The Un-Gluten Guy (My Gluten Free Recipes & GF Adventures)

One of things that is probably a staple for a child growing up in America is battered and fried chicken.  Whatever it is called or whatever shape it may come in, kids like it.  There are a few GF brands that you can buy and keep in your freezer but we wanted something a little more fresh and natural. The nice thing about this is that it makes for a great hot meal the day it is prepared.  But, placed in the freezer it makes a great lunch or dinner when the kids are hungry or when time is limited - defrost - bake in toaster oven - place in front of hungry child - gone! This is my wifes domain.  My wife usually gets this done when I'm at work and the kids are at school.  This time I was able to help a little because we were away on vacation. This is not only for kids.  We use it for a quick pasta and chicken parmesan night.  I have made sandwiches with it - chicken parm, buffalo chicken & lettuce, tomato, onion with bbq sauce (we like Bone Sucki...

I ran out of mustard and had to pick up a new bottle.  I was looking through the shelves and saw  Organicville  dijon and stone ground mustard.  Both were labeled Gluten Free.  I hate products that go so far as to boldly list that they are gluten free to only find that no gluten ingredients are used and they are produced on a line with wheat and may potentially have cross contamination.  But these mustards are not those. Their mustards are gluten free and  Certified GF .  I used the dijon mustard first. I was making coleslaw and I use dijon as opposed to mustard powder.  It was delicious - just the right spice and acid from the vinegar.  I'll plan to use this in my ceasar salad dressing and when I make my tuna fish with cilantro, lime juice and red onion. But I also picked up their stone ground mustard. I just wanted to try it so I dipped some GF pretzels.  Super good.  Even better than Gulden's which I tend to c...

If you read my blog you saw my post about  Travel Anxiety .  We took a trip to Lake Arrowhead last summer (which is when I started this post but forgot about it).  Lake Arrowhead is a private man-made lake in the San Bernadino Mountains of California that we can drive to from San Diego.  The lake has a lot of really neat history.  We found a house right on the lake that we rented for the week.  We packed everything and brought it with us since we could not find any restaurants with GF offerings.  We did good and not so good but I wanted to share what I learned for next time. We brought our toaster oven.  It was easy to make toast, pizza, garlic bread.  We didn't have to worry what went in their oven or toaster oven. 1.  Bring Toaster Oven. We planned what we were going to eat and did our shopping at home; but, I was unsure about their wooden cutting boards, wood utensils and scratched plastic tools.  I had some vegetables ...

I like chinese food.  Kung Pao Chicken was an easy take out item - nuts, chicken and spice.  When I had the craving recently we turned to Laura Russells' The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen .  You can find her website at  laurabrussell.com . Pepper, chicken, we added zucchini.  Her directions are easy to follow.  The garlic, ginger, scallions and red pepper flakes add a nice heat and spice to the dish.  Use your favorite GF soy sauce and it makes a nice sticky sauce. My wife is not a huge fan of chicken so we made her dish with shrimp.  Pick up the book.  Its a great cookbook to have and covers all sorts of asian cuisine.  You can see my blog post reviewing the book  here. Topped with rice it made a great dinner.  I used the leftovers for lunch the following day. Thanks again Laura, The Un-Gluten Guy

We used to have pizza night.  Every sunday morning I would make dough, let it rise, make sauce, shred cheese and toss pies.  The kids would help make their own pizza and onto the stone on the grill for delicious thin crust pizza.  I had the dough perfected.  Then I had to go gluten free.  We have tried and tried to remake the perfect GF pizza dough.  I have had some that were terrible, some that fell apart and a few that are okay or good.  Some day I'll have a GF dough that tastes like regular pizza and has the right texture. But we haven't stopped eating pizza.  We keep Udi's Pizza Crust in the freezer and I'll occasionally make up a new flour blend to make a dough but the toppings are easy and never ending. Here is a simple tomato sauce that we make and keep in the refrigerator to whip up an easy pizza right in the toaster oven. 1.  One 28oz Can San Marzano crushed tomatoes 2.  1 tsp garlic powder 3.  1 tsp kosher salt ...

I attended the Celiac Awareness Tour in Del Mar, California and stopped by the booth for Keil's Food Store.   They have two stores in San Diego and they offer a ton of GF products. They had a sample of their GF items but one that I had not seen before was Goldbaums GF Ice Cream cones.  The have sugar cones, cocco cones and jumbo cones.  The also make meals and pasta and all are gluten free. These are the best cones I have had, hands down.  Many GF cones are just terrible - but not Goldbaums.  Not one cone was broken, as many fragile GF products tend to break during shipping. It was so good that I took a bite and went back to the box to make sure it was GF.  My wife and kids liked them too so they have become a staple in my house. Unfortunately, others must have found out that these are good because the last time we went to Keil's they were sold out.  So if you are going to the store - leave me one box, please. Scoop some ice cream in ...