Coming Soon...

Here are a few of the recipes/dishes coming your way soon.

Southern Fried Chicken (first time I made this, I about peed my pants in delight. SO tasty)

Hush Puppies (to go along with that southern fried chicken!)

Southern Fried Catfish - yeah, we like the south here

Veal Marsala - been missing Italian? This will cure that.

Chicken Marsala - because just veal marsala isn't enough!

Veal Scallopini - sheer heaven on your fork.

Chocolate Sheet Cake - no one will guess it's GF. The BEST chocolate cake. Ever!

Keep an eye out for these and many, many more down home cooking recipes from GF Daily.

Tom Sawyer Gluten-Free Flour

As you can see, I've been pushing Tom Sawyer Gluten-Free Flour. Why? It's quite simple.

No, I'm not in any way affiliated with this company nor am I paid to peddle their flour. I simply believe, after years of using and creating other GF flour blends, that this flour is hand's down the best GF flour on the market today.

The company claims you can do a cup for cup replacement in your non GF recipes and after extensive use of their flour, I agree! I'm now able to pull out my old cookbooks and once again bake up some tempting treats.

I'll be creating and selling a line of dry mixes in the coming future and the flour blend that will be used for these will be Tom Sawyer.

If you're fortunate enough to live in the Phoenix area, swing by Picazzo's Pizza for the BEST GF pizza, bar none. This is where I was first introduced to TS GF Flour and my love affair with the chewy and heavenly Picazzo pizza began.

All the recipes I post will use Tom Sawyer Gluten-Free Flour. If you don't feel like ordering from them and want to use your own blend, please do! I cannot guarantee results as there are so many different blends out there, it's impossible to determine just how your particular blend will pan out.

Enjoy and please do order at least one small bag to see what you think. I believe you will not be disappointed!

Lavender Infused Chicken Cordon Bleu

I use lavender in cooking and baking as my mom grows it organically and I have so much of it, why not eat it!

I was in the mood for something a bit out of the ordinary a few months back and after some thought, decided to do a lavender infused chicken cordon bleu. My family loves chicken cordon bleu (even w/out the breading) and it seemed the perfect recipe to add a bit of zest to.

Enjoy!

Lavender Infused Chicken Cordon Bleu
served with mashed red potatoes and vegetables

4 chicken breasts, boned and skinned
4 slices of swiss cheese
4 ounces sliced ham
1/2 cup flour **
herbed salt blend to taste (I use a lavender blend - so incredibly yummy!)
3 Tbls oil (olive oil is superb for this dish!)

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Pound chicken until flat. Sprinkle inside with herb blend to taste, aprox 1/4-1/2 tsp for each breast, and rub into meat.
Mix flour with 1 tsp herb blend and whisk to blend.

Lay one slice swiss cheese on each breast and cover with 1 ounce thinly sliced ham (shaved deli ham is perfecto!). Then roll or gather the chicken breast to fully enclose cheese and ham and tie shut with cooking string or fasten with toothpicks or wooden skewers.

Roll each into the flour mixture until thoroughly coated and fry in a hot skillet with oil until golden brown on all sides. Remove from skillet and place into shallow baking dish (pie plate will work perfectly) and cover with foil.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, or until juices run clear.

Serve with Honey Mustard sauce (recipe to follow) or plain. The flavor of the chicken and ham and cheese is accentuated by the herb blend - simply marvelous!


Honey Mustard Sauce
1/4 cup mayonnaise, NOT Miracle Whip
2 Tbl stone ground mustard
2 Tbl honey
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Mix all together and referigerate for at least 2 hours for flavors to meld. Spoon over chicken to serve. Delicious!


**I use Tom Sawyer Gluten-Free Flour for ALL my baking needs. If you choose to use another GF flour blend, you'll need to add xanthan gum as needed. Please check with your flour recipe to see proper amount to use.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

This is a delicious dish - nothing beats homemade! Because this sweet and sour sauce is homemade, it's not the fake red that you're likely used to. Tastes just as good (actually BETTER!) than everything store-bought though.

Sauce...
1/2 cup reserved pineapple juice
1 cup sugar
4 Tbl corn starch
1/2 cup white vinegar
4 tsp soy sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tsp chinese 5 spice
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Mix all ingredients and bring to slow boil. Simmer and continue cooking for 2 minutes for full flavor meld.


Chicken Portion...
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast - cut into 1" pieces
1/2 cup potato starch (*)
1 tsp chinese 5 spice
3 Tbl vegetable oil
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Vegetables...
suggestions: green, red, yellow peppers; onions, water chestnuts, broccoli, snow peas, sugar snap peas, etc
1 can pineapple chunks, reserve juice
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Toss chicken pieces in potato starch (*) and chinese spice until well coated. Fry in wok or skillet with the oil, stirring often to prevent browning, until outside is cooked, middle is pink.

Add vegetables and continue cooking until chicken is cooked through (juices run clear - no pink in middle).

Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables. Stir and serve over white rice (we prefer Jasmine rice).

Gluten-Free Fig Newtons

I really mis Fig Newtons. Paul Newman makes a wheat-free fig newton, but of course, they contain rye. So, they are off limits to us GF'ers.

I tried to ignore the little voice inside that kept screaming "I want fig newtons!" but it never seemed to die down. It's unfortunate that my parents were involved in food co-op years ago and used to purchase whole wheat fig newtons by the case. Wow. Those things were totally awesome. Rich. Chewy. So incredibly delicious. Sigh.

The other night I'd finally had it and embarked into the kitchen around 1am to whip up a fig newton recipe. The result - sheer and utter yumminess. Maybe not *exactly* like the fig newtons of old, but let's face it - what GF food is an exact replica of it's gluten-filled counterpart?

If you're craving fig newtons - these should fit the bill! The soy flour gives a chewy and rich texture while the potato flour helps to create a stiffer dough. I recommend using Tom Sawyer's Gluten Free Flour for this and any other recipe I create. I'm not affiliated with that company but I do think they make, hands down, the BEST GF flour on the market today. I buy the stuff in bulk!

Fig Newtons

12 ounce figs, chopped
1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
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mix these together and microwave until mixture boils and thickens, stirring every 30 seconds. Set aside.

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
2 cups flour **
1 cup soy flour
1/3 cup potato flour (NOT starch)
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Heat oven to 375F - grease 13x9 cake pan
Mix sugar, butter, shortening, eggs, salt, and soda until light and fluffy.
Add flours and stir until blended.

Divide dough into two equal sections and pat down first half into the bottom of the cake pan until it's evenly covering the surface of the pan. Spread the fig mixture over the top of this layer making sure it's spread evenly across the dough. Pat out the last section of dough onto a sheet of waxed paper until it is large enough to cover the fig layer completely. Lay this on top of the fig layer and gently press down to seal the layers together.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool and then cut into squares of desired size.

These resemble "real" fig newtons more when they are left in the open air for a few hours to dry out a bit. Simply yummy!

**I use Tom Sawyer Gluten-Free Flour for ALL my baking needs. If you choose to use another GF flour blend, you'll need to add xanthan gum as needed. Please check with your flour recipe to see proper amount to use.

Welcome to the Gluten-Free Daily!

Welcome to Gluten-Free Daily. This site will contain recipes and information concerning the gluten-free lifestyle and celiac disease.

If you're here, you have likely been diagnosed with Celiac Disease and you're thinking the path before you is dark indeed. Maybe it was some time ago, but amazing advances have been made in recent years and no longer is one forced to suffer alone!

Living gluten-free no longer means suffering from lack of any yummy food or companionship of others. There are so many persons diagnosed with CD nowadays, you're likely to not have time to keep up with the various groups, clubs, and get-togethers available to you!

If you're hungry for some good baking and delicious hard-to-tell-they-are-gluten-free recipes -- you've come to the right place! Enjoy :D