Sunday, March 25, 2007

Warm weather...

Oh my heavens!!! That gas grill I bought Sean for Christmas last year is my most favorite warm weather thing. I LOVE it!!! We had burgers last night, and oh boy, were they yummmy! One of the neighbor boys was over and had a burger with us and told his mom that I make the best burgers... So there!! HA!

Anyway...today was almost 80. ALMOST 80.....got the Christmas lights down, the gas grill cleaned (that took for freakin EVER!) and then I got out the salmon.

I could just shiver from the thought.


Salmon

Lawry's season salt

fresh veggies

gas grill
(well, and some chicken for the hooligans)

that's it.


The best dinner EVER!!!!


Oh yummmmmy
And Paula, I do believe this qualifies as low cal, low fat and goooooood for you.
Oh and YUMMY!

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Favorite Gluten Free stuff

So, I really have been cooking lately, just more of the same old, or grilling burgers or ribs, etc and so I don't need to post those recipes. Anyway, I thought I should post some of my favorite brands of things. I've got a friend who was asking about some of this and so I thought I'd try to make a list......here goes.

BBQ sauce. Saz's, says gluten free right on the label. I've sauced it up by adding a little salsa in the past, it's pretty good.

Ranch Dressing. Kraft. Kraft says that they will label anything that has gluten in it, so I am a pretty loyal Kraft buyer, after reading the labels.

Namaste cake & brownie mixes. I LOVE these,the kids love them, yum!! I do, of course, alter the instructions. I DO NOT add all the oil called for, I substitute unsweetened apple sauce for about 1/2 the oil. I always add lots of chocolate chips to the brownies, lots of shredded carrots or zucchini to the spice cake.

OH!! And icing for cakes.....this is soooooo easy.

take a brick of cream cheese softened to room temp., a half stick of butter, a tsp of vanilla and as much powdered sugar as it takes to get to the desired stiffness. Mix the cream cheese, vanilla and butter in large bowl, add sugar a cup at a time, beating with mixer each time. You can add cocoa powder if you want it chocolate, or melted choc chips, or any other flavoring you can come up with. this is also way yummy with fruit, just don't adda s much syrup, so it is more like a glaze and drizzle it over some fresh berries, or sliced apples, oh heaven!!!

Ok, back to list making....

Pamela's brownie mix I LOVE for chocolate cakes, instead of brownies, the instructions are on the bag.

Authentic Foods extra fine rice flours. These are the best I have found for baking from scratch. I've been able to bake banana bread, muffins, cookies, etc all using my old recipes with this flour mix and it has turned out fabulous. Just like I used to.

Chebe mixes. For crackers, pizza crusts and ravioli. LOVE this mix!!!

Glutino Crackers if I don't have time to bake my own.

For bread crumbs, I use a variety of things. Leftover crumbs from my crackers, experimental fresh bread flops, and those Southern Homestyle cornflake crumbs I posted abouta while back (says gluten free on the label!!) or crushed Lays potato chips, the baked kind, or Fritos.

I use instant potato flakes to thicken my cream soups.

Pancake mix and pasta I've already posted about.....Tinkyada for pasta and Pamela's mix for pancakes and waffles.

Those are all the premade things I can think of that I use. If I am forgetting something, let me know, or what until I think of it!!

Off to start the day now!!

OH, just thought of one more. Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles cereal. I make rice crispy treats with these, as well as breakfast cereal. I prefer the cocoa.....but that's just me!

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Roasted Potato Salad

red potatoes
hard boiled eggs, sliced
crumbled, fried bacon pcs.
sliced green onion
mayo

Cleaned, and cut potatoes into bite sized pieces, toss with a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper. Place in oven until tender. (the time and temp I didn't put down because I usually have something else in the oven, like today I was pre baking ribs at 250 all day, so I put the potatoes in for about 2 hours)

Anyway.... toss everything together in a large bowl and enjoy, I'm sorry I don't have measurements, but it is just one of those things I throw together with however much I have or however much I need.

Sean prefers this warm, but it is good cold also, so whatever you prefer. If you do want it cold, I would suggest cooling the potatoes before mxing it with everything else, or the mayo will soak in as it cools and you will need to add more before serving.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Leftover Salmon Patties

1 1/2 salmon filets, leftover, about 2 cups flaked
1/2 cup crushed Glutino Sesame Breadsticks
2 eggs
1/2 cup or so finely crumbled Feta cheese
1/2 cupish mozzerella with sundried tomato and basil
1 tbsp mayo

Mix all that together, form into patties. Roll in another 1/2 cup crushed Glutino Breadsticks, melt 1/2 stick butter in large pan, saute patties until browned, then flip and saute other side. Yuuuuuummmmmy!!!