Ginger Bread Cookies

Ginger Bread Cookies 1 cup softened butter 1 cup organic sugar 1 egg 1 cup molasses 2 tablespoons vinegar 5 cups all purpose gluten free flour mix 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves Cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg, molasses and vinegar. Blend in dry ingredients. Chill the dough for 3+ hours. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick onlightly floured surface. Cut into shapes. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 5-6 minutes. Cool slightly, remove cookies to cooling rack. Makes about 5 dozen. P.S. Do not use this for gingerbread houses - it's too soft... this is just for yummy cookies!

Mashed Cauliflower

Mashed Cauliflower
(Substitute for Mashed Potatoes)
Ingredients:
1 head of fresh cauliflower
Butter to taste
Salt to taste
Milk (optional)
Garlic to taste (optional)
Parsley to taste (optional)
Paprika to taste (optional)
Directions:
Rinse cauliflower and cut into chunks, like what you would find in a bag of frozen cauliflower. Boil until very soft. Drain all water. Mash with potato masher until it has the texture of mashed potatoes. Add butter and salt to taste. Milk may be useful if it’s too dry, even after the butter is used. The milk will also give it a creamier flavor. Garlic, Parsley, and Paprika are delicious with it each by itself or in combinations. The Paprika hides the lighter color.

Applesauce Cookies

Thanks to my Grandmother, I made cookies and ate them guilt-free for the first time in 4 months. :D The used stevia and a little extra applesauce to sweeten it. I think they'd be great with chocolate, but I can't have that... yet. ;) Hope you like it!

Applesauce Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon & 2 drops Liquid Stevia
1 egg
2 1/2 cups Brown Rice Flour
1 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts

1) Mix olive oil, stevia, and egg together thoroughly.
2) Stir baking soda into applesauce and add to mixture.
3) Sift together flour, salt, and spices. Add to mixture.
4) Add walnuts. If it's too much like cake batter, add more flour. Taste! You may want to add another drop or two of stevia to sweeten.
5) Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.

Good news!

I have good news! I went to my natropath this last Tuesday. She checked my allergies again and I don't have as many! There could be two causes. 1) Because I haven't been eating them, they don't show up. 2) My toxic levels has gone down so I can digest them! I'm really hoping for number two. :) So I'm gradually introducing new foods and seeing how I react to see which one it is. It could be different for each food. I'll keep you posted. For now, here's a revised list of my allergies. I think there's about 25. Nearly half! Oh I'm so excited!


Soybeans
Whole Wheat
Corn
Tomatoes
White Potatoes
Peanuts
Honey
Maple Syrup
Fructose
Corn Syrup
Brown Rice Syrup
Barley Malt
Sugar (cane)
Caffeine
Coffee (decafe)
Coffee (caffeine)
Chocolate
Soy Milk
Milk Lactose Albumin
Milk Casein
Skim Milk
American Cheese
Goat Milk
Cow Milk (Whole)

Chicken Omelet

Oooohhh my goodness. So I worked a super long shift at work and didn't eat breakfast before I went in. I was so hungry! I had to be a little creative. So I made a chicken omelet! so good!!!!!

Chicken Omelet

Ingredients:
One small chicken breast (I used the Sicilian chicken and it was amazing, but you could just season it with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and garlic and have the same effect)
3 large eggs
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
Butter

Instructions:
1) Cook chicken with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and garlic.
2) Tear chicken into small pieces. Having it torn is better than cut because the egg can get into it more.
3) Sauté onion and green pepper in butter, remove from pan.
4) Add more butter, if needed. Scramble eggs and pour in hot pan.
5) Let the eggs cook for a few seconds. Add chicken, onion, and green pepper.
6) Continue to cook until eggs are not runny. Fold the omelet and voila! You've got a tasty breakfast!

Chicken A La King

This has become a real favorite for me. I took it from a bunch of different recipes and made up my own. Hope you like it! I sure do!

Chicken A La King

Ingredients:
3-4 chicken breasts
3 cups uncooked long grain brown rice
One medium onion, chopped
Half of a Green Bell Pepper, chopped
Half of a Red Bell Pepper, chopped
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup rice milk
salt
pepper

Instructions:
1) Cook the rice in about 7 cups of water.
2) Boil chicken breasts in water and onion.
3) Put chicken, onion, and water in separate bowl, cut chicken into bite size pieces, set aside.
4) Melt butter in same pan used to boil chicken.
5) Add peppers, sauté until tender.
6) Blend in brown rice flour.
7) Add rice milk and mix.
8) Add water and onion from chicken, stir until desired consistency is achieved, if it's still too thick, add water or rice milk for a richer flavor.
9) Add salt and pepper to taste.
10) Serve on top of brown rice.

And now back to studying for my final. :) Think good thoughts for me!

Sicilian Chicken Marinade

I work at a restaurant as a cook on campus at BYU. We have this amazing Sicilian Chicken Marinade. The original recipe makes 100 chicken breasts but I've cut it way down. Mathematically cut, the recipe has way too much lemon. The next time I made it, to take it to a church BBQ, I didn't really measure anything. So here's my estimates now. lol

6 chicken breasts
1 teaspoon teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups olive oil
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon chopped garlic

If the chicken is thawed, marinade for at least 30 minutes. If it's frozen, marinade until it is thawed and marinade for another 30 minutes.


I'll try this again soon sticking to the recipe so I can report back on whether it's accurate. But you go ahead and try it! A big part of cooking is experimentation. It becomes very fun. :)