sauce. So the vampires are staying away tonight!!!
After making more cookies and all the prep work for dinner – I still haven’t finished my drink… I am such a light weight.
AND I have no idea how I made dinner, but everyone Oohed and awed! No, just kidding I didn’t cook tipsy or even drunk, but it was really D-Lish!
Gluten Free Beer….
So I was making cookies with peanut butter chips and mini chocolate chips being susie homemaker. Then insert my husband. He went to the grocery store and came back with an infinity of mini pies filled with gluten (that I can’t eat)… and two 6-packs of beers. He hands me a beer and says have a beer with me — I bought you gluten free. HUH? When does that happen?? Anyhow, I haven’t had drank beer in years – like more than 15 years. If I didn’t know better I think he was trying to get me drunk, LOL!
Usually with alcohol I would get awfully sick. So sick that I would be throwing up for hours on end and just miserable. So I basically gave up drinking all together. The euphoria of being tipsy didn’t out way the awful feeling of puking for 8 hours straight. So it was a no brainer. Now fast forward to present day… I am gluten intolerant. Probably why I never did well drinking beer or other alcohol’s to begin with. So cheers, I am gonna have my first beer in 15 years and of all things check this out RedBridge it is made by Anheuser-Busch. AND it actually tastes pretty decent.
From what I can tell — and honestly I am not a beer aficionado by any means, but this is a full-bodied gluten-free lager brewed from sorghum and an American Amber / Red Lager with an ABV of 4.00%.
So I finished my beer. Feeling a little something. Not drunk, but here’s hoping I sleep in my bed tonight and not in the bathroom!
Crockpot New England Clam Chowder
Originally written on August 3, 2014
Every time my family and I have gone out to eat the menus have Clam Chowder on it. However, every time I ask if it contains gluten I am told it does. I am on a mission – I want clam chowder SO I MADE MY OWN….
Crockpot New England Clam Chowder
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 medium onion, finely diced
2 celery stalks trimmed, quartered lengthwise, then sliced into 1/4-inch pieces
1/4 cup + 1 TBSP gluten free all-purpose flour
2 cups vegetable stock
1 (28 ounce) can whole baby clams in juice
2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp Salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Directions
Heat 3 TBSP of the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and celery and sauté until softened, mixing often. Stir in the flour to distribute evenly.
Transfer sautéed onions and celery to a crockpot.
Add the stock, juice and clams, as well as cream and remainder of butte. Then stir to combine.
Place crockpot on high or 4-hrs depending on what type of machine you have.
Hallelujah… it blew on through… I can breathe!
I am so glad I can have my windows open finally. The house was soooooo stuffy and the kids didn’t want to go outside cause they didn’t want to smell the smoke. I think everyone was antsy and on edge because of the lack of being outside today.
The kids said they never went outside while at school. Which is great for health reasons and which is bad due to pent up energy.
I was looking at the Air Quality site and was happy to see we are back in the “Good” category as of 3pm today, bounced back around 4pm — but has been good since 5pm on. But my eyes are itchy and I have been sneezing all day. And my throat feels raw most likely from all the sneezing. Hopefully by tomorrow with the fresh air I will be feeling better. Fingers crossed. Thank goodness it is Friday and I can try to sleep in tomorrow.
The Air Quality is harmful to our health…
There has been a fire raging north of the community of Pollock Pines California called the King Fire. Which is about 70 miles from where I live… and believe me — driving anywhere from my house, you end up driving through the mountains so it takes us about an hour and a half to drive to Pollock Pines. Nevertheless, my little Nevada community is becoming very affected by this fire. Our air quality went from Good to Very Unhealthy in 4 days flat.
I am concerned about my kids – I hope their school forbids them outdoor recess tomorrow. I am concerned about my chickens. What the heck should I do about my chickens? I guess if the Air Quality continues to fall in the Unhealthy Range than I need to look for my air purifiers to keep the good air flow in my home. And of course this had to occur during Indian Summer of all times. Especially when you want to leave your windows open at night to let the cold air in throughout the evening and then close up everything in the morning to keep the cool air trapped during the day. Dang, tomorrow is going to be a hot house to deal with.
I am just afraid we will be in a deja vu episode all over again. A repeat from last year.
Last year we were stuck in our homes for at least a month if not longer from the Yosemite Rim Fire of 2013 due to unsafe air quality. It started on August 17th and wasn’t fully contained until the end of October. No one was allowed outside. Sports were cancelled… kids had to be dropped off for school at the entrance – not the playground and no outdoor recess. It makes it hard on kids who are use to playing outside every day.
Believe me — my heart goes out to everyone involved in these fires… the firefighters, the emergency crews, the people being evacuated, the animals — the list goes on. And I am lucky I am not in the middle of the chaos of such things. But we are and will have to deal with the unhealthy air that comes with such fires.
