Delicious corn dogs

These are delicible and delicious! I altered this recipe from http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Perfect-Gluten-Free-Corn-Dogs-1000088455.

Ingredients

1 cup of corn meal
2/3 cups of potato flour
1/3 cup of corn starch
1 tsp or 10 turns of a grinder of salt (I used pink hymalian)
3/4 tsp of gluten free baking powder
2 tbsp of sugar
1 egg
2 cups of buttermilk
1 package of hotdogs and enough Popsicle sticks to put one in each dog

Directions
Heat a deep fryer or a deep skillet with oil to 350°C
Mix all the dry, add the egg and milk, mix.
The mixture will be firm, if it looks dry add more buttermilk.
Pat dry your hotdogs so they are dry, add the Popsicle sticks, and hand coat each dog with the batter (more like paste I know). I found once a dog is in and frying by the time you got the next one ready it's time to flip it.

If you have any batter left then you can fry it up as a small biscuit.

Enjoy! My kids sure did!!
Mélissa

Epic gluten free waffles!

My toddler wanted waffles (as did I since we have fresh starwberries that were screaming to be made into sauce).  My waffle maker I got for Yule, well the last person to use the recipe book got the waffle pages glued together so on the hunt I went and found the most epic recipe that is so good after my mild modifications it tastes like funnel cake(modified from:http://www.food.com/recipe/gluten-free-waffles-54529) ! 

Ingredients 

1 3/4 cups of my gluten free flour blend 

2 tsp of baking powder 

1 tsp of salt 

1/4 cup of oil

1 1/2 cups of milk

2 eggs 

1 tsp of sugar 

1/4 tsp of gwar gum

Vanilla to taste 

Mix all the ingredients well with a whisk and cook in a waffle iron.  

Eat and enjoy!! 

❤️Mélissa 

 

Gluten free corn flake squares

Yummy gluten free corn flake squares 

6 cups of gluten free corn flakes 

1 cup of light corn syrup 

1 cup of sugar

1 cup of peanut butter

Vanilla 

Optional: chocolate topping & sprinkles 

Measure out 6 cups of gf corn flakes.  In a pot on medium mix the syrup, sugar, & pb. Once well blended add a bit of vanilla then stirr into corn flakes. 

Add to a cling wrap lined baking pa.  Push into it(helps if become a little more dense).  

If you want to add chocolate then either use the double boiler method or like me the microwave in a mixing cup method.  Pour & spread atop the cornflakes then top with sprinkles if desired!  

It will need some time to set up but once it does hello yummers!!! 

Enjoy 

❤️Mélissa 

All dressed-cool ranch baked chicken fingers

So my husband has the "man cold" so I ended up making this, normally we deepfry it but little man to be is giving my tummy a hard time so we did it baked and it was just as delicious.  

Ingredients 

All dressed chips (we used lays brand)

Cool ranch Doritos

Robin Hood all purpose flour (a luxury item we rarely ever have)

Gluten free bisquick (yea it's now avaliable in canada!!)

Eggs

Chicken breast sliced or chicken tenders 

Preheat oven to 400 and line a pan with parchment.  Slice chicken breast if you don't use tenders.  Use a processor to pulverize the chips & Doritos and add them to a bowl.  Crack 1 egg for every full breast worth of chicken, and whisk in a seperate bowl.  Mix flour & bisquick in another bowl.  I can't give you exact measurements as it's not an exact science. 

Dip raw chicken piece in the flour mixture, then egg bath, then the chip-Doritos mix.  I use tongs so my fingers don't get all sticky.  Then place on parchment.  Once you have done this with all the chicken pieces place in the oven and bake for around 40 mins.  You'll be able to gage by when the coating starts to brown that your chicken is about done, of course unless you have a thermometer just slice your largest piece in half to verify it's cooked all the way through.  Pair with your favourite dip and enjoy!! 

❤️Mélissa 

 

Pb & j smoothie

My toddler is anal about her "blomes" (bananas) and will only eat them when they are green.  So I have a freezer full of ripe bananas.  

Today I made a smoothie and the flavour was a fluke but it tastes JUST like a pb & j sandwich. 

Ingredients 

3 frozen bananas 

1/3 of a tub of activitia raspberry yoghurt 

3 tbsp of honey 

1/2 cup of frozen raspberries 

1/2 cup or so of milk 

1/4 cup of peanut butter 

Add together in a blender and mix until well blended.

It's beyond delicious! 

Enjoy 

❤️Mélissa 

Shameless self promo (but for a good cause)

As a mom I wear many hats, one of them I wear is an artist for south hill designs. 

During the month of September I will be donating 1/2 of my total commissions to the Hosptial for Sick Children's Women's Ancillary Bravery Beads Program. 

My daughter at 6 months old started having what looked like plums growing from her neck.  After 7 days at our local Hosptial (who pretty much summed after trying 2 different meds said whatever & sent her home).  I said enough of this and took her I sick kids.  They told me to come back in 4 days and they will operate.  We came home 9 days later.  My little girl endured 2 surgeries to drain, wash and close two clusters of infected and dead lymph nodes from her neck.  As they found it was the MRSA virus, how she got it in Canada, and inside her neck when the rest of her was negative for it they have no idea, she was placed in isolation.  This meant she was bound to her room and wasn't aloud to attend any of the plays or play groups.  She did however get spoiled with everything we could do to help pass her days.  One thing we did was "enroll" her in the bravery beads program.  She got 1 bead for every procedure they did to her, she even got them for having bm's, being in isolation, and finally eating again.  This program means a lot to soo many children there but they need donations to help keep it going. 

So please have a look at my website, think of holiday shopping, birthdays, weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, just for your or just because and place an order this September and from me as I am the only artist doing this, as it's my own doing. 

Http://www.southhilldesigns.com/SHDbyMelissa 

Thank you 

❤️Mélisa 

Cup a soup

Anyone else miss Campbell's or Lipton's cup-a-soup? I do! And with this cold snap and the fact I have an injury on light duities (off my feet) it's a quick & simple lunch for both my daughter & I. 

Ingredients

Water 

2 tbsp of chicken soup powder that is gluten free from bulk barn (read the ingredients close, one has gluten) 

1 serving of Barilla gluten free spaghetti broken into pieces so they are cup a soup sized. 

In a medium pot boil water, chicken stock & noodles.  Stirr often and cook until noodles are to your liking. 

Now I like soup with my crackers so my picture isn't very brothy. 

Enjoy

❤️Mélissa