Gluten Free Chocolate Cake in a Mug

Prior to cooking. I put some Marshmellows in it. After cookingAll of us sharing and chowing down!!

1 Large Coffee Mug

2 Tbls Rice Flour

2 Tbls Tapioca Flour

4 Tbls Sugar

2 Tbls Cocoa

1 egg

3 Tbls milk

3 Tbls oil

3 Tbls chocolate chips (optional)

Splash of vanilla

Add dry ingredients in a mug. Add egg and mix. Add milk, oil and vanilla. Mix in chocolate chips. Cook for 3-3 1/2 minutes. Put plate under it as it may rise up over top of mug. Serves 2 people. You can frost this but really delicious without as well!

Gluten Free White Cake

I am gearing up for Jenna's Birthday party in May and have been searching for a bithday cake that I can make that EVERYONE can eat and no one will care if it is gluten free. THIS MAY BE IT! Jenna wants a Nemo cake and after taste testing this recipe I found from baking beauties it is my #1 choice! ENJOY!!!!

2 eggs
1/3 cup skim milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp almond flavoring
6Tbls Canola oil (I only had 1 Tbls in house so used 5 Tbls more of applesauce)
1/2 cup white rice flour
1/3 cup plus 1 Tbls tapioca flour
1/3 cup potato starch
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbls rainbow sprinkles (make sure gluten free)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 10 muffin tins or 8x8 pan with non stick spray. Mix first 5 ingredients in a bowl and set aside. Mix together remaining ingredients. Stir in flours to the wet ingredients and mix only until combined. Scoop into muffin tins or pour into bowl. Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes for muffins or 30-35 minutes for cake or until toothpick comes out clean in the center of the muffins or cake. Let cool. Frost and ENJOY! PLEASE NOTE. Be careful of commercial frostings. Not all have gluten in them but a lot do. I used my cream cheese frosting and it was amazing!

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are a very good cookie IF you like a soft cookie like I do. I brought these to my mom who is new to being gluten free and she liked them as did my kids and nephew and husband. I adapted this recipe from the Land o Lakes website.

1 cup white rice flour
3/4 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup of potato starch
1 tsp gluten free baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 pkg (2 cups) chocolate chips (m&m's would be good too)

Heat oven to 375. Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Beat butter and sugars in mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture on low until all is combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by cookie scoop or spoonful onto greased pan. Bake for 9-12 minutes or until browned. Do not overcook. Let stand for a couple of minutes and then remove from sheets.

Gluten Free Potato "Chips"

Ok, this is a no brainer, no frills recipe. I love potatos and am trying to find ways for the kids to like them too. We have tried homemade french frys, mashed potatos, grilled potatos, baked potatos, boiled potatos... sounds like the movie Forest Gump talking about shrimp. I decided to try potato chips. I sliced the potatos thin, tossed them in olive oil and put season salt on them. We vbked them in the oven at 450 until they turned brown on the one side then flipped them until they were brown on that side. Verdict... they were GREAT! Times vary so just watch until they are brown.

Gluten Free Apple Muffins

Awe.. the smell of sweet success. Actually it reminds me of the saying "Don't reinvent the wheel". Jackson and I love muffins and especially apple muffins. I think often of the days when I had the HUGE muffins from Perkins.. YUUM! Well, I tried a recipe yesterday and it was a DISASTER. Didn't taste horrible but just didn't taste. So, back to the drawing board... or is it! We love the apple cake soo much that I decided to make them into muffins! It worked, well, kind of. I put too much batter in each so it didn't rise as much in the middle and I had to cook it a bit longer than I should but next time I will be making these again with a bit less batter in the tins. I made a cream cheese/powder sugar frosting and it is DELICIOUS!!!!

See apple cake recipe posted earlier (I did lessen the sugar to 1/2 cup white sugar and added 2 Tbls honey)

I also made a frosting for it.

1 block of fat free cream cheese

4 tsp butter

3/4 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp salt

2 1/2 cups powder sugar (or until the consistancy that you like)

It made a ton of frosting but it stores great in the fridge or freezer.

Gluten Free Fried Rice

I LOVE fried rice. Here's the thing. I don't eat it at restaurants because I don't know what they put in it. Well, a girlfriend of mine gave me her recipe and I just adapted it to our liking. I am winging it as I type because I just added a bit of this and that. It was DELICIOUS! This meal was AMAZING! I marinated steak in teriyaki sauce/liquid smoke all day. (Tip, stab the heck out of the meat to tenderize it). The shrimp was just boiled. It was an AMAZING MEAL!!

2 cups of rice (I used brown rice. NEEDS TO BE COLD so cook the day prior)

4 Tbls soy sauce

1/4 tsp sesame oil

3/4 cup green onion

1/2 cup onion

3 Tbls canola oil

1 cup of pork (cut into small pieces)

3 eggs - slightly beaten

salt

pepper

Heat the oil in a fry pan until hot. Add onions,peas and any other veggis and cook for 3 minutes. Push to the side add rice and let cook. don't mess with it too much or it will get mushy. Make a well in the middle of the rice and add the eggs. Let the eggs cook until it is set. Mix the rice and eggs together, add the soy sauce and sesame oil. Toss until mixed. This was just as good the second day heated up as the first!

Any other veggies or additions you want

Gluten Free Jello Popcorn Balls

I thought these would be fun for Easter. We are going to make various color easter eggs for Jacksons classmates. This is such a simple recipe. Very sticky, but easy!

10 cups of popcorn (I buy huge bags of kernels and pop them in the microwave in a paper bag)
1 cup of light corn syrup
3/4 cup of white sugar
1 box of jello (any flavor you want)

Pop the popcorn and set aside. I try to get all the unpopped kernels out so that the kids don't bit into the popcorn balls and hurt their teeth. Melt together in a pan the corn syrup, white sugar and jello. Keep stiring until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over the popcorn. Mix it up quickly to cover all the popcorn. Wet your hands with cool water and start to form the popcorn into balls. You want your hands damp but not "wet". Get a little damp inbetween making each ball. I put the balls on wax paper until they firmed up a bit. I thought these were very sweet but Jackson loved them!