MacNCheesy Muffin Appetizers

Great appetizer for your holiday list that won’t last long especially with kiddos and I mean BIG kiddos too! I’m planning to make some this weekend to take to friends to try out the recipe! I will also add my photo!

Parmesan Baked Crispy Eggplant Fries & Basil Ketchup

Yummy, healthy, new twist on traditional fries! Great appetizer for the holidays! Parmesan Eggplant Fries with Basil Ketchup. I modify using Bob Red Mills All Purpose GF flour & Ian’s Gluten Free Panko Breadcrumbs from Whole Foods!

Recipe from Giada De Laurentiis
http://www.foodnetwork.com

Stuffed Red Bell Peppers

Grabbed this recipe from Food Network from Giada De Laurentiis and tweaked it a little using beef instead of chicken and some cheesy queso dip from Whole Foods! These are awesome!!! My husband loved them!

Not sure about you but we love peppers at our house! We grow them in our garden and eat them in everything! We grill them, chop them, put them in salads, and eat them raw too. My husband eats a raw jalapeno every night with his meal! I did, however, buy these 4 big Red Bells on sale at Whole Foods. Ours just don’t grow this big!

You can use chicken or beef in this recipe. I used some grass-fed sirloin that I had my butcher from Whole Foods cut up in little chunks. You could also use black beans instead of corn. I bought some packaged Gluten Free Cheesy Queso dip from Whole Foods over in the cheese section and used that instead of the Avocado sauce. Of course, if you don’t want to use Queso cheese use the Avocado sauce!

I sauteed the beef in about two tablespoons of butter in my iron skillet for about 5 minutes or so. It doesn’t take long. Then I took the gravy it made and put that in the cheese and zapped the cheese in the microwave. Pour the cheese sauce over the peppers right before serving. Delicious with a little sidekick from the queso!!

And if you’re really brave and like a lot of heat, you can always use Pablano peppers!!! Yikes!

Gluten Free Pie Crust

Gluten Free Pie Crust from Simply Gluten Free. I just made My Big Fat Comfy Chicken Pot Pie using this flour and it was really good! The flour is a bit crumbly so follow the directions and you’ll be ok!