Chex Mix and Chicken Soup

I have the most horrible cold right now. I  think I getting over it though because I am starving and I haven't been this entire time I've been sick.
So today I made two things Cranberry nut Chex Mix (yummy)
And Chicken Soup (don't know yet it's still in the crock cooking)
the Chex Mix is here
and the soup is here
Thanksgiving is at my parents, we've been told not to bring anything except ourselves and the kitten.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Pie Crust

I love to make pie, and it just so happens that my husband loves pie and can't tell any difference between gluten free pie and regular pie. So this time of year I indulge this love of pie and make his favorites. I make pumpkin (on sale at ALDI'S) and pecan (little more than I like to spend but I only make it twice a year once for the holidays and then again for Eric's birthday).
A good gluten free pie crust  makes all the difference in the taste of your pie. I stumbled upon this while experimenting with gf dough, and it makes a perfect crust.
1 1/2 cups of Pamela's Baking Mix
1/4 cup shortening (maybe more till you get the consistency you want)
5 tablespoons water (once again maybe more I took the advice of America's test kitchen and added vodka something to do with getting moist without getting soggy)
Mix all of these together in a pie pan. Adding ingredients slowly until you get the consistency you want. There is no need to prebake unless you really want to. If you are making a fruit pie you may want to sprinkle the top with sugar or vanilla sugar (great on blackberry pie).
If  you have any tips leave them in the comments section!

Do you live in the Columbia, MO area?!

If so the Hy Vee on Conley has some awesome gluten free events coming up. There is a Holiday Dinner Nov 16 that is completely gluten free. Also there is a gluten free cookie exchange on December 14 that costs $5/ person.  Both sound awesome and I really want to get off work to go to both of them. Conley Hy Vee has more info, also look into getting that particular Hy Vee newsletter they do a lot of gf events and have gf recpies in the newsletter.
Hope to see you there!

Loaded Mashed Potatoes

So I felt bad for not posting a recipe yesterday. I'll post one now. It had never occurred to me that there were people that didn't know how to make loaded mashed potatoes. Well here you go.
Loaded Mashed Potatoes
6 potatoes
cooked bacon (I think I used 6 slices)
green onion chopped (I used 3)
about 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
a sprinkle of garlic
pepper
milk
butter
Cook the potatoes and mash them along with a little milk and a tiny amount of butter. Then mix everything else in. Then make your husband think it took forever (okay not really but he was napping).

No recipe, this time

Today I made rice in the microwave. It was a bad idea, I think I cooked it too long. Then the kitten tried to eat it.
Eric requested the dinner tonight. It's meatloaf, loaded mashed potatoes, and corn. I feel like I should do a veggie instead of a grain but that's what he wanted.
We only had two trick-or treaters. Tons of candy left over. I have to figure out what I'm going to do with it all. I've been blog stalking again. There's a lot of stuff out there I want to make, most of it is Thai and has coconut in it so Eric won't eat it.
I got a message in my facebook inbox from a reader, Kiki. She said she takes gf vitamin powder. This is interesting to me because my vitamins are the prenatal ones that are gf, so I get the iron I need, but I hate paying for them. Why are they so expensive? I really wish Flintstone vitamins were gf.
What gf tips do you guys have?