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Tag Archives: Gluten-Free
Gluten-free Diet Perplexing – Limiting – All Our Friends Affected by It – We Could Only Go to Select Restaurants that Served Gluten-free Fare for Me – What to Do –
Approximately 21 months or almost two years I have enjoyed life without the distress of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or chronic colitis or whatever name the medical world gives to this painful and embarrassing condition these days, and I am grateful. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Gluten-free, Healing, Memoir
Tagged Believe, Celiac Disease, Chronic Colitis, Convinced, Gluten-Free, Healing, IBS, Ice Cream Cone, Ice Cream Social, Mark 11:23-24, myopia, Receive, Trust, Wheat, Wheat-containing ingredients
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Stuffing for Two – As Thanksgiving Day Draws Near – Traditional Turkey and Stuffing Comes to Mind – We Will Go Out with Friends to a Restaurant – But at Home Today Traditional Stuffing Was on the Menu –
Stuffing would usually be scooped into the cavity of a turnkey or into a baking dish for Thanksgiving Day, but today I baked it in these two mini-casserole dishes instead. We enjoyed a meal with stuffing on the side. This is an easy dish … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Gluten-free, Memoir
Tagged Butter, Celery, chicken stock, Egg, garlic, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free bread, onion, pepper, rosemary, sage, salt, Stuffing, Thanksgiving Day, thyme, Udi's Gluten-free Bread
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Pasta and Egg with Fresh Ground Black Pepper – Gluten-free – Simple – Fast – Made from Leftover Pasta – The Party’s Over and the Cook Is Taking It Easy –
I boiled too much gluten-free pasta for our party, and this is one way to use it. It’s also a great way to make a fast lunch with little cleanup. Melt butter in a skillet and toss in the leftover pasta. … Continue reading
Irish Soda Bread with Candied Cherries – Steve Wants Fruitcake – We Both Like Fruitcake – This Is Not Fruitcake – This is Irish Soda Bread – I Looked at Recipes for Fruitcake – Seem Complicated – I May Do it – But I May Purchase One Instead – Until Then We Have Candied Cherries in Soda Bread –
This Irish Soda Bread is delightful to taste buds and attractive to the eyes. I served this on Saturday. I used the same recipe from simplyrecipes.com. Instead of 1 cup of raisins, I used 1/3 cup of raisins and 2/3 cups of … Continue reading
Baked Ziti – Made with Gluten-free Penne Pasta – A Three Cheese Delight – Made the Simple Way – Shortcut Using Hunts Four Cheese Pasta Sauce –
One shortcut made this meal simple to make. Instead of preparing the sauce myself, I used a 24 ounce can of Hunts Four Cheese Pasta Sauce. Warm the pasta sauce in a pan. While the sauce is heating, boil four quarts … Continue reading
Baked Irish Soda Bread to Have with Lunch Today – I Switched One Ingredient – from Wheat to Gluten-free Flour – The Conversion Was a Success – This Recipe for Irish Soda Bread with Raisins Comes from simplyrecipes.com –
Irish Soda Bread is one of my favorite quick breads. I made it for the first time in Texas. I found the recipe at simplyrecipes.com. Now I used the same recipe to make this bread, but I substituted Jule’s gluten-free all-purpose flour for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Photos
Tagged Baking Sheet, Cast Iron Skillet, gluten sensitivity, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Flour, golden raisins, Irish Soda Bread, Jules gluten-free all-purpose flour, Lowred Temperature, original recipe, Quick Bread, simplyrecipes.com, Texas, Wheat Allergy, Wheat Sensitivity
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We Like Catfish – I Have It On Hand – Tilapia Not So Much – I Used a Recipe for Broiled Tilapia to Broil Catfish – So – I’ll Call Mine Broiled Catfish Parmesan – Instead of Broiled Tilapia Parmesan – Another Good Recipe from Allrecipes.com –
This large catfish fillet was broiled in the oven and served in a very short time. Steve and I both like catfish breaded with Jules Gluten-free All-purpose Flour, but I’ve been presenting too many meals high in carbohydrates, so … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Gluten-free
Tagged allrecipes.com, biscuits, Broiled catfish, Broiled Tilapia, Butter, carbohydrates, Catfish, Custard Bread Pudding, Fresh Lemon Juice, Gluten-Free, Heavy Cream, Mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Spicy Topping for fish, Tilapia
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Baked Gluten-free Custard Bread Pudding – Made for a Party – We All Had Fun – Lots of Food for Everyone – And Plenty for the Few of Us Allergic to Wheat –
Steve and I attended a party at the home of one of our friends. Each person brought a dish. I made a gluten-free custard bread pudding from a five-star recipe on allrecipes.com. The only substitution I made was switching from … Continue reading
I Hear that Biscuits Rise Higher Made with the Proper Tool – Yes – I Used the Rim of a Glass to Form My Biscuits – Making Biscuits First Class Very Soon – Ordering a Set of Biscuit Cutters Today –
We went to Fry’s Grocery Store and to Target looking for biscuit cutters. Neither retailer carried this simple tool. Do most cooks do what I used to do? I used to buy canned biscuits and pop them in the oven. Now … Continue reading
Wanted to Make Gluten-free Lasagna – Attempted to Make Gluten-free Lasagna Noodles – Noodles Failed – Ronzoni Gluten-free Penne Saved the Day – Used Lasagna Recipe – Replaced Layer of Lasagna Noodles with Layer of Penne –
I turned my kitchen into a disaster zone! One failed batch of lasagna noodles caused the mess! I substituted gluten-free flour for wheat flour hoping for the best. This doomed project dominated my kitchen island completely the entire day until I … Continue reading
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Tagged Boiling Water, Doomed Project, Failed Noodles, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Flour, Gluten-free Lasagna, gluten-free pasta, Kitchen Disaster, Lasagna, lasagna noodles, Meat Sauce, pasta manufacturers, Ronzoni, Substitution for Wheat Flour, Tossed Noodles in Trash
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Biscuits Made with Gluten-Free Flour – Using J.P.’s Big Daddy Biscuits – A Recipe at Allrecipes.com – Delicious – Two Substitutions and a Change of Temperature Produced gluten-free Biscuits – Experiment – You’ll Be an Expert at Baking Gluten-free Biscuits Sooner than You Think –
Before discovering my sensitivity to wheat my way of making biscuits was to crack open a cylinder of biscuits from the refrigerated section of the grocery store, distribute them on a baking sheet, pop them in the oven, and pull them … Continue reading
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Tagged allrecipes.com, Baking, biscuits, Change temperature, Conversion to gluten-free, Extra handling, Gluten-Free, homemade biscuits, J.P.'s Big Daddy Biscuits, Jules gluten-free all-purpose flour, Kneading, Large Biscuits, Medium-sized biscuits
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Celebrating with Seafood and Gluten-free Fettuccine Alfredo – Demolition of Old Flooring is Finished – Cleanup of Thick Cement Dust on Every Surface Begins –
Shopping at Costco last night, my eyes fell on the seafood display of scallops and shrimp prawns. These are food items that we don’t usually buy. “Why don’t we celebrate finishing the floor demolition with a seafood lunch tomorrow?” I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Memoir
Tagged Alfredo sauce, All-purpose gluten-free flour, allrecipes.com, Egg Noodles, Fettuccine Alfredo, gluten sensitivity, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Fettuccine Alfredo, Gluten-free recipes, Homemade Noodles, Prawns, recipes, Scallops, Shrimp, Wheat Allergy
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All-purpose Gluten-free Flour Is One Substitute for Wheat Flour – Many Recipes Call for Other Gluten-free Flour – Now I Need Xanthan Gum and MORE Flour or Starches – I Need A Room Dedicated to My Gluten-free Flour and Starches –
My Wheat Allergy has taken over my kitchen in more ways than one. I need an arsenal of products to prepare the many gluten-free recipes I’ve found on the Internet. All-purpose gluten-free flour is a combination of several kinds of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Memoir
Tagged All-purpose gluten-free flour, Almond Flour, Brown Rice Flour, bulk sources of flour, Celiac, Coconut Flour, gluten sensitivity, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Diet, Gluten-free recipes, Non-celiac gluten sensitivity, Starches, Tapioca Flour, Wheat Allergy, Winco, Xanthan gum
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Creative Urge in the Kitchen Produces Potato Chip-Peach-Walnut Meatloaf – Dealing with Gluten Allergy – Finding Alternative Ingredients – What’s Your Guess – Failure or Success –
Success. It tasted like meatloaf. Very moist and delicious. The walnuts remained visible during baking. They tasted nutty and had a soft texture from resting on the top of the meatloaf while baking. The peach added moisture and did not … Continue reading
Chicken and Dumplings for Two – Comfort Food – Made with Gluten-free All-purpose Flour – Expanding My Gluten-free Recipe Box –
I made these dumplings with Jules Gluten-free All-purpose Flour, which may be purchased at julesglutenfree.com. (It costs a small fortune, but it’s great flour.) The original recipe for chicken and dumplings came from allrecipes.com and called for wheat flour. I … Continue reading
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Tagged baked chicken, Carol Ann Hoel, carrots, Celery, Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Broth, Chicken drippings, Comfort Food, Cooking, Dumplings, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Flour, Gluten-free recipe, Jules gluten-free all-purpose flour, Potatoes
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My First Time to Bake with Gluten-Free Flour – Banana Bread with Unexpected Texture – But Delicious – What Do I Know about Gluten-Free Baking – Nada – But Learning –
I’ve baked banana breads multiple times in my lifetime with very few failures, if any. I went into this banana bread project expecting success, but here’s what happened. First: Substitutions. Cooks learn to use what they have on hand when possible. … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Baking Banana Bread, Banana Bread, Bananas, Carol Ann Hoel, Celiac, Cooking, Food, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free baking, Gluten-free Flour, Texture, Toothpick, Wheat Allergy, Wheat Gluten
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Learning to Cook without Wheat Gluten – Breaded Catfish and Stir Fried Ching Kung Choy – Apple Slices with Crunchy Peanut Butter
Not only do I have trouble finding gluten-free restaurant foods to order, it’s difficult to find gluten-free ingredients and recipes, also. I am learning to cook without wheat flour. Until just recently, I fried fish without any coating. Now I dip … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Apples, Breaded Catfish, Catfish, Ching Kung Choy, Cooking, Crunchy Peanut Butter, Curry Powder, Easy and Quick, Fried Catfish, Gluten-Free, Olive Oil and Butter, Pepper Jelly, Stir Fry, walnuts, Wheat
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