Wenmin

Beignets with salt and cane syrup

Has anyone eaten at PF Chang's?  How was the Gluten Free Service?  Were there any effects from eating there?  Which dishes would you reccommend?

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hash brown omelet with cane syrup, slice of Udi's toast, and glass of almond milk.  Might try adding a  banana later.

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These are a few that I have handy:

Banana Split Cheesecake

Ingredients:
2 packages no-bake cheese cake mix  (Throw away the crust and create your own with Gluten Free Graham Crackers/cookies or just omit the crust altogether)
¾ cup butter
¼ cup sugar
3 cups cold milk
10-12 medium strawberries
1 can crushed pineapple (8 ounces)
3 medium firm bananas
½ cup chocolate ice cream topping
1 carton Cool Whip (8 ounces)
12-15 Maraschino cherries
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
Mix contents of crust mix from cheesecake
with butter and sugar in a large bowl.  Press
into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.  Combine milk
and contents of filling packets.  Beat on low
speed until blended.  Beat on high until slightly
thickened.  Spread over crust.  Refrigerate for
1 hour.  Slice strawberries and place a layer on
top of cheesecake.  Drain pineapple and
spread over strawberries.  Top with a layer
of sliced bananas.  Spread Cool Whip over
fruit toppings.  Refrigerate for 2 hours or
until set.  Before serving warm ice cream
topping in microwave and drizzle over cake.  
Top with cherries and pecans.  



Custard

Ingredients:
2 cups milk
6 oz. evaporated milk
1 block margarine/butter
1 cup sugar
3 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
In large microwaveable bowl, heat milk,
evaporated milk, and butter for 7 minutes in
microwave on high heat.  Mix sugar, cornstarch,
and nutmeg in medium bowl.  When milk is heated,
make a paste with dry ingredients by
adding warm milk to dry ingredients.  
Pour paste into milk and stir.  Return to
microwave and heat on high heat for
7 minutes. Remove and whip until
smooth.  When custard
is thick like pudding remove from
microwave, cool and add vanilla.  
Stir until dissolved into custard.
This can be put into small bowls for individual servings or used as a cake topping



Double Delicious Cookie Bars

Ingredients:
½ cup margarine
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs (I used gluten free grahams and some gluten-free animal crackers)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degreees.  In a 13x9 inch
baking pan, melt margarine in oven.  
Sprinkle crumbs evenly over margarine; pour
condensed milk evenly over crumbs.  Top with
chips; press down firmly.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes
or until lightly browned.  Cool.  Cut
into bars.  Store loosely covered
at room temperature.


No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:  
½ cup milk
½ cup butter
¼ cup baking cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ peanut butter
3 cups gluten free oats

Directions:

Combine milk, butter, cocoa, sugar, and vanilla in saucepan.  Bring to a boil over medium heat.  Cook for 1 minute; do not stir.  Remove from heat.  Stir in peanut butter and oats.  Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper.  Let stand until cool. Yield:  4 dozen



Peanut Butter Fudge

1 can evaporated milk
4 cups sugar
1 cup peanut butter

In a large pot, combine sugar, and evaporated milk.  
Place on medium heat and bring to a boil.  
Using candy thermometer, bring mixture to 235 degrees.  
Remove from heat and add peanut butter.  
Pour onto greased baking sheet and allow to cool.  
Cut into squares and store in air tight container



Enjoy!

Wenmin

Boiled crabs caught fresh today! (and all the fixin's:  mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, corn, sausage, hot dogs, green beans, okra, onions, and dip)

Chicken Sauce Piquante served over rice.

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Potato stew

I miss oreo double stuffs and butter finger candy bars

Butter finger candy bars are gluten free....Can't say that about the oreos though!

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Had some gumbo from the freezer since I've ben busy with so many things lately...

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When I found out that I had Celiac Disease in July 2008, I was SO relieved because of the horrible pains and problems gluten was causing me.  I don't miss much that I can no longer have.  I have found substitutes for most items.  Yes, it is a problem to plan ahead, but my well being and mental attitude towards life is worth it. I know this is hard to comprehend at the momentm but hang in there it does get easier....

Anyoone know a good substitute for beignets, let me know.....

Wenmin

I teach middle school mathematics and am a part owner of a company that produces crab/shrimp boil.  Love to cook, garden, read and travel.  Used to volunteer with my local Relay for Life (we raised money for cancer research) team.  Did some volunteer work with Katrina victims at my local university's church that catered to people and their pets.  Proud momma of 2 rescue cats.  Love animals.

Left over Gumbo from the freezer.  A good night for Gumbo....having another cold snap in South Louisiana...I know, I know but I'm always cold and not used to this COLD weather..... Want my 90+ degree summer back!!!

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Homemade hamburgers, fries, and gluten free oreo balls for dessert.


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These are some of my favorite with a little tweak can become gluten free instantly.

No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:
½ cup milk
½ cup butter
¼ cup baking cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup peanut butter
3 cups gluten free oats

Combine milk, butter, cocoa, sugar and vanilla in saucepan.  Bring to a boil over medium heat.  Cook for 1 minute, do not stir.  Remove from heat.  Stir in peanut butter and oats.  Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper.  Let stand until cool.  Yield: 4 dozen.


Peanut Butter Fudge

1 can pet milk
4 cups sugar
1 cup peanut butter

In a large pot, combine sugar, and pet milk.  
Place on medium heat and bring to a boil.  
Using candy thermometer, bring mixture to 235 degrees.  
Remove from heat and add peanut butter.  
Pour onto greased baking sheet and allow to cool.  
Cut into squares and store in air tight container.  


Oreo Delight

Ingredients:
1 stick butter (softened)
8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
12 ounces cool whip (softened)
1 cup powdered sugar
3 ½ cups milk
2 small French vanilla puddings
¾ pack Chocolate gluten free cookies (crushed)

Directions:

Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar with
electric mixer.  Add cool whip and mix well.
Add 1 box of pudding and 2 cups of milk and
mix.  Add second box of pudding and 1 ½ cups
of milk and mix well.  Allow to set until pudding
thickens.  In casserole dish, layer pudding
and crushed cookies.


Banana Cake

Ingredients:
Cake:
2 ½ cups sugar
3 sticks butter
3 eggs
2 ¾ cups Namaste Perfect flour Blend
6 tablespoons milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
6 medium bananas
Frosting:
12 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese
1 box powdered sugar
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Melt butter and cream with sugar.  Add eggs
and mix well.  Add flour, milk, soda and
vanilla; mix well.  Mash bananas and
mix into batter.  Pour into 9x13 inch pan and
bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until
toothpick comes out clean.  For frosting
mix softened cream cheese, powdered sugar
and vanilla until it is smooth and spreadable.  
Spread frosting onto cake while cake is still hot.


ENJOY!

Wenmin

Hidden Valley Ranch has gluten in it.  I don't remember where I read it, but in a cookbook that gives you recipes to recreate recipes from many different restaurants and well known products, I read that you have to crush saltine crackers to recreate Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing.