Coconut Pancake Recipe (GF)

Coconut Pancakes
Serves 4

2/3 Cup White or Brown Rice Flour
1/3 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Pinch Salt
1 Cup Flaked Coconut
2 Lg Eggs (beaten)
1(13.5oz) Can Coconut milk
Vegetable Oil (for pan)

1. In a medium bowl, sift dry ingredients (flour, sugar and salt)
2. Add beaten eggs and coconut milk to dry mixture. Mix until batter is smooth.
3. Preheat a 6in skillet to medium heat and add a small amount of vegetable oil to prevent batter from sticking. Add 3 tablespoons of the mixture to oiled, pre-heated pan. Tilt the pan until the mixture coats the bottom. Cook for about four minutes and flip, continue to cook for 1 minute and remove to a plate. Repeat step 3 with remaining batter.

Gluten Free Pizza at BeauJo's in Denver

I was in Denver yesterday with my husband, and I had heard that BeauJo's made wonderful gluten-free pizzas, so we stopped for a late lunch. I discovered that the gluten-free crusts contain yeast, which I have a sensitivity to, so our server and I began to get creative. There were tortilla chips on the gluten menu, so I asked if it would be possible to make "pizza nachos"? The kitchen caught on to the idea, and actually layered the corn chips to make a beautiful crust!
Hubby was much easier to please. He ordered a "chicken cordon bleu" mountain pie with a whole wheat crust. It looked as excellent as he said it was. They even brought local honey to the table for him to put on his crust.
The portions were quite large, and they don't skimp on toppings. I had Italian sausage and artichokes on my pie, and both toppings were on every bite. We are already talking about going back. They even cater and do gluten-free and original take and bake.
So if you are looking for a gluten-free pizza and happen to be in Denver, don't hesitate to give them a try.

The Omnivore's Hundred

This List is the "Omnivore's Hundred" by Andrew Wheeler.

The rules are:

1) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
2) cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (unless alligator counts)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet Pepper
27. Dulce de Leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam Chowder in a Sourdough Bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea Urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (Never had a gin martini, only vodka martinis)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

My "Foodie Bucket List"

I saw an interesting idea I just have to try on "Cooking with Anne". It is to write a bucket list (the movie was great) of foods to try.

Here's my Foodie Bucket List

1. Insects at Typhoon
2. Rocky Mountain Oysters (if I could find them with gluten-free breading)
3. The World's most Expensive Desert- just need to know if it's worth it
4. Fugu in Japan (and various fish part soup)
5. Horse in France
6. Eat another amazing pizza. The first was here and the second was when I was somewhere in Kansas looking for fuel (I couldn't find it again if I tried).
7. All-you-can-eat Lobster on the docks in Maine.
8. Cerviche in Mexico
9. Sweet Breads
10. Haggis in Scotland
11. Cat and Dog
12. Steak Tartar
13. Blood or Black pudding/sausage
14. Placenta
15. Turtle Soup
16. Fiddleheads
17. black and white Truffles (not the chocolate ones)
18. Snake
19. Tongue

As you can see, I'm the type of person who will "eat anything once." I would have included some exotic fruits, raw oysters, and some of the more exotic items from sushi menus, but I've already tried those. I've also eaten edible flowers, gumbo, 'gator, jambalaya, frogs legs, sea urchin and escargot.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Review

This week my baked treat to try was 365 Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix.
I baked the cookies following the package directions and the cookies were moist and chewy. They had a slightly starchy taste, and tended to crumble. The chocolate quality was excellent.
I rate these a 6 on a scale of 1-10.