Posts Tagged by Recipes
Thankfully STUFFED!
Last night’s supper was FAButastic! Baby potatoes, stuffing, carrots and turnips, brussel sprouts, stuffing, homemade cranberry jelly, stuffing, and ( of course) TURKEY and Gravy! To wrap it all up to bursting? Pumpkin pie and mincemeat pie! STUFFED! more
Cream Cheese Pun’kin Cake
With Harvest here and pumpkin pie on every thanksgiving table across the country, I decided to put Betty Crocker to the test and make a harvest cake. Did it turn out? Oh lord yes! more
Out of my Gourd!
So when I mentioned to my sister in Calgary that I was working on Thanksgiving recipes she quickly offered up her Skinny on Pumpkin Pie. For anyone following Weight Watchers, this bad boy is only 1 point for 1/8th of the pie! heck… that is equal to an apple! GO PIE! more
Stuffed Stuffing Options!
Breaking away from the grey mound of soggy bread in a bowl can be a challenge or an adventure! Putting a spin on it doesn’t need to be difficult or off putting to non-gfers. Just remember… the CRITICAL ingredient in any meal is laughter! Spread it liberally throughout your weekend and enjoy Getting Stuffed! more
Big Bird of Toxic Death!!!!! or not….
Thanksgiving dinner – Divine! That is until you realise that the largest threat on the table isn’t Aunt Martha’s lime pineapple jelly ring! Wheat ( Gluten) can turn a fantastic family dinner into a roller coaster nightmare in our world. more
K.I.S.S. Seven!
K.I.S.S. sounds like a great motto for this 7 year old’s party! Who knows. I might just be able to just SIT enjoy the festivities myself. *GASP! I know! Scary isn’t it. more
He got Learnded
That is our new term. It’s like Edjamacated but it’s Learnded.
Dman seems to struggle with the whole pancake recipe following thing.
Yes, he is 14. Yes he is literate. Still, there is something about the measurements that turn invisible behind the numbers. Primarily with baking powder and baking soda.
We have all made, at least once in our life, THOSE cookies. The ones that even the dog won’t eat where, instead of 2 tsps, we add in 2 cups of baking soda. When you do that with a pancake mix, though, it converts it from a nummy breakfast covered in syrup and butter into a volcano science experiment. The first time this occurred for Dman was out camping. The zip lock pouch of premixed recipe turned into three foaming pot fulls of billowing batter. Today he learned and trusted his instincts. The liquids never hit the volatile bowl of over stacked baking soda batter.
Breakfast eventually got served with sprinkles of chocolate chips melting under golden syrup and pads of real butter but the true success was the laughter that emerged from my teenager. It is so easy to slam ourselves at the first sign of failure but the goal is to turn it around into a learning experience and fodder for success.
Cooking is an Art.
That means sometimes things turn into something we didn’t envision but it’s all an art. Gluten Free “Art” is even more challenging as we blend flours and learn new techniques but the successes are all the more sweeter!
The big breakfast is coming soon and I am training up the next spatula manager! Passing on the Flipper! Have faith though, practice will make perfect! The rewards? Goldenly Delicious!
Avocado – Butter of the Veggie World
He launched from the chair and bellowed ” MOM! MOM! Those GREEEEN things are on TV! THEY cook with them too!” I looked up in time to see avocados being sliced into a piled high grilled sandwich. I grinned. more
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