Gluten Free Chicken and Potato Pie

INGREDIENTS

1 whole chicken

1 large onion, minced

1 large potato, diced into ½ cm cubes

2 large carrots, diced fine

½ cup kidney beans

½ cup corn

4cups water

6 large potatoes (to be mashed)

2 tbs corn flour

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°F

Put water into a large pot

Add whole chicken

Boil for 45 minutes

Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Once cool strip meat from bones.

Place meat, carrots, onions, corn and diced potatoes into the chicken water and boil for 10 minutes.

Reduce heat.

Mix one tablespoon of corn flour with ¼ cup water.

Pour into pot and stir. Mixture should thicken.

Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Cook and mash the 6 potatoes.

Use half of the potato to line bottom and sides of a lightly greased pie plate.

Spoon chicken mixture into pie plate.

Top with remaining potato.

Gluten Free Potato Cakes

INGREDIENTS

2 cups mashed potatoes

1 large egg

1 tbs gluten free all purpose flour mix

2 tbs cream

1 tbs minced onion

Salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

Mix all ingredients together and shape into flat cakes (about 2 inches in diameter and about ¾” thick)

Fry in butter until golden brown on both sides.

Variation:  Add ½ cup grated cheese.

Gluten Free Maple Candy

INGREDIENTS

3 cups brown sugar

1 cup cream

1 tsp maple flavouring

1 cup walnuts (optional)

 INSTRUCTIONS

Grease a 9X13 pan

Cook, over medium heat, the sugar and cream until the temperature reaches 236°F (soft ball)

Cool to luke warm and beat until fluffy

Add the flavouring and nuts. Mix.

Turn out into prepared pan and score with squares.

Gluten Free Bean Flour Mix

INGREDIENTS

1 part bean flour

1 part tapioca flour

1 part cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

Mix well and store in a sealed container in a cool, dry, place.

This can be used in most recipes as a one for one substitute for all purpose wheat flour.

Gluten Free Snowballs

Mix together in a bowl:

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup icing sugar

1/2 cup GF crisped rice cereal

Form into balls

Dip into 1 cup icing sugar dissolved in 1 tbs water

Roll in desiccated coconut

Refrigerate at least one hour

Gluten Free Rice Krispies Squares

INGREDIENTS

1/3 cup margarine

4 cups mini marshmallows (be sure to check for hidden gluten)

1/2 tsp gluten free vanilla

5 cups gluten free crisped rice cereal

DIRECTIONS

Grease a 9X13 pan

Melt margarine over medium heat.

Add marshmallows and stir until melted. 

Remove from heat and stir in Vanilla.

Stir in cereal.

Put into prepared pan and press down flat with greased waxed paper.

Cool in refrigerator.