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Betty Crocker Baker’s Challenge Gluten Free Recipe Contest and a Giveaway!

June 13, 2011 By FabGrandma

This giveaway is now closed. Ladytink with comment #33 was the winner, and has been notified by email. Thanks to everyone who entered.

I have been eating a gluten free diet since April 2007. I know how hard it is to cook using gluten free flours, after having used wheat for baked goods for more than 50 years. But, just in the last couple of years, some of the big name companies have stepped into the gluten free market. Betty Crocker is one of them.

I have tried all of the Betty Crocker gluten free products. I love the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix. It makes a delicious cake for any occasion. I have also used it to make a “dump cake” like we used to make at Girl Scout camp. It is very easy to make, too. Just melt a stick of butter in a 8 X 8 inch baking dish, dump a box of Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix on top of that, then spread a can of your favorite pie filling on top of that, and bake. I know it sounds weird, but it comes out a tasty baked treat.

And listen to this! If you have an original gluten free holiday-themed appetizer, bread or dessert resice, using any Betty Crocker Gluten Free dessert mix or Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix, you can submit it for a chance to win a Grand Prize of $5,000 at the Glutenfreely Bakers Challenge! What could be sweeter than that? But hurry up and do it, because the deadline is June 30!

Recipes will be judged on five key categories: taste, creativity, ease of preparation, consumer appeal, and appearance. If you are one of the 10 finalists, you will receive a Betty Crocker Gluten Free Baking gift basket filled with baking items and Betty Crocker Gluten Free mixes. AND, the finalist’s recipes will be featured on the Glutenfreely Bakers Challenge website, where the Gluten Freely community can vote to determine the Grand Prize Winner. What are you waiting for? get over there and submit your recipe right now! Oh, yeah, Gluten Freely is having a 20% off sale on Betty Crocker products thru the end of June!

To get you started, ONE of my lucky readers will win a prize pack containing 1 box each of Betty Crocker Gluten Free Cookie Mix, Brownie Mix, Chocolate Cake Mix, Yellow Cake Mix, and Gluten Free Bisquick Mix. This is a great gluten free prize!

To enter, just leave a comment telling me what your favorite Betty Crocker Gluten Free product is!

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This giveaway will end on June 30, 2011 at 11:59 pm MST. One winner will receive a prize pack as described above. The winner will be selected using Random.org random number generator to pick a number, and corresponding numbered comment will be the winner. Winner will be notified by email, so please make sure you use a valid email address when entering. The mandatory entry must be satisfied before an extra entries can be counted. You can enter once each day by tweeting about the giveaway one time each day. Giveaway is open to residents of the United States and must be 18 years old or over. The prize is the responsibility of and will be shipped by the sponsor. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery after the giveaway closes.

Betty Crocker provided me with product and information through MyBlogSpark, and will be providing the prize pack to the winner of the giveaway on my blog.

Filed Under: Give Aways Tagged With: giveaway, Gluten Free, recipe

Syndrome W–A Woman’s Guide to Reversing Midlife Weight Gain

November 18, 2010 By FabGrandma

Syndrome W

I received another book in the mail that I wanted to share with you. Syndrome W—A Woman’s Guide to Reversing Midlife Weight Gain by Harriette R. Mogul, M.D., M.P.H. is very interesting and informative. It discusses the causes of women gaining weight after they reach forty. Syndrome W, which was discovered by endocrinologist Dr. Harriette Mogul, is a metabolic condition caused by an abnormality in insulin levels that is commonly found in women ages 30-60+ who are experiencing midlife weight gain.

I have always believed that we all gain weight when we get older, and there was nothing we could do about it. Dr. Mogul explains that for a lot of women, the weight gain is an indicator of a medical problem that can be corrected by using an everyday, inexpensive diabetes drug, metformin, to control insulin levels. High doses of metformin along with a carb modified diet, in a plan she refers to as “The Mogul Protocol”, is explained in detail in the book. She tells you in plain language what to say to your doctor in describing your problem and how to get him or her on board to start the treatment you need to begin shedding the unwanted pounds.

Although I wouldn’t classify this as a cookbook, there are lots of good looking low carb recipes included in it. Here are a couple of examples:

Tomato Basil Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium yellow onion, chopped

1 medium carrot, finely chopped

1 stalk celery, cleaned and chopped

28-ounce can peeled plum tomatoes or San Marzano tomatoes (with juices) roughly chopped

¼ cup chopped fresh basil (leaves only)

1 teaspoon sugar (or sugar substitute)

Salt and pepper to taste

½ cup whole milk (or fat free milk)

1. In a medium heavy –bottom saucepan, over medium heat, add olive oil. Let oil warm for almost a minute; add onion, carrot, and celery. Saute′, but do not brown, about 90 seconds over medium heat.

2. Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, salt, and pepper. Bring to a soft boil. Lower heat to medium. Let cook for 20 minutes.

3. In cooking pan, blend with hand blender.

4. Return to heat, add milk. Simmer (don’t boil) for 2 minutes. Adjust seasonings.

5. Serve hot, at room temperature, or chilled. Great accompanied by homemade crostini! ©

Pistachio-Crusted Salmon

4 salmon fillets (1/2 pound per person)

Salt and pepper to taste

½ cup reduced-calorie maple syrup

1/3 cup chopped pistachio nuts

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.

2. Place fillets skin side down on oiled pan.

3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

4. Rub maple syrup on top of fillets.

5. Dust with pistachio nuts.

Harriette R. Mogul, M.D., M.P.H, is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Columbia School of Public Health. An endocrinologist, epidemiologist, and early pioneer in women’s health and founder of the nation’s first Institute for Medical Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University, she spearheaded some of the first large national studies on women and weight. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

If you’d like to win a copy of this book, just make a comment on this post. The give away will close on November 30, 2010. I’ll pick one comment by using the Random Number Generator.

If you’d like to have more information on this book, click here.

To buy it:

Filed Under: Books, Give Aways, Health Related Tagged With: Books, recipe, women's issues

Chex Gluten Free

August 14, 2010 By FabGrandma

The good folks at Chex® in co-operation with My Blog Spark sent me a nifty gift pack the other day. It included a Lock-n-Lock 4.2 qt plastic storage container, a 2 cup plastic measuring cup with a lid, a set of measuring spoons that measure all the way up to 1/3 cup, a set of recipe cards for making gluten free goodness using Chex® Cereals, and a coupon good for a free box of Gluten Free Chex Cereal. I call that a pretty nifty package!

Last night I made the Gluten Free Triple Berry Mini Cheesecakes. The recipe is here, on the Chex.com website. They were FABULOUS! FabGrandpa asked for seconds! I used the Cinnamon Chex for the crust. I also substituted regular cream cheese for the Neufchatel cheese, only because I live in a sparsely populated area, and the grocery store here did not have any Neufchatel. The next time I make these, I am going to use the Chocolate Chex for the crust. That should be just heavenly!

getting ready to bake

The recipe was very easy to make–I think even a beginner would be able to make it. I also think they turned really pretty, so much so that I would make them for a shower or for a wedding reception. And oh, that cheesecake taste! Mmmmmmm…….

Triple Berry Mini Cheesecakes

There are five Chex® varieties that are gluten free: Rice Chex, Corn Chex, Honey Nut Chex, Chocolate Chex, and Cinnamon Chex. As a reminder, please be sure to check the label when buying any gluten-free cereal to make sure it does not have any ingredients that contain gluten.

For more information and recipes, visit www.Chex.com/GlutenFree or LiveGlutenFreely.com.

If you’d like to win a prize pack from Chex® like the one I received, leave a comment telling me which flavor of gluten free Chex® cereal you’d like best, or go to their website and tell me which recipe you’d make first. I will pick a comment number at random on August 20 to decide the winner. Be sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win!

Filed Under: Cereal Dry, Cereals, Gluten Free, Recipes Tagged With: Cereals, recipe, Snacks