So yummy I forgot to take a pic before eating some…

So with the boys food issues we don’t eat many places out of the house. One of their favorite places to eat though is Pei Wei. They really are very adventurous eaters for kids, and I love that. I find that I get us stuck in a routine of what we eat just for convenience. It’s easier to shop for the same meals every two weeks instead of coming up with new and compiling a new list. Those same 7 meals x 2 I can shop for with my no list and screaming children and miss very few things which means fewer trips, which again saves money. LOL

Anyway I was in the mood to cook something different. I love to cook new things, hate cooking the same thing over and over… it’s the creative process I like more than the cooking I think. So a few weeks ago I was getting my hair did and read a recipe in a health magazine for a peanut sauce to serve over Chicken & Rice. It sounded yummy.

I googled for a similar recipe and found THIS RECIPE

I made some changes to it. I used GFCF soy sauce obviously. Most every soy sauce has gluten in it, but the gluten free varieties taste just the same. I used normal minute rice, normal vinegar, and cracked red pepper vs. cayenne just because that’s what I had on hand. I also tripled the sauce because everyone said it wasn’t enough. I think next time I would still triple it but I’d also add a 1/4c. of water as well to thin the sauce a little more. I also added broccoli. Oh and a smidge of honey as well.

Since Chase is peanut free as well as a gluten and casein free. I made his sauce separate and used Sunbutter instead of peanut butter. I turned out just as good, and his sauce was thinner just because the nature of sunbutter.

Anyway it was a fast and tasty recipe, one we will eat again.

Hello Everyone! Long time no talk. I realized I haven’t blogged in like a month… I feel like a blogging failure. So hit or miss. In my defense though, we got busy after the holidays working on the house, then I just got out of habit. The kids also have missed a lot of school due to weather, or perceived ”weather”. I feel like we have yet to get back into a “normal” routine since they were out for Christmas. As we head into February though, I am optimistic things will settle back into a routine. So here I am.

I will try to post a few catch up blogs over the next few days…. but this post, it’s dedicated to CINNAMON ROLLS. Gluten Free/Casein Free Cinnamon Rolls. A few weekends ago we had lots of snow/ice. Chase is not big on being cold and had enough snow over Christmas. Frankly so did I. So I offered to stay in with Chase and cook everyone brunch instead. I get tired of making pancakes every time the boys want a homemade breakfast item. I have yet to find the perfect gfcf waffle, and a girl can only eat so many eggs. So I googled for a cinnamon roll recipe that fit my boys dietary needs, and stumbled across an A-MAZ-ING gluten free casein free cinnamon roll recipe. I kid you not, you will NOT miss your cinnamon rolls from a can. I would say they rival the rolls in the mall, but frankly its been years since I’ve had one so I may have a slanted memory of how good they are… But they are for sure reminiscent of them. AND THEY ARE NOT THAT HARD TO MAKE. Neil took a bite and was impressed. His first comment – “YOU SHOULD SELL THESE!!!” The boys grunted and just kept plowing into them….

So here is the recipe — CINNAMON ROLL OF YOUR DREAMS

I made mine with so delicious coconut milk and shortening in place of any milk products. This past weekend I used coconut keifer in place of the milk as I was out. I thinned it with a little water. It baked up great.

A few changes….

—- I proofed the yeast as the first step and let it sit while I mixed up all the wet ingredients, and mixed all the dry in another bowl. The yeast was the last wet ingredient I added before adding in my mixed up dry.

—- I used wax paper to roll out my dough in between. It works sooooo much easier than saran wrap.

—- I only used about 2/3 of the filling amount they suggested

—- The first time I made my own frosting, the second time I used some pillsbury vanilla frosting from a can. Both were good.