GF peanut butter cookies

Very simple to do...
1 cup peanut butter(doesn't matter if crunchy or creamy)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

mix well
roll into 1 in balls and press slightly with a fork
bake at 350 for about 8 minutes...not so good if over baked

and yes, you are right...there is no flour in this recipe...cool huh???

Gave Caitlin an envirokids rice krispy bar. The chocolate kind. She scarfed it down. Not my fave but good to know she'll eat it.

Palm oil too?

I bought some very yummy cocoa wafer cookies at hy vee in the gluten free section.  They are labelled gluten free but after eating a few of them I began to get that feeling in my mouth and face(sort of tingly) and my nose got stuffy....hmmmm...I wonder if palm oil is somehow related to coconut???  Gonna have to check that out.  Too bad I reacted to them because they were some kind of yummy!!!

oops

I had been doing so well without gluten...hadn't taken one benadryl, hadn't been so tired, didn't have headaches, didn't have achy joints....until today.  Took the kids to DQ after JR's doc appt and decided to have one slice of the bread on my sandwich(figured it wouldn't hurt)....by the time I had finished it my lips were tingling, my throat was feeling funny, my face has the tingly allergy feel to it, and I've had a horrible headache ever since.....and I had to take a NAP...probably because of the benadryl I had to take....argh.  maybe there is something that my body doesn't like about gluten.

Miracle Whip is Gluten Free!!!! Woo hoo

For the past several days I have been having oil and vinegar on my salads...today I discovered that miracle whip is gluten free...yay..I am so happy about that for some crazy reason.  I just really don't like mayonnaise.  JR has a pretty high fever today so we just hung out here at home. Of course a fever means that he can't go to school tomorrow.  That's ok...we'll just hang out here and watch diego and dora or blue's clues all day.  Jim starts CDL training tomorrow so the babies and I will be all by ourselves in the morning.  I'm so excited for him!

I fixed grilled cheese and salads for supper.  Pretty much got worn out in the kitchen this morning.  But its all cleaned up and ready to feed everyone tomorrow.  I think I've decided not to get rid of all our gluten containing food just yet.  I may let the kids finish most of it off while I get the hang of planning meals gluten free.  I just hate to watch all that food go out the door when its all so expensive.  So we'll see....the kiddos may have gluten in their cereal and noodles at breakfast and lunch and gf food at supper.  Or maybe it will work out that its gluten free all the time.  Too tired to figure it out right now.

Really good sandwich bread....modified

Really Good Sandwich Bread...modified

• 1 tbls active dry yeast
• 1 tbls sugar
• 1 1/2 c water
• 1 1/4 c brown rice flour
• 1/2 c potato starch
• 1 c corn starch
• 2 tsp xanthan gum
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 eggs(or 6 tbls water and 2 tbls ground flax seed)
• 2 tbls oil
• 2 tsp cider vinegar

-start by combining the yeast and sugar in a small bowl

add the water and stir until the yeast and sugar are dissolved

let this sit while you mix the rest of the ingredients

bubbles and foam should form if the yeast is happy

-Combine the flours, xanthan gum and salt in a large mixing bowl...mix well

-In a third bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and vinegar until the eggs are a bit frothy

-by this point the yeast mixture should be foamy, so you can pour the two liquid mixtures into the flour mixture.  

-beat for 4-5 minutes

-pour into bread machine pan or bread pans

conv oven...bake at 375 until golden brown

bread machine...use gluten free setting or express loaf setting

My first gluten free rolls...loved them...

I think these turned out wonderfully. They were soft and fluffy...made from the "really good sandwich bread" recipe that I found on the "gluten free cooking school"..I put the link below the picture and I'll add the recipe the exact way I made it in the next post.  I followed one of her reader's recipe suggestions(thank you Jodi) and they are almost gone already.  The batch of bread in my bread machine is the same recipe with an extra 1/2 tsp of salt, because we did think they were a little bland.  I won't be trying any other white bread recipes:)
http://www.glutenfreecookingschool.com/archives/finally-really-good-sandwich

My first loaf of gluten free bread....what's left of it anyway...

This is the first loaf of gluten free bread that I made...I followed the recipe in my zojirushi bread machine cookbook...it was quite dense, chewy, and very lumpy on the top. Very edible though and much better than I expected from what I read. I put in a picture of my bread container too...a thrift store find and it really works nicely. There are two little slots that let you cut the bread right in the holder. Its really bulky, but it works better than anything else so far. Always remember to store your bread cut side down so it doesn't dry out so quickly.

Plans for tomorrow

Well, I guess I should've said today...I am going to try a new bread recipe or two and also bake a Betty Crocker gluten free mix.  I'll be sure to let you know how that goes:)  Goodnight for now.

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Gluten Free in Georgia (and Florida): A Resource Guide for the Gluten Free

Gluten Free in Georgia (and Florida): A Resource Guide for the Gluten Free

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schnitzel for supper and my duh moment with the breadcrumbs

I went to the grocery store again tonight and used an iPhone app to help me identify gluten free products...its called "is that Gluten free?"  appropriate name...lol....I like it so far.  I bought some Annie's gluten free mac and cheese to try with the kids, Udi white bread..just to see what its like, and lots and lots of veggies.

For supper I fixed schnitzel..very yummy...pork cutlets dredged in flour(I used the white rice flour because it was convenient), then dipped in egg, and then coated with breadcrumbs...and fried...I know, I know...frying is not healthy, but its a traditional family recipe and that's how it works.  So I served it with a big salad and our newfound gluten free salad dressings and slivered almonds in place of croutons...Yummy!!!

Breadcrumbs.....I was at a loss as to what I should do about breadcrumbs because I couldn't find them at the grocery store....so I sliced off two slices of the gluten free bread that I made yesterday.  Here are the steps that I used
-toast the bread really well
-tear into chunks and put into the blender
-pulse until the crumbs are as fine as you want them
-bake in the oven until they are dry enough to use for coating
-season with whatever complements your dish....I used onion powder, salt and pepper

They worked really well!  I plan to make a whole batch of them so that I can let them dry out better and not have to go through all the steps each time I need some bread crumbs.