Gf Sandwich Bread

GF, Dairy, and yeast free Sandwich Bread

2 1/4 cup my Flour Blend (found on my Gluten free resources page.)
3 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1/4 teaspoon potato flour - NOT- potato starch!
2 eggs
1 cup milk (cow, rice, soy, or coconut)
1/4 cup butter (melted) or canola oil

1. preheat over to 375F. Grease one 9x5-inch nonstick loaf pan.

2. Combine dry ingredients in large mixer bowl. With electric mixer on low, add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth. (Batter will be thick!)

3. Spoon into prepared pan and smooth top with wet spatula, if necessary. Bake for 50-55 minutes, until top is deeply browned and tooth pick comes out clean.

Since this made around 20 slices of bread, after it cooled I froze almost all of it. I tried it for the 1st time today from the freezer and oh my goodness it was just as good!!

Split Pea Soup

Ingredients: 
4 - 6 slices of bacon
1 large onion
2 stalks celery
2 carrots
4 clovers garlic
1 (16oz) bag of dried split peas (remember to wash the peas.)
8 cups chicken broth. (I did not have this so i used 8 chicken bullion cubs.)
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp dried rosemary
salt  and pepper to taste.

1. Wash peas and set aside.

2. Place bacon in a large pot, and cook over medium heat until crisp. 

3. Stir in onion, leek, carrot, and garlic; cook until the vegetables are soft, about 8 minutes

4. Pour in chicken broth. 

5. Stir in slit peas, bay leaves, and rosemary 

6.Bring to a boil and then turn reduce heat to low.  Cover and simmer until peas are soft, about an hour, stirring occasionally.


* I had to add about 4-6 cups of water, cause the chicken broth disappeared! I think my problem was I left it cooking on high too long. I was kinda of worried it would be change the taste, but it turned out fine. So, if you have to add water don't panic! ;)

Livging without

*Just so you know gluten stands for wheat, rye, barley, spelt and several others grains!*
Most of my readers know I've kinda been on strange diets since I was 8 due to allergies. I've been tested for allergies several times and I've been to many doctors.  I went on a gluten-free and dairy free diet after a doctor recommended it. When I was either 14 or 15 I finally got fed up with having to eat certain foods always having to bring my special food with me. It was frustrating! So I started eating everything that I was allergic too. For awhile I felt fine. Then all of the sudden I would feel kinda sick, and then this year my allergies got horrible! I could not eat anything without feeling soooo sick, but I still felt like I'd eating nothing. I was tired and had no energy when I 1st woke in the morning. It was hard to get anything done. Now, I know most of you are saying, that's so silly, just go back on your diet! A gluten-free diet is hard. But a gluten-free, dairy free diet is even harder. Anyway, in October I got tested for 150 foods. I came back allergic to gluten, dairy, cashews, and several kinds of seafood. By the time I got my test results back it was the beginning on November and I decided I would go back on my diet, in the new year so that I could get through Christmas and Thanksgiving. So, on January 1st, I started back on my diet. It's been hard. Shampoo, make-up, gum, toothpaste, and lotion, make up a huge list of items that contain gluten.(I know! You would never have thought these items have gluten!) It's been hard sometimes finding something to eat. (Because of the way my stomach is, I have to eat whenever I feel hunger, otherwise I get really sick.) So that's been hard finding something to snack on. It's also been hard cause everything cost twice the amount regular food!  As I'm continuing to feel better, I'm also starting to think about the future. Since I feel so sick when I'm off my diet, it makes since to stay on it for the rest of my life.:) Which means lord-willing my future family will also be on it. So, I need to be spending time now  finding out how to cook without gluten and dairy. It's hard and sometimes frustration with I think about all the things I can't eat! ;( But I think I would rather feel better then forever feel sick! Anyway, I think I've just rambled about this.;)  Really I just wanted to let people know, because I'm going to start posting about cooking gluten-free and other things about living without. I hope you will continue to read my blog and follow me on the journey ahead!:)