what i did wrong!

And now I figured out what I did wrong!
http://www.babycakesnyc.com/2009/11/publishers-weekly-just-posted-an.html

Um, so I totally failed the Babycakes cookbook recipe for Banana Bread. I was seriously mad! I can't stand it when I screw up recipes for gluten free baked goods because the ingredients are so expensive.
I'm not really sure what I did wrong but it was "spongy" in texture and doughy in taste. Humm what to do?!

Babycakes Banana Bread

Salad Girl

Top 5 reasons I love salad!
1. The nutritional value is incomparable!
2. The color, I enjoy vibrant meals :)
3. Flavor, flavor flavor...they don't have to be boring!
4. I'm a veggie girl
5. It's hard not to make a gluten free salad!

So tonight I experimented with a new salad dressing that I have not tried. Drew's Natural Smoked Tomato. I really like garlic and this had a hint of it. First I marinated a chicken breast in it. I baked the chicken in foil because I don't have a grill. I wish I did, but I don't. I think it would have tasted better. I whipped up my favorite veggies I had lying around and after the chicken cooled, added it to the top and ta da!
I think I may try this dressing in a cold rice pasta salad too, that would be really good. The nice thing about the Drew dressing is the fact that there is no added sugar and it's gluten free.

♥Pumpkin Muffins!

Pumpkin Spice Muffins from *BABYCAKES*
Very good, not too sweet, but they are healthy! Approx 220 cals for a jumbo one, (I made smaller ones, 175 cal). It's a lot but imagine going to Starbucks for a 470 cal guilt filled treat! Plus I doubt that is as all natural as these babies!

*Sugar Cookies*

I made these fabulous sugar cookies the other day! They are seriously delicious. I like them better than my old recipe. Plus they are Gluten Free...um, enough said! :)
One thing that I would recommend is to defiantly chill the dough before you roll it out. (I chilled in in the fridge overnight) Also when rolling out the dough I didn't even flour my workspace or rolling pin. (I forgot!) But I found that I didn't even need to, so that was kinda nice. I have not frosted them b/c I want to find a fabulous Gluten Free frosting, and I want to frost them right before I eat/serve them.
I have kept mine in a zip lock in the freezer and they have kept just fine.

Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread!

Yummy! I made this tonight, it's good! It's not very sweet, but for gluten free, it works!
http://www.recipezaar.com/gluten-free-pumpkin-bread-393411

I ♥ this!

Gluten-Free Snack and Candy list

Anything obviously made with Wheat Flour — Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies, Pretzels, Crackers — should not be given to

____________________.If you notify me, _____________________, at _______________ a day or two before, I can bring

a substitute treat.The following list of snacks and candies AREALLOWED in _________’s diet.If you could please suggest

these brands to parents on party sign-up sheets or for birthday party treat bags, I would greatly appreciate it.Thank you!!

SNACKS

Lays STAXX (All flavors)

Ruffles Regular potato chips

Dorito Rollitos

Mission Tortilla chips

Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn

Act II popcorn (except extreme butter)

Jiffy Pop Popcorn

Crunch ‘n Munch

JellO Brand gelatin and

pudding snacks

Del Monte Pudding cups

French’s Potato Sticks

Torrengos white corn chips — all

Frigo/Kraft/Sargento cheese sticks

Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dogs

Oreida French Fries

Old Wisconsin Beef sticks

Hormel Pepperoni

((GLUTEN FREE versions of cookies,

pretzels, crackers, cupcakes)

FRUIT SNACKS

Kroger’s Fruit snacks

Nabisco Fruit snackså

General Mills Fruit snacks

Farley’s Brand gummy bears

Favorite Brand gummy and fruit

Fruit to Go (SunRype)

Trolli Gummi Candies—all

Fruit by the foot

Sunkist Fruit Rolls

Sun-Maid Raisons

Welches Fruit snacks

JUICE BOXES

Mott’s — all

Minute Maid — all

Del Monte

Juicy Juice — all

Capri Sun

Hawaiian Punch

KoolAid — all

Northland 100% Juice

Welches juices — all

Libby’s — all

DRINKS

Coke, Sprite, Minute Maid

Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist

7-Up, A&W Root Beer, Country Time

Big K brand soft drinks

Snapple — all

Crystal Lite

Swiss Miss

ICE CREAM NOVELTIES

Flintstones pushups

Dole Fruit N Juice bars

Edy’s/Dreyers Fruit Bars

Koolaid Freezer pops

Nestle’s Popsicles

Starburst fruit Juice bars

Minute Maid Fruit juice bar

Good Humor Popsicles

PhillySwirl frozen stix

Fla-Vor-Ice

ICE CREAM

(Vanilla, Chocolate & Chocolate chip are

usually safe, avoid obvious ingred)

Baskin Robbins

Edy’s Grand

Edy’s Homemade

Ben&Jerry’s

Blue Bell

Blue Bunny

TCBY

Cool Whip

Dairy Queen

Dreyers

CHOCOLATE CANDY

Hershey’s Kisses & Hugs

Hershey’s milk chocolate bars

(except crispie or cookie)

Hershey’s Nuggets (except cookie)

M&M’s (except crispie)

Nestle Butterfinger BB’s

Nestle Chunky

Raisinets

Reese’s Peanut Butter cups

3 Musketteer’s

Baby Ruth

Butterfinger

Snickers

Clark Bars

Dove

York Peppermint Patties

CHEWY CANDY

Flavor Rolls—all

Jellybelly jellybeans

Tootsie Rolls—all

Starburst Fruit Chews

Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews

Double Bubble — all

Wrigley’s chewing gum — all

Trident gum — all

Skittles

Milk Duds

Airheads

Big League Chewing Gum

Bubble Yum — all

Chicklets

Dentyne Gum — all

Haribo Gummies

Sharie’s Candies Gummies

Trolli Gummies

Gold Medal Cotton Candy

HARD CANDY & SUCKERS

Charms—all

Farley’s hard candies

SweeTarts

Spree

BitOHoney

Spangler DumDum Pops

Tootsie Pops

Extreme Pops

LifeSaver’s—all

Jolly Rancher hard candy & Lollipops

Topps Ring Pops

Pez

Smarties

Wonka:Bottlecapss, gobstoppers, mix ups, pixy stix,

shocktarts, tart 'N tiny, fun dip (lik-M-Aid), Laffy taffy,

Nerds, Runts, Tangy Taffy, Nips.

Haviland (Necco) Candy Stix

SEASONAL CANDY

Christmas

Spangler candy canes

Valentine

Spangler DumDum pops

Spangler picture pops

Necco Conversation Hearts

Elmers Small Talk Conversation Hearts

Luv Pops (Heart-shaped w/Mickey & Minne on wrapper)

Easter

Spangler picture pops

JustBorn Marshmellow peeps

JustBorn Jelly Beans

Halloween

Farley’s candy corn

Pumpkin Bread

http://www.recipezaar.com/gluten-free-pumpkin-bread-393411
I found this recipe for Pumpkin Bread! I can't wait to try it. I am going camping this weekend, and I would love to bring some up with me. I don't think I will have time to bake though.

RiCeWoRkS!

I have to share this with all of you non gluten's!
Riceworks are amazing! If you are looking for a chip, and have been craving something like a Doritos or full flavored tortilla chip TRY THESE! They are so good and you don't feel like crap afterward! :)

Squash and SNOW

Spaghetti Squash with Homemade Roasted Garlic and Basil Tomato Sauce.

• Heat oven to 275/300
• Lightly spray baking dish with extra virgin olive oil. Cut tomatoes in half length-wise and place seed-side up on a backing dish. I roasted 25, but it doesn't matter how many. Add some fresh garlic cloves in the dish and various spices of your choosing. I like Basil.
• Roast for 4 hours
• Remove from pan and let cool. (I actually kept mine in the freezer for a few weeks before making sauce)
• To make sauce place tomatoes and more spices of your choice in a food processor. Ta Da! Heat and serve.
• Heat over to 375
• Lightly spray baking dish with extra virgin olive oil. 
  
• Peirce Spaghetti Squash skin several times. 
• Place in baking dish and bake for approx. 1-1 1/2 hrs. 
• Remove from oven and let cool. 
• When cooled cut open and use a fork to scrape out "spaghetti". It's really fun to do! 
• Use just as you would pasta! It's fabulous.

I made this tonight for myself for dinner. It was very tasty, I would def. recommend it! :) Plus it made my tummy happy which is always good.

Now if I could just kick the caffeine habit. I can't help it! I just LoVe coffee!! Plus working with kids is pretty draining so by 10 am I NEED my jump start.

Side note, can you believe it seriously SNOWED today?! Come on, it's not even my birthday yet! (ahem...that would be the 23rd! :)) I woke up unusually late for my day off, opened my window and there it was, that disgusting white stuff. First I though I would have a little fun, so I made some coffee and got a warm blanket and listened to the Elf soundtrack as I watched it fall. Then I snapped back to reality and realized it's only Oct. 12th and I despise winter! So why do I live here? That my friend is the never ending question. 

Carrots

I ♥ carrots. I ate a half a bags...yummy veggies!! :)