Baking Powder

One of my SILs brought to my attention that I have not posted how I make baking powder. I cannot buy it in the store, because the ones I have found have corn starch in them. 1/2 tbsp. cream of tarter 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. arrowroot starch I make a few tablespoons worth at a time and store it in a plastic container. I have also written the recipe on the container so I don't forget it! I actually found this recipe in a cookbook for what to do if you are in a pinch and don't have any baking powder and I just substituted the arrowroot starch for corn starch. Any starch would probably work.

Honey Garlic Chicken

Robert created this tonight and it was fantastic! Who needs to go out for Chinese food when you can make it so much healthier at home!

10 boneless chicken tenderloins

4 cloves of garlic, minced

1/4 cup diced onions

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup apple juice

1 tbsp. lemon juice

honey to glaze, put as much as you want!

Brown chicken with onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Add lemon and apple juices. Cook on high until the juice boils away. Stir continuously during this step in order to coat the chicken. Remove from heat and add honey. Stir until glazed. We served it with chicken flavored rice. I put a little tamari on mine and it was better than Chinese take out!

Tax-free Holiday!

Whole Foods in Mountain Brook, Alabama is once again hosting a sales tax-free shopping day on Monday, April 18th! Don't forget to take your reusable shopping bags for an extra savings of 10 cents off per bag! Check to see if the Whole Foods near you is having one too! http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Chebe

One of my SILs just told me about this company: http://www.chebe.com/ I looked up all the ingredients on their site and I think I have finally found bread we can all eat! There are some local stores that carry their products according their website. I'll let you know how it turns out. Has anyone tried any of their products?

Italian Green Beans

Before baking After baking

This is one of my absolute most favorite side dishes ever! My wonderful friend Evie shared this recipe with me a few years ago and I am so glad she did! It is really easy and delicious.

frozen whole green beans

half pack of bacon

Italian dressing

Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Layout pieces of bacon on a large rectangular baking pan. Place 4-6 green beans on each piece of bacon. I break the longer green beans in half to give me 2 pieces. Fold bacon over green beans. Repeat until you've used all your bacon. Pour Italian dressing over all of it. Bake for 20-23 minutes. You want the bacon to be done.

Fried Pork Chops and Gravy!

Tonight I cooked fried pork chops, rice and green beans. My husband is the gravy expert. When I make gravy you can hang wallpaper with it! I soaked the pork chops in lemon juice and tamari for about an hour. Then I pounded them with the tenderizer, coated them in my oat flour mixture and fried them. In my flour mixture I used: oat flour, salt, pepper, and 2tbsp. of arrowroot starch. The arrowroot starch helps make it more crisp once it is fried. Who says you still can't eat good food when you have allergies? I don't!

The Art of a Good Salad

I've always been a pretty big salad eater. This has been a very good thing now that I have allergies. I can often order a salad at a resturant if they are willing to take off items I am allergic to. I'm fairly good at planning dinner options, but often forget to make sure I have things I can eat for lunch. This was one of those days! My last minute salad consisted of: spinach leaves, chopped carrots, chopped sweet onion, chopped boiled chicken, craisins, and asian salad dressing. I have the Pampered Chef Measure, Mix and Pour and I make the asian dressing recipe that is printed on the container. Very yummy! Another salad I ate a lot when I was first diagnosed and trying to figure out what I could and could not eat is one of my Grandfather's dishes. He makes a huge bowl of this every day and eats every bit of it all by himself. I refused to eat it when I was a kid, but now I like it. Endive lettuce, onions, salt, pepper, and sprinkle rice vinegar and oil of your choice. It's odd what you will learn to like once your options become limited.