King Arthur Flour Gluten free Cookies Mix, review

King Arthur Flour Gluten free Cookies Mix, review



 

 

The benefit of this mix is that it does not come with the chocolate chips or any other mix-ins. So you have the opportunity to cream the dough, and to choose what to put in it.

 The texture is good. The flavor is good.

Probably my preferred cookie mix.

Gluten free Tropical Trifle

Now You should know that you can NOT just substitute gluten free cake mix into regular cake mix.

Its important to respect the difference. So it took me a few tries to change my old Jello in the cake recipe. We are not talking poke cake.

We are talking about pouring dry Jell-O powder into a white cake batter, and then baking it into a fabulously colored cake.

In this case: A tropical trifle:

I started with A box of cake mix, in this case Betty Crocker's yellow cake mix

I followed the directions on the box, but with an extra egg, and a Tb more water.

Pored in a small box of Tropical Flavored Jell-O.

Then baked in a 9X13 for a little longer at a little cooler.



Cut the cake into cubes, and layered it in the Trifle dish with Pineapple chunks, strawberry slices, mango, coconut, whipped cream, and banana pudding.

Gluiten free Brownies in the microwave

I'm not new to the idea of making a brownie in the microwave. I tried a store bought version back in 2010.
I like the idea of being able to make a small batch of brownies, quickly. I'm the only one eating gluten free in my family. So when I found a recipie for "1 minute flourless chocolate" no gluten, no dairy, over at ditchthewheat.com I gave it a try.
It was good, but I needed more chocolate.

My version is:
1 egg
2 Tb of cocopowder
2 Tb of white sugar
1/4 tsp baking Soda
1/8 cup mini-chocolate chips

Mix that up with a spatula
Spoon into three silicone cupcake molds, staggered.
Microwave at 75% for 1 min.

Not very attractive, but very tasty.

Thanks giving Loaf, Gluten free

I got ground turkey, in bulk, and I remember my mother making a turkey loaf, years ago, instead of a turkey for thanks giving. And Right now I'm trying to work on simpler meal plans. So after searching the internet, I came up with this fun dish:

Thanksgiving Turkey loaf, with Special cranberry sauce.

The Loaf:
1C Gluten free Bread (Crumbs)
1 Carrot (grated)
1/2 onion (grated)
1/4 apple (grated)
1 egg
2 TB milk
A little Rosemary, sage, salt and pepper
     (I put all this whole in the food processer, and pulsed until combined, but grating would work too)
1.5 lbs Ground turkey.
Mix that up good and press into a 9X5 loaf pan.

The Sauce
1 can Whole berry cranberry sauce
1/2 onion (grated)
1/4 apple (grated)
2 TB apple cider vinegar
Salt, pepper,
-Mix up good, and smear half of it over the loaf.

Bake at 375 for 25 min.

Then serve with the other half of the Berry sauce.

Choclate cake, with hiden fruit

 Chocolate Cake, with hidden fruit

1/4 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup coco
1 Cup boiling water
-Mix until butter is melted.
-In a separate bowl:
1/4 Cup banana
1/4 Cup Apple sauce
1/4 cup Avacado (yes it's a fruit)
-Mash until smooth.
-Then add
1/2 cup yogurt, vanilla, full fat
1 egg
-Beat fruits unto wet until incorporated.
-Add
2 Cups flour, Bob's red mill
1 tsp gar Gum
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp Baking powder
-Beat until smooth
Pour into greased bunt pan. Let lest while you preheat the oven.
Bake at 350 for 50 min.
Let cool before inverting, and removing from pan. Keep in airtight container at room temp.

I might be the first to admit that I am not the best mother. I try my best, but it's not always what I hoped it would be. Especially when it comes to Squeaker, and his eating habits.
He had to be induced early, and he never learned to nurse, was failure to thrive, and aspirated often. Put simply, His eating has been an issue since the moment he was born. He is now three and a half, and basically on a food strike, refusing everything. And I mean everything, was crying in a restaurant because I offered to get him ice-cream. He wants "noting"
So if I can get food into him, I try to make it calorically dense. Nutrient dense is a bonus.
I had read that you could use avocado instead of butter, and I thought, well butter has it's benefits as well, so what if I use both in this cake. And because there is some protein with bean flour, vitamins in apple sauce, and banana. I think it worked. It tasted like chocolate cake.
And it's not like I hid it. He helped me make the cake, mashed the avocado with the banana, measured the apple sauce. So he knew it was in there.
He ate two slices the first day, and one more the next day; then he lost interest.

Moon Rabit Pie Crust Mix, review, and tips

 

 First of all, the Moon rabbit bag of mix, is enough to make 3 crust. But the package recipe is for one crust. So it you want an bottom and an top crust you have to make it twice.

But for this pot pie I just did a top.

 

I flowed the directions on the bag, and the dough rolled out nicely, but was too fragile to move tot he pie. So I added a little extra water, and a spoon full of Avocado (for a butter like substitute.) That is want give the crust a slightly green tint, if you notice it.  But most people would not.
Overall not my favorite pie crust.
My favorite pie crust is the Gluten Free Pantry Mix.

Pork Roast Apple

5  lb pork roast
1/4 of a medium apple, in 6 slices
1/3 Cup Cutup
1/4 Cup Apple Cider vinegar
1/4 Cup Water
1 packet (single serving) Apple cider drink mix
1 Tb soy sauce
1 Tb Worcestershire sauce
1 Tb apple sauce
1 Tb grated Onion
1 tsp Brown mustard

Poor just enough into the pot to cove the bottom. Then place the roast in. Make a slit in the roast 6 times, and insert apples slices into those slits. Pour the sauce over it.
Low for 4 hours, then high for 2 hours.