Delayed until later

I am not able to take the time and blog this morning. You can check back later if you'd like for more food allergy recipes. Have a great day!

Making Sunbutter

I could talk all day about how great the product of Sunbutter is. It opened up a world for Kaden. Now, he could have sunbutter & jelly rice crackers. I do understand though that if you don't live in an area to get some, it makes it hard. So, I have a recipe for making sunbutter - not as creamy as sunbutter, but it's better than nothing. :0)

Sunbutter

1 1/2 c. sunflower seeds
6+ Tbsp. sunflower/safflower oil
2 T. honey
1/2 t. salt

Preheat oven to 350*. Bake sunflower seeds 6-8 min. Careful not to burn.

Grind up sunflower seeds in a blender little by little until as small as possible. Then, add oil and honey to desired consistency. Add salt for flavoring.

It's Friday!!!

You made it! Welcome to Friday! :0) Let's celebrate...

Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Ingredients:
1/3 cup oil
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup corn syrup/honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups oatmeal
1 package (11-1/2 ounces) Ghiradelli chocolate chips
less than ½ cup of sunbutter/creamy peanut butter
2 c. mini-marshmallows

Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until and fluffy. Beat in corn syrup/honey and vanilla. Stir in oats; press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan.

Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and sunbutter/peanut butter; stir until blended. Spread over cooled bars. Top with marshmallows. Chill until set; cut into bars. Yield: 2 dozen

Poor Man's Pizza

Well, I'm stretching it a bit to make pizza international... :0) But, here you go.

Poor Man's Pizza

Ingredients
1 lb ground turkey or beef
1/8 tsp. oregano
2 eggs
or (1 Tbsp. egg replacer + ¼ c water)
2/3 c. milk of choice
1 15 oz. can tomato or pizza sauce
1 small onion, chopped
1 c. GF flour
¾ tsp. xanthan gum
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt
2 c. mozzarella cheese (opt’l)

Recipe Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400.
Lightly brown meat and onions, season with salt and pepper. Set aside. Combine flour, salt, pepper, oregano, egg replacer, water and milk, making a soft batter. (If too sticky add a little more water until it is spreadable.) Grease a 9x13 pan and sprinkle lightly with corn meal (GF flour). Pour batter into pan, sprinkle meat over batter and bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Remove from oven; spread pizza sauce over meat and sprinkle with cheese. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes more.

Note: After the first time in the oven, before topping with cheese I’ve also added Canadian bacon, mushrooms, and zucchini as toppings. So make pizza to your liking.

Chicken Fajitas

I love fajitas -- they are so flexible for allergy eaters.

Ingredients
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut up into 1/2 inch strips
1 medium onion, sliced
1 pepper, green or red
1 tsp. crushed oregano
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
4 Tbsp. orange juice
4-6 tortillas

Other optional toppings for fajitas:
Rice
Lettuce
Corn
Salsa
Refried beans

Recipe Instructions:

In a resealable bag, combine chicken, oregano, cumin and orange juice. Seal and shake bag to cover chicken with marinade. Let marinade at least 10 minutes or as long as overnight in the fridge.

Spray a large heavy skillet generously with oil. Heat until very hot. Saute unions and peppers until tender. Remove from pan. Spray again with oil. Drain chicken strips and saute until done. Add vegetables back into pan and reheat. Serve on warm tortillas with toppings of choice.

Gyro Meat

Ever had gyro meat? YUM! My family loooves gyro meat on pita bread. Because Kaden can't have pita bread, we put it on tacos for him.

1 lb of ground lamb, goat, beef or turkey
½ c. finely chopped onion
2 tsp. fresh garlic
¾ tsp. salt
½ tsp. marjoram
½ tsp. rosemary
¼ tsp. black pepper

Mix everything together. Let sit in fridge 1-2 hours.

Make as a log in meatloaf form. Bake 45 min to one hour at 325 degrees. It should be a bit dry. Or, cook in a crockpot for 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low.

Serve with Pita bread or GF tortillas, lettuce and yogurt cucumber sauce.

IF you can tolerate dairy, here's the recipe for yogurt cucumber sauce.

Cucumber Sauce

Ingredients:
1/2 c. grated cucumber
1 c. plain yogurt
1/2 t. garlic

Recipe Instructions:
Mix & let sit 1/2 hr before serving.

Sweet & Sour Chinese

Well, I thought I'd go international this week... So, today I thought I'd post a recipe that our family eats weekly. I love this recipe because it requires pretty simple ingredients that I have on hand.

Start off by making your favorite rice recipe.

Next, make the sweet & sour sauce.

Sweet & Sour Sauce

Ingredients:
1/3 c. vinegar
½ c. brown sugar
¼ c. ketchup
¾ c. pineapple juice or water
2 Tbsp. cornstarch mixed with water
¼ c. canned pineapple, cut up

Mix the vinegar, sugar, ketchup and pineapple juice together well in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Mix together the cornstarch and water. Add to other ingredients to thicken. Stir in the oil. Just before serving, stir in pineapple chunks.

While letting the sweet & sour sauce simmer, start the stir fry.

Chicken Stir-Fry

Ingredients:
3 carrots, diced into small pieces
½ onion, finely chopped
4 small chicken breasts, cut up into bite size pieces
½ - 1 c. precut bite-size frozen broccoli

Recipe Instructions:
Place oil in a large saucepan. Turn heat onto med-high. Let pan heat up. Add diced carrots. Cook for 3 min. Add onions. Cook for 2 more min. Add bitesized raw chicken. Cook until both sides are cooked. Add frozen brocolli. Cook on high for 3 more min. Turn to low and cook for another 5 min.

To serve, top rice with chicken stir fry and then sweet and sour sauce.

It's Friday!!!

Here's the second recipe for popcorn. Last week it was psuedo-cracker jacks, this week it's caramel corn.

Ingredients:
2 c. brown sugar
½ c. light corn syrup
½ lb. Margarine
¼ tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
24 c. popped popcorn

Recipe Instructions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Put popcorn in pan for oven. In 2 1/2 qt saucepan, combine all ingredients EXCEPT baking soda and popcorn. Bring to a boil over medium heat until hard ball stage. To test, drop sugar mixture into cold water. If it turns into a ball it's done. Remove from heat. Stir in baking soda and pour over popcorn in a large pan. Bake caramel corn in 250 degree oven for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes.

Apple-Cranberry Sauce

Apple-Cranberry Sauce

1 c. apple juice (or hot mulled apple cider recipe)
½ c. honey
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 c. fresh or frozen cranberries
3 c. peeled and chopped apples
½ tsp. cinnamon

In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine apple juice, honey and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Add cranberries and apples. Reduce heat to medium and cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until fruit is tender an sauce has thickened. Remove from heat and cool until warm. Add cinnamon before serving. Serve warm.