Brand Names

My cousin was just asking me for some brand names of the food we enjoy. I figured I should post that as well!

Enjoy Life - completely allergy free foods. They are the only ones that make chocolate chips! We enjoy the Coco Loco Bars, caramel Apple Bars, Very Berry bars, and all of their cookies

Tinyaka Pasta - they make the best rice pasta around! We have tried all brands and found this one to be most pasta-like

Rice Dream - the only rice milk and ice cream that is completely allergy free

Ener-G - they make great pretzels, tapioka bread, chocolate wafers, donuts,

Glutino - the round ritz looking crackers are amazing!

Gluten Free Pantry - their mixes are amazing, the french bread makes a great loaf of bread and a fantastic pizza crust, I just bought the angel food cake mix (haven't tried it yet)

Nameste - all of the mixes I've tried are fantastic, the pizza was delicious but like flat bread. I prefer the above brand. But the muffins, cake mixes, brownies, blondies - we serve them at parties and no one knows the difference!

Dairy Free Cream Soup / White Sauce Recipe

This recipe has been a great help with any other recipe that calls for cream of mushroom soup!

1 cup rice milk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons Spectrum 100% Palm Shortening
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules (Better than Bouillon is the only brand I found to be allergy free)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

1. Whisk together milk and cornstarch in a small saucepan.
2. Stir in shortening, bouillon, salt & pepper.
3. Stir constantly, heat to boiling, and simmer until thick (a minute or two).
4. Use as white sauce, or add canned chicken for "cream of chicken" soup, or can of mushrooms for "cream of mushroom" soup.

Xanthan Gum portions

Because I am forever losing this information:

For every cup of wheat-free/gluten-free flour use:

½ tsp. Xanthan/guar gum for cakes
1 tsp. Xanthan/guar gum for breads or pizza
½ tsp. to no xanthan/guar gum for most cookies.