Yummy Sauted Cabbage

A good friend of mine came over and cooked this for me. It is very very yummy. You can find the original recipe here. You will be surprised how sweet the cabbage is and how spicy the freshly ground pepper is. A common mistake is to put too much oil or butter. It doesn't need it. I believe it is only there originally to keep the cabbage from burning.

1 head of green cabbage cut into thin strips
1 to 2 teaspoons coconut oil
salt and freshly ground pepper

Add the oil to a very large saucepan and heat over medium heat. Then, add the cabbage and cook turning regularly to prevent burning. Cook until wilted and browning . You may need to increase the temperature. Add salt and pepper. Enjoy!

Baked Sweet Potatoes

Sometimes I forget some of the simple things such as times and temperatures for baking. So here is a very simple one. Clean sweet potatoes, poke a fork or knife into the potato in several spots and place in a preheated convection oven at 375 degrees. Bake for 50 to 70 min. depending on the size. Remove when you can easly insert a knife into the center of the sweet potato. Enjoy!

Cake Doughnuts

A good friend of mine inspires me to bake. Before I met her I had no clue how to bake gluten, soy and casein free. I was just surviving and learning the basics. Well, she is an amazing cook and baker and this is one of her recipes but just in a different form. I loved donuts and it is one of the things that I really miss not having. I am also not willing to play a dollar a donut to buy 6 pre-made frozen ones, although they are yummy! I as well, prefer to be able to pronounce all of the ingredients that go into my food. So, at her blog myaspergersgirl.blogspot.com, this is the basic recipe GFCF Sandbox cake. I used her All Purpose Sorghum Flour Blend. The margarine I use is earth's balance natural buttery spread.

I took her recipe and instead of putting it in a cake pan I put it in a muffin top pan. Bake at 375 degrees. Start checking it to be done at 20 min. by inserting a toothpick until it comes out clean. Once done, allow to cool and remove from pan. Use a small cookie cutter to make the center hole. Enjoy!

Hot Cranberry and Orange Compote

I had two bottles of unsweetened cranberry juice hanging out in my kitchen and some oranges that needed eating. It was a cold day and I was curious what could be made out of unsweetened cranberry juice. Well, just as I suspected, all you have to do is add sugar. DH thought this reminded him of a Cosmopolitan

2 bottles cranberry juice
4 oranges, peeled
1 cup sugar

In a large saucepan or stockpot pour the juice in and add the sugar. Squeeze or smash the oranges and place the juice and orange into the pan. Heat on medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. Serve immediately. Store the remainder in the refrigerator. Add a cinnamon stick for more flavor or decoration. Enjoy!

BBQ Chicken

DH loves drumsticks so when I picked up a few at the store I envisioned making BBQ chicken. The only problem was my grill was out of propane, so I needed to find a way to do it in the oven. I have a convection oven but since I have not used one in the past I am still figuring out how to do it. It produces a nice crispy outside on the chicken. This was one of my first tries and it turned out wonderfully. I used this recipe for inspiration. Austin's Own BBQ sauce is the only one I have found to be gluten, soy and casein free.

6 drumsticks
1 bottle of Austin's Own BBQ Sauce

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Brush the drumsticks with BBQ Sauce and place on a cookie sheet or pan with shallow sides. This allows the air to circulate. Cook for 30 min and brush with more BBQ Sauce. Cook for another 15 min. Check to make sure the temperature has reached 165 to 170 degrees. Enjoy!