Bean Bread

Here - go make this now! Eggy Breakfast Bread

Gluten free! and packed with protein!  I thought it was a little on the sweet side so next time I would only use 1 Tbsp of sugar.  I am going to put blueberries in it next time and use the vanilla too, which I omitted this time.  I baked mine in the toaster oven - and it took 15 minutes....but it was one easy peasey recipe.

Love her website too - I made Goods the "Healthy Chocolate Pecan Pie"  and it was delish. I used the 2 Tbsp of molasses which was a tad strong when we ate it the first day, but by the next day it was toned done, but I think I would cut it to 1 Tbsp next time.  Again, easy peasey recipe to make!  I like easy!

Oh- and I did take a photo of it!  Please note the appropriate drinking beverage in the photo at the top left corner....vodka goes GREAT with this pie!

Enjoy!

Gluten Free Pancakes by Joe...

.....and that would be Trader Joe's!

I already love their gluten free vegan waffles so I just had to have a box of these babies.
And what did I think????
I give them a 8.5 out of 10!  Why only 8.5 out of 10???? so glad you asked...

1. They are not Bob's Red Mill gluten free pancakes which are 10 out of 10 for me!--- but then again, Trader Joe's are conveniently pre-made, frozen and all you have to do is pop these babies into the toaster.
2. One pancake had an accident in the toaster and fell to the bottom....might be better off doing them in the toaster oven.
3. They are a teeny tiny bit gooey in the middle, but the outside is a little crispy which I dig....the gooey, not so much. Especially since I do not eat them with syrup nor a fork....it's like pancake toast for me :-)
4. They took 3 times toasting on the frozen cycle in the toaster. Not a big deal unless you were starving like I was.

But the real test will be Goods - sometimes he can be finicky.  But for me, I would buy them again!

Oh and by the way...they are only $2.99 a box - a very decent price for a gluten free product - GO JOE! Or do I mean this Joe.....

 If you look closely you will see smileyman riding on Joe's finger....but Smileyman is a whole blog all by his self.....

Guess what these are.....

....yeah, go ahead and guess......

Affordable Gluten Free Pretzels - and they are EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!

Oh how I missed you pretzels- Your crunchy goodness that didn't taste like cardboard (like other Gluten Free Pretzels do)

I am high as a kite! Well...that might be from the vodka...but I am sooooo happy Snyder's of Hanover made these pretzels for me! Guess they have been out for a while - Since April, but sometimes I am known to be slow. Better slow then never.

And to BOOT- I paid only $2.39 for the 8 oz bag of crunchy goodness! And for the other boot- they are vegan!

Have a fantastic weekend! Cheers

Affordable Gluten Free Cereal!

.....And about freakin time.

Bought this 2 lb 8 oz box at Costco for $ 6.79! Along with a 12 pack box of soymilk for $ 11.49!!! Gluten Free breakfast forever for under 20 bucks! The cereal is package in 2 bags - one corn and one rice. I might even get wild and mix the two!! Thank you General Mills!

OH BUT LOOK AT THIS RECIPE ON THEIR SITE......Fruit Sushi....OY - GROSS!

~Signs of Spring~

Seeeee.....a sign of SPRING!
No, the above photo isn't from Fall, we actually still have 2 pumpkins left from Halloween, as Lily poses with the 7 month old pumpkins.

Here's a real sign of Spring.....

And another, the Green Heron's are nesting....

Thank goodness they pick the Detroit Zoo to nest at, not our neighborhood....they've visited our yard before, eyeing up our fish in our pond- don't they realize they are my PETS??? Here's a closer look at the beasts....

And yet another sign of Spring- Goods doing Spring clean-up in the pond....and yes the water was FREEZING.

Then Goods got to rest on our new double chaise lounge at the tiki hut patio.

Goods, if you are reading this, make a note to take off the canvas cover off the roof.

And it was a beautiful Saturday, weather wise, so we immediately think of PICNIC FOOD!

Planned menu of:

Fake Chicken Patty Sandwich

Baked Beans

Corn on the Cob

It was a long day of yardwork so I went and checked the freezer- shoot, no Boca Chicken Patties, so I did have to make my own after all. Well, they really weren't my own, I borrowed the recipe from Vegan Dad- I used his Chicken Wing recipe and made my own patties...lookie...

I baked them in the oven as you do the wings, then Goods threw them on the grill for a bit. They were excellent. I think next time I will just dip them once in the breading instead of twice, that you do for the wings-they were a tad bready, and really crunchy...but I liked that! When I was forming the patties, one of them thought about falling apart, but I just pinched it back together. Here is my plate, I'm bunless...

My condiments are on the side, one of which is Bubbie's Pickles - they are the bomb! The corn was from Kroger's and it was great- very sweet and tender- soaked in their husk and done on the grill. I have bought it a few times lately, and it's been great every time.

The baked beans, well they cooked all afternoon in the crockpot - I can't tell you my secret recipe, well one, because I don't want to, and the other reason is because I wing it each time I make them.

Since I was talking about beans....I made a Gluten Free Chocolate Cake - out of Black Eye Peas....Are peas considered a beans??? Well close enough...

I've been trying to cut out as much gluten in my diet as possible and I've been testing some "different" recipes and this was one of them- It was like Puddin' cake. It should have been called "Protein Packed Puddin' Cake". The recipe was from Bittersweet Blog - link for recipe ***here*** (and she has much prettier photos of the cake too). Next time I'm going to bake it in a 8" x 8" pan and see how that turns out...just because the cake was so thick. The cake wasn't too sweet, which I prefer....you know, because I'm sweet enough.

And just for fun....a photo of a new addition to the Detroit Zoo-

He was saying to me - "Hey were is my piece of Protein Packed Puddin' Cake" - yes, I think he was.

All food rated 5 out of 5 forks.