Saturday, March 31, 2012

homemade Gluten Free oatmeal banana peanut butter chocolate chip muffins

blurred ground oat flour







Ingredients:

  • 2 cups oat flour
  • ½ cups rolled oats
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • a dash of nutmeg
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup  milk
  • 1 whole banana, cold
  • ½ chocolate chips
  • 1/4 c peanut butter

Instructions:

beautiful ground oat flour








Transfer rolled or instant oats to a blender and whiz for a few seconds until flour forms. Carefully spoon out 2 cups of oat flour and transfer to a mixing bowl. Whisk in baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar, and set aside. Add  milk,peanut butter and banana to the blender and whiz until well combined. Pour into oat flour mixture, add chocolate chips and stir to combine. It should be rather soupy. Add a handful 1/2 cup rolled oats and stir. If it's still runny, add more oats. The batter should be thick like oatmeal  but not dry. Set batter aside and preheat oven to 375F. Grease a muffin pan and spoon batter into the pan. The batter will thicken and get a little sticky/tacky as it sets. If it's so thick you can't stir it easily, thin it out with a little  milk, but you shouldn't need to. It should be thick like oatmeal or heavy mashed potatoes. Spoon into 12 cups and bake 10-15 minutes, or until firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

gluten free leftover chicken pasta casserole

Ingredients

  • 12 oz. pasta
  • 2 cups carrots
  • 2 cups frozen or fresh peas
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 2 cups any type of cheese
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons  parsley 
  • dash of pepper
  • my leftover chicken
  • 1 cup Italian bread crumbs 


  • Cook pasta according to the package directions.
  • Melt butter in a medium sauce pot. Once the butter is melted add cornstarch. Stir until smooth.
  • Cook over a medium-high flame until the mixture is smooth and bubbly, stirring constantly.
  • Add milk slowly, stirring until well blended. Add broth, cheese, garlic powder, parsley and pepper. Stir over a medium flame, until cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth.
  • Combine cooked pasta, alfredo sauce, and vegetables in a 13 x 9 greased baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes or until top is browned.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Homemade pot pie





Drove by KFC so wanting one of their pot pies so I decide to try an d make my own now for the crust I used 1 1/3 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 c butter and 1/4 cold cold cold water blended this up in my processor and placed ti in the fridge while  I made the filling now I did this all from free hand I had some frozen green benas, raw carrots, 1 potato, Jerusalem artichoke, leftover mushroom and onion and frozen chicken my hubby grilled and I frozen. So I cut the carrots potato and artichoke into cubed liked you see in pot pies and placed them in a frying pan with some water and pepper let them cook up a bit as that was cooking I cut up th egreen beans threw them in there then cut up the leftover onion and mushroom cooked it all up a bit not totally cooked up but semi cooked removed them from pan added chicken to cook up removed then made a rue equal parts butter and flour I used 8 tbs of each then I added chicken stock to make a gravy this again done all freehand when that was done. dived dough into two parts I rolled out the dough placed it in a pan cooked the dough for about 20 min on 350 degree added filling then placed second ball of dough rolled out on top and made a slit cooked for about 20 to 25 min you will be able to tell when dough is done Super yummy way healthier

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Homemade apple pie







Never made one had to try made  a to go one aka turnover for my hubby

Saturday, March 3, 2012

spaghetti sauce day





There a market here Market On the Move aka MOM LOVE it get 60lbs of veggies and some fruit for $10 yep ten dollars, So today I am making spaghetti sauce with the tomatoes peppers,onions,squash. I  added some of the Bountiful Basket co-op herbs basil,rosemary,thyme,garlic and parsley threw some flax seed in there bam tons of spaghetti sauce to can Yummies for our tummies
Sauteed up some garlic and onions for my base while I was flash boiling the tomatoes to get the skins off. Peeled the tomatoes, squeeze them so they are sauce looking, this is  my favorite part. Put the onions and garlic in the pot added the tomatoes, then I sauteed up the squash, peppers, more onion and garlic added some wine to the sauteing veggies let it cook down a bit threw that in the pot, chopped up the herbs threw them in pot, added some salt,pepper and a tab bit of sugar to balance the acidity of the tomatoes tossed in some flax seed too they never know :) wink wink  and  it is cooking as I type. Will can it up in a few. Super yummy, super cheap and super healthy