My butter cream frosting recipe was copied from my mom’s butter cream recipe. My mom had copied that recipe from my grandfather’s recipe. I made a slight change to the recipe (which I still need to note on the recipe card), and now, Munchkin will be copying the recipe from my recipe. Munchkin will be the 4th generation to use the same basic recipe. I stood by my mom’s side as she taught me how to make butter cream frosting and then frost a cake. She showed me some basic skills and then sent me off to practice on a…
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Smoked Cheddar Chicken with Caramelized Onions We purchased some delicious raw smoked cheddar from Azure Standard, so I knew that I wanted to make a new dish to make good use of all of the flavor. 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast for each person 1 slice of smoked cheddar cheese for each piece of chicken 1/2 – 1 sweet yellow onion, sliced thin 1 Tbsp olive oil 2-3 Tbsp butter For this dish, I used a cast iron pan, but you can use whatever pan you have on hand. The key is making sure the pan is smoking hot before…
Tropical Traditions Organic Palm Shortening Review and Giveaway
Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Reviews
Going gluten free caused us to really have to change our eating habits. While we were making the transition to being completely gluten free, we started to eat much healthier. Because I had to pay close attention to all of the details on packaging, we started to realize how much junk we were really eating. We started to make even more changes. The one thing that I found difficult to replace was shortening. I wanted a healthier alternative to regular shortening, but I couldn’t find anything. When I learned that I would be trying out the Tropical Traditions Palm Shortening,…
Gluten Free Pan Fried Chicken
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Gluten Free Pan Fried Chicken Ingredients: 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1/4 C sweet rice flour 1/4 C brown rice flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp onion powder Directions: Combine flours, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Place on plate or bowl. One by one coat the chicken breasts with flour mixture. Set aside on plate. In pan, heat 1- 1 2/2 inches of oil until it sizzles when sprinkled with water. Turn heat down to medium-high and careful place chicken in oil. Cook 15 minutes, turning to brown all over. Turn…
Gluten Free Enchiladas
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Gluten Free Enchiladas This enchilada recipe is easy since it all begins in the crockpot. I usually start out with frozen chicken breasts. Ingredients: 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 2 cans of enchilada sauce gluten free wraps (corn tortillas, sandwich petals, brown rice tortillas) shredded cheese sour cream Directions: Place frozen chicken breasts in crockpot and cover with 1 can of enchilada sauce. Cook on high for 4 hours. Shred chicken breasts and put crockpot on low for 1-2 hours. Warm gluten free wraps and place 1/4 – 1/2 C of shredded chicken in wrap. Roll up wrap with seam…