Recipes Previously Posted on Facebook - Pumpkin Pie, Biscuits, Minute Steaks, Shepherd's Pie, no-carb meatballs, cobbler topping, bread/pizza crust

11-22-2012 Pumpkin Pie

homemade pumpkin pie:

PIE FILLING:Pumpkin (peeled, seeded, chunked, put in pan with salt and water, boiled to softness)3 eggspumpkin pie spice (1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon)1 tablespoon vanillasugar (maybe if needed)2 tablespoons lemon juice1 1/2 cans sweetened condensed milk

In blender, blend on high until smooth.

CRUST:almonds (or almond meal) - pulse in blender until turns into meal (NOT ALMOND BUTTER!!)handful of gluten free flour (or flour)handful of sugar1 stick butter - melted

Mix everything well.  Pat into bottom of springform pan.  Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.

Pour pie filling into a crust-on-the-bottom springform pan.  Bake at 400 for 15 minutes and then at 350 until browned on top and cracked on the edges.

Delicious!!  (although a bit sweeter than most things I make.  Could sub in some heavy cream for 1/2 of the sweetened condensed milk)

11-29-2012 - Biscuits turned out like English Muffins

Made "biscuits" tonight.  Turned out flat, but still REALLY good.  My non-allergic family members ate them.  6 cups safe-for-you flour/starch mix (mine was 50/50 between flours and starches).  2 sticks butter.  4 TABLESPOONS Safe-for-you baking powder (mix into flour before cutting in the butter).  Started with 3 cups milk.  Kept adding until the mixture was slightly sticky (prob ended up with 5 cups milk).  gently formed into balls.  Pressed on ungreased cookie sheet.  Baked at 400 for 15 minutes.  Flipped over, baked at 400 for another 10 minutes.  Came out rather like english muffins in texture and with a delightful and mild flavor.  Definitely a keeper.  Best I have done so far - now... if I could just get them to rise and be light and fluffy as well as tasty and delicious.  

12-2-2012 - Minute Steaks

minute steaks were floured in "flour mix" which is a whole bunch of flours and starches thrown into a big jar and with onion powder, garlic powder, spice mix (which is a bunch of spices thrown together) and salt.  Fried in real butter and some spectrum safflower oil (although be careful with spectrum, I often have issues with their stuff).  Then water tossed in to cover, simmered for 30 minutes.  steaks pulled out.  Flour mix was added to some milk (about 2 times milk as amount of flour), and stirred into the simmering broth until was just a little too thick.  Milk was added until right thickness for gravy.  (had lumps so used a hand blender/immersion blender).  Steaks put back in.  Simmered on low 10 more minutes. = fall apart, country-style goodness.  Oh yeah, I did love tonight's dinner.

1-12-2013 Shepherd's Pie with Green Beans

Shepherd's Pie with Beef and Green Beans Nutrition Info

• Calories: 158.0
• Fat: 9.9g
• Carbohydrates: 8.4g
• Protein: 8.7g

Ingredients1 3/4 pounds extra lean ground beef1 teaspoon garlic powder1 can, drained Del Monte Cut Green Beans1 large onion, diced small2 tablespoons starch (I use tapioca starch)1/2 cup Half and Half (I use Homestead Creamery)2 cups waterTopping - 4 cups mashed potatoes = 4 cups diced potatoes - Boiled in water with salt to tasteDrain (reserving water) = 1 cups water3 Tablespoons butter1/2 cup Half and Half DirectionsTurn oven onto 350.Start potatoes cooking (put in enough water to cover, salt to taste, bring to a boil, reduce to low boil, cover - with air vent to prevent boiling over, cook for 10 minutes)While potatoes are cooking:Dice Onions. Brown beef in a skillet. Add onions. Cook in the beef drippings until onions translucent. Add the garlic powder (or fresh garlic) to the meat mixture. Drain green beans. Add them to the onions and beef. Cook until all is warmed through.Whisk starch into 1/2 cup half and half. Drizzle over the beef mixture - stirring constantly. While continuing to stir add at least 1 cup of the water and up to 2 cups until a gravy consistency is reached.Pour beef mixture into the bottom of a cake pan.Potatoes should be done at this point (break apart when poked with a fork). Drain them, reserving the water. Dump into a mixer bowl (or hand mash) and mash. When broken down into fine bits, add butter. Then add the 1/2 cup half and half. If needed add reserved water in small amounts until potatoes have a fluffy and good thickness.Top the meat mixture with the mashed potatoes.Put casserole into the oven (uncovered) for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Until smells wonderful and the topping is browned.Serving Size: Makes 20 servings of just under a cup.Number of Servings: 20 Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NRVLAURA.

No Corn, No Wheat Dough for Crust and Cobbler

by Laura A Collins (Notes) on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 7:02pm

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Dough for crust or cobbler.  Could also use for making dumplings.

Dough for drop top crust for pot pie:  1 cup besan flour, 1 cup tapioca starch, 1 cup sweet potato flour, 1 cup potato starch (4 cups total).  1 1/2 Tablespoon baking powder, 1 cup whole milk, 1/2 to 3/4 cup oil or melted butter, up to 1 cup water (Depending on dough), 1 tablespoon salt.

Mix all flours/starches, salt and powder.  In separate bowl mix oil and milk.  Add oil/milk to flour all at once, stir with spoon.  Add in more water as needed to get moderately sticky dough.  STIR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.

Drop onto prepared stew, potpie mix, etc.  Let there be spots between the dropped dough for juicy goodness to come through.  Bake at 350 until done (used glass dishes, and took about 45 minutes or so).

For cobbler, add 2/3 cup sugar to the flour before adding liquids.

MAKE SURE TO USE SAFE FOR YOU INGREDIENTS:

I used these safe-for-me ingredients:

Hain Baking Powder: http://www.hainpurefoods.com/products/product.php?prod_id=1842

Assi Potato Starch: http://www.lotteplaza.com/product/product_view.php?lan=ENG&Category=49&id=761

Wu Sin Sweet Potato Flour: http://www.amazon.com/Wu-Sin-Sweet-Potato-Flour/dp/B00AN7VBDA

Homestead Creamery Milk

Spectrum Safflower Oil (but would have tasted better with melted butter)

Sea Salt

Tap water

Meera Besan Flour: http://shop.khanapakana.com/meera-besan-gram-flour-1810-grams-4-lb-64-oz/

Erawan Tapioca Starch:  http://importfood.com/fgga1401.html

No-Carb Meatballs

by Laura A Collins (Notes) on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 8:20pm

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Totally Delish meatballs (Make sure you figure out portions - for me, quick and easy was to weigh the cooked meatballs and 1 ounce = 1 protein... but check this to be sure!!)

Used 3 pounds hamburger (or any ground meat).  Use 4-6 ounces Colby Cheese - shredded.  Used 6-8 ounces mozzarella cheese - shredded.  Used 3-4 LARGE eggs.  Used 1 ounce asiago cheese (grated).

Spices added:  Rosemary powder, finely minced garlic (could use powder), onion powder (could use finely minced onion), celery salt (could use finely diced celery instead).  Parsley Flakes. Oregano powder - Proportions are based on YOUR family's preferences.  

Mix everything thoroughly.  Roll into uniform meatballs.  Lay out on an UNGREASED cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 until cooked through (for my medium (1-inch diameter) meatballs were done in about 40 minutes).  Cook more or less depending on the size of your meatballs.

Bread and PIZZA CRUST

by Laura A Collins (Notes) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:02pm

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 Been making bread that my family likes: 1 cup heavy flour (I use chickpea (besan) flour). 1 cup potato flour. 1 cup tapioca starch. 1 cup sweet potato flour. 2 TABLESPOONS Baking POWDER (I use Hain). Mix well. Mix in 1 teaspoon salt.

If using butter, cut in 1 1/2 sticks butter until dry flours resemble pebbles. If using oil, mix 2/3 cup oil into the milk.

Make a well in the dry ingredients. Get a cake pan and a spoon on the table where you are making the bread. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Mix oil (if using) into 1 cup milk (or milk sub) and 1 cup water. HAVE AN EXTRA Couple cups of water standing by. Pour the oil/milk/water or milk/water mix into the dry ingredients. Stir with the spoon, quickly, but gently. It should be about the thickness of cake batter. If not, quickly stir in a bit more water. THE MORE YOU STIR THE FLATTER THE BREAD TURNS OUT! The only lift to this comes from the liquids making bubbles when hitting the baking POWDER.

GENTLY Turn out into the cake pan. USING WET HANDS, smooth even on top.

Bake at 400 until golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. (about 40 minutes)

REMOVE FROM PAN IMMEDIATELY USING SPATULA TO LOOSEN and let cool on wire racks.

Cut into squares and refrigerate. Split a square to make a sandwich, or put split squares in the bottom of a pizza pan, top with sauce and cheese for a light and crispy pizza.