8-10 large red potatoes, cut in large chunks (each potato should yield 6-8 chunks)
1 tablespoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Put all ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.
- Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil (this is for easier cleanup). You can also just put the potatoes right on the cookie sheet.
- Put all the seasoned potatoes on the cookie in a single layer.
- Bake for 45min – 1hr. The potatoes should be nicely browned on one side and you should be able to easily slide a fork through one.
- Serve hot.
*This is a nice side dish and any potato lover will like these. This is a good alternative to frozen french fries.
**This is another recipe where I almost always have all the items on hand so it’s an easy side dish to make for dinner. These refrigerate well for next day leftovers. Or dice them up the next day and reheat in some oil for some home fries with breakfast.
1 package Gluten Free spaghetti
1 lb ground hamburger
2 tbs. olive oil
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1 medium onion, diced small
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup Gluten Free, Yeast Free Chicken broth
1- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
1- 6 oz can tomato paste
Salt & Pepper to taste
1. Brown hamburger meat in a large sauce pan. Drain any liquid once the hamburger meat is browned.
2. Add olive oil, basil, oregano and diced onion to hamburger meat. Sauté 5-10 minutes till onions are translucent.
3. Add garlic to sauce pan and sauté 30 seconds.
4. Add the remainder of the ingredients, chicken broth, tomato paste, and crushed tomato.
5. Simmer sauce for 10-15 minutes.
6. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes until al dente.
7. Drain pasta.
8. Spoon sauce over pasta and serve hot.
*This is a quick meat sauce that I almost always have all the ingredients in my pantry and refrigerator. It tastes better than canned sauces. Freeze any leftover sauce for later since this makes a good amount. Or it is a quick meal the whole family will enjoy without feeling like they are missing out.
**If you have the fresh herbs on hand definitely use them. When I have basil I always throw that in too. There are also new herbs that come in tubes in the produce section of your grocery stores. They are to be kept in the refrigerator. They taste better than the dried herbs and last longer than the fresh herbs.
The prescription that no one seems to know anything about, Nystatin. My first attempt to get the Nystatin was bringing it to the local drug store and hoping they could fill the prescription. I really wanted them to know how to fill it because of the convenience. I had even asked Mr. DAN if I could bring the prescriptions to any old pharmacy. But nothing is ever that simple. I knew Nystatin was to treat yeast and the possible side effects. But that’s about as far as I got in my research. So the pharmacists asked me if it was to be taken orally and what it was for. Yes I knew it was oral. But they seemed so very perplexed by this. They also seemed a little concerned about the dosage. They then asked me who I would be giving the Nystatin to and how old they were. Apparently there aren’t lots of 3.5 year olds taking Nystatin for an overgrowth of yeast. I knew this going in but I just couldn’t come up with a good answer without having to go into a huge long explanation and sounding like a nut job. I know how I sound to outsiders explaining how I am treating my son’s Autism. So I try to avoid the specifics if possible. But the pharmacists needed a specific answer I gave them what I thought was a satisfactory answer and got the glazed look again. The now two pharmacists proceeded to stare at the prescription as if the answers would jump off the page and bite them. They eventually managed to pull themselves together and find what they thought was the right code to order the prescription. They ordered it up and told me they would call me if there were any problems. So I waited by the phone for the phone call that I knew would come. Yep the next day they called to say that the prescription came in but it wasn’t the correct one. They also called another local pharmacy and they had no idea how to order the Nystatin. The said the prescription needed to be compounded. I have heard this term a bazillion times and I still don’t know what the hell it means.
But never fear I did have a back up compounding pharmacy my local chat group talked about. I was hoping to not have to resort to calling them because they are about an hour from my house. They do deliver once you have ordered from them but because I was a new customer I knew I would have to go down there and at least get my name in the system. My husband finally called them, after reminding him seven hundred times, and nope they had no idea how to fill the Nystatin prescription. So now we have tried three pharmacies and I am getting pissed.
From here on out I told the husband he had to deal with it. I had other things to concentrate on. He found another local pharmacy who said they could fill the prescription. And no they couldn’t, and it took two prescription orders, reminding my husband to call them every day for a week and trying to get in touch with the right pharmacists to know that they couldn’t fill it. In the meantime I also told my husband to call the DAN doctor’s office and find out if they could call in or recommend a good pharmacy to fill the prescription. So he called them again and again and again and finally they returned his phone call to the home phone that no one ever answers, after he left his cell phone number for them three times. So then he called them again and again and just yesterday after a three week ordeal he got in touch with the DAN doctor’s office and had them call in and order the Nystatin. So we are three weeks behind on starting the Nystatin. Oh well, now on to starting the Nystatin and maybe finally learning what compounding is.
Vanilla Rice Milk
Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
1. Add the two ingredients together, stir and adjust to your taste and liking.
2. Serve cold for chocolate milk
3. Or serve hot for hot chocolate, heat in a small saucepan over low heat until hot.
*These drinks are not low in sugar.
**Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup is currently GFCF according to the GFCF website. But be sure and read the label for ingredients to check for other allergens or call the company if you are unsure.
***You can use other milk substitutes and they should work fine. The vanilla flavored rice milk will make the drinks a little more interesting and tasty.
I am making some of this today for my son as a special treat. He loves chocolate and hasn’t had it in a long time so I am sure he will love this.
