Not So Sloppy Joe's

1 pound of ground beef, chicken, or turkey

1/2 cup of Ketchup

1/2 cup water

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 small white onion minced

1 green pepper

1 can of diced tomatoes

2 tbl mustard any kind, I like my Joe’s spicy

2 tbl Lea & Perrins Worcestershire

1 tsp of cider vinegar 

1 tsp of sugar

Salt and pepper to taste

1/4 tsp chili seasoning 

Sauté onion, pepper for 5 minutes, add meat and garlic. When the meat is cooked through and tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients, let cook together for 5-10 minutes and enjoy...

Two solutions to the gluten free thing. You can buy gluten free buns or bread, if you’re watching your weight. Use butter lettuce as a wrap for the meat. I tried it on a gluten free bun, it was pretty good, and the meat was the star versus it being about the vessel that brings this delight to your mouth

Fried Chicken...Gluten Free

As promised... a gluten free delight

Take your favorite part of the chicken.. I am a dark meat kinda gal, but Lisa is a white meat.

3 cups of Almond milk

2 eggs

1 tablespoon of salt and pepper

3 tablespoons of garlic and onion powder

1 cup of home made chicken broth/or gluten free store bought 

Add chicken in this mix for 4-5 hours to soak in the fridge

5 cups of almond meal

1 tablespoon of pepper and salt

2 tablespoons of garlic and onion powder

1 teaspoon of turmeric

1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper

Dredge the chicken in this before adding it to the oil.... I have been using coconut...but canola or Extra Virgin Olive Oil will work too.

Cook both sides in the oil of each piece for 6-7 minutes till golden brown. While cooking in the oil, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.. after all pieces have fried, put in the oven for 20 minutes. then enjoy!!

Gluten

I have been wondering and wondering what has been my problem (Not enough blog time for this) but in terms of food...and being healthy I have not been able to nail down exactly what has happened to my body over the last few years. I have always loved all kinds of food, especially bread, noodles and anything with the scrumptious thing called gluten. The delicious additive called gluten.....

glu·ten  /ˈglo͞otn/

Noun A substance present in cereal grains, esp. wheat, that is responsible for the elastic texture of dough. This contributes to the fluffy, lovely texture to all things bread, pasta, cereal, beer, and good god....cookies. So I will be posting more recipes, without gluten, many people don't even know this is an issue until like me, went some time with out it. I went almost 3 weeks with no bread...noodles....or beans...had bread one day and BAM!! I had a rash, was tired and I won't get into what was going on in my stomach. Stay tuned.. Gluten free coming your way....first up... my fav, fried chicken!!