Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Cup Cake

from A Year of Slow Cooking

I haven't tried it yet, but sure to be one of Sam's favorites!

Ingredients:
1 c all-purpose flour
1 c sugar, divided
1 t baking powder
1/2 t kosher salt
1/2 c creamy peanut butter (you can use crunchy instead of you want)
1/2 c milk
1 T canola oil
1 t vanilla extract
3 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1 c boiling water

Directions:
Use a 4-quart slow cooker coated well with cooking spray. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.
In the microwave, melt peanut butter for about 30 seconds, and then add to the mix along with milk, oil, and vanilla. Stir really well to combine.
Spread this mixture into the bottom of your slow cooker.

In a separate bowl, mix together cocoa powder, the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar, and 1 cup boiling water (be careful!) Pour this evenly over the peanut butter batter in your cooker.

Cover and cook on high for 2-4 hours, or until the top has set and an inserted toothpick (into the cake--underneath the cake is molten chocolate) comes out clean. Let the cake sit uncovered in an unplugged crockpot for about 20 minutes, then serve warm in dessert bowls.

Qaboli Palaw

Got this from my friend, Rachel
(Yellow rice, lamb, carrots, and raisins)

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 lb long grain rice, preferably basmati
4 fl oz vegetable oil
1 1/2 lb lamb on the bone or 1 chicken, cut in pieces
1/2 pint water
2 large carrots
4 oz raisins... like the yellowish green sultana raisins
2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp saffron (optional)
2 1/2 pints water, salt and pepper


Brown 1 medium diced onion in oil. Fry until the onion is fairly dark. Add 1 lb lamb or beef cut into 1"-2" cubes and brown lightly. Add 2 cups of water, 1 tsp. Salt and 1 to 1 ½ tsp each (cinnamon, ground cumin and ground cardamom) Cover and simmer until meat is tender, about an hour. Remove meat from the juice and set juice aside. Cut 3 carrots into match stick size pieces. Saute carrots and 1 tsp sugar in about 1/4 cup of oil. Cook until they are lightly browned. Remove from oil Add 1 cup of raisins (I prefer golden sultanas) to the oil and cook until they swell up.Boil the meat juice and add 2 cups basmati (very long grained) rice, 1 ½ tsp salt and enough boiling water to come 2 inches over the rice. Cook until the water is absorbed and the rice is tender--but NOT mushy. Mix the meat, carrots, raisins and rice together. Place in a large oven-proof casserole, cover and bake at 300 degrees for about a half hour--or up to an hour. To serve--place on platter, making sure the carrots and raisins show on top.

Strawberry Whipped Cream Dessert

From Kraft.com


Ingredients:

4 c fresh strawberries, sliced and divided
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1/4 c lemon juice
1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip thawed, divided
8 Oreo Cookies, finely chopped
1 T. butter, melted

Procedure:

Line 9x5-inch loaf pan with foil, with ends extending over sides of pan. Mash 2 c berries in large bowl. Add milk, juice and 2 c Cool Whip; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.

Mix chopped cookies and butter; spoon over COOL WHIP mixture. Cover with ends of foil; gently press cookie mixture into Cool Whip mixture. Freeze 6 hours or until firm.

Invert dessert onto plate when ready to serve; remove pan and foil. Frost dessert with remaining Cool Whip. Slice remaining berries; arrange over dessert.

GFCF spaghetti & meatballs

(from _Getting you kid on a GFCF diet_ by Susan Lord)

Fantastic recipe! Usually GFCF diet and Italian food don't go together, but these are great- you'll never know it's GFCF! I also have a spaghetti sauce recipe on here that's GFCF.

Spaghetti
Ingredients:
2 T potato starch flour
1/3 c tapioca flour
1/3 c cornstarch
1 T xantham gum
1/2 t salt
2 large eggs
1 T veggie oil

Instructions:
Combine flours, constarch, xantham gum, & salt. Beat eggs lightly and add oil. Pour egg into flour mixture and stir. Work dough into firm ball. Knead a minute or 2.
Place ball of dough into pasta machine (if you have one- if not roll thinly and cut into noodles- that's what I do and it tastes fine). You'll need to flour your hands while you make it as it gets pretty sticky. Boil water over the stove, add oil and salt. Cook spaghetti for 10 mins.

Meatballs
Ingredients:
1 lb lean ground beef
1 t salt
1 egg
1/2 t garlic
2 T diced onion

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all ingredients in large bowl with your hands, and roll into bite size meatballs. Place meatballs in a oiled baking pan and bake about 35 mins. Add to sauce.

Bow Tie Pasta with Tomatoes & Bacon

(from Kera's cooking blog)

5 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 can diced tomatoes with garlic and onion
1 can chicken broth
3 cups uncooked bow tie pasta

In a big skillet cook bacon pieces until done. Reduce heat and add onion and cook until onion is tender (2-3 mins). Stir in tomatoes, broth, and uncooked pasta. Heat until boiling, then reduce and simmer for 10-12 minutes until pasta is done. Remove from heat and let stand for 3-5 minutes.

Pot Roast

I'm writing this down because otherwise I'm afraid I'll forget it- a Lindsay original recipe by taking what I like of various recipes...

potatoes, cut (plenty of them- about 1 lb or so) (I prefer red potatoes)
carrots,chopped (2-3 regular sized ones)
2-3 lb roast (cut into small pieces and browned in 2 T olive oil if you like)
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 packet of Lipton onion soup
1 can of mushroom soup

Put in crockpot in order listed above. Cook on low 8 hours

Nutritional jazz:
438 cal; 22 g carbs; 15 g fat; 53 g protein

Egg drop soup

from Recipezaar

serves 4

Ingredients:
* 6 c chicken broth
* 1/2 T grated fresh ginger or 1 t powdered ginger
* 3 eggs, beaten
* 1 T scallion, finely sliced

Directions:
1. Bring broth and ginger to a boil.
2. Whisk in beaten eggs. Cook for 1-2 more minutes.
3. Add scallions, stir.
4. Serve steaming hot.
5. You could add soy sauce to taste at the table.
6. You could add finely sliced celery and grated carrots just before the eggs.That way you get some veggies inches Good idea with picky children.