Gluten-Free Oven Barbacue Baked Ribs & Southern Fried Okra

We are home from the Delta once again. I get confused because there are dear people in both of these communities so home for me truly is where the heart is and that's Macon/Inverness! Steve has been irrigating beans and cleaning up around the place and I cleaned up inside our castle (camper). I enjoyed updating everything on the internet that I needed to, my connection there was super fast and I miss it sooo much. They must have added a tower to the Inverness area or something, really guys I thought I was in a big city and I was sitting in a camper on our farm! :)


While in Inverness we frequently visit our favorite restaurant, "Hometown" not to mention it is the ONLY restaurant in the area! This trip Steve bought me a t-shirt that I will enjoy wearing in the days to come. Don't judge me until you have been there! It is like eating in the comforts of our own home, except for Steve won't allow me to wear my pajamas. Lol

Before we left Macon my Dad was visiting and he brought me some fresh vegetables out of his garden. I have listed two of the recipes below that I think you may be interested in, they were wonderful!

I cook these ribs pretty often and EVERYONE loves them This works with beef ribs as well as pork.




Oven Barbecued Ribs

Ingredients:
3-4 lbs. country style pork ribs
1 ½ cups water
1 cup ketchup
1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. salt
1 tbs. chilli powder
½ tsp. onion powder
1/8 tsp. hot pepper sauce optional
2 TBLS. brown sugar optional
2 TBLS. cider vinegar optional
1 TBLS corn syrup optional

Instructions:
Place ribs in a greased roasting pan. Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook for 1-minute. Drain ribs. Spoon sauce over top. Cover and bake for 1-1/2 hours. Uncover, bake 30 minutes longer, basting once with more sauce.



Southern Fried Okra
Ingredients:

Okra
buttermilk; sprinkle a small amount on Okra to moisten
all purpose flour (I use Bob Mills)
plain corn meal
Canola oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Wash and cut up the okra, let drain in a colander. Add oil to deep pan measure according to how much you are going to fry. You want enough to cover the okra. Put on medium to high heat. Mix dry ingredients well. Sprinkle okra with just enough buttermilk to give some moisture, don't put to much or it will be gummy, mix well. Sprinkle moist okra with dry mixture and toss to coat then spoon into hot oil. Fry until golden brown and ENJOY!!!!

This was so good, Ashia was there while I was cooking it and we snacked until I had to hide it so I would have enough for supper.

I hope there is something in this post you enjoy. Leave me a comment so I will know that you read it! Plleeaassee

A Birthday and Baby Celebration!

First things first, Ashia and I recently went shopping and I was able to look at the baby boy clothes. I have been looking for a while but agreed with Mary that I wouldn't buy until we knew the sex of the baby. I was sooo excited and determined to find SOMETHING to purchase. This may have been harder for me than most because I have this theory that if it's not on sale it's not meant for me to buy it. Just so happened Gymboree had two clearance racks of little boy clothes and this is what I ended up buying. Isn't it the cutest? I bought it in a 6 to 12 month so that he can wear it next summer! Of course Ashia bought a few things for Austin as well, oh how I love a good sale!!!!





We celebrated Steve's birthday with my Dad who came for a short visit. I made the apple pie I told you about and have listed the recipe below. Ben and Ashia bought the ingredients and made homemade peanut butter ice cream. They also cooked large juicy hamburgers out on the grill and I made crispy oven fries. Everything was wonderful and we ate way too much!

Steve enjoyed everything about his birthday. As a birthday and new baby celebration I gave him this book. It is very large with large print and has a lot of the classic nursery rhymes as well as short stories. This is something he can share with all of his grandchildren for many years, no matter how bad the eyes get. LoL I bet you have never given your husband a nursery rhyme book for his birthday! Classic





Ben and Steve, with Sydney. She is so jealous of Steve she'll do anything to make sure she gets all the attention.




And she did!!!!!

This years birthday would only have been better if Mary and Sarah and their families could have been with us. We miss all of them at times like this although Steve enjoyed their cards and phone calls! We love you kids!!!!!

Grace's Gluten-Free Apple Pie

Servings: 8

Ingredients:
5-8 cooking apples; peeled and thinly sliced
1-¼ c. sugar
2 Tbs. corn starch
1 or 1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. nutmeg, opt.
1/8 tsp. salt
3 Tbs. butter or margarine
2 gluten-free pie crust (I use "Gluten Free Pantry"
Perfect Pie Crust mix)

Instructions:
Combine sugar, corn starch, cinnamon and salt. Coat apples well with dry mixture and dot with margarine. Put apple mixture into the deep dish pie crust. Cover with second crust. Cut slits in top of crust to allow steam to escape. Place on cookie sheet and back at 350 degrees oven for 50 minutes or until done. Cool slightly before cutting to retain some of the pie's juices.
(I'm sorry I forgot to take a photo!)


The pie lasted only two days so I guess it was good!

Coming soon recipe for my "Oven Barbecued Ribs". Be sure and keep up with what is going on in our lives and my easy gluten-free recipes!

Never Doubt the Intuition of a Mother!

God has blessed me with a great friend and companion and this weekend is his birthday! I am planning a small celebration and will be baking him an Apple pie, Steve's favorite. Since it's his birthday and not mine I'll use regular pie crust and not gluten-free ones. Read my next blog for photos of the celebration and a recipe of my Gluten-Free Apple pie


Mary called her Dad with a wonderful birthday gift, she is going to have a baby boy, it is due in December! This will be our first grandson and I don't know about the others but I'm ecstatic and I know grandpa is too! I'm sure we'll buy MANY a John Deere toy in the future, what am I thinking we bought them for our girls too. The boy will just enjoy playing with them more!!!! For those new blog readers Mary is our oldest daughter who lives in Southern Indiana. Her and her husband George already have two girls.

It is so weird because all along I have told the family to get ready this was going to be a boy. I just had that feeling deep down inside of me, a Mother's intuition I guess. In the past I have visioned Ben and Ashia or Eric and Sarah with a boy but never George and Mary!

I was recently sick all night with a migraine thank the Lord I had medicine on hand so I made it through the night but could not get rid of the headache. After two days of suffering I went to the Doctor. She seems to think it's all because of my allergies so she gave me some medicine and a shot, I sure hope I feel better soon.

Harvest has began and we are picking or shelling corn in Macon now. This means long days because when the corn is ready we pick regardless of what's going on. We take time off for church on Sunday and that's about it. Harvest should be over sometimes in October just in time for the arrival of Austin Rivers, I hope. Maybe I'll have photos to post of our harvesting at a later date!

Enjoy your week-end I know I'll enjoy mine!!!!

Pamela's Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies at Wal-mart!

I am beginning to feel better after my last surgery procedure, thank the Lord. There is so much going on in my life right now that my head is spinning but life goes on.

Mary and Ashia continue to do well. Ashia is big enough with Austin now that she is miserable. She goes back to the doctor for a 3-D sonogram in a few weeks and we're excited to be able to see more of our precious little one. Mary should know whether she is having a boy or girl in a few weeks also. When I count the weeks I can't believe how soon our two blessings will arrive! I know it does't seem so soon for the mothers.

I have been selling Avon for over a year now but I am seriously considering giving it up. I love Avon products and use MANY of them but I'm just too busy and I feel there will soon be many changes in my life, that don't include selling Avon. So, if you order from me or need something give me a call now so that we can get it done before I decide to quit.

Harvest on the farms is right around the corner and we will be busy as always. I don't know why I'm thinking about it we're always busy on the farm so harvest is just another day in paradise.

Now to get on with some gluten free info......



Sunday I had to run by wal-mart after church to pick up a few items. I was on the cookie isle and noticed that they now have "Pamela's Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies" and they also have a ginger snap that is good but I've forgotten the brand name. I'm sorry those things happen to me Thank you Wal-mart and please feel free to stock other Pamela products they are some of the best!

It is amazing how you notice things. I never notice anything and I can walk by something glute-free and it's like it jumps out at me. I know I miss a lot but I notice a whole lot too.




I am a General Mills type of girl. They are the only company that I know of making cereal that are catering to the gluten free community. I enjoy the different Chex cereals and wish I could find the new Cookie Crisp that is gluten free also.

Check this web page out http://glutenfreefoodreviews.com/ it is a great source of information on restaurants and food in general.

If you are not gluten sensitive or do not have celiac feel free to purchase any of these foods, we would appreciate your support!!!!