Shrimp-stuffed mushrooms

This recipe brought to you by ClintNeufeld from our forum.

This is quick and easy. The filling also goes great on crackers, as an appetizer by itself.

1 can (about 4 oz) shrimp
1 container (4 oz) whipped cream cheese with chives
20 or so large mushrooms
Shredded cheese (cheddar or whatever you like).

Clean mushrooms, and remove stems. I've used a small spoon to make more room for stuffing, if required.

Simmer mushrooms for 2 minutes in boiling water to soften. Drain, invert, and put in fridge to cool.

Chop shrimp finely, and mix thoroughly with cream cheese.

Place mushrooms (stem side up) in baking dish. Fill mushrooms with stuffing, and sprinkle liberally with cheese.. Never enough! Cover and chill for 3 to 24 hours.

Before serving, uncover, bake in 400F oven for 15 minutes.

Safe and Unsafe Food Ingredients

Yesterday a member from our forum shared with us a few website lists to help with identifying what ingredients are and are not safe. This can be tricky and many little things can be overlooked, so take some time to go over these lists as you might be surprised with what is and is not gluten free!

Reading Labels for Hidden Wheat Sources and Important Ingredients from Gluten Free Living. Also don't forget: Safe food ingredients and Unsafe food ingredients

Thank you to our glutenfreenetwork member aklap (Al). Also known from GlutenFreeandBeyond.org

Taco dip!

This is a very easy to make gluten free taco dip for those weekend nights with guests!
I just tried this one last week and I already plan on having it again this weekend. The amounts or kinds of vegetables can be changed to your liking, have fun with it!

This was posted on the Gluten Free Network forum by our member GlutenGoddess.

Mix together 1 pkg of cream cheese and 1 cup sour cream until smooth.
Add 1 pkg of taco seasoning (check label for wheat!)

Lay this mixture on the bottom of a pie plate and place in fridge for 30-60 minutes.

In a large bowl mix together the following and then pour over the dip base:
Dice and drain 3 tomatoes.
Shred 1 head of iceberg lettuce.
Dice one can of black olives.
Shred 2 cups of cheese (cheddar or your favorite kind).
Dice 1/4 cup of green onion.


Serve cold with gluten free corn chips or rice crackers.

Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake - Gluten free

This recipe is brought to you from our forum member ClintNeufeld
Thank you Clint for the great recipes!

Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
1 1/2 hours | 30 min prep | SERVES 12

CRUST
2 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

FILLING
3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup milk
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

CHOCOLATE GANACHE
8 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
Stir together crust ingredients in a small bowl. Press mixture onto bottom of a 9-in. springform pan.
Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven.

Turn oven temp up to 450 degrees F.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl on med. speed w/a mixer until smooth.

Place peanut butter and milk in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at high for 45 seconds. Stir. If necessary microwave at High for an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until peanut butter is melted when stirred.

Add peanut butter mixture to cream cheese mixture, beating until blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Stir in vanilla.
Pour mixture into prepared graham cracker crust.

Bake 10 minutes.

Reduce oven temp. to 250 degrees F; continue baking 40 minutes.
Remove from oven to wire rack, with a knife loosen cake from side of pan.
Cool completely; remove side of pan.

Prepare chocolate ganache, by heating milk in a saucepan and taking off heat, then adding chocolate. Stir gently until chocolate has melted. Add butter in pieces, stiring until the butter is all melted.

Spread ganache over the top, covering completely.
Refrigerate before serving, at least 1 hour.

The original recipe from Recipezaar (http://www.recipezaar.com/67162) called for peanut butter chips, which I refused to do. I tried it with 2 cups of peanut butter instead, and I think that was too much. So I reduced it in this recipe to 1 3/4 cups, instead. Use your own discretion.

The original recipe also called for a "chocolate drizzle"... Heck with that, if I'm eating something like this, it's all or nothing! So I used my chocolate ganache, and the amount on top was just about perfect.

This is another very rich recipe; a little goes a long way. I'm not responsible for any blown diets! At the same time, if you're feeling deprived because you're on a gluten free diet, this should fill a few cravings!

Joining the Entrecard network

I am continually trying to build traffic to this blog and our forum, the next step I took was to try out Entrecard, notice the widget on the left hand side. Entrecard is very popular amongst bloggers these days so I am going to see why! ... Lets hope it benefits us as it has many others. I know there is a lot more of you gluten free people out there, I just need to find you!

They recently released a new feature (add a blog) which lets you add multiple blogs to your account. They also have available for download a new ebook, which I am reading right now to familiarize myself with Entrecard and it's benefits.

Lastly, they are throwing a contest in which you can win 2000 credits for helping spread the word like I just did above. Actually, it is not much of a contest when everyone wins 2000 credits but I am not complaining ;)

Any other gluten free or Celiac blogs out there in the Entrecard world?

Celiac Disease on The View with Celebrity Elisabeth Hasselbeck

I know this is an old video and plenty of us have seen it but I also know that many of the newly diagnosed have not. I think it has some great information on what exactly Celiac Disease is and I wanted to have it on our blog for a reference to any newly diagnosed people looking for answers.

Win 2 gluten free cookbooks!

We have up for grabs 2 brand new gluten free cookbooks! (with full colored photos)
Here are a few pictures. Pic#1 Pic#2 Pic#3

How can you enter? Blog about us!
There is a couple other easy ways to earn more entries you can read about on our gluten free forum.

What we are looking for in a blog post:
*Note the 2 linking words (anchor text), these must be included.
There is a new Gluten Free community that is throwing a contest in order to get noticed. Just by writing a simple review like this one you are entered in the contest to win 2 new gluten free cookbooks they are giving away!

Draw date will be June 30th. Draw will be done on video to ensure authenticity!

Good luck!

Based off the GlutenFreeNetwork forum?

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This blog was also setup so we can connect with fellow bloggers out there. Not everyone is familiar with forums and we don't want you to be too discouraged to navigate an online community forum and miss out on some of the great posts from our members. Each blog posting will also show the author giving them credit by name or website, connecting more and more of us from around the world!

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