Gluten Free Bisquick

I am starting to feel like a normal eater again; Bisquick, bread, cupcakes for my birthday and so many restaurant choices. It seems like I notice some new every week! I've been waiting all summer for Gluten Free Bisquick to come out and finally I saw the little box on the shelf at King Soopers. I was like what to make! I first thought of pancakes, because that's what we always used it for when I was little. But I also remember that always making me sick. So no pancakes. Plus, I like the Bob's Red Mill Mix for that. Then I remembered my mom used to make strawberry shortcake with it but I wasn't having people over anytime soon so nix that idea too. So I went onto the Betty Crocker website and looked for recipes they made. I decided on Easy Sloppy Joe Pot Pie. I went to Whole Foods and bought some all natural BBQ sauce and ground turkey (beef would have been better) . It was very easy, just mix up the Bisquick and a few things, then put over cooked meat and bake. The Bisquick rose on top of the meat and had a pretty good texture. Not so much a good flavor though... I might make this again with beef just to see if it's better. But next I want to try biscuits or shortcake!


Easy Sloppy Joe Pot Pie
Makes 4+ servings

1 LB ground beef
1 onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 can (15.5 oz) original sloppy joe sauce (I used an all natural BBQ sauce)
1 C cheddar cheese ( I didn't put this in and was too scared to use the fake stuff)
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 C milk (I used almond)
1 C Gluten Free Bisquick

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Lightly grease bottom on 8x8 (2 quart) glass baking dish.
3. Cook beef and onion in skillet till browned. Drain.
4. Stir in sloppy joe sauce and cheese.
5. Spoon into baking dish.
6. In medium bowl, stir together eggs, milk and Bisquick.
7. Pour over beef mixture.
8. Bake for about 30 minutes.

Enjoy!
From bettycrocker.com

Gluten Free Fair and Tour

A lot has been going on in the last two weeks. And a bunch of gluten free stuff happened the week before that but I'm just getting to blogging about it now. But I'm here and I ready to spill it all. The Denver Chapter of the Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) hosted a Gluten Free Food Fair a few weekends ago. It was so great! There were about 90 vendors there, all with gluten free food! It ranged from Mom and Pop places to huge companies like Udi's, Maggianos, Chipotle. There was so many samples to taste and people the push threw. The space was not big enough for the amount of people that were there! They passed the number of expected attendees for the whole thing in the just the first hour! We gluten frees are taking over the world! There was so much food I could not possibly stomach all of it. Much of the food was kind of junky because gluten is in breads, cookies, cakes and sweets like that. I don't each much of that stuff but I took the chance to try things I've seen at the store but have never bought because it was expensive and I didn't know if it was good. Some examples were Udi's Bagels, Kinnikinnick Donuts, Canyon Bakehouse Cinnamon Bread. I promptly bought the cinnamon bread next time I was at the store! Yum! After I filled my bag with coupons, samples and a free loaf of bread from Rudis! (Not so great, crumbly) I volunteered at a table handing out samples. If you're in Denver be sure to look for it next year! Not to be missed, but get there in the first hour.
I went to another gluten free event. I've been seeing "Gluten Free Store Tours" at many Whole Foods recently. Finally, I decided to go on one. I knew I'd probably already know of everything but what the heck. So I get there and am waiting. The tour guide comes and gives us really nice Whole Foods bags (the kind at the check stand) and says we can choose 3 GF items to take home with us in the bag! NO WAY! So we walk around the store, I chime in on a few things and then I get my free items! I chose a frozen pasta (was not good), Canyon Bakehouse Muffins (good!) and a quinoa cereal. Look out for these at your local Whole Foods. I see them every month now.