Philippino Pork Dish: Adobo

Ingredients: 500 g, each:  cubed pork & chicken, 4 Tbsp vinegar 1/2 c soy sauce (See the GF shopping list) 3 Tbsp crushed garlic 2 tsp whole peppercorn (pick these out of the children's servings) 2 Tbsp b. sugar 2 bay leaves Fry pork & chicken together until browned.  A little ... Continue reading...

Spagetti with Ground Beef Sauce

Spaghetti w/ PrimaVera: Rice Pasta from Galloways Specialty Foods.  Cooked in a new/never-used-for-gluten sauce pan.  TIP:  I drain the rice pasta half way through cooking for my own sanity -the water will turn opaque white with starch which is just not "normal", so I drain it and rinse it ... Continue reading...

White Sauce

The alternative to condensed, Cream of Mushroom Soup/ White Sauce  3 cups milk 2 Tbsp margy 2 Tbsp, heaping corn starch 4 Tbsp water thyme (pinch) chicken base (No Name Chicken Bouillon liquid is gluten-free) - 1 Tbsp 2 Tbsp onion soup mix (gluten free, of course). Combine corn starch ... Continue reading...

My new Tortilla Press!

Isn't it beautiful? :) This is the recipe: 2 cups masa 1 1/3 cups water 1 tsp salt squashed in a cut-up sandwich bag with my new tortilla press cooked in dry hot skillet 30 seconds, flip, 30 sec, flip, 30 sec. Done. How easy is that? I say "ha!" to the $4 dry corn tortillas at ... Continue reading...

Simple, Frugal Kids’ Cooking Parties

Cathy’s Cooking Parties Dear Fabulous Mommies, Last year, we had a 6th birthday party for my oldest daughter - she's 7 now. With two other little ones in the house, I would have paid anything for someone else to do the work (okay, maybe not anything! ;). One day there will be a Cathy's ... Continue reading...