Several have asked me for my favorite GF recipes. So today I will bless you with a few I have tried and my family loves.
Mexaroni and Cheese
1 package about 2 cups Gluten Free Pasta
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Milk
1 Tablespoon Corn Starch
4 ounces Green Chili, Chopped
9 to 12 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated
2 Tablespoons Butter
1/4 cup Sliced Black Olives
1 small jar Pimentos, Optional
Salt to taste
Cook pasta in lightly salted boiling
water for 6-9 minutes or until done. Drain and set aside. Melt butter
in saucepan. In small bowl, mix cornstarch with milk. Add cornstarch
mixture to butter and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Add
cheddar cheese to sauce and cook slowly until melted, again stirring
constantly. Add sour cream, green chilies, olives and pimentos and
salt to taste.
Combine sauce with pasta. Dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees
until lightly browned, about 30 minutes.
Serves 4
| Maui Luau Salad |
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1~8 oz box (2 cups
1 Tablespoon
2 Tablespoons
2/3 cup
2/3
cup
2/3 cup
1/3 cup
2 Tablespoons
2
Tablespoons
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Ancient Harvest GF Pasta
Butter or margarine
Brown
sugar
Ham, cubed 1/4"
Pineapple chunks,
undrained
Cheddar cheese, cubed 1/4"
Seedless Grapes,
halved
Mayonnaise
Sour cream |
In medium saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar. Add diced ham and
sauté until ham is lightly browned. Drain and quarter pineapple
chunks, reserving 3 tablespoons liquid. In large bowl, combine ham,
cheese, grapes and pineapple. Cook pasta and add to bowl. Toss
lightly. Combine mayonnaise, sour cream and reserved pineapple juice,
blend well and pour over pasta mixture. Toss lightly. Serves 5.
You
can use many of your own recipes by making a few adaptions to them.
Like in a recipe that has a flour based thickening. Using Corn starch
to thicken instead of flour works well. Like my family loves Beef
Stroganoff so at the end I use cornstarch mixed int the beef broth I add
at the end instead of using the flour it calls for. A rule of thumb is
to use half the amount called for in flour to replace with corn
starch. Like if it calls for 1/2 cup of flour, then you would use 1/4
cup of corn starch. You can not add corn starch to a pan with butter to
thicken. It must be dissolved into a cold liquid then added.
Mexican Night in the Bell home:
If
you want to go vegetarian like we mostly do, then you need to learn to
use beans more. When we have taco night, I use a 3 bean blend of red
beans , pintos and black beans. I mash them lightly and add the taco
seasoning and heat. We all love this blend for our taco filling instead
of beef or other meats. I mash pinto beans and blend with some cheese
and heat for refried beans. I make Mexican Rice using 1 Tbls. oil, 1
Tbls. butter, 1/4 cup finely chopped onions or onion powder if you don't
have fresh onions and 3 to 4 minced garlic cloves. Saute until soft
and then add 1 1/2 cups rice and 1 chopped tomato, 3 cups vegetable or
chicken broth, 1 tsp. salt. Simmer for 20 minutes.
Hope
this helps some of you! Remember those who are allergic to gluten are
almost always allergic to soy also. If you are making a GF meal for a
friend, DO NOT use margarine or vegetable oil as these are soy products
as is shortening.
Blessings!
Cherlynn
brchbell@yahoo.com
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