Crockpot Thursday -- Salsa Chicken

Are you a dumper? We are. :) Meaning, measurements...we're not so good at, but we're getting better so we can bring you some easy peasy sorts of meals. However, when it comes to the golden appliance...drum roll...the crockpot, it's harder to measure. And it's VERY hard to screw it up! So, relax and start dumping, you'll enjoy it. LOL

Dumpers Anonymous? Oh that sounds awful. But JOIN US!

Crockpot Salsa Chicken
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 jar GFCF Salsa (I use homemade; Green Mountain is good)
Salt
Pepper
Chicken broth/stock/water (just some liquid for the bottom of the crock)

Dump it all in. That's it. I don't thaw my breasts (LOL) and I cook this on low all day (about 8 hours). The flavors are nuts. So good. If you're feeling a little wild, toss some frozen corn in in the last hour. The sauce that this creates is so good.

I serve with Baked rice. (13x9 baking dish sprayed; then 2C chicken broth to 1 C rice. Add a little EVOO and salt and pepper, garlic powder. Stir. Cover with foil and toss in a 400 degree oven for 45mins or so. YUM)

Serve the rice with the sauce over the top...droooool. Salsa Chicken, it's what's for dinner here tonight! ENJOY!

Enjoy Life Chocolate Bars - Product Review

Wow. That's really all I've got. That's all my son has as well. Other than "Mom, this tastes just like the real ones I've been eating." Yes, you read that right...we've had a few of those nasty diet infringements (that set you back weeks) since Halloween. Oy vey.

But, I persevere AGAIN! These candy bars are great. We have the Crispy Rice bars and the rice chocolate bars. Both are a good strong chocolate flavor, no gunky oil taste after. Really, if you weren't on this diet, you'd love them. DEEEEElicious.

So, all thumbs up here! There's a coupon on the link below for 75cents off. I picked our's up at Whole Foods in their candy area for 1.69 (I think) per bar. Totally worth every penny to keep a kid on this diet and on task.

WTG Enjoy Life!!!

Enjoy Life Candy Bars

ENJOY!

GFCF PIZZA!

It's the one thing that's has eluded me, until now! I've been trying for almost a year to make a pizza that didn't taste like...well, just ish. If you've tried, you know what I'm talking about. Crusts that are grainy, cheese that tastes like last night's trash. Just gross.

Look no more! This has passed my 6 year old's taste buds and he's been longing for a good 'za. Thank you Bob's Red Mill for a really good pizza crust. And momma for tweaking it up to make him say "This is the best piece of pizza I've ever had, Mom!" Words that can make you weep. :)

Ingredients:
Bob's Red Mill Pizza Crust Mix
Egg, Oil, Water to make the crust
Muir Glen Pasta Sauce
Hormel Natural Pepperoni
Follow Your Heart Monterey Jack Cheese (that's laughable isn't it? cheese? really? LOL)
Follow Your Heart Nacho Cheese
McCormick Grinder: Italian Blend

My son is the only one following this diet, so I chose to make 1/2 the recipe and it yielded out 2 pizzas for him. Next time, I'd make the whole thing and freeze for an easy, delicious meal. Can I get a WOOT? :) I'd suggest making individual pizzas, it appears the crust wouldn't bake as well as a big 16 inch pizza, much better as several 4-5 inchers.

If you use the whole bag of the Bob's mix, shred about 1/2 the block of each 'cheese' (oh that still makes me laugh) into a bowl and mix them together. The monterey jack and nacho together are great. A little spice and flavor.

So, here is the "Cast" once the crusts are baked...look at the cheese all shredded up! A beautiful sight!



Make Pizza crust according to Bob's directions; (use a pizza stone to bake these on, otherwise they will get soggy) Place on stone, prick the crusts with a fork. Grind a few grinds of McCormick's over the top and then bake the crusts for about 10 mins.

And then the rest is up to you. My version is:
1-Spoon on a few spoonfuls of Muir Glen Pasta sauce on, swirl the yummy red sauce all over the parbaked crust
2-sprinkle a little of the cheese over the sauce
3-place those delicious sandwich pepperonis all over the top of the cheese
4-sprinkle the rest of the cheese over the pizzas
5-a few more grinds of the lovely McCormick Grinder over the top
(I did add a little sea salt and some garlic powder, not necessary, but you can make your pizza any way you like! )

Bake at 425 for about 10-12 mins until the cheese melts...and it WILL! It WILL I tell you! This is huge at our house. Cheese that actually melted and didn't taste like trash. Another WOOT moment.


Finished product. Those pizza places will go out of business when I patent this. Oh who am I kidding? But this is REALLY good GFCF Pizza. ENJOY!


























(NOTE: Hormel Sandwich Pepperoni has been verified by the company casein free.)

Gluten Free Casein Free GFCF Cornbread

As we slowly build this site up to what we envision...here's a new recipe to tide you over! Keep checking back for more!

Ingredients:
2/3C Sweet Sorghum Flour
1/3C Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Flour
1/3C Millet Flour
3/4C Cornmeal
1/3C Organic white sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum
1/2 tsp salt
1C Almond Milk (or other milk substitute)
1/3C olive oil
1 Egg
1 TBSP honey (optional)
1/2C Frozen corn (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Thoroughly whisk all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add wet ingredients, including the optional ingredients and combine completely. Spray 9 inch pie plate with non stick spray, bake for 20 mins.

This cornbread is light and fluffy. If you can't find all the ingredients, shoot us a message and we'd be happy to tweak for you. Cornbread is SO simple and so versatile. It's a 'must have' in our house on taco nights!

Enjoy!

Let the Journey Begin

Two moms come together to share their stories of healing in the autism and ADHD world. Check back soon for Gluten and Casein free recipes (GFCF), shopping tips, meal planning and much more!

Stacy and Steph
aka: your GFCF Goddesses :) we'll be back!