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Our good friend Nell has just launched a new blog where she’ll be sharing all of the healthy eating strategies that she’s learned over the past few years. She knows what she’s talking about and we know you’ll love following the new blog!

The Best Buttery Corn Bread

I am very picky when it comes to corn bread. I can never seem to come across a recipe that I really like. This recipe I am about to share isn’t bad at all.

I would prefer a sweeter version of Corn Bread. I just haven’t came across it yet. I won’t give up trying to find that one sweet tasting corn bread.

The Best Buttery Corn Bread

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups milk
• 2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Combine the eggs and milk. Combine flour, corn meal, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with egg mixture.
2. Pour into a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Bake at 400 for 22 – 27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cut into squares; serve warm.

Gluten Free Listfull Tuesday

Here is the other half of the soup list. There are more soups out there but these are the ones I have either seen in a local store or have actually tried myself. I personally love the Imagine soups but currently I am still working on the list of their GF soups. If you are lucky enough to find Amy’s Organic soups at a local store then make sure you give them a try. Her vegetable lentil soup is amazing.

Pacific Soups

Broths

• Organic Chicken Broth

• Organic Chicken Broth Low Sodium

• Free Range Chicken Broth

• Organic Vegetable Broth

• Organic Vegetable Broth Low Sodium

• Organic Beef Broth

• Beef Broth

• Organic Mushroom Broth

Creamy Soups

• Organic Creamy Tomato

• Organic Creamy Tomato Low Sodium

• Organic Creamy Butternut Squash

• Organic Creamy Butternut Squash Low Sodium

• Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato

• Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Low Sodium

• Organic French Onion

• Creamy Roasted Carrot

• Cashew Carrot Ginger

• Buttery Sweet Corn

• Curried Red Lentil

• Spicy Black Bean Soup

• Tuscan White Bean

Hearty Artisan Soups

• Organic Spicy Chicken Fajita

• Organic Spicy Black Bean with Chicken Sausage

• Organic Savory White Bean with Smoked Bacon

• Organic Split Pea with Ham & Swiss Cheese

• Organic Savory Chicken & Wild Rice

Amy’s

• Amy’s Fire Roasted Southwestern Vegetable Soup

• Amy’s Light In Sodium Lentil Soup

• Amy’s Organic Cream of Tomato Soup

• Amy’s Black Bean Vegetable

• Amy’s Black Vegetable Lentil Soup

• Amy’s Organic Tuscan Bean and Rice Soup

• Amy’s Organic Chili with Vegetables

• Amy’s Chunky Tomato Bisque Soup

photo credit: *Noema*

Menu Plan Monday

I am really bad at sitting down planning a menu and I am really trying to get back into the habit again of menu planning. It would be less costly at the grocery store then just trying to plan as I shop.

I really love this meme. It puts weekly meals into perspective in my house! If you would like to join in click the picture on the right. What you do is create you menu and go back to the Menu Plan Meme Host and link up!

Monday – Sliced Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, and Green Beans

Tuesday – Ham and Cheese Casserole

Wednesday – Crock Pot Pizza

Thursday – Dinner Out – Grocery Shopping Day

Friday – Slow Cooked Potato Soup

Saturday – Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes, and Green Beans

Sunday – Tater Tot Casserole

I will the other recipes as I try them as they are new to me yet and I would love to share my imput when I send them out. Have a great Monday.

Gluten Free Creamy Potato Soup

I was cleaning out my chest freezer when I realized I had saved two ham bones. They were all wrapped up just waiting to be used.  I usually cook a ham and then save the bone for another meal. Well, it just happened to be really chilly outside so I decided I was going to make myself some creamy potato soup. Now this was a first for me but I make pea soup all of the time so I figured it couldn’t be that hard. It turned out perfect. Chunks of ham and potato, who could ask for more. I called this soup creamy potato but there isn’t any dairy in my recipe. The potatoes boiled down and made this wonderfully thick soup.

Potato Soup

• 2 ham bones
• 6 cups GF chicken stock
• 4 potatoes peeled and diced
• 1 large onion diced
• 1 carrot diced
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 twists on the pepper grind

1. Start by cooking your ham bone in the broth for at least 30 minutes.
2. Remove the bone from pan and cut up the left over meat into bite size pieces. Add ham pieces back into soup.
3. Add the rest of your ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. If soup seems too thin add 2 tbl of tapioca starch to thicken. Serve with a fresh piece of hot bread.

Handy Gourmet Chopper Review

My dad bought me the Handy Gourmet Chopper. I was really excited to try it as I used it to chop onions. I found out that you have to cut really thin slices for it to work properly. If you cut to thin you could easily break it or you had to press really hard with all your strength and literally press with your whole body to chop it.

The Pros:

• cuts perfect square shapes
• has a measuring cup on the container
• the pieces fall right into the storage container

The Cons:

• I don’t like how you have to cut really thing pieces
• I don’t like just the square shapes

I am not sure that I would recommend this product. I like it somewhat for cutting onions and that is it. I know there are other choppers out there that I have my eye on.

Disclosure: I was not paid for this review. This was a gift from my father. I am in no way affiliated with this company. This is just my honest opinion of this product.

Fantastically Delicious Food Link Love

I can’t believe it’s Saturday already! This week really has flown by. I also can’t believe it’s already Halloween. Where did this year go?

Enough about how fast time is flying. Go grab your cup of coffee and come sit back down and enjoy the fantastically delicious foodie link love your about to read.

• $5 Dollar Dinners talks about #bakingday in her post Baking Day Part 1. I am really excited about this as it takes place Tuesday and Wednesday I believe. You have a list of what your going to do and you blog and post on twitter. I am looking so foward to this. It will be my first time.
• Ask Ms Recipe has a recipe for Parmesan Tuna Stuffed Shells Casserole which sounds fantastic. I am allergic to tuna so I will give this a try with chicken.
• I am always looking for something new to try with chicken. Cook with Nikki has a Sun Dried Tomato Stuffed Chicken Breast that I am just dying to try.
• From Our Table To Yours has Kids in the Kitchen Friday and this week she has No Bake Peanut Butter Balls. I can honestly say I have never made a no bake cookie before. Now I am curious to try it.
• SimplyRecipes has me drooling over Marc’s Cashew Chicken. I have always wanted to try Cashew Chicken but just never found a recipe before today. I will be trying this very soon.
• I have been baking a lot of muffins this week. I came across a Donut Muffin recipe on Sugar Pies. This is another recipe I am going to add to my list for baking day.

Easy Gluten Free Peanut Butter Layer Bars

These bars are so simple. They take about 10 minutes to whip up. They taste like a homemade Reeses!

Peanut Butter Layer Bars

Peanut Butter Layer:

• 2 cups cookies crumbs  finely ground (I use GF gingersnaps)
• 2 sticks of butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter (or any nut butter)

Chocolate layer:

• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 tbl peanut butter

1. Mix together butter, crumbs, sugar, and peanut butter until blended. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9×13 pan.
2. Pour chips into microwave safe bowl and add the peanut butter. Microwave for 1 minute and stir. Spread over 1st layer and chill for at least 1 hour.

Warning: You will be lucky if these bars last more than a few days. They are very addictive!

Follow Friday – Tweeters That Care

Last week Friday my Dad had went into the hospital and it was pretty late when he did. A few tweeters made my night by responding and asking about my Dad! Twitter moves so fast sometimes that it’s so hard to keep track of who is sayinig what! I just want to say a special Thank You to these Tweeters! It meant the world to me!

In case your wondering my Dad is doing great he back home now and in a little pain. My Dad went in and they said he had pancreotitis. They ended up removing his gall bladder and cleaning out the bile duct.

Again Thank You!