I can't eat these anymore - maybe someday I can grow my own organic heirloom corn and make this work, but not at the moment.
However, coming from the southwest USA and having made these in the past, I had to put at least one post in here about how to make corn tortillas. They are SO good when made from scratch.
I never used a tortilla press and just made heavy, thick ones by patting them in my hands. I ended up liking those very much, even though they don't roll around food as well. They work great to use as the noodle portion of lasagna if you make a sort of 'Mexican Lasagna,' with chicken, tomatoes, and green chiles as the filling between tortilla layers. A green enchilada sauce goes very well with this, too. Not that I can eat most of that anymore, either, LOL.
This recipe below looks about like what I usually made. Almost no ingredients, just corn masa and water. We sometimes added salt, but that was about it! If you are eating corn, I would highly recommend corn masa over corn meal. It is processed in such a way that the nutrients from corn are more bio-available, so you get more of them.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000160.html
Enjoy!
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Cupcake Grief
I came across this today, an old post that never went up, but which really brought the moment back. This was the day before my daughter's 14th birthday last year.
Cupcake Grief
Cupcake Grief
Socca Pizza
Gluten free, Grain free, sulfite free pizza! I am SOOOOO happy!
So, I've been making socca a lot lately, and finally decided to try it as a pizza crust. I baked the socca, made some homemade tomato sauce and spread that out over the top, and then cooked the toppings separately.
The first time the topping was ground bison - tasted great.
The second time it was ground bison and cooked red bell peppers - also great.
The third time it was ground bison plus roasted bell pepper sauce and ground up chiles from the yard - REALLY great. I think that blending up roasted red bell peppers and using that as a sauce would go well with this.
The kids got some mushrooms mixed up in their meat, too, and loved it.
The grin on my son's face when he got to hold up his 'pizza' and eat it - I was close to tears. It's so hard to express how much something like his means to us, just to find a food that we really like, that we can all eat, that we can MAKE. We were all grinning like loons.
So awesome. I'll put up a more detailed recipe for this later, when we don't eat it so fast that it's completely gone before I even get out the camera for pictures, but for right now?
Socca bread + tomato sauce + toppings = awesome pizza dish.
So, I've been making socca a lot lately, and finally decided to try it as a pizza crust. I baked the socca, made some homemade tomato sauce and spread that out over the top, and then cooked the toppings separately.
The first time the topping was ground bison - tasted great.
The second time it was ground bison and cooked red bell peppers - also great.
The third time it was ground bison plus roasted bell pepper sauce and ground up chiles from the yard - REALLY great. I think that blending up roasted red bell peppers and using that as a sauce would go well with this.
The kids got some mushrooms mixed up in their meat, too, and loved it.
The grin on my son's face when he got to hold up his 'pizza' and eat it - I was close to tears. It's so hard to express how much something like his means to us, just to find a food that we really like, that we can all eat, that we can MAKE. We were all grinning like loons.
So awesome. I'll put up a more detailed recipe for this later, when we don't eat it so fast that it's completely gone before I even get out the camera for pictures, but for right now?
Socca bread + tomato sauce + toppings = awesome pizza dish.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Kale Chips
I just haven't made these in a while and kind of forgot about them. Wish I hadn't! They are SO easy to make, and the kids will eat them which is always a plus, just like the cauliflower.
A warning for the sulfite sensitive. If you react to anything in the brassica family, this may be problematic for you, so take care. I could eat it when I was reacting a bit less, so I hope that some day I may be able to eat it again. :-)
A warning for the sulfite sensitive. If you react to anything in the brassica family, this may be problematic for you, so take care. I could eat it when I was reacting a bit less, so I hope that some day I may be able to eat it again. :-)
Monday, March 4, 2013
Roasted Cauliflower
I've been trying to find ways my children will eat more variety in their veggies - as this makes up a huge part of our diet - and finally found a way that they like cauliflower, yeaaa!
Roasted cauliflower. I used this recipe.
Basically, I chopped the cauliflower, roasted it around 400-425 with a little oil or melted animal fat and salt rubbed over them. The kids liked the smaller pieces that had more browned area the best. The bigger pieces didn't go over as well. I'd highly recommend this one!
It always feels great when you can find something the kids like to eat!
LOW HISTAMINE DIET - make this sucker as is. :-)
Roasted cauliflower. I used this recipe.
Basically, I chopped the cauliflower, roasted it around 400-425 with a little oil or melted animal fat and salt rubbed over them. The kids liked the smaller pieces that had more browned area the best. The bigger pieces didn't go over as well. I'd highly recommend this one!
It always feels great when you can find something the kids like to eat!
LOW HISTAMINE DIET - make this sucker as is. :-)
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Socca - A French Flatbread
Socca is a completely grain free flatbread that comes from France. It's even a traditional grain-free flatbread, so no weird substitutions to alter the taste, woo hoo!
This stuff is SO easy to make, it's awesome. And it tastes good, too. My kids tell me it reminds them of the batter around a corn dog; I assume that's a positive review, heh.
This stuff is SO easy to make, it's awesome. And it tastes good, too. My kids tell me it reminds them of the batter around a corn dog; I assume that's a positive review, heh.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Stevia Syrup
I can have stevia as long as I grow it myself, so imagine how excited I was to learn that you can make stevia syrup from the leaves!
This site shows how: http://lifehacker.com/5951453/diy-stevia-syrup
Stevia Syrup:
This site shows how: http://lifehacker.com/5951453/diy-stevia-syrup
Stevia Syrup:
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