Recipe - Chicken with Rosemary and Apples

Crock pot recipe ... NOT QUICK but really easy

Again, corn free if you use safe ingredients. I'm not sensitive to grain fed chicken (yet) so proceed with your standard precautions.

2 cups sliced onions
2 apples peeled cored and sliced (you can leave the peels on if you're lazy. I do and it's great)
2 lbs cut up chicken breasts
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 tbs chopped fresh rosemary
1 cup chicken broth (or apple juice)
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 tsp celery seed

1. place apples and onions in bottom of crockpot
2. layer chicken on top and sprinkle with salt, pepper and rosemary
3. wisk broth/juice, yogurt and celery seed together
4. pour over the top
5. cook on low 6 - 8 hours

Cherry Habanero Jam

Delish, corn free and eeeeezzzzzzz!

1 lb frozen private selections (fancy kroger brand) pitted cherries
1 lemon
2 habanero peppers

1. thaw cherries for 30 - 45 mins on the counter in a bowl
2. cut lemon in half, place half in ziploc baggie and toss in the fridge
3. cut remaining half of lemon up in small-ish chunks
4. toss 1/2 lemon, thawed cherries and habanero (pull off the stem please) into a food processor
5. dump processed pulp into a pan with 1 cup sugar
6. bring to a simmer and simmer until all sugar is melted

voila!

I canned mine, and I'm not sure I did it right, so won't bother putting the canning directions here. Warning ... it's hot!

Sourdough!

Yes, I made it ... and yes, it's fantastic! I used King Arthur flour (all purpose) and my starter finished in only one day, my sponge proofed for 10 hours and my dough rose in about 1.5 hours... it was delicious!

TIP: I used an old spaghetti jar for my starter and put the lid on it ... bad idea, there's gas buildup that needs to get out. Also, I believe the metal in the lid reacted with the starter and killed the first one I made. Best solution I came up with was using a rubber band and a piece of cloth over the top. This let the gas out of the jar as well as keeping flies and such at bay.


Follow the Directions here: http://www.prismnet.com/~sjohn/sour.htm (blogspot link won't work... sorry you'll have to copy and paste into your browser)

Safe for me!

I've decided to compile some of the 'safe for me' foods in one place for easy reference. Please know, I am not as sensitive as some and more sensitive than others - in other words, proceed with caution, read labels and know your own allergy! We are all very different in our sensitivities to various derivatives.

Waaay more to come, this is just off the top of my head tonight.

Pasta:
Kroger brand 100% Durham Wheat pasta - all varieties.
Kroger brand long grain rice.

Sauces/Condiments:
Kroger brand Natural Selections pasta sauce
Goya Coconut Milk
Trader Joe's Mayonnaise
Trader Joe's Yellow Mustard
Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Louisiana Hot Sauce

Dairy:
Kerry Gold Cheese All Varieties
Black Diamond Cheddar Cheese
Kroger Brand Natural Selections Parmasean (whole block, not shredded, grated, etc. - those contain cellulose powder to prevent caking and have cause reactions for me.)
Horizon Whole Milk, Half n' Half and Heavy Whipping Cream (cardboard carton causes me no issues)
Fage yogurt, 2% and whole (I haven't tested skim .. becauses I like the fat - also haven't tested the honey they serve with some of their yogurts)
Greek Gods plain yogurt
Presidente Brie

Bread:
n/a

Crackers/Cookies/Cereals/Chips:
Triscuits
Kroger Organic Sea Salt Potato Chips
Nature Valley Oan & Honey granola bars
Sesmark Rice Thins Rice Crackers - Brown Rice
Kroger Brand puffed rice - check label
Cream of Rice hot cereal
Old Fashioned Quaker Oats

Toiletries:
Dr. Bronner's Soap
Dr. Bronner's Shikakai Soap
Ivory Soap

Beverages:
LaCroix flavored waters
Stash Black Tea (English Breakfast Tea)
Folgers coffees (unflavored only, I'm not into froofie coffee anyway so haven't tested the flavored varieties)
Starbucks Komodo Dragon
Starbucks Anniversary Blend
Keurig cup - Green Mountain Sumatra
Keurig cup - Green Mountain Nantucket Blend
Keurig cup - Tulley's French Roast
Keurig cup - Caribou

Flour/Cereals/Sugars/Oils:
Sugar in the Raw
Kroger Brand Private Selections Turbinado Sugar
Domino Brown Sugar
Domino Sugar
King Arthur Flours
Red Star Yeast (three packs NOT the jar stuffs)
Kroger Brand Safflower Oil
Spectrum Apple Cider Vinegar
Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
McCormick's spices (individual spice bottles, not spice mixes)

Fruit/Veggies
Organic Chiquita Bananas (always buy green)
Kroger Canned Green Beans
Kroger Canned Black Beans
Kroger Canned Red Beans
Kroger Canned Pineapple Chunks
Kroger Canned Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans)
Dried beans have never been a problem for me - always check labels

Ingredient Lists

It's not hard. Read the ingredients and NEVER ASSUME. Tofu got me last night, I didn't check the ingredients, there was corn starch. *sigh*

Good news though. The symptoms are more manageable and I notice them even with smaller quantities. Essentially, I don't eat enough to build up a huge reaction. I didn't eat much of the tofu, thank goodness. But at mom's this weekend I had some contaminated cranberries. I ate five or so then walked away ... testing them. Within 20 minutes I was mildly nauseous. Score!

Kroger Pasta - cornless.
Premium Selections (Kroger) - Organic Potato Chips with Sea Salt - cornless.
Kroger cheese - confirmed to have corn by kroger themselves (bastards!!).

Folgers has no corn ... that's what they say anyway.

Folgers confirmation! I just received confirmation from Folgers that:

"there is no corn in our ground coffee, instant coffee, singles, or whole bean coffee." YAY! I love Folgers and man is it cheap. I have been drinking it without issue, but am not very sensitive so please proceed with caution if you decide to test this on your own.

update corn free status of Folgers confirmed with members of Delphi forum. Several members are able to partake of the caffeinated nectar without reactions.

Swope Bread

Ingredients
* 2 cups all purpose King Arthur flour
* 4 cups whole wheat King Arthur flour
* 1 cup sugar in the raw
* 2 tsp kosher salt
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 6 tsp apple cider vinegar
* 4 cups Horizon Whole milk

Preparation
1. preheat to 350
2. grease 2 loaf pans
3. mix
4. bake 60 minutes

feedback fresh from the oven. okay, it would likely be best if you bake it at 350 instead of 450 ... that being said, for a bread that was 100 degrees hotter than it should have been for the full 60 minutes, it is wonderful. Both of the girls love it. Sweet but not overly so, rose about 2 inches which surprised me. This is a loaf that I could toast, make sandwiches with ... *sigh* I could run away with this bread. squee!

Basic Wheat QuickBread

Ingredients:
1 cup oats
1 cup King Arthur wheat flour
½ tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp baking soda
3 tsp apple cider vinegar

Preparation:
1. Preheat to 450.
2. Stir ingredients together and form into ball.
3. Place on greased pan
4. Bake for 20 minutes with pan of water under it
5. Eat fresh from the oven and slather with butter until it runs down your arm.

feedback fresh from oven: crust was very crunchy and yummy, insides moist and soft, flavor was VERY grainy - could use some sweet to cut the grain flavor, texture was perfect. Youngest loved it, oldest did NOT. I think it's an excellent first try.
next day: oh my, still good. I bagged it a bit too early and there was a bit of condensation in the bag, but the bread will be gone before it's an issue. I won't be able to tell you how the bread keeps for the long haul.
overall: good standard recipe. I think this is a base that needs added to. It's a bit too grainy for my tastes, could use more salt and sweet.