Gluten Free Mexican Chicken Casserole

I found this wonderful recipe for Mexican Chicken Casserole on Facebook. Here's the original recipe http://www.southernplate.com/2011/09/mexican-chicken-casserole.html With just a few changes, it was easy to make this dish gluten free! It turned out yummy!

 Here's what I used...

• 4 cups of cooked, chopped chicken 
• 2 cups of instant GF brown rice (I use Uncle Ben's)
• 1 can GF cream of chicken soup (I use Pacific Naturals GF condensed)
• 1 cup sour cream
• ½ cup diced onion
• 1 can Ro*Tel tomatoes
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1½ cups GF chicken broth
• 8 oz cheddar cheese grated and divided in half
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Put all ingredients and half of cheddar cheese in a large bowl. Stir to combine.
2. Pour into a greased casserole dish and top with remaining cheese.
3. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then bake an additional 20 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.

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Granny Smith Cinnamon Muffins

Gluten free baking can sometimes feel like a guessing game!  Sometimes I try substituting gluten free ingredients into a regular recipe and it just doesn't work. But sometimes it does!   

David Venable from QVC shared a great muffin recipe, and it was so easy to make it gluten free just by substituting in gluten free flour! And the muffins turned out so yummy!! 

Here's the recipe:

• 3 cups all-purpose gluten free flour (I use Betty Crocker GF Rice Flour Blend)
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cups vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cups milk
• 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and grated
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• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a muffin pan. 
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• Mix flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Stir with spoon till combined.
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•  Add the oil, eggs, and milk. With a hand mixer beat till combined, but don't over mix. 
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• Pour in the apples and stir them in gently with a spoon.  
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• Spoon the batter into muffin pan.
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     Sprinkle just a little more cinnamon on each muffin before cooking.

     Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the cupcakes are set.

    This recipe makes a LOT of muffins :) I made 12 and had batter left over!

    Remove from oven and allow to cool a little.

   Enjoy!

Here is David's original recipe : http://www.qvc.com/AppleCinnamonMuffinsWithCaramelCenters.content.html


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