Thursday, May 31, 2012

Hormel Natural Choice Packaged Deli Sandwich Meats

Packaged Deli Sandwich Meats



Have you see this product yet?

Up until this product came along, we had no options in our little corner of the world for Gluten Free Lunchmeat except the one ham product they sold. One day the ham I purchased was sold out and that left me with no options.  Lucky for me I had time to go rooting though the refrigerated section and found this.

Right there on the bottom left hand corner (too small to read in this picture) says Gluten Free.  Flip the package around and it will tell you how it has no nitrates, no nitrites, no artificial ingredients, minimally processed, no MSG and raised without hormones.

Here is the ingredients list for ya!

Ingredients: Turkey Breast Meat, Water, Salt, Potato Starch, Turbinado Sugar, Rice Starch, Carrageenan (from seaweed), Baking Soda, Celery Juice Powder, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not from Milk).

I wonder why they need stuff like the starches and baking soda?  It's not like they are baking a cake with it!  LOL...   I remember way back when we lived in New Jersey, we used to be able to go the the supermarket and order store roasted meats in the deli section to be sliced.  These were basically only the fresh meats, roasted.  Those were the days right?  I think I need to open a throw back mom and pop supermarket someday!

The starches and sugars make this product not exactly Paleo for us dieting adults but still a perfectly reasonable option for my children and the Gluten Free Community. Print
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Paleo Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

This is basically my old Salisbury Steak recipe minus the sugars and condiments like Worcestershire and Soy Sauce that I would have normally used, but are a Paleo NoNo. Soy is a Legume which is a Paleo NoNo and Worcestershire has sugar so that rules that out.  I am not so sure how the Paleo world would look upon me using powdered Garlic and Onion but I feel that it adds a tremendous amount of flavor when combined with fresh. It is amazing how good the flavor was in this dish.

Initially I tried to thicken the gravy up with Coconut Flour.  Although it was thickened slightly, it acted like sludge at the bottom of the pan.  The sludge did not affect the flavor, but the look was unappealing.  My husband suggested I try Gum but what I ended up doing is boiling the sauce down to a glaze and it slightly thickens and dramatically enhances the flavor.

The old picture, obvious from the corn in the background! 


Patties
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 teaspoon Fresh Garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/4 teaspoon Onion Powder
1/4 teaspoon Mustard Powder
1/4 teaspoon Thyme
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1 egg

Gravy
4 Tablespoons Butter
1 large Onion, quartered and sliced
8 ounce Mushrooms, sliced
1 teaspoon Fresh Garlic, minced
1 cup Beef Stock, good quality
1 teaspoon dried onions
1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/2 teaspoon Mustard Powder
1/4 teaspoon Mrs. Dash
1/8 Cayenne Pepper
  • Add all patty ingredients and mix well. 
  • Form into 5 or 6 oval shaped patties. 
  • Add 2 Tablespoons Butter to pan and brown patties on each side, remove from pan.
  • Add 2 more Tablespoons of Butter to pan along with onion, mushrooms and fresh garlic. 
  • Cook until onions are translucent and mushrooms give some moisture. 
  • Add patties back to the pan and add remaining sauce ingredients.
  • Cook for 7 to 10 minutes on low, until patties are heated through and sauce is thickened.

Serve with Mashed Cauliflower and enjoy a paleo style comfort meal!!! ;-).




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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Menu Plan Monday: Week of May 28th 2012


Happy Memorial Day everyone!  We will be honoring our fallen heros as well as all the other noble men and women who served at our local city hall with my son's Cub Scouts Group bright and early Monday Morning.  I love how Cub Scouts incorporates into their program good examples like Community Service and respect.  Now I feel like our kids won't grow up thinking Memorial day is national BBQ day.  Speaking of BBQ's, we are also having one of those too!
:-).

I am still muddling though this idea of a Paleo Diet.  My husband says he lost 18  pounds now.  WOW!!!  He is totally hard core about never eating carbs, sugars, legumes. Our diet has really gotten shabby lately and really did need a face lift.  Our new direction though is a diet called The Rosendale Diet.  His idea is eating for longevity but it his ideas are extremely similar to the Paleo Diet.

Sunday:
Dijon Mustard Pork Tenderloin with Paleo friendly Cole Slaw.   I have not looked up the Paleo Mayo recipe yet but I have in mind digging out my Julia Child cooked mayo recipe and making that Paleo by way of oil choices.  We are a mayo and cabbage sort of cole slaw family.  Simple spices like garlic and onion powders, salt and pepper and we are very happy.  


Memorial Day Monday:
BBQ Lunch: Grilled Back yard Burgers with Layered Romain, Sweet Onions and Plumb Tomatoes on top, green salad with home made Balsamic Vinegar Dressing, Greek Salad.  Chips and Dip for those non Paleo folks.  Watermelon for dessert!

Dinner: Stuffed Yellow, Orange and Red Bell Peppers.  Going to use cauliflower instead of rice and my home made Bolognese Meat Sauce minus the sugar and made a tad thicker.  Should be good.  Probably serve that green salad on the side again.  When we were younger we used to serve green salad to ourselves before we ate any meal. We had really gotten into a rut and its time to bring back the veggies.


Tuesday:
Photo Credit: http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/2012/02/ss-chicken-club-avocado-boats.html
Avocado Boats and Green Salad.  Found this idea over at PeaceLoveandLowCard.blogspot.com and I think this idea is just brilliant.  I just happen to have ripe Avocado's to use as well as leftover chicken legs that I picked clean of its meat.  Using leftover Paleo Mayo I made Sunday.


Wednesday:
I think Sour Cream is the "grey area" of Paleo so I'm using it.... ;-).
Served with a side of Sauteed Mushrooms.

Thursday:
Roasted Chicken Breasts &
Mashed Cauliflower.  Maybe Broccoli too!


Friday:
Turkey Burgers served over Sauteed Spinach
and served along side Cauliflower Rice

Saturday:
Strip Steaks, Sauteed Zucchini and Summer Squash
& Garden Fresh Cucumber Salad (home made Paleo Mayo)

Sunday:
Spaghetti Squash with leftover Bolognese Meat Sauce
Served with a Side Salad



Looking for inspiration? I can help in three different ways.
  1. Head on over to Orgjunkie.com and visit Laura's Menu Plan Monday.
  2. Visit Heather at Celiac Family, the Gluten Free Menu Swapheadquarters!
  3. You can also view my past menu plans here 

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Menu Plan Monday: Week of May 21st, 2012

My husband came home from work early last week and announced that he now wants to follow a new diet plan very similar to the Paleo Diet.  The Paleo diet (in my mind) is like the gluten free diet only you simply do not try and replace the bread. My usual response is, "we do not really eat much of the gluten free replacements".  My husband said that from his point of view we have done an excellent job at replacing what we missed eating gluten. I suppose we just don't realize how many carbs we eat now.  Maybe he is right!!

I am always up for a diet challenge.  Dieting for whatever reason has always been something I can do really well.  So lately I have been trying to research "Paleo".  My hubby says to be careful because some sources are not reliable.  If you happen upon my blog and know a good reliable source I'd love for you to share it with me.  Right now my favorite site is www.health-bent.com. She is a former pastry chef, food blogger and designer.  Love her ideas and how wonderful her dishes end up looking.  Her recipes look too good to be Paleo.

For now our plan is to make a large bowl of green salad which will be the basis of all things and a big bowl of Paleo appropriate fruit salad. In the mean time, its meat and veggies until I get this all figured out. My husband lost 7 pounds in just one week so he must be onto something.  Who could not spare an extra 10?!?!  Well maybe some of my Celiac friends but not many.  My daughter when we first diagnosed her was pretty boney but the closer she gets to good health the plumper she looks.  NOT that I think she needs a diet, just making a point that good health has some curves.  In my opinion anyway.

Monday:

Tuesday:
Herbed Grilled Pork Chops (Seasoned with Mrs. Dash Steak) and Steamed Broccoli

Wednesday:
Salisbury Steaks (minus the oats and thickeners for the gravy)

Thursday:
(altons's recipe using olive oil), steamed Green Beans

Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
TBD, tho probably going to do Ribs on the Grill for Saturday BBQ



Looking for inspiration? I can help in three different ways.
  1. Head on over to Orgjunkie.com and visit Laura's Menu Plan Monday.
  2. Visit Heather at Celiac Family, the Gluten Free Menu Swapheadquarters!
  3. You can also view my past menu plans here 



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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Tyson Grilled & Ready Chicken Nuggets Review


Am I the only person left on the web who did not realize these Chicken Breast Chunks were Gluten Free?  I even called Tyson and confirmed.

I never really would have even considered to look for such a product since it is much cheaper to just buy the chicken on sale when its $.98 cents a pound and fry them up myself.  That was until my son's mild corn allergy, which he was diagnosed with as an infant and outgrew, seemed to have returned as an intolerance once we went gluten free. So the quick and convenient breaded chicken nuggets for lunches had to go.

As a side note, it does have modified food starch in this product which turns out to be a corn product.  And gosh I hate the word modified in ANY of my foods!  Seriously I do.  But they do taste good and most definitely are Gluten Free!  As for my son, the food starch content says 2% or less so we are giving it a try to see if he is able to tolerate this product.  It is not like I intend to feed him these every day.  My plan is to keep them for a quick emergency meal.

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