Gluten Free Tuesday-Aussie Chicken

Aussie Chicken-Is a flavorful and extremely rich chicken dish. The best part is it is or can be made gluten free (always be aware of brands-some brands are not gf). I am posting the general recipe, I am quite certain all the items/brands I used were gluten free. I have adapted this recipe from Taste of Home magazine, and this recipe at Happy to be @ Home.
Aussie Chicken

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, pounded to 1/2 inch thickness
2 teaspoons seasoning salt (I used Kicken Chicken spice blend from sams club-it is GF)
6 slices bacon, cut in half (I used the precooked bacon)
1/4 cup prepared mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 T. mayonnaise
1/2 tablespoon dried onion flakes
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese ( I actually prefer to use process white American cheese, the slices)

1. Rub the chicken breasts with the seasoning salt, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the mustard, honey, mayonnaise and dried onion flakes.

4.Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
5. Place the breasts in the skillet and saute for 3 to 5 minutes per side, or until browned.




6.Remove from skillet and place the breasts into a 9×13 inch baking dish.
7. Apply the honey mustard sauce to each breast, then layer each breast with mushrooms and bacon.
8. Sprinkle top with shredded cheese and cheese slices.

9. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until cheese is melted and chicken is done.12. Serve with the honey mustard sauce.

Gluten Free Tuesday-Wait it's Thursday...BLUSH. --Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup

Hi again. You all must think I have nothing better to do than cook and that this is going to turn into a food blog. Not so, although I will always be posting recipes, I have just been so busy I can hardly keep up. I am making a point to keep up with GF Tuesday because it is important to me personally. I do however promise to get some life updates up...like anyone but my mom even cares LOL! On to the recipe at hand. I made this cause it looked uber duber good and my niece really likes chicken and rice, but my sil old recipe called for canned condensed soup. I sampled the old recipe over the weekend and I have to say it was good, but I do think this recipe rivals it, if not beats it. So Gracie I hope you like this one...

Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup from For the Love of Cooking
(note you can reduce the liquid and make a rocking chicken and rice casserole type dish..this is recipe is very adaptable)

Ingredients


1 tsp of olive oil
1/2 sweet yellow onion
2-3 carrots, diced
2-3 stalks of celery, diced ( I didn't use celery cause I was out..it was fine)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
5 cups of homemade chicken stock (not pictured)
1 tsp chicken bouillon (I love Herb ox)
1/2 tsp dried basil
Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
1 bay leaf
1 cup cooked chicken breast, diced (more if you like)
1/2 cup long grain rice
1/2 cup of frozen sweet yellow corn, thawed
2 tbsp corn starch
1 12 oz can evaporated milk

Directions
Heat olive oil in a large stock pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots and celery(as I mentioned I was out so we skipped that particular ingredient) once hot. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and stir constantly for 60 seconds. Add the chicken stock, diced chicken, rice, bouillon, basil, sea salt, black pepper and bay leaf. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes. Turn the soup up until it boils. Mix the corn starch and evaporated milk thoroughly in a bowl. Add the milk mixture to the boiling soup and stir. Lower the heat and add the corn. Mix thoroughly and simmer for a few more minutes. The soup will thicken as it sits. Enjoy.


As I mentioned above I got this recipe from one of my favorite food blogs For the love of cooking it is a great source of inspiration as well as easy fun family meals. Go over and give her some love. Also go on..make a gluten free meal and post it on www.vickitate.blogspot.com Thanks and God Bless!!!

Thankful Thursday and BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe

I have so much to be grateful for daily ...

This week I am grateful for....

1. That God has heard and answered my feeble prayers. I have really been conscious about lifting up every worry to Him and every burden to Him. He has heard and answered each prayer. I can not say how grateful I am for the health he has granted us.

2. I am grateful that we are getting some answers about my niece and her belly problems. Though they are answers I am not necessarily ready for, I am grateful for finding the problems, I am grateful for how God has blessed and blessed even in this time of stress. I am grateful she has parents who are dedicated to making her life amazing no matter what aliment she has...and I am just grateful for her.

3. I am grateful for my new camera that I was able to buy. This is one of the first things I have really saved for and actually achieved getting. I hated the saving and waiting but I love the result of my being diligent in saving.

4. I am grateful for my extremely sweet daughter. She is just the fullness of my heart. I am grateful for the time I get to hold her on the couch and just snuggle. I am grateful for the time we have everyday to read together. I am grateful for our chats.

5. I am grateful for the opportunity to search God through our youth group at church. We have such cool kids. It is truly a blessing for me.

What do you have that God has blessed you with?


So I have been doing a different approach to our grocery shopping. In years past I would go once and we would eat all month. I at the time thought this was a very economical way to shop, but have since changed my mind. Now I am going once a week and trying to plan our menu around things we have in the freezer and left from the days and weeks before. This is going very well for us and is causing me to channel my kitchen creativity in new ways.

Last night I made Barbecue Chicken Pizza. I tried my best to copy others that I had tasted and recipes I had seen all over the Internet. Here is what I came up with.

I made the dough myself by adapting this recipe from Chaos in the Kitchen

Basic Pizza Dough
makes 1 recipe pizza dough, prep 10 min, rise time 1 hour
1 pkg active dry yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp loose yeast)
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 3/4 cup flour
Combine yeast and warm water, stir to dissolve.
Add oil, salt, and flour. Stir to combine.
Once dough starts to come together, turn out onto a floured counter and knead to thoroughly combine-until dough is smooth and elastic. If it is uncooperative let it rest for a few minutes and come back to it.
Place dough ball in a greased bowl and cover loosely. Allow dough to rise until doubled, approximately an hour.

**i used half whole wheat flour and added two tablespoons of honey.

So I started that in the morning and then when dinner time came I spread it out on a greased pizza pan.

Next I gathered all my ingredients from the pantry and fridge.

1. Mozzarella Cheese (a lot of recipes call for Gouda, but we don't have any!)
2. BBQ Sauce
3. Pizza Sauce
4. Leftover BBQ Chicken
5. 1/2 a red onion
6. Bacon (not pictured)


Preheat your oven to 350.

Mix your pizza sauce (about 1/2 a cup..I have to admit I eyeballed it) and BBQ sauce and mix to combine.


Spread the sauce all over your pizza evenly.

Add cheese.

Add pre cooked bacon (you can slightly under cook if you are cooking it at home, cause it will be going in the oven.)

Chop your red onion and then sprinkle over the pizza

Chop the left over chicken and the then sprinkle on top.

Through that bad boy in the over for about 20 minutes....

and enjoy!!!!

I was really happy with how this turned out. I was even happier with how very few items it took that I didn't have on hand...actually there was none. My husband raved about how good it was...Kennedy however would not eat it because it was not peperoni...but when she did finally try it she said it was pretty good...Kids!!!