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18
Feb
11

Vietnamese Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe

Here is a quick and easy recipe from Jennie Lieu!

 Ingredients:
6-8 tomatoes
1 package ground turkey (1-2 lbs)
1 finely chopped onion
minced garlic to taste
GF fish sauce (substitute with GF soy sauce or salt)
black pepper
GF clear vermicelli noodles (optional)
2 eggs
 
 
Instructions
1) Slice the tomatoes in half, and use a spoon to carve out the meaty middle to create cup shapes
2) In a sauce pan, sauté the onions and garlic until soft and brown. Set aside.
3) In a large mixing bowl, add the ground turkey, crack the 2 eggs, onions, garlic, 8-10 dashes of fish sauce (or 1-2 teaspoons of salt), cracked blacked pepper, vermicelli noodles.  Mix well with a fork. 
4) Stuff the tomato halves with the mixture making sure to pack it tightly with a fork.
5) Heat a large frying pan on medium-high and cook the tomatoes with the mixture side face down for 6-8 minutes.  Then flip and cook for an additional 6-8 minutes.
6) Serve the stuffed tomatoes with steamed rice or eat it as is!

13
Feb
11

Quick and Easy GF Red Velvet Cupcakes – Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Make GF red velvet cupcakes using your favorite gluten-free yellow or white cake mix!

Ingredients:

  • 1 package of yellow or white GF cake mix
  • 1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 oz red food coloring or 1 tube of gel coloring
  • 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

For the frosting (you can also buy this already prepared):

  • 2 x 8 oz packages of cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 2 cups of confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions for the cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
  • Line a cupcake pan with muffin papers (makes approximately 17 cupcakes)
  • Mix the cake mix, pudding, eggs, oil, food coloring, water, and vinegar
  • Pour into muffin papers
  • Bake for 20-22 minutes
  • Let cupcakes cool before frosting

Directions for frosting:

  • Mix the cream cheese and butter until creamy
  • Mix in the vanilla and slowly add the confectioners’ sugar
  • Spread on cupcakes and refrigerate

This recipe was modified from recipes found on allrecipes.com.

30
Jan
11

Glutenfreeda Instant Oatmeal

Bob’s Red Mill has sold GF rolled oats for some time now, but Glutenfreeda is the first GF instant oatmeal I’ve found. The instant oatmeal comes in many flavors that taste similar to traditional instant oatmeal. Although Glutenfreeda includes flax in the oatmeal, I add walnuts and raisins to make it a hearty meal.

28
Jan
11

tired? celiac symptom? Can B12 help?

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal says that a lack of B12 can cause people to feel drowsy and sluggish. It cites Celiac disease as a culprit in preventing absorption of this vitamin.

I know this was a symptom both Heather and I had. I currently take a B complex, which includes B12, but am thinking about the shots. Has anyone tried them?

26
Jan
11

Get baking! King Arthur Flour makes GF Muffin Mix

I recently discovered this new, King Arthur Flour brand of GF baking mixes, at Whole Foods. I decided to pick up a box of the muffin mix. The mix is plain, but I added in mini chocolate chips and walnuts. As with most cake or muffin mixes, it only took five minutes to prepare and less than twenty minutes to bake.  The muffins were moist and, unlike other GF brands, did not crumble and fall apart as soon as touched. You can even freeze the muffins if you aren’t going to eat them within three days of baking.

18
Jan
11

Woodstock’s offers GF pizza

Woodstock’s Pizza now has a pizza with gluten-free crust that you can order for just $2 more than a regular large pizza. I stopped by the Davis, CA restaurant on my way down from Tahoe. I ordered a pesto vegetarian pizza and it was probably the best GF pizza I’ve ever had! Check out their website at: www.woodstocksdavis.com.

15
Jan
11

gluten-free Mexican Los Angeles & New York – Rosa Mexicano

Fortunately, finding gluten-free Mexican food isn’t too difficult. Using rice and corn as staple ingredients, people with gluten-intolerance generally do okay at Mexican restaurants. However, there is often gluten hidden in ingredients at all types of restaurants.

Rosa Mexicano, a higher-end Mexican restaurant chain (I’ve been to one in NYC and the one in downtown LA.), offers a special gluten-free menu to make it easier to confidently order a gluten-free meal.

For more on gluten-free restaurants, click here.

06
Jan
11

Gluten-Free Pecan Pie Recipe adapted from Food Network Magazine

Gluten-free pecan pie recipe adapted from Food Network magazine

Who doesn’t love pie? Well…I actually never really cared for it, that is until sometime after I couldn’t have it. I had tried pumpkin and sweet potato pie, but was never interested in other fruit or nut pies- I guess they seemed too healthy.

Heather has experimented with making gluten-free pies, and over the holidays this year, she made me my first pecan pie–gluten-free of course.

She adapted this recipe from the Foodnetwork.com.

She used a pre-made gluten-free crust from Whole Foods, and made the pie dairy-free by substituting the butter with a vegan substitute. She also used agave nectar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener.

The result: Pecan pie is my new favorite. And now, I actually like the fact that I can justify it as being health food because it’s topped with nuts…

05
Jan
11

Gluten-free beer: New Grist

Gluten-free beer New GristHarder to find then Redbridge, New Grist is a great gluten-free beer made by Lakefront Brewery. Made from sorghum and rice, New Grist has a crisp and distinct taste. I’ve found it at some specialty markets, but it can be purchased at BevMo.

04
Jan
11

Ringing in 2011 with gluten-free cupcakes from babycakes nyc la

There’s nothing like starting a new year off with gluten-free desserts (not to mention vegan too). I stopped off at Babycakes NYC’s downtown LA bakery on New Year’s Eve to get some cupcakes to pair with the gallons of champagne my friends consumed.

Pictured here are pumpkin, banana, chocolate chip vanilla and mint chocolate chip. The two chocolate chip flavors were the fan favorites that night.

Babycakes LA: 130 East 6th Street, Los Angeles and certain items also available at M Cafe locations in LA.




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