Thursday, August 1, 2013

Perfect Popovers (Easy and Gluten Free)

These are just as easy as pancakes and do not require someone standing in the kitchen to flip them. Perfect for holidays, they are yummy, easy, and pretty. Enjoy!

Preheat oven to 400*
Grease muffin tins.

1 c. milk
6 eggs
1 c. gluten free flour
1/2 t. salt
1 t. gluten free vanilla
1/4 c. melted butter

Blend the milk, eggs, salt, vanilla, and gf flour in the blender till any lumps are out. Add the melted butter and continue to blend.
Fill muffin tins slightly less than half full.
Bake 15 min.

Blueberry Topping:
fresh or frozen blueberries
pure maple syrup or honey

Place blueberries in a sauce pan and heat on low. Add drizzles of honey or syrup over the blueberries as they cook down a bit.
Simmer slowly on low.

You could also make any other topping of choice using fruit, honey, syrup, etc.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

1 Cup Cobbler - Easy Peasy

This recipe is super simple and a favorite of mine from childhood.

1 stick of real butter
1 cup of gluten free self-rising
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of milk
1 cup of fruit (fresh, canned, or frozen)

Put the stick of butter in a baking dish and put it in the oven on 375*.

While the butter melts, mix the sugar, flour, and milk together in a bowl. I use a whisk for best results.

Take the baking dish out of the oven and pour the flour mixture into the middle of the melted butter.  Then pour the fruit on top. Do not mix.

Bake on 375* for an hour.





Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Cheeseburger Pie AKA Cheeseburger Quiche

The Whole Foods brand gluten free pie crust has opened up a new world of baking. The flaky, incredible tasting crust is perfect for pie, quiche, or anything else you can put in a pie shell.
This is one of your favorites.

Cheeseburger Quiche (Pie)

Ingredients:
  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1/3 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 eggs
  • 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
  • 1 unbaked gluten free (Whole Foods brand is great) pie shell (9 inches)

Directions

  • In a skillet, brown ground beef and onion; drain and set aside. In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, milk, oregano, salt and pepper; beat in eggs. Stir in beef mixture and 1 cup cheese. Pour into pie shell.
  • Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until set. Remove from oven and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Allow to stand 5 minutes before cutting. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Cheeseburger Quiche in Country Ground Beef , p65

Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

There isn't a PF Chang's in Columbia yet, that remains a treat for trips to Greenville. In the meantime, maybe you guys can keep making this slow cooker favorite. You made this for me on Mother's Day 2013. Now it is a household favorite.

Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

1-1 1/2 lbs. Beef chuck roast in strips, beef tips, beef stew chunks (some kind of chunks/strips of beef)
1 c. of beef broth (GF, of course)
1/2 c. Braggs Liquid Amino
1/3 - 1/2 c. brown sugar
1 T. olive oil
3 garlic cloves (chopped/minced/put through the Pampered Chef garlic press - whatever)

2 T cornstarch
broccoli florets (a bunch or two, or 1 - 2 bags of fresh broccoli florets)
rice and the remaining beef broth if you used a larger container of broth

Put the beef in the crockpot on high.
Then mix the broth, liquid amino, brown sugar, olive oil, and garlic together with a whisk or fork.
Pour the sauce over the beef and let cook for several hours (4-6 is a guesstimate, depending on how you like your beef and what your schedule is ;)
About an hour before you plan to eat, remove a couple of T. of the sauce from the crockpot and let sit till room temperature. When the broth is cool, add the 2 T. of cornstarch and whisk till dissolved. Pour the sauce back into the crockpot and stir lightly to cover. Then add the fresh broccoli florets and cover to simmer. In about 30 minutes, things should be ready to go. The broccoli can be cooked a bit longer or shorter depending on taste, but 30 min. seems to give it a crunchy flavor that we love.
I use the carton of beef broth to measure out my one cup for the sauce. The rest of the broth I use to cook the rice in. (Remember you can add a little water to the broth to make enough liquid to cook your rice.)
It is easy to get the timing right on this if you put your broccoli in and then start your rice. By the time your rice is ready, your beef and broccoli should be about done.
Then you can serve it over the rice - yummmmmm... good eats! This is a great recipe that is seed/nut/gluten/dairy free.
Perfection.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Two Favorite Winter Meals

Here are two meals that we seem to enjoy more in the fall and winter. They are both tasty, cozy, and delicious.

Brunswick Stew

This is a recipe that came from my childhood when my family lived in Toccoa, GA. We lived there while my Dad (your Papa) was in Bible school at Toccoa Falls. We moved there when I was in second grade and we moved to North Carolina the summer before I started sixth grade.
Just two weeks ago on our Disney trip, we stopped at a rest area in Brunswick, Georgia. Whit was taken with the big black kettle monument that was there. It had a historic sign that reminded travelers that Brunswick, GA, is the home of Brunswick stew. There were some big black birds that were hanging out - sitting and flying around the kettle. It looked like a scene from Harry Potter. Whit and I enjoyed seeing this monument to one of his favorite foods.

Here is the official Georgia recipe from my childhood for Brunswick Stew:

30 oz. bottle of GF ketchup
3-4 chicken breasts boiled and cut into small pieces (retain broth)
2-3 pounds of browned ground beef (brown with chopped onion)
48 oz can of tomato juice
2 cans of GF creamed corn
1 can of whole kernel corn
4 large potatoes boiled and cubed (boil in retained chicken broth)
2-3 T. GF Worcester sauce

*All measurements are somewhat approximate and based on how those products were packaged and sold when I was little girl. You can alter amounts slightly as you may purchase things in a slightly different size when it comes to ounces of ketchup, tomato juice, etc.

Brown your ground beef with chopped onion. Boil your chicken and shred or chop it into bite size pieces. Retain the broth/water and boil your potatoes in the same water.

Combine chicken and beef with onion in a big pot. Add tomato juice, corn, Worcester sauce, and ketchup. Pour in potatoes and broth (*IF the broth from the chicken breasts and potatoes doesn't have much flavor, feel free to add a packet of chicken broth powder or substitute some liquid chicken broth. I have used half water/half broth to boil the chicken in when using boneless/skinless breasts.).
Stew on stove for 30-40 minutes till heated through. This tastes great with your favorite bread or cornbread.
This one is favorite!

Sausage and Rice Casserole

1 cup or rice
4 1/2 cups of boiling water
1 large onion chopped
1 c. chopped celery
1 large bell pepper chopped
1 lb. of browned GF sausage (Crumbled not links)
1 can of water chestnuts
1 can of GF chicken noodle soup or 2 packages of GF chicken broth (Herb Ox brand is what I have used)

Brown sausage. Put all ingredients in a pan and bake at 350* for one hour or more (until water is mostly absorbed). Let sit for a few moments and then serve.
Another household favorite!

Gluten Free Bisquick Fruit Swirl Coffee Cake

Merry Christmas!
It is Christmas evening and we are settling down after a very special Christmas day. This is the third year that we have made the Gluten Free Bisquick Fruit Swirl Coffee Cake for breakfast. Nana and Papa made the traditional coffee cake that I have eaten every Christmas since I was a little girl. It is full of gluten and nuts and not something that I have been successful in creating in a gluten/nut/dairy free form. This Bisquick "breakfast/brunch cake", (Whit doesn't like it when we call things "coffee cake" because there is no coffee in it. ;), is yummy, easy, and can be made without dairy, gluten, or nuts.
So, this Christmas morning, we had both coffee cakes. Nana made the traditional one, and I made this recipe for you guys and Daddy.

Here is the recipe in the gluten/nut/dairy free form:

4 eggs
1/2 cup Earth Balance Dairy Free Spread melted
3/4 cup rice milk
2 t. vanilla
1 box of gluten free Bisquick
2/3 cup of sugar
1 can of pie filling or canned fruit in light syrup

Stir and beat the ingredients together except for the pie filling.
Spread 2/3 of the mixture in a greased/sprayed pan. Spread pie filling over batter. Drop the remaining batter on top by spoonfuls.
I have been using canned blueberries in light syrup for this recipe. I drain the can of berries and hold back the syrup. Then I can use it for the glaze in place of the milk. The pie filling would make a slightly sweeter cake. You could also use fresh fruit. I would imagine any berry would work well. We have done cherries and blueberries.

Bake the cake at 375* for 20-25 minutes. Prepare the glaze below and drizzle over warm cake.

Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 T. rice milk OR light syrup from canned fruit

If I was making this just for you kids, I would use real butter and regular milk. Since Daddy can't have dairy, I make it this way.
Enjoy!

Monday, December 24, 2012

Holiday Dressing

It is December 24, 2012, and I am baking our Christmas turkey and dressing in the oven as I type. You guys are playing together and laughing in Whit's room. It is such a pleasant sound to hear on Christmas Eve. Daddy is spinning the Christmas hits on the stereo, while we all go about our holiday merriment.
Holiday recipes were a big part of our festivities when I was a child. We had a traditional Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter menu. I haven't stuck to the same menu every year, but I hope you still have some fond memories of good food and family at this time of year.
Here is the "family" recipe for dressing. I, of course, modified it to be gluten free.

Gluten Free Holiday Dressing

*1 pan of your favorite GF cornbread (prepared WITHOUT the sugar or honey/sweetener - you don't want this to be sweet) - Crumble this up in a big bowl with some GF bread or GF biscuit crumbs. Work the cornbread and bread together till well mixed and finely broken up.

*GF chicken broth

*GF condensed cream of chicken soup

*onions and celery chopped

*2 eggs

*GF seasoning of your choice

After you have your big bowl of cornbread and bread crumbs, add the other ingredients and mix together. You will need to abandon the spoon at some point and dig in with your hands if you want to make this the way your Auntie Ashlea and I do. I have left the quantity of ingredients out because I am not sure how much of everything I use. It depends on the size of the cornbread mix. You may need two eggs since gluten free things tend to need extra stickiness to work well. Experiment with this recipe and I think you will be delighted with the results. Spread the mixture in a pan and bake at 350* until firm. Probably about 20-30 minutes.

I think this recipe taste amazing with turkey, gravy, and good friends and family to share it with.