Whole grain Taco Shells are Gluten Free

We were sent a Smart Fiesta Hard Taco dinner kit to try.  I love tacos – we have them on a weekly basis.

They’re healthy, easy, and I always have the ingredients on hand.

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Since my kids (& their mom) don’t like spicy, we forgo the seasoning and use this for a sweeter version:

  • ground beef, scramble fried
  • 1 can maple brown beans
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
Sautee all together and add to your taco with your favorite toppings:
  • chopped tomatoes
  • shredded lettuce
  • shredded cheddar cheese
  • sour cream
  • chili sauce (heinz)

Enjoy!

Curried Chicken & Rice

This was a little different for our gang, but mommy loves curry! This isn’t AT ALL spicy, just the yummy flavor of a little curry thrown in for good measure.

You’ll need:

  • 2 SL BL chicken breasts, cubed
  • 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • Campbell’s Chicken and Rice Condensed Soup – GF in Canada- I’m not sure about the US
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1 scant soup can of white rice.
  • 2 cans of water
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Directions:

1. Saute onions with garlic and olive oil, add chicken and curry. Cook until chicken is done.
2. Add chicken to casserole dish.
3. Add everything else into casserole dish (I don’t know about you but whenever someone tells me to mix something in another bowl and then toss it in, I think they must be taking advantage of the kitchen staff, and, well, since I AM the kitchen staff around here, we manage just fine with the whole mix-it-right-in-the-casserole-method.)
4. Cook at 350F for one hour. Top with cheddar 10 minutes before removing from oven.

Of course I forgot to take a picture.

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Storing Salad Ingredients

Some things I always have on hand for my salads:
In the freezer:
– walnut pieces
– almond slices
– sunflower seeds
– blueberries
– cranberries
– coconut

In the pantry:
– mandarin oranges
– poppy seeds

In the fridge, on occassion:
– “fun” cheeses (freshly shredded parmesan, crumbled feta, tex mex prepared shredded cheese)
– prepared, washed salad
– fresh baby spinach (lasts much longer than regular salad)

If you have some of these ingredients on hand, I think you can make a fabulous salad!

BBQ Chicken Quesadilla

One of my favorite lunches!

Ingredients (for 4 quesadillas):

  • 4 small brown-rice tortilla wraps
  • 2 Sl BL chicken breasts, sliced thin
  • 1/4 each: green, red bell peppers, and onino, sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 4 tbsp Kraft Original BBQ Sauce
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • salsa & sour cream, if desired

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Directions:

  1. Stir fry veggies and chicken over medium-high heat with 1 Tbsp EV Olive Oil 5-7 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink in center
  2. add garlic 1 minute before end of cooking, and turn heat down to low, simmer, being careful not to burn garlic.
  3. Remove from heat, add bbq sauce and stir.
  4. Lay out each wrap on baking sheet. On one half of the wrap, layer 1/4 of the chicken and 1/4 of the cheese.  Fold the empty half over top like a calzone.
  5. Repeat for all wraps.
  6. Bake on 400° for 3-4 minutes until lightly toasted.
  7. Serve with sour cream and salsa.

The best GF Appie #1

This would make a superb treat for the celiac in the crowd.  For those new to cooking for a food allergy – the only 2 ingredients in here that may cause problems are the sour cream and mayo – you either need to use a freshly opened jar/container or be a fanatic about your butter knife and serving spoons(in other words the utensils are CLEAN when they go into the jar so as not to leave bits of bread in the mayo jar…)

(Re-run of something I posted last May.)

Hot Broccoli Dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 head broccoli, chopped (I use 4 cups frozen)
  • 1/2 red pepper, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp Mayonnaise (Real Hellman’s Mayo in Canada is GF) (Not contaminated by other users)
  • 1 cup cheddar, grated
  • 2 cloves garlic (i use 3 :) ), minced
  • 1 Tbsp chopped onion
  • 1 cup sour cream (not contaminated by other users)
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 bag tortilla chips

Instructions:

  1. Mix all together
  2. Bake @350° for 20-25 minutes
  • Serve hot with chips for dipping.
  • Low-fat, Low-point, gluten-free snacks

    Hubs is just down-right ticking me off with all his weight loss.  He’s winning hands-down.  And don’t even try to tell me that it isn’t a competition.  If it is something we are both doing, then obviously its a competition.

    Oh.

    That’s not obvious?  Anyway, here’s my observations from raiding his gluten-free snack cupboard:

    3-4% MF Cheese

    Freybe Turkey Chicken Pepperoni

    Smart Pop Popcorn

    Chocolate Crunch Rice Cakes

    Crispy Minis:  his fav’s are butter popcorn flavor, and caramel

    And of course, the absolute best for you:

    If you have some secret super-fab snack, let me know!  I’m sure he’d appreciate it.  :D