Crockpot rice

 1/2 cup jasmine rice 

1 cup water (used a tad more but next time will try less

My very small crockpot 

Sprayed crockpot with cooking spray (olive oil). Cooked on high 65 minutes ( might have been done at 60- will check next time,

Fried tofu

 So tasty and easy

Extra firm tofu

Flour (I used gf King Arthur measure for measure)

Milk( I used coconut)

Panko crumbs (I used gf)

Oil

DIRECTIONS 

Squeeze out tofu and slice. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Dip in flour then milk then crumbs then sauté on both sides in some oil.

Toasted peanut butter and banana wrap

 

So very yummy/ just need peanut butter and banana and your choice of wrap.Used my griddle thing!! 

Recipe here https://toastierecipes.com/peanut-butter-and-banana-toasted-wrap/

I placed the peanut butter and banana in center and rolled as usual for a wrap and cooked briefly till toasted. This was a gf wrap and it is great!

Pasta with clam sauce

 Quick dish and also good with added chicken or shrimp.

Directions 

While pasta is cooking place sauce ingredients in food processor and blend. Then place sauce in a pan and heat it. You can add chicken or shrimp to the sauce when serving or heating.

16 ounce pasta of choice 

SAUCE ingredients:

1 can progresso New England clam chowder 

1 cup milk

2 cloves garlic

1/3 to 1/2 cup Parmesan 

Blend the above sauce ingredients in food processor or blender and place in a pot to heat.

Optional Additions to sauce after blending the above sauce ingredients: parsley, green onions, peas, chicken or shrimp.

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Marinara egg cups

Tried this recipe above from instagram— loved it. We had to cook ours longer than 15 minutes since our marinara was icebox cold. Plus I don’t like runny yolks. Probably took 25 minutes? Great with crusty bread dipped or taking the sauce and placing it on the bread.? Good with crispy fries as well. 

We had it for a Sunday night supper.Note: I forgot the thyme 😝
 

Asian chicken and rice

 

Really tasty and easy. Makes 3 servings.

1 box zatarains yellow rice

1 can (12.5 ounce) chicken or left over chicken 

1 bunch bok Choy chopped

1 package frozen Asian vegetables (I use microwave Birds Eye)

Sesame oil

Garlic

Directions 

Cook rice according to directions. Meanwhile sauté bok choy in a bit of sesame oil/-cooking the white part first then when crisp tender add the green part for a few minutes with some garlic— about a large clove. 

Cook your frozen Asian veggies in microwave.. Mix veggies, bok choy, drained canned chicken, and rice together. 

Makes 3 good sized servings.

Chocolate banana bread

Great use of ripe bananas and hits the spot for chocolate cravings.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oat flour ( or grind quick oats)
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 large mashed bananas (~1 cup mashed)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
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Grease a 9” loaf pan and preheat oven to 350 F

I  just threw everything in my food processor except for the chips. Blended well. Pour in pan and mix chips in with silicone spatula gently. Cook for 38-42 minutes or until center is toothpick clean.

Cool at least 10 minutes before cutting. Nice topped with chocolate syrup when serving 🤓

Pork roast crockpot

 Love this and so easy. 

2 pound pork tenderloin

1/4 cup soy sauce ( low salt is best)

1 T yellow mustard ( used a kind with the grains- nice)

2-3 T maple syrup

2 T olive oil

1 T diced dried onions

1 1/2 t. garlic powder. 

Mix above ingredients. Pour over tenderloin in the crock pot. Cook on low for 6 hours.

Note: for a one pound roast it took about 2 and a 1/2 hour on low to reach 160f. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting,

Vanilla mug cake gf

Delicious—fast- you need a big mug for this!!
 https://www.busylittlekiddies.com/gluten-free-mug-cake/

Recipe found above- took 90 seconds in my 900 watt microwave. Go to link for directions, but here are the ingredients,…note: about 60 seconds in high powered microwave 

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons All-purpose Gluten-free Flour (me=King Arthur gf measure for measure flour)
• 2 tablespoons Sugar
• ½ teaspoon Baking Powder - gluten-free
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 large Egg
• 2 tablespoons Melted Butter
• 1 tablespoon Water

Oat wraps

 Easy when you need a wrap.

I used gf quick oats I used a cup of oats and a cup of water and a pinch or so of salt.I did add a small handful more of the oats after mixing, batter should be pourable not too thin or thick. This made about 3 wraps, each about 6” or so in diameter.

Ingredients: take equal amounts of oats and water and let them soak 15 minutes or possibly 30 for old fashioned oats. Add some salt— pinch or two —Blend in food processor after soaking. Let rest a minute or so as it will thicken some.. If batter is not quite thick enough add bit more oats. Blend.

Cook as you do pancakes- about 3 minutes on each side. 

Good for a breakfast wrap stuffed with scrambled egg, red bell pepper, and onion,

English muffin in mug gf

 Easy and good sized/ nice! Used my 4 inch mug

Really good toasted with melted cheese.

Ingredients 

3 tablespoons blanched almond flour 

1/2 tablespoon coconut flour

1 tablespoon butter unsalted 

1 large egg 

Pinch salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder 

Directions use flat bottom mug- about 4”

Grease mug

Melt butter in mug 30 seconds in microwave 

Add rest of ingredients mixing well. Let sit one minute.

Microwave 90 seconds— I did 98 seconds in my 900 watt microwave.

Slid out of the mug, cut in half and toast.

Cinnamon bun mug cake gf

 So good-/ one of the best mug cakes I have tried,

For the cinnamon roll

• 1/4 cup gluten free pancake mix — I used gf bisquick 
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp almond milk or whatever plus more, if needed
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon butter
• Pinch of sea salt

For the cinnamon sugar

• 2 tsp  sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

For the sugar glaze

• 2 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 tsp almond milk

Grease your mug. Then, Melt butter in the mug in your microwave- 20-30 seconds. Mix the first 6 cake ingredients in with the butter in the mug. Should look like a thick pancake batter.

In a separate dish mix cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the cake ingredients that are in your mug. Swirl it in a circular motion with a toothpick.

Microwave for about a minute in a high powered microwave or 1 minute 20 seconds in a 900 watt microwave.

Mix your powdered sugar and milk for the glaze and spread over the top.

Note: if not using gf bisquick you may need less butter. The gf bisquick has no fat added in it.

Pizza crust : keto

 

Pretty good and easy/ recipe found here: https://www.sweetashoney.co/wprm_print/19465

Here are the ingredients, but go to link for directions 

INGREDIENTS 

• ▢ ½ cup Coconut Flour
• ▢ ¼ cup Almond Flour
• ▢ 3 tablespoons Whole Psyllium Husk
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
• ▢ 2 teaspoons Baking Powder Or 2 teaspoons of active dry yeast + 1 teaspoon of sugar (sugar feeds the yeast and no sugar will be left in the recipe!) 
• ▢ 1 cup Lukewarm Water think 35°C/95°F bath temperature
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar

I didn’t have the whole husk form but the powdered form ; thus a more purple hue 🙃

Oatmeal cake baked chocolate chip

Dessert or breakfast/ delicious!! Like a chocolate chip cookie cake for one!

INGREDIENTS

1/2 Cup of Oats

1/2 Banana

1 Egg

1 Tbs Peanut Butter

1 Tbs Maple Syrup

1/4 Tsp Baking Powder

1 Tsp Vanilla

1/4 Cup of Almond Milk

Chocolate Chips /- might be good with blueberries instead- next time
Mix in food processor place in a two cup baking dish and bake at 350 F for 15-18 minutes until testing done with toothpick.

 

Pancakes gf oat

 Easy and good: use ceramic pan.  However I like this one better: https://nannykimsrecipes.blogspot.com/2019/06/gf-oil-free-banana-blueberry-oat.html?m=1

1/2 cup gf oats (me prefer old fashioned oats)

1/3 banana

1/3 cup milk of choice

A bit of vanilla 

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 

Blend in food processor. Make 3 pancakes in large nonstick pan ( a use a tad of butter). Cook on 6-7 level on my big burner. Cook as usual and flip when one side is done. Note- I used a fairly good sized banana.

Chickpea salad

 I do 1/2 of this recipe :

Ingredients 

1 extra large cucumber cut as small as chickpeas 

1/2 of cabbage (I used red) chopped small

2 cans chickpeas drained

1/3 cup fresh herbs like mint and cilantro 

Can add roasted nuts such as sunflower seeds

Chopped dill pickles also good and chopped purple onions 

Dressing

1/3 cup olive oil

1/4 cup white rice vinegar or red wine vinegar 

1 tablespoon tamari or soy sauce

2 cloves minced garlic

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Juice of a lemon if desired 

Salt and pepper if desired 

Date nut bread Mom’s)

 

Date Nut Bread  (my mother’s) . Note for GF used King Arthur measure for measure gf flour. I did add 3/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum which might not have been needed, It cooked in 60 minutes in my regular oven,

  

1 egg

1  cup sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 Tablespoon melted Crisco or butter

1.5 cups shifted flour ( see above for gf)

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup diced dates pitted

    soak in 1 cup of boiling water for 20 minutes

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Beat egg, add sugar, salt and melted Crisco or butter.  Mix well.

Sift flour and baking soda into egg mixture, mix untill clumpy and mixed well then add dates and liquid (the 1 cup of previously boiling water already in dates). Add the nuts and vanilla and mix well.

Pour into a buttered and floured bread pan and cook at 325 for 60 minutes in a convection oven or 75 minutes in normal oven.

Note- 60 minutes in my oven- if gets too brown can cover loosely with foil.

Let it cool 45 minutes.  It should freely dump out of the bread pan.( Note: I cooled 10 or 15 minutes on a rack and then removed it from pan after loosing edges. Then I let it cool before slicing.)

Slice and spread with butter and eat!

Spaghetti casserole

Ingredients 

1 pound ground beef or gardein plant based ground be’f

1 and 1/2 jar of spaghetti sauce ( used Lidl marinara)

8 ounces cream cheese , softened

1/4 cup sour cream

1 cup cottage cheese 

1 stick butter( I used only about 1/3 of a stick)

1 package of gf brown rice spaghetti noodles by Tinkyada or regular spaghetti noodles

Grated cheddar cheese

Directions 

Preheat oven 350F

Cook noodles

Meanwhile  brown ground beef if using, drain add to spaghetti sauce and heat through OR if using gardein then add the frozen crumbles to hot sauce heating through until warm.

Meanwhile blend softened cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese 

Take a 13 by 9 pan dotting butter on bottom of pan. Add 1/2 noodles topping with cream cheese mixture. Add rest of noodles dotting with butter and topping with meat sauce. Spread evenly. 

Bake for 30 minutes. Top with cheddar cheese( grated) and cook 15 more minutes or until slightly browning cheese. 

Take out of oven snd let cool a bit before serving.

 

Sugar cookies GF

 First time I have made GF ones— came out well!

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened 

1 large egg

1 tablespoon water or milk

1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum

2 cups King Arthur measure for measure gf flour

DIRECTIONS 

Cream sugar and butter in large bowl.

Add egg, milk, vanilla, salt. Mix well.

Add the xanthan gum and flour. Mix on low speed till well blended. 

Cover and refrigerate for one hour.

Heat oven to 350F.

Line baking sheets with parchment or silicone sheets.

Roll dough out in batches between two parchment sheets. Roll about 1/4 inch thick and cut into shapes.

Bake 10-12 minutes depending on your thickness of cookies and your type of cookie sheet. Mine took more like 13 minutes—some a bit less. I took them out when the bottoms of cookies just started to get a bit light brown or tinted.

Cool for a few minutes and remove from pans and place on racks to fully cool.

Frost if desired after cooling.

ICING:

1/2 teaspoon vanilla 

1 and 1/2 tablespoons milk or water

1 cup confection sugar

Place icing ingredients in some bowl and mix thoroughly. Use silicone spatula or whatever to spread on cookies and sprinkle with decorations if desired.

PS optional choice— you can add 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon to the cookie batter— I have not tried this.

Greek potato soup

 Easy soup for lunch with crusty bread

INGREDIENTS 

3 good sized potatoes

16 ounces frozen garden peas

1 carrot sliced

1 can 15 ounces fire roasted diced tomatoes

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 

1 tablespoon gf soy sauce 

1 onion diced

2-3 minced garlic cloves

Option can Lima beans

Fresh or dried dill to taste

1 teaspoon or so dried mint

Salt and pepper to taste

1 cup or a bit more of water— may need 2 cups if adding limas.

DIRECTIONS 

Sauté onion and carrot in a bit of oil for 5 minutes until onion softens. Add garlic for another minute. Add tomatoes and water and potatoes, dill and mint. Cook until vegetable almost tender 20-25 minutes . Add peas  and Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce. When veggies are all done add limas if desired and salt and pepper.

Optional- a bit of dill pickle juice

Salmon pasta in creamy garlic sauce

This was so fast and delicious/ great for a Friday night!This also would be good with clams or shrimp.

INGREDIENTS 

7.5 ounces canned salmon (remove bones and skin)

Spaghetti of choice (pictured is brown rice noodles (tinkyada) about 8 ounces.

1/4 teaspoon onion powder 

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon cornstarch 

3 cloves minced garlic 

1/2 cup dry white wine ( can sub chicken broth if out)

3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 

1 tablespoon parsley 

DIRECTIONS 

Cook pasta

While pasta is cooking melt butter in skillet (used iron one). Turn off heat and add cornstarch mixing well. Add garlic  and onion powder  and slowly add wine mixing well. Add cream mix well and turn burner back on a minute- iron skillet holds heat so a lot of heat is unnecessary.Add Parmesan cheese and mix well . Just before serving add salmon and parsley. Mix well with your noodles. 

 

Sausage kale soup

 Tasty easy soup

Ingredients 

2 sausage links ( used smoked Gouda apple chicken sausage from Target)

1 large onion diced, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 

Pinch or so black pepper 

4 cloves minced garlic

3 small russet potatoes or three large red potatoes diced

6 cups chicken broth

2 cans (15 ounce each) navy beans or cannellini beans drained snd rinsed

2 cups chopped kale

1 tablespoon chopped parsley 

Small squeeze of lemon if desired about 1/2 teaspoons 

DIRECTIONS 

Brown sausage and onion. Add seasonings and garlic. Sautéing until onion done.

Add potatoes and broth. Leave cover partly open and cook 12 minutes.

After 12 minutes add the drained beans. Simmer 10 more minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Shut off heat and add kale and parsley and lemon if using.

Let set a few minutes to wilt the kale.