Grandma's Eggplant Casserole!

For some reason, I have really been wanting eggplant casserole, for weeks now. And now that I have finally discovered a non-dairy/soy/corn cheese (Daiya) I thought I'd make it today! I had most of the ingredients anyway and needed to use them before they went bad. 


I got the recipe from my grandma: 


Grandma's Eggplant Casserole: 

1 medium.size eggplant

1 onion

1 tsp garlic powder

1 medium bell pepper

2 stalks celery

1 pinch salt

1/2 tsp sage or poultry season

1/2 tsp italian season if you have it.

1 egg

Breadcrumbs

Sprinkle of cayenne pepper

1 1/3 Cup grated cheddar Daiya non-dairy cheese

Peel and cut up eggplant, onion, bell pepper, and celery.

Put this in a pot with garlic powder and a pinch of salt. Fill to top of ingredients with water and boil until soft.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Drain water, put in a bowl and mash mixture up.

Add the egg, breadcrumbs, poultry seasoning/sage, Italian seasoning, a sprinkle of cayenne pepper and cheese. Mix up.

Put all this in greased casserole dish, cover with foil and cook for 40 min at 400 degrees. Take off foil and sprinkle cheese on top and bake/broil for about 10 minutes.

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I didn't drain my mixture enough after boiling, so it was a little bit more juicy than I wanted the casserole to be. I wanted it to be more firm and stick together, but I didn't drain enough off (even after mashing).

I was also afraid of adding too much Daiya since I wasn't sure if it would alter the flavor in a bad way. Don't worry about it though! You can hardly tell it's different at all in mixtures like this. 

And then I had strawberries for dessert.

Also, I'd like to point out that I again cannot read food labels correctly. Remember the Gorilla Munch I was really excited about? IT HAS CORN. RIGHT THERE. IN THE INGREDIENT LIST. That's why I liked it so much. So no more gorilla munchies....

Discoveries - Cereal and Ice Cream

I forgot to mention some new exciting food items in my last post!


This morning I had EnviroKidz Organic Gorilla Munch Cereal with almond milk. That cereal is so tasty! It has evaporated cane juice, but it hasn't made me sick. It also tastes like something i've had before...and that seems like a win to me. Especially in this gluten free hell....hey just kidding! 
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For some reason this cereal doesn't have any games on the back, just lots of info about gorillas. They REALLY LOVE GORILLAS. 

I have a feeling this will become my alternative to popcorn. I miss my popcorn.

UPDATE: No wonder I was going to use this as my replacement for popcorn. Main ingredient: corn. Why have I stopped being able to read? 

My mom also bought me something similar to chicken noodle soup - it's Gluten Free Cafe from Valley Food Chicken Noodle Soup.

http://www.iherb.com/Health-Valley-Gluten-Free-Caf-Chicken-Noodle-Soup-15-oz-425-g/34978

It tasted like your average can of soup, but the amazing plus side is that it's allergen free and is edible in about 3 minutes. YAY.

Also, my oldest sister got me some apple butter from Woody's Smokehouse. It's kind of like applesauce with cinnamon. It tastes pretty good on non-dairy ice cream too!

Which, by the way, we found non-dairy/gluten/sugar/soy/corn free ice cream!! Try out NadaMoo ice creams!!

http://www.nadamoo.com/

I put some apple butter on my ice cream. I got the vanilla flavor. It has a very potent taste / aftertaste that I cannot pinpoint, but it might go good with some fruit also or maybe in a different flavor.