Gluten Free Living: Breakfast

Bakery on Main gluten free granola, organic blueberries, baked pears, honey and almond milk. 

Rice cake topped with avocado, roasted red pepper tapanade (from the farmers market), 1 hard boiled egg and espresso.

Arugula and tomato scramble with avocado and Peggy Curry's goddess dressing. 

Baked avocado: Blogged by Allie Moss

Happy eating my Gluten Freaks! 

The Granola Monster

Since I am so incredibly in love and addicted to granola...today I woke up and decided to make my own. With a little help from my 2 favorite brands (By Hand & Bakery on Main) and my favorite cook (Peggy Curry), I raced to whole foods to stock up on my ingredients and hit the kitchen determined to make the most delicious gluten free granola...and I did, I call it THE GRANOLA MONSTER.

Ingredients:

- Coconut oil- 1/4 cup

- Canola oil- 1/4 cup

- Honey- 1 cup

- Vanilla extract- 2 tablespoons

DRY

- Bob's Redmil rolled oats- 3 1/2 cups

- Oat bran- 1/2 cup

- Coconut flour- 1/4 cup

- Glutino gluten free frosted corn flakes- 2 cups

- Coconut flakes- 1 bag of Danielle's

- Shredded coconut- 1/4 cup

- Cinnamon 

NUTS/ FRUIT/ SEEDS

- Raw pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts, sunflower seeds & dried cranberries- (I used a handful of each)

- Flaxseed- ground 1/4 cup

1) Preheat oven to 350º

2) Put all the dry ingredients, seeds, fruits & nuts in a bowl. Mix together.

3) Melt all your oils & honey on low, then add the vanilla to the pot (see above).

4) Pour the oils, honey & vanilla into the bowl and mix it all together with cleanly washed hands.

5) Then lay flat on a cookie tray with parchment paper. Make sure to pat it down so it's not too thick, when it's too thick it won't hold.

6) Sprinkle cinnamon on top

7) Bake 30 minutes- 15 minutes on one end, then spin the tray in the oven for another 15 minutes. 

8) Let it cool for 20 minutes- that's when it hardens. 

Then enjoy

Enjoy your granola with:

- Almond milk

-Soy milk

- Fresh fruit

- Ice cream

- Coconut yogurt

I made sure to be eating my granola the entire time I was writing this blog to remind myself how delicious it is...and I finished it. Whoops.

Gluten Freaks

Hello fellow gluten freaks :) I know first hand how life altering it can be to find out you have a gluten intolerance. Now instead of focusing on what you can't eat, let's flip it around and find all the delicious brands you CAN eat.

My family and I have had 4 years of trial and error with great brands and cardboard tasting brands...So after years of these companies finally figuring out how to make GF food taste delicious...here are my gluten freakin' favorite brands.

Udi's products are a staple in my pantry and fridge. They make the best GF bread products I've ever tasted. A couple of my favorites are the whole grain bread, pizza crust, blueberry muffins & vanilla granola!

Since I'm completely addicted to granola, I have 2 favorite brands: Bakery on Main and By Hand Granola! If you're going for more of the breakfast cereal granola, go with Bakery on Main, but if you want a healthy dessert, By Hand is always a great idea! 

You can find Bakery on Main at Whole Foods and By Hand locally around Manhattan Beach at GROW & the Tea Exchange.

I never liked pretzels until I tried Glutino's. Every type of pretzel they make has a delicious buttery and light taste. My favorite are the yogurt covered pretzels.

Pamela's has literally saved gluten free cooking. Every batch is moist and full of flavor. My favorite Palema's products are: Chocolate brownie mix, baking and pancake mix, and her pecan shortbread cookies shown below.

These cookies also make great pie crusts!

Tinkyada's Pasta Joy's rice based pastas are a great dinner choice.

Skinny Crisps are the best GF cracker I've tried in years...toasted onion is a family fav.

Last, but not least...BEER. REDBRIDGE gluten free beer nailed the taste test. You can find it at Whole Foods, local bars and Dodger Stadium to name a few...

Happy eating GLUTEN FREAKS!