Broccoli Chicken Pesto

This is a pasta the is full of Veggies and your kids won't know.  You could have fun with this and use it for St. Patrick's day!

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 Small can of Tomato sauce

2 heads of Broccoli

2 Red Bell peppers

Handful of fresh Basil

6 garlic Cloves

Tinkyada Pasta  

Start your pasta by following the directions on the package.  Unlike most GF Pastas, this one doesn't get mushy easily so don't me stingy on the water and boiling. 

Steam your broccoli heads until they are falling apart.  You want them very soft so they are easy to blend up.  

 While the broccoli is steaming dice up two chicken breasts.  You want them bite size peices.

 

Then brown them in a pan until cooked through.

Dice up your Basil and garlic

 

You are then going to put your tomato sauce, blended broccoli, basil and garlic all in a pot.  Heat it all together to blend the flavors.  You  can add salt to taste at this point.  

 

Once it is well heated add in your chicken.  Mix it all with your pasta and your kids are getting fun green pasta sauce!

 It might not look gourmet but have fun with it!!

Chocolate Pudding?

????  This might look like chocolate pudding but the texture is not!  This was definitely a fail!  My kids ate it but sometimes I think my kids will eat more then the dog.  Boiled  Cocoa powder, Tapioca flour, Chocolate Almond milk, and Evaporated Cane Sugar until it all was mixed.  Then refrigerated.

SNot

That is what we got, chocolate snot.  Flavorful but texture wise, BAD

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal cookies are my Father-in-laws favorite so I tried a gluten free version and loved it.  

1 c. Sorghum Flour

1 c. Rice flour

1/2 c. Tapioca flour

1tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp Xanthum gum

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

3/4 cup of butter

1/2 c. Sugar

2 tbl. Molasses

1tb Vanilla

2 eggs

3 - 3 1/2 c. GF Oats

1 c. chocolate chips

I always melt my butter to help with mixing the batter and it just bakes slightly different when the butter is melted.  With this recipe it is almost a necessity because of how thick the dough is. 

First add all the ingredients but the oats and chocolate chips. 

 When using your KitchenAid you will want to use then put on your dough hook to add in the oats and chocolate chips. 

 

 

Ghirardelli Chocolate makes two all natural chocolate chips that do not use the extra milk fat in making their chocolate.  The Bitter sweet (I use in place of dark chocolate) and their semi-sweet.  We don't do dairy, or caisen, but have never had any problems with these.  

I then put them in large balls, I like big cookies, then bake for 15min at 350.

 They are slightly dry, not as moist as I would like them.  Next time I bake them I will see what we can do to change that.  Or leave a comment and let me know what you find out.

Gotta love Cookies!!