Strawberries are Gluten Free

Recipe: Pulled BBQ Pork

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:09:21 +0000

This is my absolute favorite barbecue sauce, and it doesn’t even need Worcestershire sauce, which is a huge bonus for us gluten-free Canadians!

Mix together sauce:

1/2 c. chili sauce
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. white vinegar
1 c water
4 Tbsp mustard powder

Pour over 1lb pork tenderloin, cook in slow cooker for 2 – 4 hours. If you have more time, use ‘low’ heat, if you have less time, use ‘high’ heat. Either way, it gets sooo tender and juicy, then pull apart with 2 forks. And serve over gluten free dinner rolls (we prefer English Muffins) with a side of coleslaw.

Absolutely DIVINE!!

Menu – 2nd week of July

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:02:50 +0000

A menu with decidedly light options, with basic carbs thrown in for the kids.

Greek Salad with marinated chicken and rice

Taco Seasoning & Recipe Taco Salad with tortilla chips “for the kids”

Pulled BBQ Pork on buns, NEW RECIPE, posted on Monday!!

Roasted Salmon with Mango Salsa with Cheesy Rice Pilaf, a modified version of Rice Casserole

authentic Caesar Salad Dressing with Chicken and Caesar Salad too.

Breakfast for Supper – usually a combo of pancakes and smoothies

A Pretty Printable Menu

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:18:01 +0000

A lot of menus in the blog-o-sphere are posted on Mondays, which, quite frankly I don’t understand. I like to, and have always, planned my menu on Wednesday or Thursday, shopped on Friday and then I’m good to go for the weekend and beyond. I usually plan two weeks at a time. And if you are interested, here is the menu for this week. If you click on the recipe link you can print off the recipe. If you print this page, you’ll get this pretty menu for your fridge!

BBQ Hamburgers Hubby likes the GF English Muffins for his hamburger bun.

Skillet Surprise With leftover fries from yesterday’s meal.

Japanese Salad I adore this salad, but I usually end up feeding the kids pb & j on these days.

Warm Almond Salmon on Lettuce I think I’m going to BBQ the salmon this time and see what happens!

Mango Salsa Salmon Can’t wait to try this one!

Fried Rice with Chicken and Broccoli

Enjoy!!

Favorite Dessert This week: Cheesecake!

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:03:27 +0000

In an instant of sheer brilliance, we purchased a frozen cheesecake for our daughter’s 9th birthday party. It didn’t occur to me before this, that the cake might actually be gluten free! Come to think of it, my favorite cheesecake is nothing more than eggs, sugar, and cream cheese! So, yeah, in its truest sense, it IS gluten free!

Is that not the best news ever?!?

Yes, there is a slight chance that you already knew that. But how can I keep news like this to myself??
Here’s the one that always works for me – the classic cream cheese cake – from the Philadelphia Cream Cheese package:

3 bricks (250g) of cream cheese, softened
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 325, spray/coat 9″ springform pan
combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until well blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, just until blended.
Pour into prepared pan.
Cook for 45 – 50 minutes until center is just about set.
Cool, remove rim, refrigerate for four hours until set.

As long as you don’t contaminate your cheesecake with a dirty springform pan, you have a perfectly delicious and gluten free cake!