Spaghetti with Garlic Oil

This is another recipe I got from an Allergy Free cookbook.  I thought it looked good, and it tasted pretty good, and smelled divine.  However, pairing it with a wheat free pasta, it made the pasta stick to my teeth, not so good.

Spaghetti with Garlic Oil

1/4 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves - minced
dash salt & pepper
16 oz spaghetti noodles (ronzoni - wheat free)

In a large pan of salted boiling water, cook the spaghetti according to package directions.  Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine olive oil and garlic, and season with salt and pepper.  Simmer over low heat, careful not to burn the garlic.  Pour garlic oil over drained pasta, serve.

Granola "Bars" - allergy free

This is a recipe I got from an allergy free cookbook for granola bars.  They are not bars, they do not hold together at all.  It is really just granola, but with chocolate chips and sugar.  :)  It still tastes ok, but if I make it again trying for bars, I will probably add some wowbutter or something to help hold it together.

Granola "Bars"

1/2 cup shortening
2 T honey
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups oatmeal
1 cup rice crispies
1 cup mini chocolate chips (enjoy life - milk free)

In a large bowl, melt together shortening and honey.  Stir in sugars.  Stir in oatmeal, rice crispies, and chocolate chips.  Spoon into a 9x13" baking dish and bake at 325° for 30 minutes.  Cool and cut into bars.

Fakeroos

These are an allergy-free take on Scotcheroos.  I haven't gone to a health food store to find milk free butterscotch chips yet, but I wanted to make an allergy free version of them, so I improvised.  And the result may be better than the original.  I put the chocolate chips into the mix without realizing that they would melt, but they did, and what a happy accident!

Fakeroos

1 cup sugar
1 cup karo syrup

1 cup peanut butter (wowbutter - peanut free)

6 cups rice crispies
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (enjoy life - milk free)

In a large bowl, stir together sugar, karo syrup, and wowbutter.  Microwave for 1.5 minutes, stir well, then add rice crispies and chocolate chips.  Stir together and spoon into a 9x13" baking dish.

Dirty Rice

This is sort of cheating - I am just using a box mix, but it is a good quick and easy allergy free dinner option.  I like to add corn to it also to make it more healthy.  I just add the corn after it is done cooking.

Dirty Rice

1 box Zatarain's dirty rice mix
1 LB hamburger

Brown hamburger, drain.  Follow box instructions (add water and vegetable oil, bring to a boil, then simmer 25 minutes). 

Apple Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal

This seems like a weird recipe to post, but since I eat it almost every day, I thought it was worth it.  If it is good enough to eat almost every day for a month, it is good enough to put on the blog.

Apple Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal

1/2 cup quick cooking oats
dash salt
3/4 cup water
dash cinnamon
1 T brown sugar
1/3 cup raisins
1-2 T apple cider

Mix oats and salt with your fingers so you don't get any salty patches.  Add water and microwave for 1 minute.  Stir in cinnamon, brown sugar, raisins, and apple cider. 

Roasted Cauliflower

I found this recipe in one of the many allergy-friendly cookbooks I have been checking out of the library.  It looked great and tasted better!

Roasted Cauliflower

1 head cauliflower - cut into florets
2 T olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 cloves garlic - minced
1/4 tsp thyme

In a small prep bowl, mix olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and thyme.  Place cauliflower on a large baking sheet with edges.  Drizzle with oil mixture.  Use clean hands to mix until well coated.  Bake at 450° for 20 minutes, turning cauliflower halfway through.

Doubled Recipe

2 head cauliflower - cut into florets
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
4 cloves garlic - minced
1/2 tsp thyme

Puppy Chow

I have always loved puppy chow, and if you use Soy peanut butter alternative, it is allergen free!

Puppy Chow

9 cups rice chex
1 cup chocolate chips (enjoy life - milk free)
1/2 cup peanut butter (wowbutter - peanut free)

1/2 stick butter (earth balance buttery stick - milk free)

1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

In a large bowl melt butter, peanut butter, and chocolate chips.  Stir in vanilla, then chex cereal.  Pour powdered sugar into a clean grocery bag, add cereal.  Mix until well coated.  Place in air tight container.

Beef Roast

I have been making this for a long time, just never bothered to write up a recipe because there isn't much to it.  We recently bought half a cow and the meat from it is so good, this roast tasted like what my gramma used to make - and that is saying something, because I have been building up the taste in my memory for a long time.

Beef Roast

3 lb beef roast
1 envelope onion soup mix
dash oregano
2 cup water

Mix together water, onion soup mix, and oregano in your crockpot.  Add roast and cover.  Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.  If you are home, spoon some of the liquid over the roast throughout the day.

**If you wish to cook potatoes with it, add more water and cut up some potatoes and put them in the bottom of the pot, then the roast.

Banana Pancakes

How wonderful to eat something soft and bread-like.  I have been missing that lately.  These pancakes were really good!  This amount makes the pile seen here, about 9 small and thick pancakes.

Banana Pancakes

1 cup pancake mix (betty crocker gluten free - wheat free)
1 1/4 cup milk (almond milk - milk free)
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 large banana or 1/2 small banana

Mash the banana in a mixing bowl with the tines of a fork.  Add pancake mix, almond milk, and vanilla, whisk together until smooth.  Lightly grease a hot griddle.  Spoon batter onto griddle and cook.  Flip when bottom is firm.  Serve with vegan buttery spread and syrup.

Meatloaf with Bacon Bits

I updated my meatloaf recipe to be allergen free, and Jer liked it even better than my regular recipe.  Probably because I added bacon bits.

Meatloaf with Bacon Bits

1 lb hamburger
1 tsp onion flakes
1 cup oatmeal
2 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 T mustard
1/4 cup ketchup
1 cup chicken broth
2.5 oz bacon bits
3/4 cup ketchup
1/3 cup brown sugar

Mix together hamburger, onion flakes, oatmeal, salt, pepper, mustard, 1/4 cup ketchup, chicken broth, and bacon bits. Pour into a 9x5" pan. In a separate bowl, mix together 3/4 cup ketchup and brown sugar.  Pour on top of the loaf and bake at 350° for 1 hour.

Crash Hot Potatoes

I originally saw these on a food blog my friend did, but she got them from The Pioneer Woman.  When I made them before I had smaller red skinned potatoes and they ended up looking more like individual potato pieces, but this time it was more of just a layer of potatoes.  It didn't really affect the taste much, they just aren't as pretty.

Crash Hot Potatoes

2.5 lb red potatoes
3 T olive oil
dash salt & pepper
dash oregano

Wash the potatoes and put them in a large pot, cover with salted water by about an inch.  Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender.  Spread some olive oil on a baking sheet with edges, then place potatoes on the sheet.  Smash with a potato masher enough to flatten and break the skin.  Top with more olive oil.  Sprinkle generously with salt, pepper, and oregano.  Bake at 450° for 25 minutes.

Cinnamon Roll Chex Mix

I am trying lots of different chex mixes out.  I saw this one on pinterest and thought it looked pretty good.  I couldn't do the white chocolate, so I changed it a bit and went with powdered sugar.  Yum.

Cinnamon Roll Chex Mix

12 oz box rice chex
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 stick butter (earth balance buttery stick - milk free)
1/4 cup karo syrup
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Place chex in a large mixing bowl.  Microwave butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and karo syrup in a 2 cup measuring cup, stirring occasionally.  Stir in vanilla and baking soda.  Pour over cereal and mix.  Microwave for 1 minute and stir, repeat until well coated.  Pour 1/4 cup of powdered sugar into a clean plastic grocery bag without any holes, add cereal mixture, then another generous 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.  Mix well, then place in an air tight container, putting the lid on after it cools.

Half Batch:

5 cup rice chex
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 stick butter (earth balance buttery stick - milk free)
1/8 cup karo syrup
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Caramel Chex Mix

Chex Mixes are becoming one of my food groups with the dietary restrictions.  I got this recipe off from the chex website and eliminated the m&ms.  Feel free to add them back in.

Caramel Chex Mix

4 1/2 cup rice chex
4 1/2 cup corn chex
1 stick butter (earth balance buttery stick - milk free)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup karo syrup
1/4 tsp baking soda

Place cereal in a large mixing bowl.  Put butter, brown sugar, and karo syrup in a 2 cup measuring cup or small bowl and melt in the microwave, stirring occasionally.  Stir in1/4 tsp baking soda, then pour caramel mixture over cereal and stir.  Microwave for 1 minute then stir, then repeat a couple times until all the cereal is well coated.  Pour onto a wax paper covered cookie sheet.  If you want them separated, let cool for 3-5 minutes, then separate with clean hands.  Other wise let cool, then break into chunks.