2 Boy's Mom Organic and Gluten Free

Delicious grain free (and gluten free) nectarine-blueberry crumble

2011-09-11T11:21:00.000-07:00

I had nectarines that were ripe and we couldn't eat them fast enough! I made this crumble - think crisp only better.

5 nectarines sliced
1 C. fresh or frozen blueberries
1/4 C. sugar
2 C. almond meal/flour (I know this can be expensive. I buy it at Trader Joe's and it's pretty reasonable there)
1/2 C. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/4 C. melted butter

Put the fruit in an 8 inch square baking dish. Sprinkle with the 1/4 C. of sugar. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and crumble over the fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes covered (I used aluminum foil). Then remove foil and bake another 20-30 minutes until the topping is lightly browned.

The kids and I ate it last night warm and loved it! This morning everyone had another dish cold and I ate mine with plain yogurt on top. Yum!

Easy crock pot chicken dinner

2011-09-08T22:15:00.000-07:00

I decided that menu planning needed to make a comeback in my life! this chicken dish was on this weeks menu. It makes it so much easier to know what's for dinner ahead of time and have all of the ingredients on hand. Another thing that makes dinner more simple for me is my crock pot! I made this really easy and delicious chicken dish for our dinner tonight. It was a hit with everyone!

It was kind of like a chicken stew. Here's the recipe:

4-5 large carrots sliced
2 large onions sliced
4-5 celery stalks sliced
4 chicken breast halves (bone in) with skin removed
1/2 t. black pepper
1/2 t. salt
2-3 T. organic soup base like Better than Bouillon (I used beef because I didn't have any chicken. Costco usually has these at a great price.)
2 C. of boiling water
3-4 T. of tapioca flour
1/4 C. cold water

Turn the crock pot on and start by slicing up the carrots, onions and celery into it. Place the chicken breast halves on top of the vegetables. Then mix boiling water with soup base and salt and pepper until the soup base dissolves. Feel free to add or adjust seasonings to taste. Pour liquid into crock pot. Cook on high for 6-7 hours or on high for 3-4 hours and then on low for another 4-6 hours until ready to serve. Mix tapioca flour with cold water until dissolved and stir it into the hot liquid in the crock pot. This will thicken the liquid. Shred the chicken with a fork and remove bones at the same time. Voila - dinner is served!

Blackberry-peach Crisp

2011-09-06T21:46:00.000-07:00

My son and I went and picked blackberries along a walking/hiking trail near our house. We got quite a few berries. There were enough to fill a gallon size zip-lock bag and make two blackberry-peach crisps.

The crisp was delicious! Here is the recipe that I used:

3 large peaches sliced
2 cups of rinsed blackberries
1 T. tapioca flour
Juice from one lemon (approx. 2 T.)
1/3 C. sugar
2/3 C. GF flour blend (I used Bob's Red Mill)
3/4 sugar
1/2 C. GF rolled oats
1/2 t. salt
1 t. ground cinnamon
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
6 T. cold butter - cut into chunks
3/4 C. toasted pecans - coarsely chopped

In a large bowl toss the peaches and the blackberries gently with the cornstarch, the lemon juice, and the sugar until the mixture is combined well. In a small bowl stir together the flour, the sugar, the oats, the salt, the cinnamon, and the nutmeg. Add the butter, blend the mixture until it is crumbly and then stir in the pecans. Spread the peach mixture in a 13- by 9-inch baking dish, sprinkle the topping evenly over fruit and bake the crisp in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until the top is golden.

We had ours with vanilla ice cream, but it would be great by itself or with whip cream!

Looking forward to another crisp, or maybe a blackberry pie later in the fall!

$20 for $40 worth of credit at Peeled Snacks from gaggle of chicks!

2011-01-29T11:08:00.000-08:00

You can get $40 worth of credit at Peeled Snacks! If you signed up for a gaggle of chicks when they first started and have your $10 promotional credit you can use and get this deal for only $10! They are gluten free and a lot of them are organic as well! No added sugar or oils! Check out the daily deal at gaggle of chicks if you want to purchase this!

Thank you Organic Deals!

Coupon for free Larabar - redeemable at Safeway stores

2011-01-29T10:42:00.000-08:00

Click here to sign up for a free Larabar coupon. We love Larabars! They are raw and gluten free!

Thanks Couponing for 4!

Celiac Maniac Gluten Free Brownie Mix - my review

2011-01-26T21:10:00.000-08:00

The Celiac Maniac sent me a package of their gluten free brownie mix to sample. It took me a while to get around to making them, I'm a busy mom after all!

There are two other types of gluten free brownie mix that we have used and were pretty happy with.
After trying the brownie mix from The Celiac Maniac, I am convinced that I will never go back to the other gluten free brownie mixes! These were so good! They were cake like, but they were also somewhat gooey and chewy. My favorite thing was that they were still good two days after I made them. I typically find with gluten free baked goods, that they are only good the day you make them, and go downhill from there, unless they are frozen. These stayed in the pan at room temperature and were delicious!

They were a breeze to mix up. I just added 1/3 cup of softened butter and 1/3 cup olive oil (they called for canola, but they worked fine with olive) and a cup of warm water and stirred it all together and spread it in a greased 9x13 pan and baked them for 25 minutes and voila! They were done! Yum! I love the fact that the first ingredient in the GF flour blend that the brownies are made with is nutrient dense teff flour!

The only suggestions I would make would be:

1.) a non coated paper bag (since they are inside a plastic bag with a twist tie inside a paper bag), that way the bag could go into the paper recycling.

2.) chocolate chips that didn't contain vanillin (I'm not big on artificial vanilla flavor)

Thank you so much to The Celiac Maniac for letting me try these! This will be our standard gluten free brownie mix from now on! So glad that my local gluten free store - Janelle's Gluten Free Market carries them!

Enter to win at Turning the Clock Back - Youbars - Customized energy bars!!

2011-01-18T15:32:00.000-08:00

Enter to win a box of 13 customized energy bars from You bar at Turning the Clock Back!

Subway testing gluten-free options!!!!

2011-01-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

Subway has a couple of locations that are testing 2 gluten free menu options! This would be great if it went nationwide!

Our favorite place for a quick lunch or dinner before the boys got diagnosed gluten intolerant was Subway.....they would be so happy!

Gluten free coconut almond shortbread recipe from Mothering.com

2011-01-06T08:23:00.000-08:00

This recipe looks absolutely divine! I love anything with coconut in it, especially cookies! These can be vegan if you use the coconut oil option. Be sure to check out Mothering.com, they have lots of great natural parenting articles and discussions as well as great recipes!

Amy's Kitchen - natural and organic- sale at Vons, Dominics, Gilardi or Safeway!

2011-01-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

Anyone who has a Vons, Dominics, Gilardi or Safeway in your area, start stocking up...Amy's Kitchen Burritos on sale for $1.69, Mac & Cheese $2, Entrees $3, Bowls $3. Enjoy!

B1G1 Ian's food coupon for answering a question!

2011-01-04T18:23:00.000-08:00

If you email a suggestion to earnpoints@iansnaturalfoods.com for using Ian's gluten free, nut free, egg free, dairy free and soy free Chicken patties, they will send you a B1G1 coupon in the mail. Use WFGF Patties as the subject line and include your recipe or meal idea and your name and address.

Enter to win Libre Tea mug and Organic Green Tea at Turning the Clock Back!!!

2011-01-03T10:03:00.000-08:00

Enter to win Libre Tea mug and Organic Green Tea at Turning the Clock Back!!!

Hoppin' John - my vegetarian version - Happy New Year!

2011-01-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

I have made this dish on New Years Day for the past few years. This year, we went out for dinner on New Year's Day, so we had it tonight...the 2nd of January. Hoppin' John is a dish that is traditionally made on New Year's Day in some areas around the United States, and is thought to bring luck and prosperity for the coming year!

I usually serve it over brown rice, but I got a late start and decided to just have the main part of the dish. I think that it is delicious either way, with or without the rice. As an alternative, you could serve it with cornbread. We really like the Bob's Red Mill GF Cornbread Mix.

1 lb dried black-eyed peas
3 C water (may have to add more while the peas are cooking)
3-6 cloves of garlic (minced or sliced)
1 t salt
1 Lg. onion - sliced
1 large bunch of greens (collards, spinach, kale, chard, etc.)
black pepper to taste
1/2 to 1 C broth

Sort and rinse the black-eyed peas. It's really important not to skip this step when using dried beans and other legumes, to rinse off any contaminants and pull out any small rocks or other debris that gets mixed in during processing.

Place the rinsed peas in a large saucepan or stock pot with the 3 C of water and bring it to a boil. After it boils turn the heat down to low and simmer for about 15 minutes or so and then add in the garlic and the salt. Continue cooking for another 40 minutes or until the beans are getting tender. Check occasionally to see if you need to add more water.

Next you add the greens and onion. I used rainbow swiss chard this time, but have used many other greens and they are all good!

Make sure to rinse the greens well and then slice or chop them into pieces. Slice or chop one large onion and add both the onion and the greens to the black-eyed peas. Add the broth now too. I used chicken broth (not vegetarian, I know, but it wasn't essential to me that the whole dish stay vegetarian. You could use vegetable broth if you want). My favorite broth is the Organic Better Than Bouillon in either chicken or beef, but they do have several vegetarian varieties as well. I usually buy it at my local Costco.

Your pot will probably seem quite full at this point, but do your best to stir in the greens and onions. Increase the heat to somewhere between low and medium and stir occasionally so it doesn't stick to the bottom.

The greens will cook down a lot over the next 15-30 minutes. Continue cooking until the greens and onion are tender. Season to taste with black pepper and serve plain, over brown rice or with cornbread!

Happy eating, and a have a Happy and wonderful New Year!

Megan

6 week old Lunchables Extra Cheesy Pizza -- no mold -- Food Decompositio...

2011-01-02T19:35:00.000-08:00

This is an interesting experiment that Mom's Plan has been doing. Thankfully I don't feed my kids Lunchables....but it is kind of sad that so many kids eat this stuff all the time.

Mom's Plan

Gluten free Holiday Blossom Cookies

2011-01-01T20:13:00.000-08:00

I modified this recipe from a full gluten version and they turned out beautifully! You can use the alternate ingredients to make them vegan (dairy and egg free) if you like.

Preheat oven to 350°

1/2 C softened organic butter (or vegan substitute)
1 C organic granulated sugar
1 large organic egg (or 1 T. ground flax seed mixed with 3 T. warm water)
1 1/2 t vanilla ext.
1 C sorghum flour (or any other blend of GF flours)
1/3 C coconut flour
1/3 C almond meal/flour
1/3 C potato starch
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
2 T organic milk (or soy, rice, almond milk....whatever your preference is)
sugar for rolling the cookies in
organic, fair-trade chocolate (I used the Theo holiday chocolate - peppermint bars)

Cream the softened butter, sugar, egg and vanilla ext. in a large mixing bowl until well mixed. In a separate bowl mix flours, baking soda, and salt together and then add dry ingredients slowly to butter mixture and stir until well blended. Shape the dough into one inch balls and roll in sugar.

We used a blend of organic sugar and a little red sugar (I don't like to use much food color, so we just used a little bit to add some color). :-)

Make sure to roll them around good so they are well coated with the sugar. Then place them on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Break up your chocolate bar and press a piece into the middle of each cookie. My son wanted to try some without chocolate (he doesn't like it...how can that be?), and he wanted to make some really small ones too.

Bake for 8 - 10 minutes until cookies are lightly browned and set. Let them cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack. When they are all the way cooled and you and your children have stuffed yourself full of as many cookies as you can handle - place the rest of the cookies in an airtight container and put them in the freezer ( I personally like to reuse my large sized yogurt containers). I like to freeze any gluten free baked goods that are not going to be eaten right away....they keep much better this way.

Here is the finished product! Yum!

Enter to win Tropical Traditions Coconut Chips Giveaway ~ on My Journey With Candida Blog

2010-12-31T12:11:00.000-08:00

Enter to win Tropical Traditions Coconut Chips Giveaway ~ on My Journey With Candida Blog!!!

I love coconut!

Enter to win a $25 Kroger Gift Card plus 2 Boxes of Chex Cereal at ice fairy's Treasure Chest!

2010-12-29T18:10:00.000-08:00

Enter to win a $25 Kroger Gift Card plus 2 Boxes of Chex Cereal at ice fairy's Treasure Chest!

Enter to win 1 gallon of organic shredded coconut from Tropical Traditions at All Aboard (the review and giveaway train)!

2010-12-29T15:02:00.000-08:00

Enter to win 1 gallon of organic shredded coconut from Tropical Traditions at All Aboard (the review and giveaway train)!

WIN a Shenzhen Knives Fruit and Vegetable Ceramic Knife Set + Peeler (ARV $45)! at Thanks, Mail Carrier!

2010-12-29T09:57:00.000-08:00

Enter to WIN a Shenzhen Knives Fruit and Vegetable Ceramic Knife Set + Peeler (ARV $45)! at Thanks, Mail Carrier!

Surf Sweets Candy giveaway on All Aboard (the review and giveaway train)!

2010-12-28T19:07:00.000-08:00

My family loves Surf Sweets all natural and organic candy! My favorite things about it: gluten and casein free, no artificial colors, organic fruit juice and sweeteners and no GMOs!

If you'd like a chance to win a variety pack of full size (2.75 oz) bags please visit All Aboard (the review and giveaway train)!

$50 voucher to King Arthur Flour for $25!! They have gluten free items!

2010-12-24T11:51:00.000-08:00

Weshop.com has this great deal in limited supply, so get one while you can!

Check out this great deal on King Arthur Flour products!

They have gluten free products!

Thank you Organic Deals!

Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef: gluten-free Mexican wedding cookies

2010-12-22T13:13:00.000-08:00

Yum, yum yum! These are one of my favorite kinds of cookies! My Mom made them every year around Christmas! I'd love to try this gluten free version!

Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef: gluten-free Mexican wedding cookies: "Mexican wedding cookies. Of all the requests people had for gluten-free holiday cookies, I think this was the most requested. Finely groun..."

Endurance Drink Straws

2010-12-22T12:39:00.000-08:00

I am seriously considering buying these from ecomom.com...who knew there were stainless steel straws? :-D Endurance Drink Straws

Grain and gluten free waffles from Health, Home and Happiness

2010-12-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

Yum! I would love to try these waffles! I love that they are so full of protein! I'm going to have to try these soon!

Let me know if you try them!