Home Made Caramels

Doing Girl Stuff

Anna loves to help in the kitchen.... Actually, ALL the girls love to help, but this one is about Anna.

We made this YUMMY caramel on Saturday.


It was an easy recipe, but I think it could use some "tweaking".

The recipe is:

2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups corn syrup
1 Tsp Vanilla
1 Cup Butter
2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream

put sugar, corn syrup butter and 1 cup of whipping cream
in heavy pan. Heat to boiling stirring regularly.
Then, when it comes to a boil, you add the other cup of
cream. Stir well and then do not stir anymore. Heat until
the candy thermometer gets to 242 degrees or hard but pliable ball stage.

Add Vanilla, stir and then pour mixture into parchment lined 13x9" pan.
Cool and cut into squares. Wrap in wax paper.


With the Extra Whipping Cream, Anna asked if she could make Butter, like we did at Log Cabin Village. So here she is shaking the jar. The butter is very tasty!

Frozen Bananas

The Frozen Banana Recipe

Well, it really isn't much of a recipe; more dircctions. :)

As many bananas as you want, peeled and cut in half.
Put a popsicle stick in the end and then place in a zip lock bag in the freezer
for about 2 hours.

Melt chocolate chips (milk chocolate or semi sweet) until syrupy... be careful
not to burn. We melted ours in the microwave.

Crush some almonds and place on waxed paper.... you can use chopped peanuts if you prefer.

Remove bananas from zip lock back and use a spoon to put melted chocolate on banana working quickly so chocolate doesn't get hard.... roll in nuts and place on waxed paper.

When finished, roll up bananas still in waxed paper and place back in zip lock bags.

Freeze for another hour or two and then Enjoy!~

Chicken Pasta Salad

This is just the BEST!

1 package of gluten free noodles. I used Rotini cooked and drained.
4 dill pickles, diced
2 sweet pickles diced
1 medium sweet onion diced
1can sliced black olives
1 jar pimentos diced... (omit for night shade free)
1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins"
1 can of chicken (I used sam's brand)
shredded
3/4 cup of mayonaise
2 tsp garlic
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Mix everything together.... WONDERFUL!

Gluten Free Fried Pickles Anyone???

OH YES! And they are WONDERFUL!!!!


Gluten Free Fried Pickles

1 jar Vlasik Kosher Dill stackers
Drained. Put pickles on paper towel to absorb extra liquid.
In large bowl, combine on egg beaten and 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
stir well and add pickles.

In large zip lock bag, combine:

1/2 cup GF corn flake crumbs
1/4  cup cornmeal
1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1 tsp xantham gum
1 tsp pepper
1 TLB salt
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp tumeric
1/2 tsp basil
1 tsp onion powder
2 tsp garlic powder

Zip up bag and shake vigorously to mix ingredients well.

Take pickles from butter milk and place in bag, zipping bag and shaking well to coat pickles.
Remove pickles and place in glass dish.  Pour butter milk solution over breaded pickles coating well.
Place pickles back into zip lock bag and shake vigorously to recoat pickles with flour mixture again.

Heat up enough oil to fry.  I used a medium sized pan and had the oil 1 1/2 inches deep. (2 cups)
I used Olive oil.

When oil is hot, place pickles in the oil, but do not let them touch each other. I was able to cook 5 at a time.
Let them get a nice golden brown, turned them for about 15 seconds and then removed them to drain on a paper towel.  Continue process until all pickles are fried.

ENJOY with Ranch Dressing! 
Litehouse Brand is GF!


NOTE:  This same recipe is good for chicken too.  I have made chicken nuggets and plain fried chicken.  It was wonderful.  And especially good cooked in coconut oil.

No Nightshade White Chicken Chili

No Nightshade White Chicken Chili

2 13 oz cans chicken ( I used Sam's brand)  it is GF
shred chicken into smaller pieces
2 quarts of GF free range chicken broth
2 cups water
2 cans of Trappy's navy beans
1/2 cup bacon pieces
1 small white onion finely diced
1/2 cup white rice (optional)
3 tsp cumin
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp basil
1 tsp dried cilantro, or 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro

2 TLB cornstarch mixed with 1/3 cup cold water

Bring all ingredients except corn starch to a rolling boil.
Simmer for 10 minutes to blend flavors.
Stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken slightly.

Options: Serve with sour creme, cheese or tortilla chips

Yeast Bread

I don't know about you, but I love Bread Stuffing at Thanksgiving!
I can no longer have the Glutino or Udi breads I used 2 years ago for stuffing because of the potato starch.
So, Erika and I set out to make a good recipe that we can use for bread rolls, or just a  loaf of bread.
We have not tried to shape a loaf, but we did do rolls. 
After our 3rd try, we feel this recipe is really good!

I hope you enjoy it!

YEAST BREAD ROLLS

1 1/3 cup very warm (not hot) water
2 TLB sugar (you can omit or substitute honey)
2 Tsp yeast
(mix together and set aside for about 5 minutes)

1 3/4 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
2 tsp salt
1 TLB olive oil
2 tsp xantham gum

1 egg beaten

Mix the dry ingredients together well, add oil, egg and yeast mixture.

Stir well.  You will not necessarily need to knead it, as it will be so sticky.
Instead just stir vigoriously.

Preheat oven to 400º

I placed dough into greased mini muffin tins.  It made 36 mini rolls.
For larger rolls it will probably make 18
or 1 loaf of bread

Let rise for about 45 minutes.

An option is to use 1/4 cup of butter melted with garlic powder and
drizzle on rolls before baking.

I used the drop spoon method, for a more uniform roll, grease hands and roll into small balls.
This is the recipe I will use to make bread crumbs for stuffed mushrooms and bread stuffing for Thanksgiving. :)
ENJOY!

If you try it, be sure and drop a line saying what you thought!

Crock Pot Pork Roast

Oh how we had a wonderful pork roast meal this weekend!

1 pork roast, bone in.... 4 lbs.
4 carrots sliced
1 celery stalk sliced
2 zucchini sliced
(onion, optional)

Brown roast with 2 TLB olive oil, garlic, pepper, salt, celery seed, basil and parsley.
In crock pot, add 1 cup of white rice wine,  1 cup of water and a bay leaf.

Place roast in crock pot on high....cook for 3 hours.
Add vegetables and cook 3 more hours.

Serve.....

Delicious!