More fun than playing with play dough...flatbread

I googled and adapted (http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/specex/msg011349195988.html) and this is what I came up with...it sure was fun making flat bread today. I felt like I was a kid again playing with playdough.

3 cups white rice flour
3 tsp. Xanthan Gum
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups warm water

Mix ingredients and then knead for 5 min.
Break into 12 pieces, roll into balls and cover with a damp cloth to rest for 10 min. Flatten into 6 inch rounds and heat on lightly greased med-high heat pan for a min. on each side. Cool on a wire rack. Use for bread, sandwich making, mini pizzas...whatever! Enjoy!

Sixy me

Kind of fits with my DREAM theme...I have been tagged by Nutty Meatfruit to list six descriptors of me.

1. dependable
2. weird
3. goony
4. loving
5. creative
6. supportive

I sound like man's best friend...but I don't have fleas...I am pretty boring. LOL

I tag GF CF MAMA, FAB Grandma, Lea, Mike, Sheri, and of course Meesh.

RICE DREAM

Ingredients: Filtered water, brown rice (partially milled), expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, tapioca starch, natural vanilla flavor with other natural flavors, guar gum, sea salt, carrageenan.

This past week I spent most of my time in the hospital because my dad had a bypass on his leg...but when it came to relieving the stress I looked to RICE DREAM and let me tell you eating a bowl of this yummy stuff was almost orgasmic...I can't convey what it does to me with any other word, sorry if this offends.

I have purchased this product before but never looked at the ingredients and when I realized there is no sugar I fell more in love with it than I had felt before.

On my 55th birthday last week my sister even made me a banana split with RICE DREAM and that is when I almost felt my eyes rolling back into my head and she looked at me like, "what is going on with you, sis?" LOL

Pleasure comes in many forms...and eating RICE DREAM for this intolerant-of-so-many-foods gal is one way for me to find pleasure.

GFCF Chex Mix and more...

Now that I have a box of Chex Mix I can eat I was craving some kind of Chex Mix snack. On the side of the box there is a recipe for a sweet mix that I had fun adapting for my needs.It is mighty tasty and even Satan (see post below) approves.

Put 4 cups of Chex Mix in a microwaveable bowl

Take 1 TB. Spectrum shortening and 1 TB. sugar and about 1 TB. black strap molasses and 1/2 tsp. vanilla and about 1 TB. water...microwave for about 2-3 min.

Pour mixture over Chex and then microwave for about 3 min. STIRRING after each minute. Spread out on paper towels to dry. Enjoy.

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Another good find today was baking meat instead of pan frying it. I looked in the fridge and there was enough ground beef for about two patties, one pork chop, and about 6 strips of bacon. So I set the oven on 350 deg. and put the meats, salt and peppered, in pie pans and into the oven. The patties were done in about 15-20 min., but the pork items took longer, I kept checking them until cooked through.
When Satan wanted lunch I took one of the baked patties, put some of the bacon on top, and then a slice of cheese and nuked it for 30 seconds...he was in bacon cheeseburger heaven, he was thrilled.

Happy Saturday, or whatever day it is you might be reading this on.

Just back from the theater

I am proud to be
The mother of Satan
I know that this
Sounds weird
Watching him angry
While yelling, "Kill him"
Was frankly a bit absurd
But he did a good job
As Satan and made
His mother proud
I was amongst the many fans
In Godspell’s awestruck crowd

Gluten free Rice Chex

I read about them on Gluten free Guide and Lea's blogs and I went to the store today hoping to find them and there they were... boxes of GLUTEN FREE RICE CHEX.

I got home and practically tore the top off the box, poured some in a bowl, poured rice milk over them, and spooned up some magic. It was wonderful...the picture is halfway through the experience. I felt like I had to capture it...ahhh...delish!

I read that it has molasses in it, perhaps that will be the way for other cereals to join in the gluten free way to go...most have that barley malt and that is what keeps us gluten intolerant eaters from buying them and eating them.

It is a good day for all of us gluten avoiders. RICE CHEX ROCKS!

Buckwheat Pancakes

I adapted a buckwheat pancake recipe from one by the editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine that I stumbled onto at howstuffworks.com.

First of all you make up the pancake mix and this can be used when you are in the mood for a few cakes.

Mix together the following, and store in an airtight container:

2 cups buckwheat flour

1 cup rice flour

1 cup sweet sorghum flour

2 TB sugar

4 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

2-3 tsp. Xanthan Gum, if desired

1 tsp. salt

Pancake recipe

Mix:

1 cup of the pancake mix

1 cup rice milk

2 TB oil

1 egg (I skipped the egg)

Cook on greased hot griddle or fry pan a couple minutes and then flip and serve with syrup or whatever you feel like having with it.

These tend to brown easily so don't be alarmed if they are dark. I enjoyed mine, I hope you enjoy yours.

I can see the ground and it is green...robins are diving onto the green stuff all over the yard. I guess they are happy the snow melted too.

I wrote 6,000 words in my latest novel over the weekend. the words were flowin'...YES!