Gluten-Free Chicken with White Wine Sauce

This is such a simple recipe. But one of our favorite standbys that everyone loves. I thought I'd share it with you. The recipe originates from the South Beach Diet book. I've tweaked it to add in our favorites. If you don't want to add the white wine, just substitute the wine with additional broth.

Easy Chicken with White Wine Sauce

boneless skinless chicken breasts

salt & pepper to taste

olive oil

3/4 cup dry white wine

about 1/2 cup gluten-free chicken broth

1-2 cloves of minced garlic

1 thinly sliced onion

sliced baby portabello mushrooms

5 (or so) grape tomatoes

Between two sheets of waxed paper, pound out the chicken to about 1/2"

Salt and pepper each side. Heat skillet to medium and add olive oil.

Once hot, add chicken and brown on each side. Remove to plate and cover to keep warm.

In drippings, add onion and saute until soft. Add garlic and mushrooms.

Saute a few more minutes making sure the garlic doesn't overcook.

Add the wine and scrape the bits from the bottom of the pan.

Add the chicken and drippings back to the sauce.

Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and add to the sauce. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer for a few minutes to cook the chicken through.

I served this last night with mashed potatoes and *roasted asparagus.

*Roasted Asparagus (or any other veggie)

salt, pepper, olive oil.

Toss to coat the vegetable and roast in a shallow pan at 400 degrees until done.

Try it with carrots. YUM! It brings out a whole new sweetness.

Enjoy!! :)

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Life's Little Pleasures

We're pretty cheap dates. There, I said it. In our household, a trip to Whole Foods, Sam's Club, or Trader Joe's more or less beats out anything else.

Whole Foods is the bomb when it comes to gluten-free paradise. That's where we were this past Saturday. As soon as we passed the impressive produce section, we came to one of my favorite areas. No, that's not true. I have too many favorite areas, but this one rocks. It's the nuts and granola section. Yes, they have an entire section devoted only to nuts and granola. We immediately saw a huge display of granola made with dried cherries, cranberries, raisins, gf oats and much, much more. That went into the cart. Do you see the "Fresh Ground Nut Butters"? OMG, it's so much fun. I'm like a kid in a candy shop.

And speaking of candy...

We leave the nut section for the chocolates and pastries section. Have I said it's unreal? Unreal. I'm seriously curious about the bacon chocolate, but instead this went into the cart.

It's the Red Fire Bar with Mexican ancho y chipolte chillies. Oh yeah. And then the Gianduja Bar with almonds and caramelized hazelnuts. That was a no-brainer. I got sample sizes for $1.99 each. Worth the splurge, don't you think?

We gazed at the pastry shop and drooled, but refrained because, alas, they had no gluten-free pastries. Shocker.

After that, we experienced the wonders of the remainder of the store. Unfortunately, I don't have any more pictures since Jessie, aka the "stick-in-the-mud camera police" told me we had enough already and I was embarrassing her.

Maybe next time.

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Gluten-Free Recipes

This is a list of recipes we've tried and liked.

*NOTE* Each person has different sensitivities. It is up to you to check the list of ingredients you are adding to verify that it is gluten-free.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back as I add new recipes.

Sauces:

• Teriyaki Sauce
• Soy, Ketchup, and Sesame Steak Marinade

Soups:

• Chicken & Rice Soup
• Corn Chowder
• GF Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Breads:

• Southern Cornbread

Desserts & Cookies:

• Alton Brown's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcake
• Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookies

Entrees:

• Italian Pasta with Spicy Meatballs
• GF Roasted Red Pepper Soup
• Chicken Satay Stir-Fry
• GF Chicken with White Wine Sauce
• GF Potato & Carrot Soup

Beverages:

• Russian Tea

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Gluten-Free Products That Don't Suck

This page includes lists of gluten-free products we've tried and liked.
Pasta:

• Quinoa Corporation's Corn Blend Pasta (a blend of corn and quinoa)
• DeBoles Spagetti Style Corn Pasta

Pizza Crust Mix:

• Namaste Foods Pizza Crust (it's free of gluten, wheat, soy, nuts, potato, corn, dairy and casein)

Sauces:

• San-J Organic Tamari Wheat Free Soy Sauce

Baking Products:

• Arrowhead Mills Organic Corn Meal
• Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Whole Grain Rolled Oats
• Kroger 33% Reduced Sodium Chicken Broth or
• Progresso Chicken Broth
• Pamela's Products, Classic Vanilla Cake Mix (We made the pound cake recipe & it was GREAT. Jessie suggested adding in orange zest and maybe a little extract next time to change it up a bit. But even plain, it's good.)

Snacks:

• Kind "Nut Delight" Fruit & Nut Bar
• MI-DEL GF Chocolate Sandwich Cookies (The cream is a bit sweet, but it's good for making cookies 'n cream milkshakes!)
• Betty Crocker Gluten-Free Brownies YUM!!! Super moist.

More to come!

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