Chicken in Orange and Wine Sauce

10 to 12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast

Salt and fresh ground pepper

2 Tbsp gf flour mixture

1 Tbsp olive oil

1/2 C dry white wine

1 tsp lemon juice

2 Tbsp orange marmalade

Chopped Italian parsley

Rinse chicken and pat dry, cut crosswise into 1/2 inch wide strips.

Season to taste with salt and pepper, then coat lightly with flour on all sides, shake off excess.

Heat the oil in wide non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.

Add chicken and cook, stirring often, until golden brown on all sides, 4-5 minutes.

Add wine and lemon juice to pan, stirring to loosen drippings.

Cook stirring often until liquid is reduced by about half and chicken is no longer pink int he middle.

Stir in marmalade.

Spoon chicken and sauce onto warm plates, sprinkle with parsley.

(Quick Cooking for Two, from Aunti )

Apple Snacking Spice Cake

Apple Snacking Spice Cake

2 c. flour

1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum

1 1/2 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

1/4 t. cinnamon

1/4 t ground ginger

1/8 t. ground cloves

1/8 t. nutmeg

6 T softened butter

1 1/2 c. sugar

2 large eggs

4 c. chopped apple

1/3 c. raisins

1 c. chopped pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 350, mist a 9x9 inch cake pan with non-stick spray

2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, xanthan gum if using, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger cloves and nutmeg.

3. In another large bowl, mix butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed for one minute or until light and fluffy. Add eggs and increase speed to high and mix for one minute. scrape sides of bowl and reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour mixture and mix until the dry ingredients are incorporated, do not over mix. Fold in apples, raisins and nuts by hand.

4. Spoon batter into prepared pan and place in the oven on the middle rack.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until firm to the touch. Cover the cake with foil after 20-25 minutes if the top is browning to quickly.

Aunti Recipe

(Baking from the Heart by Michal J Rosen)

*Post Edit:

This is by far the BEST yummiest recipe I've tried yet. I did not use pecans, because I'm not a nut person. I used Granny Smith apples, peeled. My cake turned out a little soggy, but totally delicious! VERY WORTH IT!

PS. I'd like to say hello to Irving, Texas. Thanks for reading my odd blog :)

I think we're the only ones ;)

The Worst Brownie Mix

My sister-in-law SWEARS by this brownie mix, however my husband and I have decided it's disgusting.

Not many crappy things come from Trader Joe's, but this my friend's is FOUL:

We won't be buying this again.

We have since had better luck with the Arrowhead Mills brand or brownie mix, YUM!

Banana Bread

This recipe comes from the back of my beloved Arrowhead Mills Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Mix box.

Makes about 12 slices.

1 3/4 C Flour ( I use 1 1/2 flour and 1/4 Sweet Sorghum)

1 egg

1/2 milk ( I use vanilla soy milk)

1/4 C vegetable oil

1/4 C plus 2 Tbsp honey

1/2 C well ripened mashed banana (about 3 bananas)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking powder

3/4 t Xanthan gum

Pre-heat oven to 350.

Spray 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 x2" loaf pan with cooking spray.

Mix dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl, form a well in the center.

In a separate bowl blend liquid ingredients, then pour into the well in the dry ingredients.

Mix well until blended.

Pour into prepared loaf pan.

Bake for about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

I use 2 smaller loaf pans and I add blueberries to one loaf and chocolate chips to another loaf. If you're using two pans, then then bake only for about 20 minutes and then check with a toothpick. The blueberry loaf needs to stay in for longer than the chocolate chip, I leave mine in until the top is very brown. Otherwise the blueberries are soggy and the loaf falls apart.

Pie Maker Recipe

Blueberry Muffins

2 C Flour ( I use 1 1/2 C flour and 1/2 C Sweet Sorghum Flour)

1/2 t. salt

2 1/2 t. baking powder

1/4 t. soda

1/2 t. cinnamon

1/4 t. nutmeg

1/3 C sugar

1/3 C brown sugar

6 T melted butter

2 eggs

1 C milk ( I use vanilla soy milk)

1 t. vanilla

1/4 C applesauce

1 C blueberries

Preheat oven to 350. Grease muffin tins.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.

In a separate bowl, beat together the melted butter, eggs, milk, sugars, vanilla and applesauce.

Add wet mixture to flour mixture and stir until just blended. Do not over mix.

Gently fold in blueberries and spoon into greased muffin tins.

Bake large muffins (6) and 350 for 28-32 minutes.

Bake small muffins (12) at 400 for 18-22 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy!

Aunti original

All Purpose Baking Mix

I found this Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Mix and am in love.

It tastes wonderful when Sweet Sorghum Flour is added.

Just wanted to share it :)

Zucchini Soup

1 pound zucchini, thinly sliced and unpeeled wit seeds removed

1 small minced onion

2 T butter

2 C chicken stock

1/2 t curry powder

1 t fresh lemon juice

In a skillet cook sliced zucchini, and minced onion with 1-2 T butter over medium heat, covered for about 10 minutes until softened but not browned.

Combine together 2 C heated chicken stock, 1/2 t curry powder, 1 t fresh lemon juice.

Add zucchini and onion.

Place combination in a blender and blend until smooth, roughly one minute.

Delicious!

Aunti recipe

Corn and Bean Salad

1 C Corn ( I used caned corn)

1 C Rinsed black beans (I used canned)

3 thinly sliced green onions

1/2 C cilantro, chopped

1 C diced tomatoes

1 T lime juice

Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients and chill. Serve cold.

This little "salsa" is delicious!

We used tortilla chips for dipping.

Biscuit uses blue corn chips which are equally yummy!

Aunti experimental recipe

Gluten Free Flour

This is the winning mixture that Aunti created for GF Flour.

3 C Brown Rice Flour

2 1/2 C Sweet Rice Flour

1 1/2 C Buckwheat or Millet Flour

3/4 C Tapioca Flour

3/4 C Cornstarch

3/4 C Potato Starch

Add Xantham Gum for each Cup of GF Flour

Breads: 1 heaping t

Cakes: 1/2 t

Cookies: 1/4 t

Muffins: 3/4 t

Pizza Dough: 2 t

I found everything except for the Potato Starch, Xantham Gum and Sweet Rice Flour in bulk at Winco for a reasonable price. I've yet to locate the Sweet Rice Flour. I found White Rice Flour, but my bread didn't taste quite right. I found the Potato Starch at Whole Foods in the Bob's Red Mill Brand, and also the Xantham Gum at Whole Foods in Bob's Red Mill.

I'm currently trying out the Arrowhead Mills Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Mix on banana bread. One of the kids interrupted me and I lost track and put in 1 tsp of baking powder instead of 1/2 tsp. I guess I'll find out pretty soon....

First Post

I am starting this blog to keep track of and share new gluten and dairy free recipes as they come to me.

Enjoy.