Halloweenish Brownies.

*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. My opinions are honest and unbiased.*

 Blaine is my little gluten free baby. I share almost all of my gluten free goodies with him and I am sure that is just how he likes it. It is fun to have someone who can share food with me. Glutino had sent some brownies and what could be better than making them a little festive?

I made the Double Chocolate Brownies as directed on the box and then decorated the brownies with cream cheese frosting and sprinkles. It was perfect pre-Halloween treat to get us geared up for Thursday's Trick-Or-Treating.

I really liked the flavor or the brownies and the middle was very soft and moist. I always have a problem when I bake brownies that the sides are a little too hard. 

Both Blaine and I really liked Glutino's Double Chocolate Brownies and we would defiantly recommend them.

Happy 4th of July (and anniversary to Steve and I!)

4th of July cookies the 3 of us made!

Happy 4th of July! I hope all of your awesome GF dreams come true today and you BBQ it up with some awesome GF buns...have you tried Udi's Hamburger or Hotdog buns yet? To die for! I know, that isn't what the Independence Day is about, it is about saving the world from Aliens..wait, no...that was a Will Smith movie.

Also, it is my anniversary with my non-gf bf! How I love him so!

What an awesome day we have in store for us :) We have been celebrating all weekend already!

My GF Easter Cupcakes!

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Those are super cute! We all think so at my house! I have been baking tons of non-gf food lately and I thought I deserved a gf treat, so I made these. I used Better Crocker White GF Cake Mix, home made butter cream frosting ,dyed it green, piped it and used Wilton's tip # 3 to make it look like grass. Then I placed a fun colored duck shaped Peep on top! Super easy and super cute!

What are you going to make this Easter?

Valentines Breakfast!

Using GF waffles (I used Kinnikinnick) pour strawberry syrup on top for a delicious LOVEly breakfast! Garnish with strawberries and whipped cream if desired.

I LOVE Brownies from King Arthur

I like making regular foods with a holiday twist. With Valentines a few days away, I decided to make these brownies. 

I followed the mix directions and put them in heart shaped silicone molds to bake.  I served them with vanilla bean ice cream and strawberry syrup.

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It was delicious and a total hit at my house!

Where have I been?

Hum...good question. I have been around and cooking. So, yay for you all! At first I got into a major food funk, which I tweeted a bunch about. This is when I was still a vegetarian. Yes, I think my vegetarianism played a part in my funk. I never knew what to eat. Going out to eat, which is sometimes a challenge as a gluten free lady got a trillion times harder at some establishments. Eating became mundane and I became more tired than usual because even though I am taking a multi-vitamin, I was still missing out on some protein I needed. I hated eating and I hated food. As a glutton, I was not enjoying the gluttony that I had in the past. So, I was grumpy about food. I would complain in the supermarket and I hated to cook. I recently stopped being a vegetarian and I am ready to make my blog return! TADA!!!

Sorry if you missed me, I missed you all too! New food post in a few days!

Glow Cookies are Pefect for the Hollidays!

Last Christmas season I made my first Gingerbread house. I also watched my boyfriend eat a ton of gingerbread. I have to be honest, I don't think I have eaten gingerbread. Does that make me strange? Maybe.

Anyway, Glow Cookies has Gingersnap Cookies and they scream Holidays to me! I eat them with my tea and it makes me feel all warm and cozy! He can eat all of the gluten filled gingerbread he wants, I will take my preservative free, trans fat free glow cookies any day! It is a holiday in my mouth over here. Is that a Christmas tree glowing or is it me? I think these cookies make me happy! I do like Glow products!

Happy Fourth And A GF Road Trip Love Story...

FIRST-I wanted to wish you all a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY.

SECOND- It is my anniversary with my Non Gluten Free BF. This is us last 4th of July!


THIRD- I wanted to share a story with you all about a gluten free road trip that Steve and I took last August because I had been craving eclairs and we finally found a place that carried them (thanks to my BFF Stephanie).

This is what I wrote on my other blog (now private) about the road trip...

Steve and I went to Fountain Hills to get gluten free eclairs. Yes, that is right...we were willing to drive miles and miles so I could get the food that I have been lusting after for over a year now. I have to say thank you to Stephanie for telling me about Nature's Finest because they carry the eclairs!

Anyway, Steve is always playing awesome music for me. Today we listened to Looner, a really good band and they are also friends of his. You guys should check them out because they are really good!

When we got there, we meant business! We went straight to the health food store!

The store had a ton of gluten free items! It was worth the drive!

It was Steve's first time

Steve...being observant...of the fountain...and the hills!

Those eclairs...they were so good!!!!!!!

This trip was awesome! I loved going with Steve! He is great company! I adore every moment I spend with him.



FOURTH- I would like to add... that Nature's Finest did have a bunch of Gluten Free Products. So, if you are ever in the Fountain's Hills area, you should check them out!

FIFTH- Road trips for GF food with the one you love makes the GF food taste much sweeter.

Kinnikinnick Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

I tried these donuts around the holidays and they were so yummy! I had the chocolate ones before so I really wanted to try these. Of course as a gluten, I had to make them even more decadent...I put jelly on them!
I ate them heated up a bit too :) So delish. Buy them...eat them...love them!

The Stats:

Serving: One Donut
Calories: 170
Total Fat: 4.5 grams
Total Carbohydrates: 30 grams
Protein: 2 grams

My Almost Competly Gluten Free Passover.

HAPPY PASSOVER!

Mom eating Matzoh:
I am sad because I cant:


Charoses


My son having a melt down:

All better!
Our dinner was simple, fresh and easy.


There was also chicken. The only non-gluten free item at the table was the Matzoh.

Happy Holidays!

Last night I went to a really fun Christmas party! It was freezing and required my mom and I to have a million layers of shirts under our jackets! It was a chili party and almost all of the food was off limits :(

Aside from taking my own microwavable dinner ( I decided on going last minute..review will be added soon) there was some food I was able to eat!

This one lady made her own tamales! She told me everything that was in them and she swore up and down that I could have them. I ate them and I was fine! They were so good!

I also ate homemade fudge that just consisted of chocolate, condensed milk and vanilla extract. I was a very happy person! When I made fudge long ago, I would put a tiny amount of flour in it.

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I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY!




Michelle :)

An Amazing Lunch With My Boyfriend's Family, Contaminated At My Own Hanukkah and Really Good Cocoa Mix!

Yesterday my boyfriend and I went over to his families house for lunch. Luckily, Karmen, Jared's sister reads this and my other blogs so she is familiar with gluten free living. The night prior to us going over, I was babysitting my friends son and Jared told me that they were making us enchiladas! I panicked over the sauce! Then he quickly said that Karmen the looked at the ingredients and she saw that there was wheat in that so she found another thing to make.

I cant tell you how touched I am that the whole family worked so hard to make me a meal that I could enjoy too. They hand made me tacos and taquitos . They read everything that they put into it and they made sure not to cross contaminate me. I had a wonderful time!
Review of lunch:

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Last night started Hanukkah. It was my first gluten free Hanukkah and my mom told me she would make everything gluten free so I wouldn't have to worry. So, while I was gone, she was cooking. We sat down to eat and she served this rice with chicken and carrot meal, this lentil and turkey bacon dish and a Middle Eastern salad. I bit into the rice and I knew something didn't taste right, sometimes I can just tell. Am I the only one who can just tell? Like sometimes I blindly eat something and get sick but sometimes I can just tell.

So, I ask her if she put chicken broth in the rice and she said yes. I knew...most broth...MSG {I know MSG is a hot topic amongst us! I get a rash:( } I got a rash and my tongue got itchy.

She didn't read the ingredients. She knows that she needs to read everything. She told me that she didn't think she needed to read it! URRG! I hate getting sick! Even if it is a rash. So, it wasn't horrible but still uncomfortable.

The rest of the dinner was good. Review of just being contaminated:

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As I type, I am sipping this amazing Hot Cocoa that Jared's family made me. Karmen got the recipe from a magazine (I forgot the name, so I cant give credit to where it is due). It is really yummy and gluten free! I love cocoa!

HOT COCOA MIX

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa

1 1/4 c. sugar
6 oz semi -sweet chocolate chip cookies
1/4 tsp. salt


Directions:
Mix 3 tablespoons cocoa mis with 1 cup milk in microwave safe mug. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 min -2 min or until blended and HOT, stirring once. * Add whipped cream on top if desired.

Gluten Free Thanksgiving!

(Posted on the Endless Possibilities Blog on 11/27/08)

This was my first time eating gluten free at Thanksgiving. I ate without any issues or getting sick. My mom made this spinach and shrimp item that I liked last year with rice flour instead of wheat flour. I ate turkey, yams, mashed potatoes ( real ones, not flakes) and cranberry sauce. Each item had its own serving spoon and I watched everything carefully so I would not fall victim to cross contamination. I even had some special items to make sure that I could eat like everyone else:

Gluten Free Gravy:
This gravy was only 15 calories for 1/4 cup! It was really good and tasted like the regular gravy that contains wheat in it, at least what I remembered it to taste like.
DESSERT TIME:
Ice cream (which I can have but I didnt think a picture was needed) was served, pecan pie and pumpkin pie (both on the no list) and gluten free cookies and my wannabe eclair cake.

The cookies:
The Eclair Cake with recipe and how to pictures:

I got the recipe from here.

WHAT YOU NEED:
2 small boxes of Jell-O instant French Vanilla pudding (must be French Vanilla)
8 oz pkg of Cool Whip, thawed
1 container of milk chocolate frosting
2 boxes of GF Vanilla cookies or you can use Gluten Free graham crackers


How To Make:
Mix pudding according to the package directions. Let it set up in fridge. Mix in cool whip once it has set up.


Layer vanilla cookies in the bottom of a pan. I used a tiny pan but the link has the recommended pan size.



Top with ½ of pudding/cool whip mixture. Layer vanilla cookies over pudding. Top with the remaining pudding/cool whip mixture. Top with vanilla cookies. Let this set up for a few hours or overnight.

Then frost cookies with milk chocolate frosting (USE Pillsbury and not Betty Crocker...that brand contains wheat). This tastes the best if you make it the night before.


REVIEW:
I thought it was good but it tasted more like a Boston Cream Pie to me than an eclair. It is still something I would make again. Having it sit overnight is a total must because the cookies dissolve into the perfect consistency. What I miss about the experience is that you cant pick it up and bite into it like an eclair. It is still good though and everyone that tried it liked it. No one could tell the difference that it was a gluten free dessert.