Be a Kid Again!

The hub and I were kid free on Saturday...one of the blessings of teenaged children, they have plans.
A day with no kids you say? Well of course you had some elegant, the-kids-would-never-eat-it dinner? Nope, we had Chicken Nuggets!
We both agreed they taste much better when the kids don't know you're eating them (grin)

I must preface all of this by letting you know that "nuggets and tots" nights were an institution in our house until just recently. Typically a Thursday night because 1) mom was in school and they were easy to make and 2) mom was in school and didn't have to worry about being glutened.

What a gip! Mom likes nuggets too so it should come as no surprise that when our grocer mentioned she just stocked a new GF item that just happened to be Chicken Nuggets...yup, it's what's for dinner!

I love Applegate Farms products! Not only do they have a great variety of allergen friendly products, they are committed to whole foods...so you don't have to feel badly about imbibing in a nugget...it's REAL :)

We paired these with Ore-Ida Mini Tots and had a great kid-friendly, gluten-free meal...sans kids.

These nuggets may seem a bit pricey, $4.79 for a box of 20, but remember...they are allergen friendly, made with antibiotic and hormone free chicken!

Old Spanish Sugar Mill

This Sunday, in honor of Father's day AND my birthday...the fam is headed out to a local adventure. The hubs said he'd like to go canoeing or snorkeling for the day.

I've heard great things about DeLeon Springs State Park...especially the "make your own pancakes" at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill.
Not only do they have famous pancakes, the park is absolutely gorgeous from the trails to the springs and the canoe runs so it promises to be a great day.

I called them last week to see what gluten free offerings they have...not fair for my fam to miss out on great pancakes just because I can't eat them...and to my surprise...THEY OFFER GLUTEN FREE PANCAKE BATTER!

We're going tomorrow...
I'll update you after the weekend!
Woo!

What you have...it's What's for Dinner

We had a pretty good menu planned out for the week...the hub and I shopped on Sunday after taking stock of what we had to work with. Wednesday is a busy night in our house; after running kids to and from lacrosse practice, we're not home sometimes until 8:00 so we needed something quick. The plan?

Fried Catfish with a little added kick to the GF breading recipe that we taste tested in our Country Fried Steak. We thought we had some catfish filets...but the catfish thought otherwise.

So...

What you have becomes what you have for dinner!

We had already planned on Chicken Nuggets and Tots for the kids. Did you know...Ore-Ida tots are gluten free along with many of their other products!

We had a crab platter with steak on Sunday and had some crab left over so...we made fried crab nuggets.

Now we always have different GF flours on hand, buy one type once a month and after a while you will too.

Better than fish & chips!

1 Cup Brown Rice Flour

1 Cup Corn Starch

1 Tbsp Baking Soda

2 eggs and 1 egg white

1/2 cup milk

Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl

Whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper in medium bowl.

Coat crab (fish, chicken, veggies...you get the idea) in the milk/egg mixture then toss in flour mixture to coat.

Fry in hot oil over medium high heat until golden brown.

*Crab is definitely better fried a bit on the crispy side

We added curry powder and cayenne pepper for a little kick, salted the crab after it came out of the oil and squeezed fresh lemon over the top

DELISH!

It Really IS a Gluten Free Jungle out there

Navigating the Gluten Free food aisles is tough enough already...check out this article from the Washington Post about labeling regulations in the U.S.  April 28th article in the Washington Post