Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Blueberry lemon Rolls

I was inspired by The Chew, Blueberry sticky Buns presented by Daphne Oz (Who I thin is Dr Oz's daughter)
It's a cinnimon roll reecipie using Pizza dough, and blueberries (not rasins) and let's agree that a sad dried up grap has no place in a yummy gooie sticky treat.
SO I tried my own version, a lot less sticky.
I used Bob's red mill Pizza crust Mix.
Prepared as directed for cinnamon roll dough.
I rolled/ Patted it out to about 14 inches square, as that was as big as I could without it tearing.
I sprinkled it with cinnamon sugar, dolloped a little butter, and generously sprinkled frozen blueberries over it. And spritzed it with Lemmon juice.
I Rolled it up. Sliced it as best I could. Let It rasie for at least a hour. And baked it up.
Super yummy.
But it could hae used a little  more moisture. Next time more berries and more butter.
And you can BET there WILL BE a NEXT TIME!!


Saturday, December 8, 2012

Breakfast biscuits. Easy on-the-go Breakfast.

Breakfast biscuits
Easy on-the-go Breakfast.

I used the Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix.
I followed the recipe on the back of the box to make the biscuits.
With just a tablespoon more watter.
I then mixed in about half a pound of cooked ground breakfast sausage
and about a cup of cheese. Cheddar and mozzarella.

With VERY WET hands scoop small balls onto a oiled baking sheet.
Bake at 375 for 15-20 min until golden brown.

Then I let them cool, and toss 3 or 4 into small sandwich bags. Those go in the freezer. Then in the Morning Just grab a bag, microwave for 20 seconds, and you have a warm breakfast ready to go.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Cinnamon Rolls - Be still my heart

I found a recipe for Cinnamon rolls on the back of my Pizza dough Mix (Bob;s red mill) and I thought "Ill give this a try"
It was Remarkably easy
I did not put all the recommended filling in; just a little Cinnamon sugar and a few pecans.
Super yummy!
I could totally do that again!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Healthies Granola

I think I got it:

Granola
3 Cups Bob's red mill Gluten free oats
1 Cups Cashew chopped
1/2 cup sunflour seeds
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/4 Cup Organic light Maple syrup
1/4 Cup EVOlive Oil
1/4 Cup light Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup dried apple
1/2 Cup Cranberries
Pinch salt
Dash Lemon Zest

Baked at 250 for an hour.

This combo got the Calories per half cup to under 250, Fat to 15, Carbs to 30 and Sugar to 5.

The heavy weight of calories is the oil. Olive oil is already the lowest, So there it is.
The Oats and Cashews have about the same calories per cup, so I suppose you could increase the volume of the fruit, and decrease the oats and nuts, and that would make it less calories, but more sugar.
You can use a "light" maple syrup, reducing calories there, but adding chemicals, and often doubling the salt (?!)
So it is my conclusion, that any of those changes will do more harm then good to the over nutritional value.