Showing posts with label eating gluten free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eating gluten free. Show all posts

Friday, November 16, 2012

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars


Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

 INGREDIENTS:
2 ½ cups Pamela’s gluten free baking mix
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ cups real butter melted and cooled slightly
1 cup  light brown sugar
1/2   sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips (use your preference of semisweet, bittersweet, milk, white, peanut butter or your favorite)

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Adjust the oven rack to lower-middle position. Line a 9X13-inch baking pan with foil, letting the excess hang over the edges of the pan by about 1 inch so you can grab those edges and pull the brownies from the pan after they have baked.

Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside. Whisk the melted butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips and turn the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula.



Bake until the top of the bars is light golden brown, slightly firm to the touch, and edges start pulling away from sides of pan, 35-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack to room temperature. Remove the bars from the pan by lifting the foil overhang and transfer them to a cutting board. Cut into 2-inch squares and serve. 


Good luck and let us know what you think!  We love to hear alterations to our recipes.

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies



701 W. Queens St. Suite 100
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
918-994-4810
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Gluten Free Monster Cookies

I have found the cookie of my dreams.  This recipe is for a GLUTEN FREE peanut butter, chocolate chip, oatmeal and M&M cookie.  This cookie is sure to please everyone in the family.  It is a very simple recipe but make sure you do not over bake them!!

Monster Cookies 
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
8 tablespoons of unsalted butter, softned
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups quick cooking gluten free oats
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup semi sweet chocolate Chips
1 cup M&Ms plain 

Preheat oven to 350*F.  Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray.

In a large bowl, combine peanut butter, sugars and butter.  Use an electric mixer to mix until well combined.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Mix in the oats and baking soda.  Then STIR in the chips and M&Ms.

Drop the dough by the heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. 

Bake approximately 10 minutes.  Do not overbake.  Cool for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.  Once the cookies are completely cooled, store them in an airtight container.

Good luck and let us know what you think!   We love to hear alterations to our recipes.

Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies



701 W. Queens St. Suite 100
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
918-994-4810
918-994-4816 Fax




Wednesday, November 7, 2012

List of Gluten Free Foods


The list below contains items that are gluten free - however, it is not all inclusive. Get out to your local grocery store and begin investigating! It's going to take some time, but it will be well worth the investment. Make a list of gluten free items that you like and take the list with you EVERYWHERE until you memorize it!!

Tip#1  Avoid canned food unless they specify that they are truly gluten free
Tip#2 Watch your frozen foods - many will have preservatives and gluten.
Tip#3 Avoid prepackaged food
Tip#4  Buy Fresh food - typically it is gluten free.

Fruit
  • Acai
  • Apples
  • Apricot
  • Blackberries
  • Blueberries
  • Canteloupe
  • Carob
  • Cherry
  • Cranberries
  • Currants
  • Dates
  • Figs
  • Grapes
  • Guava
  • Honeydew Melon
  • Kiwi
  • Kumquat
  • Lemons
  • Limes
  • Mandarin
  • Mangoes
  • Oranges
  • Papaya
  • Passion Fruit
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Pineapples
  • Plantains
  • Plums
  • Persimmons
  • Quince
  • Raspberries
  • Strawberries
  • Tangerines
  • Watermelon
Vegetables
  • Acorn
  • Agar
  • Alfalfa
  • Algae
  • Arrowroot
  • Artichoke
  • Arugula
  • Asparagus
  • Avocado
  • Beans
  • Broccoli
  • Brussel Sprouts
  • Cauliflower
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Corn
  • Cucumber
  • Eggplant
  • Garlic
  • Green Beans
  • Kale
  • Lettuce
  • Mushrooms
  • Okra
  • Onions
  • Parsley
  • Peas
  • Peppers
  • Potato 
  • Pumpkins
  • Radish
  • Spinach
  • Squash
  • Turnips
  • Watercress
Meats - Meats are naturally gluten free unless process, breaded or fried.
  • Alligator
  • Beef
  • Buffalo
  • Chicken
  • Duck
  • Goat
  • Goose
  • Lamb
  • Pork
  • Rabbit
  • Snake
  • Turkey
  • Quail
  • Veal
  • Venison
Eggs and Dairy Products
  • Butter (with no additives)
  • Casein
  • Cheese
  • Cream
  • Eggs
  • Milk
  • Sour Cream
  • Yogurt (plain)
Flours Grains and Wheat 
Read LABELS ON ALL FLOUR GRAIN AND WHEAT PRODUCTS!!!
  • Almond Flour
  • Amaranth
  • Arrowroot
  • Bean Flour
  • Besan
  • Brown Rice
  • Brown Rice Flour
  • Buckwheat
  • Cassava
  • Corn Flour
  • Corn Meal 
  • Corn Starch
  • Cottonseed
  • Dal
  • Flaxseed
  • Millet
  • Pea Flour
  • Polenta
  • Popcorn (plain)
  • Potato Flour
  • Quinoa
  • Rice
  • Sago
  • Soy Flour
  • Tapioca Flour
  • Taro Flour
  • Tef
  • Yeast
  • Yucca
Other Gluten Free Items

  • Baking Soda
  • Honey
  • Herbs
  • Jam 
  • Jelly 
  • Juice
  • Nuts
  • Oils
  • Seeds
  • Spices (typically - but check the label)
  • Syrup
  • Vanilla
  • Vinegar
  • Vitamins
  • Wine
  • Xanthan Gum

The task of a gluten free diet probably seems a little daunting right now - but remember to take it one product at a time and work the gluten free products into your normal diet as you find them.  We hope this list is helpful - be sure to look for Gluten Free Recipes on our blog - we will be adding them soon!



Missy Briggeman

Empowering Patients · Educating Minds · Healing Bodies



701 W. Queens St. Suite 100
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
918-994-4810
918-994-4816 Fax