Gluten-Free Wednesdays 4-25-12
Hi everyone! If you are looking for some gluten-free eating ideas, you’ve come to the right place. Just browse the links below, and add your own if you’re a blogger.
If you get this post by email, remember to click over to the site later in the day or sometime tomorrow to see what great ideas have been gathered here.
Celiac vs. Gluten Sensitivity: I shared a guest post this week about celiac disease versus non celiac gluten sensitivity.
Monthly Theme: April’s theme is lemons. I’ll be looking for lemon recipes to highlight this month. May’s theme will be eggs.
Last Week’s Highlights:
Key Lime Pie with Lemon Coconut Cream – The Tasty Alternative
Lemon Earl Grey Cookies – Tasty Eats at Home
Lemon Coolers – In Flora’s Kitchen
Lemon Basil Steak Strips – Enjoying Gluten-Free Life
Lemon Scones with Kumquat Glaze – The Gluten-Free Gourmand
My Submission:
The Carnival: Please read!
- Keep the links to gluten-free eating ideas (recipes, reviews, menus)
- If you’re new, please read the guidelines.
- Leave a link back (I will not highlight any recipes that do not link back.)
- Thanks for participating!
Gluten-Free Menu 4-22-12
I have mentioned before that one of the reasons why I don’t menu plan is because I plan too many big meals and end up with too much food. That’s what happened this week.
Part of the problem was that I shopped at BJ’s and forgot that a pack of cube steaks is enough for two dinners not one. The other problem is that even although I didn’t have a menu written down before I went shopping, I do a bit of planning in my head as I’m shopping. And in this case I over planned.
That’s the reason we had leftovers, but there was still too much food and some was frozen for another time.
Rotisserie Chicken – Thankfully BJ’s has a couple of options which are labeled gluten free. Shop around a the stores in your area and it’s likely you will find one that has a chicken you can eat. Rotisserie chicken is one of my fast food meals.
Cube Steak – I don’t cook it often, but my husband particularly likes it.
Chicken Cacciatore –You probably know by now this is a favorite of ours.
Baked Salmon – My kids absolutely love salmon cooked this way.
Pizza – It’s a Friday night tradition.
What’s on your menu for this week? Was there something you particularly enjoyed last week?
Gluten-Free Wednesdays 4-18-12
Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is well and enjoying spring weather. It’s been beautiful here, though we are in need of rain.
Thanks for coming by Gluten-Free Wednesdays. I hope you add your link and visit others.
If you get this post by email, remember to click over to the site later in the day or sometime tomorrow to see what great ideas have been gathered here.
Giveaway: This week I have a giveaway from Kinnikinnick. If you haven’t tried their new soft bread, you really need to..
Monthly Theme: April’s theme is lemons. I’ll be looking for lemon recipes to highlight this month. May’s theme will be eggs.
Last Week’s Highlights:
Paleo Meyer Lemon Dreamcake – Fresh 4 Five
Meyer Lemon Pancakes – Andrea’s Kitchen
Almond Curry Dip with Lemon – Gluten Free Pantry
Carrot Salad with Lemon, Ginger and Dill Sauce – Poor and Gluten Free
Easy Lemon Lime Smoothie Recipe – Practical Stewardship
Easy Lemon Mousse – Easy to Be Gluten Free
My Submission: This week I have a lemon recipe to share with you. It was a huge hit!
The Carnival: Please read!
- Keep the links to gluten-free eating ideas (recipes, reviews, menus)
- If you’re new, please read the guidelines.
- Leave a link back (I will not highlight any recipes that do not link back.)
- Thanks for participating!
Gluten-Free Menu 4-15-12
Since I am sharing last week’s menu with you in hopes that it will help you plan your meals for this week, my menu starts with our Easter dinner. I also shared with you last week all that was on our Easter menu, and you’ll be seeing what we had for dessert tomorrow. The rest of the week looked like this:
Spaghetti – I didn’t make meatballs this time but used ground beef in the pasta sauce.
Crock Pot Chicken and Vegetables along with quinoa and broccoli. I cooked the quinoa in chicken broth and added the onions, celery, and carrots that cooked with the chicken to the quinoa after it was cooked. My family liked it that way.
Salisbury Steak with oven fries.
Tacos – It was a busy Friday evening for most of us and I needed something easy. I actually cooked the ground beef and added the taco seasoning the evening before when I was preparing the Salisbury steak.
I didn’t do much baking last week, but we had a lot of appetizer foods. I made a dairy free spinach dip, bacon wrapped dates, and a few date balls. One of my boys made guacamole.
Gluten-Free Wednesdays 4-11-12
Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. I did, although it was full of young men hanging out here for hours on Saturday and then several came again for Easter Dinner on Sunday. By Sunday night I was ready for a Jane Austen movie!
Thanks for stopping by here for this gluten-free carnival. I hope you share a link and visit some that interest you.
Bread Machine: Join the discussion, What is the Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine? If you’re interested in answers, be sure to read the comments and check out the comments on Facebook.
Monthly Theme: April’s theme is lemons. I’ll be looking for lemon recipes to highlight this month. I’ll be sharing my lemony recipe with you next week.
Last Week’s Highlights:
Chocolate Crepes with Lemon Cream Sauce – Live Free, Gluten Free
Hail Merry Lemon Tart Knock-Off – Tessa the Domestic Diva
Individual Lemon Cheesecakes – Grandma Farmer
Lightly Lemon Coffee Cake – Raia’s Recipes
Roasted Asparagus Soup – The Tasty Alternative
My Submission: This week I don’t have an exact recipe, but a list of ingredients that can be used in making this ham salad. It’s a great way to use leftover ham.
The Carnival: Please read!
- Keep the links to gluten-free eating ideas (recipes, reviews, menus)
- If you’re new, please read the guidelines.
- Leave a link back (I will not highlight any recipes that do not link back.)
- Thanks for participating!
What is the Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine?
If you are interested in buying a bread machine to use for making gluten-free bread, here are a few things to consider.
1. Gluten-free dough needs a lot of mixing. Bread machines are designed for mixing and kneading gluten-containing dough which is much thicker and way more elastic than gluten-free dough.
Most bread machines have one paddle that is used for mixing. My Breadman machine
Some machines have two paddles and do a better job of mixing. I’m pretty sure Zojirushi bread machines
2. Gluten-free dough only needs one rise. Gluten-containing doughs rise, are punched down, and rise again, maybe even three times. That’s not necessary for gluten-free breads. A machine with a gluten-free cycle will likely eliminate the unnecessary rises.
3. A gluten-free setting doesn’t mean it will make great gluten-free bread. It takes a lot more than that to get a good loaf of gluten-free bread. A good recipe or mix is much more important.
4. A custom cycle is better than a gluten-free cycle. My Breadman machine has both a gluten-free cycle and the ability to create custom cycles. A custom cycle means that you can program a cycle to specified times for each part of the process.
Recipes and mixes vary greatly and you will often find that instructions given for mixing time, rise time, and bake time vary from one recipe/mix to another and may never match the gluten-free cycle times.
A programmable machine is worth much more than a machine with a gluten-free setting.
5. It takes less time to make a loaf of gluten-free bread than a loaf of wheat bread. As mentioned in number 2, gluten-free bread does not need multiple rises and therefore the total amount of time is shorter.
Considering that, you might find that baking the bread in your oven is almost as easy, especially if you have a one-paddle machine and have to do the mixing by hand anyway.
What is the best gluten-free bread machine? Probably one with two paddles and at least one (more is better) custom cycle. But really, you might be the best bread machine.
What kind of bread machine do you use? Do you like it?
Gluten-Free Easter Menu & Last Week’s Menu
Here’s what we’ll be having for Easter dinner today:
I haven’t cooked ham in the slow cooker before, but that will work best for me so it can cook while we’re at church. The roasted red potatoes and green beans almandine are pretty easy to prepare. The trifle I have made once before and it was delicious. I will be sharing that recipe with you next week.
Here is what we had last week:
Olive Garden – I have eaten from their gluten-free menu twice and and twice I have ended up not feeling good afterwards. I didn’t have clear gluten reactions, but I also took enzymes with the meal which really helps with symptoms. I probably won’t be eating there again.
Easy Chicken Divan – I had cooked chicken that needed to be used. I made this dairy free by using almond milk in the cream soup and omitting the cheese.
California Pilaf – I cooked it in the slow cooker this time and the rice turned out a little mushy, but it was still good. It cooked pretty quickly.
Favorite Chicken Breasts and Asparagus Soup – The soup is something I’ll be sharing at Lifetime Moms next week.
Hamburger Spinach Quiche – This is a crustless quiche recipe, but I made it with a crust using my multi-purpose pastry dough. Both recipes make enough for two quiches. I omitted the cheese and used almond milk. I was a little short on ground beef so I added an extra egg. It was delicious! My 15 year old was amazed that something so good was gluten and dairy free. My oldest son thought I should sell it.
Pizza – I used a pizza crust mix that I will be reviewing and sharing with you in the future.
Gluten-Free Menu 4-1-12
I don’t menu plan most weeks, but I like to share with you what we had last week. I think menu planning can be very helpful, especially if you’re still figuring out the gluten-free diet. Here are a few ideas for your menu this week.
I simply can’t remember what we ate last Sunday, and since I didn’t post it on Facebook I can’t go back and look. Here is the rest of the week.
Slow cooker beef and green beans served over rice. This is an old favorite recipe that I’ll be sharing with you some time.
Roast chicken and French fries. I forgot to pick up potatoes at the store, so I opted for frozen French fries with this meal. I did remember to brine the chicken before I roasted it. It turned out nice and moist.
I roasted two chickens and used the second one in chicken tetrazzini with broccoli. This is a great meal that my family enjoys, though it’s not as good without Parmesan. To make it dairy free I used coconut oil instead of butter and omitted the Parmesan cheese. I did serve cheese on the side so dairy eaters could add some to theirs.
I made my single crust pizza this week but doubled the recipe. I used water rather than almond milk which makes it a bit crunchy. My gluten-free son is trying a dairy free diet. He wasn’t too impressed with Daiya cheese substitute. Real cheese is still too fresh in his mind.
Both the beef and green bean and the chicken tetrazzini recipes made a lot of food. We ended up eating leftovers two nights.
I spent a lot of time last week working on a couple of Easter treats. I’ll be sharing one here tomorrow and the other at Lifetime Moms later in the week.
I also baked muffins using a new mix that I’ll be reviewing along with a giveaway on Tuesday.
Gluten-Free Wednesdays 4-3-12
Happy April everyone! And welcome to Gluten-Free Wednesdays. This carnival is all about sharing gluten-free eating ideas. So take a look at the links below and leave a comment when you visit them. If you’re a blogger, I hope you’ll add your own gluten-free link.
For those of you who get this post by email, remember to click over to the site later in the day or sometime tomorrow to see what great ideas have been gathered here.
Giveaway: This week I reviewed products from a company you may not be familiar with—From the Ground Up. Enter for a chance to win their muffin mix, pancak/waffle mix, and baked zucchini bread.
The Blender Girl has an awesome KitchenAid mixer giveaway going on this month. In celebration, she is featuring a gluten-free recipe from various bloggers each day.
Monthly Theme: April’s theme is lemon. We love lemon in desserts, but the theme is not limited to sweets. It is helpful if you include the word lemon in your link title so I don’t miss it. I’ll be looking for a few lemon recipes to highlight each week.
Last Week’s Highlights: There were many great muffin recipes last week. Thanks for so much participation in March’s theme. Here are a few:
Pear Muffins with Jam Filling – Premeditated Leftovers
Grain-Free Blueberry Muffins – Pure Vitality
Teff Muffins – Gluten Free Shortcuts
Amaretto Muffins – Andrea’s Kitchen
Applesauce Muffins – Gluten Free Easily
A-B-C Paleo Muffins – Our Natural Journey
My Submission: This week I have a homemade Easter treat that kids both big and little are sure to enjoy.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Easter Bunnies
The Carnival: Please read!
- Keep the links to gluten-free eating ideas (recipes, reviews, menus)
- If you’re new, please read the guidelines.
- Leave a link back (I will not highlight any recipes that do not link back.)
- Thanks for participating!
Gluten-Free Menu 3-18-12
Here are some meal ideas for you from what we had last week. You can always stop by my Facebook page in the evenings to see what we’re eating for dinner.
Chicken Cacciatore – I brine the chicken breasts before putting them in the slow cooker. The chicken turns out so nice an moist.
Chicken Scampi – I added zucchini to the onion and pepper in the recipe to make it a complete meal.
Baked Salmon – This week I added Old Bay seasoning to the salmon instead of basil and parsley. It was a delicious meal with brown rice and asparagus.
Meatloaf – I used this recipe but baked it in the oven and made mashed potatoes on the stove.
Spaghetti and Meatballs – I made extra meatloaf the night before and used some of it to make meatballs. The next night the meatballs just needed to be reheated.
I baked muffins which I’ll be sharing with you tomorrow. I also made a batch of peanut butter cups which one of my kids has been asking for. They’re so good!