I decided that I wanted a slightly different cake for my birthday. Cheesecake sounded good, but a regular cake also sounded good. I thought it would be tasty to combine the two. I started off with a gluten free Betty Crocker devil’s food cake mix and baked it as normal in a round cake pan. While the cake cooled, I made up a modified cream cheese frosting. Since I wanted it to be more like cheesecake, I did not make it as sweet. “Cheesecake” Frosting 1 stick butter (salted) 1 block cream cheese 1 cup powered sugar 1/2 cup heavy…
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Gluten Free Sante Nuts
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Finding healthy snacking options other than fruits and veggies is not always easy. A handful of nuts is a nice alternative when you’re craving something crunchy, but sometimes it’s nice when you can kick up the flavor a notch or two. Recently, we received a sampler pack of nuts from Sante. I really like that Sante started in a stay-at-home mom’s kitchen and took off from there. Even with the success, Sante has continued to maintain the same process and used the high quality ingredients as when the nuts were made in the home kitchen. And yes, the nuts are…
Anytime Snacking with Crunchmaster Crackers
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As I stated in a previous post, we really enjoy Crunchmaster crackers at our house, so when I was asked if we’d like to try out some of their new cracker line, I quickly said yes. We received a package of the White Cheddar Multi-Grain Crakcers as well as a package of 7 Ancient Grains Hint of Sea Salt Crackers. The timing was perfect because I wanted something quick and easy for game day snacking. I quickly sliced up some cheese and made some chicken salad to serve with the crackers. We decided to start out by trying the 7…
Brown Rice Couscous with Chicken Sausage
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Recently, we came across some brown rice couscous from Lundberg Farms at our local grocery store. It’s been some time since we’ve had couscous, so we decided to go ahead and purchase a box. It sat in our pantry for some time until one night when I needed something quick and easy to eat. I had some chicken sausage in the fridge that needed to be used, so I grabbed the box of couscous to use as a side. We enjoy eating our chicken sausage with green peppers and onions. While I cooked up the couscous, I sauteed the peppers…
Gluten Free Coconut Cake
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I wanted to try a different dessert that wouldn’t feel heavy, but would taste delicious. I wasn’t sure how Munchkin would feel about it since she’s not really big on coconut, but it turns out that she enjoyed it. Gluten Free Coconut Cake Recipe Ingredients: 1 gluten free yellow cake* 1 cup coconut milk 2 Tbsp honey 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted Directions: Poke holes in cooled yellow cake (still in pan). Whisk together the coconut milk and honey. Slowly pour over the cake.…