So last night I tried playing around with my egg noodle recipe. I used 1 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup amaranth flour, 1/2 cup tapioca flour. Yea it rolled out a lot easier, but the noodles were brittle, broke easily, and just didn't taste as good. :( So I have met a woman who is willing to make pasta with me AND bring her pasta machine!!! So I'm going to try another slightly altered recipe. This one is technically a ravioli recipe though. :) So I will have to make raviolis! LOL! I'm thinking beef and tomato. MMMMmmmm. I might even make some of my mozzarella cheese! (it would be perfect since it doesn't get to firm.)

Also today I emailed a pro pizza dough maker! LOL! Someone that follows on fb asked for some help finding a good dough. I wanted to rush in guns a blazing like normal, but I have a sneaky suspicion that if I did all I would end up with is a big disaster and LARGE amount of wasted flour. (which gets pricey!) So I figured since I know NOTHING about it, why not ask for help? See I can do it!!! LOL! I'm hoping to get an email back. Peter Reinhart. From what I've read all over the web, he's a pizza dough God! LOL! So hopefully he'll have some time to help me out or at least point me in the right direction. For those of you lucky people with no allergies, who just read this because you've been blackmailed, or guilt tripped in or just have interest in what you are eating, check it out! The man knows his stuff! I'm hoping to loan out his book from the library and make some for me and the hubby soon! http://peterreinhart.typepad.com/peter_reinhart/ Here's his blog.

Oatmeal

What is it with my kid and oatmeal? I love it because it's easy, cheap and good for him. He likes it more than is normal. The kid seriously ate 4 or 5 bowls today!!!!!!!! Breakfast oatmeal, snack, oatmeal, dinner oatmeal twice!!!!!!! It's crazy! But I guess there could be worse things he loves. LOL!

ahhhhh

I love a good roast. Comedic or food wise. Tonight I made a pot roast. I used carrot broth from a can of carrots we had for snack. I threw in LOTS of red and white potatoes, a bag of baby carrots, celery, some ground sage, oregano, basil and salt. I cooked mine on high for about 4 hours, but it could also be done on low all day :) MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM So good and Gabe ok!

Another one bites the dust.

Lawry's seasoned salt caused Gabe to have a reaction tonight. :( I had looked at the ingredients and thoughht it was ok. :( Bad mommy. I should have done some research. I found this on a random community page.

Hi Dawn,
Thank you for writing.
Common allergens, such as peanuts or eggs, would be listed in the ingredient section of our packages, and not included in "Natural Flavors".

"Natural Flavors" are unique flavors created for Lawry's by our flavor
suppliers, and we purchase the flavors as a single component. Since the formula of the flavor is proprietary to the flavor supplier, we do not have a list of the flavoring ingredients.

We do not operate Allergen Free manufacturing facilities, but after the
production of any product containing any common allergen ( such as peanuts) the
facility does what they refer to as a special cleansing process that is over
and above a normal cleansing process. With the intent to remove as much
particulate from the line as possible. Even though we take this extra step, it
is no guarantee that the product would be allergen free. So, based on the users
sensitivity they may or may not wish to consume any processed products.

We hope this information is helpful.

Your friends at Lawry's

Hot Dog Buns!

So today I went to get Applegate hotdogs and couldn't find any. :( But I found Shetland turkey dogs! They were good! And I finally made the hot dog buns!

Hot Dog Bun Recipe

•3/4 cup amaranth flour
•1/2 cup potato starch
•1/4 cup tapioca starch
•2 tablespoons flax seed meal
•2 teaspoons baking powder sub
•1 1/4 teaspoons guar gum
•1/2 teaspoon of salt
•2 duck eggs
•1/3 cup coconut oil
•1/2 cup milk
Bun Directions:

1.Preheat oven to 400°F.
2.Mix together the dry ingredients.
3.Mix together the wet ingredients.
4.Combine the wet with dry.
5.Grease a cookie sheet, then shape dough into hot dog bun shapes if it’s sticky, wet a spatula and your hands a bit to form them.
6.Bake for about 12-15 minutes, until they start to brown.



The recipe is pretty simple. Only thing I did differently was I used a 8x8 pan and just poured it in. Then I cut it into hotdog size rectangles. Think the stand up buns. :) It was really good. Because of the coconut oil it was a tad sweet. Really tasted like corndogs! LOL! Boys LOVED LOVED LOVED them! They both had 3! My picky 2 year old had 3 hot dogs!!!! (and all of the buns!) LOL They were so happy to have hot dogs. :) Really made them so happy.

Granola

Coconut Granola

1 cup oats
1/2 cup coconut
1/8 cup coconut oil
1 ts vanilla extract
1/8 cup golden syrup or honey. (I used syrup)
enjoy life chocolate chips.

Bake at 300 for 24 minutes stirring a few times, then let cool and add in chocolate chips. I like it without the chips because then I use if for cereal. OHHHHH MY SOOOO YUMMY!

Yummy!

I got this recipe from my friend Pam and then altered it a little to fit our needs. MMMMM!

Yummy Screw Up!

So after making the creamed peas and potatoes last night i thought why not try to make mini pot pies? So I attempted that today and my crusts totally fell apart and made like a crumble. Soooo screw it! Let's make it a casserole!!!!


LOL! Turned out good! Gabe had 2 helping! LOL!

1 lbs ground turkey
1 cup and 4tbls rice flour divided
1/2 cup 2tbls butter
1 tbls flax seed meal
4-5 red potatoes
1 can carrots
1 can green beans
2 cups milk
optional handful of black eyed peas
Salt and pepper


In a bowl mix 1 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup and 2 tbls soft butter, 1 tbls flax seed meal. Mix well then put in cupcake pan and thin out. Cook at 375 for about 10 minutes. When it comes out it will look like a bunch of crumbs. Set aside. Brown 1 lbs ground turkey put turkey in a casserole dish, leave juice. In a pot boil 4 or 5 cut up red potatoes til tender. In casserole dish, add 1 can carrots, 1 can green beans, handful of black eyed peas, and red potatoes. Take turkey juice and add 4tbls rice flour. Mix well. Add 2 cups milk. On a med heat stir until thick. Then pour over turkey and veggies. Top with crumbs and put into oven for 5-10 minutes for everything to get warm. Salt and pepper to taste. MMMM! Makes 1 large casserole.

Whirrled Peas

I've got a LOT of baked goods recipes so I've been trying to focus on dinners lately. Here's the newest one. :)

Creamed peas and red potatoes

half a bag red potatoes
2 cans peas
4tbls butter
4tbls rice flour
2 cups milk

Boil about half a bag of red potatoes cut into smaller pieces. Once they are done drain and set aside.

In pan melt butter, then add in flour and mix well. Pour in milk, and stir on a med high heat until it's thick. Remove from heat and add in potatoes and peas. Mix well. Salt and pepper for taste. Serve. Made enough for me and 2 preschoolers and enough to freeze 2 dinners worth in ziplock bags. (I love things like this on nights when I don't want to cook!)

Great people!

Have I mentioned how much I love allergy networks?!

Food Allergy Queen's facebook is a great spot to meet people with allergies and share info!!!! Today thanks to one of her readers I finally found a hotdog Gabe can have!!!!!!

Applegate Farms!!!!

I was hesitant at first because it's lists natural spices (and I kinda read it as natural flavors) but they listed what they are! So no unknowns!

Organic Grass-Fed Beef, Water, Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: Sea Salt, Organic Spices, Organic Garlic Powder, Organic Paprika, Celery Powder, Organic Onion Powder, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (Not From Milk).

And the organic spices are: Cayenne Pepper, Coriander, Ginger, Mace, Paprika, and White Pepper.

I am so excited about this. It's so stupid, but we do a lot of cookouts with family and Gabe didn't get to have ANY hotdogs. :( It was so sad to have him look at them and get this brave but sad face and say. Mommy.....those have corn? Poor kid. now I can't wait for him to ask!!!!! NOPE NO CORN!!!

And for buns I think I can alter this recipe....:)

http://glutenfreerecipes.net/gluten-free-hot-dog-buns/

MEATBALLS!

MMMM just did an impromptu meatball meal. YUMMY! Boys ate it up!!! Even I ate a full plate. (I normally try to leave the allergy free stuff for the boys, but I couldn't resist!!! It was so good!) Sorry I don't have better measurements! I was working while the baby slept and didn't want to take too long and risk him waking up!

Sadly my camera cable has gone missing so I'll have to upload the pics later. Here's the recipe


About a lbs. of ground turkey
oregano
garlic salt
pepper
salt
onion powder
2 bags rice (I LOVE the success boil in a bag rice)
milk
rice flour
olive oil

Boil the rice and set aside.

Take the turkey and mix in oregano, garlic salt, pepper, salt, and onion powder. Form small balls about the size of a golf ball. In a skillet put about a tablespoon of olive oil and then put the meatballs in it and cover with a lid. Cook on med high til meatballs are cooked all the way through. Remove the meatballs and put on a plate LEAVE all juice in the pan!!! Sprinkle rice flour in. Start with half a tbls and then add in more til you have all the juices absorbed. Not a lot!!! Once you have that then add in milk. You can add in as much as you would like. (depends on how much gravy you want. I did less than half a skillet full. Let that heat up on med high stirring constantly!!! Once it starts to thicken add in salt and pepper to taste and then pull off the heat.

Put the rice down on the plates then top with meatballs and lastly the gravy. MMMMMMMMMMMM! Mine made about 2 adult plates and 3 preschoolers plates. It was really yummy!!!!!