Saturday, May 15, 2010

Are you sick of pizza yet?

Pizza, yet again.  And I don't think I've taken pictures of every time we've had pizza!

We've used both the Gluten Free Crusty Boule recipe and the Gluten Free Olive Oil Bread from "Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day."  The Crusty Boule recipe works so much better for us, and has the added bonus that we can make naan from it (so darn good the husband prefers it to his frozen Trader Joe's naan, if you can believe that!) on another night.  But I still plan on trying the olive oil bread again, once I track down corn starch to use in the recipe.

Tomato sauce (one can tomato sauce, one can tomato paste, dried oregano, dried basil, salt), black olives, green olives, onions, mushrooms, and lots and lots of mozzarella.

Eggs Florentine

This recipe was delicious!  We used a Giada recipe for eggs florentine to make a spinach cream sauce.  We served it on toast (GF for me, regular for the husband) with a poached egg, topped with crumbled crispy speck.  So good!  I also discovered that this cram sauce will make a delicious warm spinach and artichoke dip.  Have to remember that for football season!

Sweet Potato Fries: An Experiment Gone Not-Quite-Right

A while back, we decided to make sweet potato fries, based on this recipe from the NYTimes.  The idea is you start the potatoes in cold oil, warm the pan slowly, and cook at lower temperature until done.  No hot oil splattering on your stove and arms, no hot grease smell permeating the whole house.

So, we tried it: and it went well, for the most part.  Here are the sweet potatoes quietly bubbling away in their pan:


The thing is, though, that they don't look as golden brown in the oil as their really are after you remove them.  So, by the time we thought they were done (it took more than an hour) they were actually nearly burnt.  So, for future reference, this method works, but remove a fry or two occasionally to see how well browned they really are.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Scotcharoos

1/2 batch of scotcharoos made with

4 cups Erehwon rice twice
1/2 bag marshamallos
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup butterscotch chips
1/2 cup chocolate chips




And, we've made pizza a few more times recently.  This one was made with the Olive Oil Bread recipe from Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.  The dough was miserable to work with - extra sticky, tore constantly.  I ended up just pressing it onto a half sheet pan and baking it that way.  Worked just as well, I think.  I wonder if it was because I couldn't find corn starch at the store and used potato starch, which I had on hand, instead?


Tomato sauce, onion, sun dried tomato, dollops of olive spread, chicken, mozzarella, romano.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

A Return to Elementary School: Cheesebread Dunkers

Here's one we've been making pretty often lately: eggs poached in tomato sauce.  We usually serve this over tomato sauce, but this time we served it up with cheesebread made with both fresh and block mozzarella.  Delicious.  And the fancy version of the cheesebread dunkers, a favorite elementary school lunch.  (Lo, those many, many years ago - it was a hot dog bun, opened and topped with cheese, served with a side of marinara.)

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Veggie Burgers, GF baking

Lots of cooking going on around here, but not so much blogging.  Also, we have been apparently incapable of keeping charged batteries in the camera, so few pictures either.

Tonight: homemade veggie burgers on gluten free rolls with avocado and saffron rouille; oven fries with rouille or spicy dijonaise (spicy brown mustard and mayonnaise); gluten free sweet rolls.

Gluten free rolls
Make 1/2 batch of Gluten Free Boule from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day.  (Or use the recipe as provided by Gluten Free Girl, which is a half batch of the HB recipe, just leave out olives and herbs).  At end of initial two hour rise, break dough in half (set half aside for sweet rolls, below).  Separate remaining dough into 3 pieces, and shape into bun/roll shapes with wet hands.  Set in warm area on parchment paper.  Cover and let rise 30-45 minutes.  Bake at 450 for about 18 minutes (just slide parchment onto pre-heated baking stone), with water pan below for steam.

Veggie Burgers
based on the "Ultimate Veggie Burger" recipe from 101 Cookbooks)

2 containers "crunchy sprouts" (garbanzo, red lentil, cowpeas, and something else)
1/2 cup cooked brown rice
1 carrot
small onion
3-4 mushrooms
3 eggs
chives
dried dill
salt & pepper

steam sprouts 10-20 minutes.  drain and cool.
cook brown rice

Pulse sprouts in food processor (in batches in the mini processor in our case) until it is a chunky paste (ours wasn't very paste-y, it seemed pretty dry).  Pulse brown rice a few times the same way.  Saute 1 carrot, 3/4 small onion (only because that's what I had in the fridge leftover), and 3-4 mushrooms all cut to small dice in a little olive oil.  Add to bean/rice mixture.  Add 1/2 box of chives, cut small, and small bit of dill (1tsp dry?).  Mix all together with 3 beaten eggs.  Salt & pepper.

Mix was very wet, but will cook together pretty well.  Saute in frying pan 5-8 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through.

Rouille: From the New York Times

Sweet Rolls:

In a sauce pan, melt 3 Tbsp butter, 1/4 cup maple syrup, and 3/4 cup brown sugar.  Boil hard for one minute, then pour mixture into bottom of 8x8" pan and sprinkle with about 3/4 cup pecans.

Take the other half recipe of the gluten free boule and, after the initial 2 hour rise, roll it out between two sheets of parchment until it is quite thin and approximately 15" x 12".  Brush with melted butter (about 3Tbsp) and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar (I used pumpkin pie spice because that was all I had).  Carefully roll dough into a log and slice with a serrated knife into 12 slices.  Place on top of sugar mixture in pan.  Let rise, covered, in warm area for 45minutes - an hour.  Bake in 450degree oven with water pan below for 15 minutes.  Allow to cool for a few minutes, then turn the pan out onto a sheet of aluminum foil.


Best Gluten Free Naan Ever.

From Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/?p=1440

Simply amazing.  Delicious.  The husband even ate this naan over his frozen Trader Joe's naan.  And at end of dinner he said "Put a star by that recipe."

Rolling out the dough:

Melt butter in pan and place dough:


Cover:


Fresh, soft gluten free naan: