Hawiian fried rice 7/10

SO easy, and one of my families favorites, east with some chop sticks and nothing but a bowl on the table. easy peasy!

INGREDIENTS:
21/2 cups rice
4 large carrots, diced
1/4-1/2 diced onion
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup tamari sauce
1 can spam-diced
3 eggs ( optional)

Rice-
cook until its nice and soft

IN a wok next to your cooking rice- cook up
1/4 and onion
3 garlic cloves ( I pushed mine through my garlic press)
4 large carrots chopped up

Once those are nice and cooked- add 1 can of spam diced into the mix

THEN add your cooked rice into the wok, and put about 1/4 a cup tamari sauce into the mixture

While you stirring that you can pull out any for those Egg free family members to enjoy and fry up and egg for those who would like it to add to the pot.

Salt and pepper to taste and enjoy. good for a quick night and something fun from Hawaii!

No bake cookies

One of my very favorite cookies to much on are the ones you can make all summer long with out heating up your oven! This is one of the EASIEST recipes to convert to GF,  DF, EF

"It goes like-a this" ( little mermaid?? you know you heard Sebastian say it in your head):

Ingredients

3	cups quick cooking rolled oats- GF
⅔	cup peanut butter
½	cup chopped peanuts (optional)
2	cups sugar
½	cup (1 stick) DF butter
½	cup Almond
⅓	cup Hershey's cocoa
2	tsp. GF vanilla extract      Directions

Line cookie sheet with wax paper or parchment.

Measure oats, peanut butter, and peanuts; set aside.

Combine sugar, butter, milk, and cocoa in medium sauce pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a rolling boil. ( if you are using reg. GF oats, this is when you add them and turn WAY down the heat for a bit)

Remove from heat. Add oats, peanut butter, peanuts, and vanilla stir quickly, mixing well.

Immediately drop mixture by heaping tsp. onto paper. Cool. Store in cool dry place.

I never add peanut Butter, I prefer almond butter...and I leave out the chopped up peanuts too. The other thing you need to remember is that GF quick oats can be hard to find, so I use Regular GF oats, but they need to cook in the sauce a bit to soften up, or else it gets mighty crunchy...and not in a good way.

Good luck! Happy cooking!

Almond chicken kabobs

Original Recipe Yield 16 servings


Ingredients

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed

1/4 cup chopped toasted almonds

16 bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 20 minutes

Directions

1.In a medium, nonreactive bowl, blend Dijon mustard, honey, vegetable oil, and lemon juice. Place chicken in the mixture, stirring to coat. Cover, and, turning occasionally, allow to marinate in the refrigerator at least 1 hour.

2.Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil grate. Soak wooden skewers in water for about 20 minutes.

3.Thread chicken onto skewers. Arrange on the prepared grill, and cook 7 to 10 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear. Brush chicken occasionally with remaining marinade while cooking.

4.Remove skewers from heat, and quickly roll in the almonds to lightly coat chicken. Discard remaining marinade mixture.

simple apple salad

I did a little GF, DF,EF surfing at allrecipes.com this morning and found this recipe. It intriguing to me that this might actually taste good, so I am going to try it this week =)

Ingredients

• 10 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 2 (8 ounce) cans pineapple chunks
• 2 cups raisins
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 20 ounces sour cream
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

Directions

1. Combine the apples, undrained pineapple, raisins, pecans and sour cream. Mix well and add sugar to taste. Serve chilled.

Spaghetti ????/10

Ingredients
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup red wine


this is simple, throw it in a crock pot and let it soak in the flavors! If you want you want to make it a little more meaty add carrots and Zucchini!

**Wherever possbile I use FRESH herbs. Fresh basil, oregano and garlic. It makes food have so much more depth, I will do the same for this recipe. The only thing I have to say, I don't cook with wine, I only use cooking wine. Its somthing I feel much more comfortable with since I don't Drink acohol of any kind.

** I am still on the hunt for a great Spaghetti recipe, after 10 years I have not found one I love yet..send me yours if you have one!

THE KIDS loved this....but I had the flu....so I couldn't properly rate it...maybe next time =)

Breakfast for dinner 10/10

In our house a family favorite is ALWAYS breakfast for dinner! Maybe its because their mom is to lazy in the morning to get her cook on, or maybe its just that good, either way- the happy dance is done by all when we have breakfast for dinner.

Pancakes:

I use Pamela's Baking and pancake mix, and I ALMOST follow the directions like it says, except-
In place of the eggs I use 1 1/2 TBLSPNS of ground flax seed
In place of water I use Almond milk
then I add a sprinkle of cinnamon and about 2 TBLS of brown sugar

Bacon?? YES please!
for those who haven't heard...cook it in your oven! throw down some parchment paper, lay out your Bacon and cook at 350.

Hash Browns:
roasted garlic seasoning is my favorite to throw on there. but the best part about hash browns is cooking them up in the bacon grease with a little pepper and they usually turn out NICE.

get a little fruit on that plate and call it good for a night, greasy, sugary yumminess. only once in a while though- o.k?

Apple chicken Stir Fry 7/10

This recipe totally intrigued me! I LOVE apples, and we eat stir fry (in so many of its glorious variations) once a week. The only true criticism I have of this dish in the apple factor, there were just not enough!! so next time I will be doubling the apples, maybe My apple was just small, I am not sure.... BUT...... My little big man loved this recipe, so we will for sure make it again

1 pound cubed boneless, skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup onion, vertically sliced
1 3/4 cups carrots, thinly sliced
1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
1 cup fresh or frozen Chinese pea pods
1 tablespoon water
1 medium baking apple, cored and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon oil
2 cups cooked brown rice

Directions
Stir-fry cubed chicken breast in 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in nonstick skillet until lightly browned and cooked. Remove from skillet.
Stir-fry onion, carrots and basil in oil in same skillet until carrots are tender. Stir in pea pods and water. Stir-fry 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in apple. Add to chicken.
Serve hot over cooked rice.