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As soon as I saw this recipe on Pinterest I knew Robby would love it and boy was I right! This is made gluten and dairy free, but I’m sure you could make it with dairy ingredients and it would be just as tasty!
I used a boxed gluten free brownie mix from stonewall Kitchen as that’s the best we have found but use your favorite brownie mix.
This takes time to cool so it’s a perfect make ahead dessert.
I found this recipe at www.thenomadicfitzpatricks.com
INGREDIENTS
1 box of gluten free/ dairy free brownie mix along with ingredients listed on the box to make the brownies.
1 package gluten free Oreo’s
8 ounce container of dairy free cream cheese
1/4 cup dairy free sour cream
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, lightly beaten for the cheesecake layer
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease an 8×8 pan or 9×9 pan and set aside.
Prepare the brownie mix according to the package BUT DO NOT BAKE! Once mixed pour the batter into the prepared pan. On top of the brownie mixture add a layer of the Oreo’s , about 16. You can also cut some of the Oreo’s in half to fill in any gaps. That is the Oreo layer.
In a separate bowl whisk the dairy free cream cheese, dairy free sour cream, sugar and vanilla. This will be thick. Whisk the two eggs in a bowl and add those to your cream cheese mixture and stir until smooth.
Pour this mixture over your Oreo layer and spread evenly with a spatula, thus is your cream cheese layer.
Lastly crush 4 Oreo cookies and sprinkle them over the top of the cheesecake layer.
Bake for 40-45 minutes or u til edges are slightly golden brown. Cool the brownies to room temperature for about an hour then chill in the fridge for an additional 2 hours before slicing and serving.
Keep stored in the fridge.
Enjoy!
Robby recently went to Georgia to be with some friends and they went to Chik-Fil-A a few times And robby just raved about the sauce, he could not get enough of it. We don’t have Chick-Fil-A near us but luckily they sell their sauce at the grocery store. Needless to say I picked up a couple bottles for robby to have on hand. I have to admit we all love this sauce! (The original sauce) . It’s creamy and a little Smokey perfect for dipping, on a burger but I thought why not deviled eggs? Let me say these eggs were gone within five minutes of me finishing them! I’m not sure I will be allowed to make another deviled egg recipe!
These would be great for any of your summer picnics or just because! These may not be pretty but they are beyond tasty!
Recipe Can easily be doubled.
INGREDIENTS
5 hard boiled eggs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup Chik-Fil-A original sauce
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
2 slices of cooked bacon, crumbled
DIRECTIONS
Slice your hard boiled eggs in half and remove the cooked yolks into a small bowl. When you have all of the yolks in the bowl I like to mash them with a fork until they are well broken up. I like my filling on the smooth side so I mash them well but it’s totally up to you. Once the yolks are mashed add the mayonnaise and the sauce. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and mix well. Using a piping bag or simply a zip lock bag as I do add the filling to the bag, snip the bottom if using a zip lock bag and fill the egg whites and top with crumbled bacon.
Enjoy!
This is another dish Robby asked me to make when we got home. Although Robby does VERY well in the kitchen he was ready for me to cook after us being away for a few weeks and him working, going to school and taking care of our home. I was happy to make these for him BUT the sauce for these scallion pancakes was REALLY, REALLY spicy, too spicy for me but you can certainly tame it down by omitting the spicy red pepper and adding more honey.
These little pancakes took me a little time to brown but be patient as you want that little brown crisp!
Jim and Robby really enjoyed this dish and put it in the favorite category, if fact they were eating them faster than I could make them. I was not sure I was going to get a picture! Although I liked it, for me it was not a favorite, still good and would make again though!
Note-I mixed the scallions into the batter BUT next time I will keep the scallions out of the batter and sprinkle them over the batter just when I put the batter into the pan to make it easier to distribute the scallions into each bite.
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE BATTER
1 cup of water
1/2 cup white rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca starch or corn starch
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
Salt
Pepper
2 bunches of scallions, cleaned trimmed and diced.
FOR THE DIPPING SAUCE
2 Tablespoons Tamari
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 spicy red pepper-optional
1 scallion, diced
1 clove of garlic, diced
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon sriracha
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of honey
Sesame seeds -optional
Coconut oil for the pan
DIRECTIONS
Prepare the dipping sauce by combing all of the ingredients and stir well to combine. Set aside to let the flavors come together.
For the batter add all of the ingredients together and mix well. Stir in the scallions and mix again. The batter will be very thin.
Warm a Tablespoon of coconut oil to a non stick pan over medium high heat. Once the oil is warm add about 1/4 cup of the batter to the pan. You can do 2-3 at a time depending on the size of your pan. If the scallions land in one spot simply using a spoon move them very gently so each bite gets some scallion in it. After a few minutes on one side flip to the other side. You want them golden brown. Continue until the batter has all been cooked.
Serve warm with dipping sauce.
Enjoy!
This is a dish that Robby our son made several months ago but for some reason it did not make the blog back then and when we got home from out NY trip Robby asked me to make it again as it’s so good. Well, long story short neither one of us could find the recipe! After some serious searching Robby found the recipe and needless to say I’m getting it posted ASAP as this recipe is a keeper. It’s so full of flavor and you can change up the veggies to what’s fresh in your garden or market! We ALL loved this dish. I served it over rice.
INGREDIENTS
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
1 pound uncooked shrimp. Peeled, deveined with the tails removed. (Thawed, if bought frozen)
1 can full fat coconut milk
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
1 lime
1 Visalia onion, or white onion, chopped
2-3 veggies of your choice, I used broccoli, carrots and yellow squash
2 teaspoons tamari
2 Tablespoon green curry paste
1 teaspoon sriracha
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
Rice for serving, I used jasmine rice.
DIRECTIONS
Prep all of your veggies first as this dish comes together quick.
Mince garlic and ginger.
Prep shrimp, thaw if needed, cut tails off.
Chop onion and veggies to bite size piece’s.
Chop cilantro.
Set them all aside and turn a large non stick skillet onto medium heat and add a heaping Tablespoon of coconut oil into the pan
Add chopped onion to the pan coating it with the oil, when the onion is soft add 1/2 the amount of ginger and garlic and stir. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and continue to cook for a few minutes stirring often.
Add your chopped veggies to the pan and stir well. Cook 5 minutes or until veggies are softened.
Add the can of coconut milk and stir well. Add the curry paste and stir well again. Add the sriracha and 1 teaspoon of the tamari, add juice from 1/2 the lime, stir. Turn heat to low and simmer 5-7 minutes. Add the cilantro near the end of the simmering.
While the sauce is simmering, heat 1 Tablespoon coconut oil into a large non stick pan on medium heat. Add the shrimp when the oil is hot. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, add the remaining ginger and garlic. Sauté until the shrimp turn pink. Add the remaining Tamari and the juice of the other half of the lime.
When the shrimp are pink and everything is mixed add this to the pan with your veggies and stir to combine.
Serve warm over rice.
Enjoy!
We were spending some time in New York with Amanda, Steve and our twin Grandchildren Luna and Aksel. Before we left home in the motorhome I was thinking of what I could make with Luna for a fun dessert for everyone. We celebrate a number of holidays in July so I remembered a no bake dessert that was VERY popular way back in our flight school days……late 80’s! I have just aged us but I thought this was the absolute perfect dish for Luna to make…..it’s no bake with super simple ingredients that everyone will love! Luna made this with strawberries but we all agreed adding some sliced bananas would be great! I did absolutely nothing to make this dish with the exception of giving Luna the ingredients and give her slight direction. If you have a budding young baker or chef in the making this is the perfect dish to start out with!
I had a 9×9 pan in the motorhome so that is what we used. We had a touch of open space with it but no one seemed to mind. An 8×8 would be a little better. You can also make your pudding or use store bought as we did. Luna LOVED each layer and insisted on trying each layer including the strawberries….I was not sure we would have enough for the cake but that’s what this is about. Spending time with loved ones , licking spoons and adding enough sprinkles to cover a rainbow!
INGREDIENTS
1 box of twinkies, enough to cover whatever pan size you use. We used 9×9 and used all the twinkies. I suggest an 8×8 pan.
Vanilla pudding, we used pre made store bought. I used all 4 single serve size.
8 ounces of cool whip, thawed
Fresh sliced fruit. We used strawberries but would add bananas.
Decorative sprinkles of your choice.
DIRECTIONS
Simply lay all of the unwrapped Twinkies on the bottom of your pan, filling as much as you can. Add the desired amount of pudding in an even layer over the twinkies.
Add your sliced fruit on an even layer over the pudding and spread your thawed cool whip over the top coving the fruit layer.
Add sprinkles of your choice, cover and refrigerate for an hour or more. When ready to serve simply slice and enjoy!
Be a Luna and try each and every layer more than once!
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