Pamela's Cupcakes

It is my roommates Birthday so I baked some gluten free chocolate cupcakes. I used the Pamela's chocolate cake mix and they are delish! Pam never let's me down ;-)

Chocolate Frosting:

4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1 stick butter
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
about 1/3 cup milk or water (depending on consistency you would like)

Top with sprinkles and dust with powdered sugar!

Click [HERE] for Pamela's Chocolate Cake Mix

Also, on a side note. Pamela's makes a killer frosting mix and pancake mix. If you haven't tried them, you should!

Uno Chicago Grill

Uno's has a pretty good amount of gluten free options :-)

UPDATE: They offer gluten free pizza now!! check out my poster [HERE]

Erewhon

I've only ever had the Crispy Brown Rice cereal by Erewhon but they have all sorts of gluten free cereals. Crunchy Corn and Amaranth, Rice Twice, Corn Flakes and Crispy Brown Rice with Mixed Berries too!

Looks yum. Check them out [HERE]

Amy's Cream of Tomato Soup

Amy's Cream of Tomato Soup is gluten free and oh so delicious! A great summer treat with grilled cheese (Glutino corn bread) and sour cream and onion chips (Utz)

Moe's Southwest Grill

I was talking to my bestfriend who lives in GA and she mentioned Moe's which was a huge favorite of mine pre gluten free while I lived in GA. I quickly looked it up and found they have locations here in NOVA but also found out that they don't have anything gluten free! Not even their corn chips and corn tortillas. What gives? They must be frying all of their food in the same oil...

Because I was still on the phone with my friend, I mentioned to her the bad news and she reminded me that post gluten free we went to Moe's and figured I could get chips and queso and be fine. I ended up getting sick that night and we assumed it was because someone got their gluten containing food on my plate. Turns out that it was because I ate a bunch of gluten!

Maybe I'll write a letter to Moe's and they can jump on the gluten free band wagon like Chipotle and Baha Fresh!

Just because...

It stinks! This isn't going to surprise any of the other gluties out there but those of the later population might be surprised. or might not!

I stopped by my local health food store, Healthway for some staples in my house:

3 loaves of bread (Glutino Corn Bread)
1 box of macaroni (Glutino)
1 box of ravioli (Conte's Pasta)

Grand Total: $31.00

Just for fun, I added up what it would cost me three years ago pre-gluten free:

3 loaves bread (Wonder bread)
1 box macaroni (Kraft)
1 can ravioli (Chef Boyardee)

Grand Total: $9.35

no fair!

Cheese Ravioli

I tried some Conte's Pasta for the first time today. I made their Cheese Ravioli and it was really really good! I didn't realize that Conte also has sauce that you can buy separate at the time so I ended up making my own.

You can find Conte's products [HERE] They have all sorts of pastas.

And here is the sauce I made...which I totally recommend!

Sauce:

15 ounces of tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon minced onion
2-3 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon sugar

Simmer and pour on top of the yummy ravioli!

Mostacholi

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef
2 Tbsp. minced onion
Spaghetti sauce (whatever kind you want!)
Gluten Free noodles (penne work good)
Mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese

1. Brown ground beef and minced onion.

2. Cook noodles.

3. Add red sauce to beef and simmer for 15-20 minutes until bubbly.

4. Take a 9x13 inch baking dish and spray with gf non-stick cooking spray. Layer the sauce, noodles and cheese twice. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

5. Bake at 350 until the cheese is melted!

Hamburger buns!

I have been a terrible terrible blogger lately! But classes just ended for this quarter and I have an entire month off so hopefully I can get back to cooking/baking and blogging! Time will tell!

I just wanted to let you all know about these white rolls from Schar. They are delicious! I bought them reluctantly and tried them as hamburger buns and I was really pleasantly surprised! I haven't had a "real" hamburger in quite sometime but from what I remember, they tasted just the same!

Here is the delicious burger I had with the Schar buns!