BBQ Beef Roll-ups

I had been feeling creative with using up the roast leftovers last week and this is a recipe I winged. I remember having some appetizers similar to this but they were much smaller, I made these “meal size”. It was very easy and very yummy. The best part is you can enjoy BBQ beef without needing bread.



BBQ Beef Roll-ups

Leftover roast, shredded
BBQ sauce
Gluten free tortillas
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream for garnish, or anything else you think would add a nice touch
Vegetable oil for frying

Mix together the shredded beef and BBQ sauce and warm until heated through. Take 1 tortilla and zap it in the microwave for 20 seconds to make it more pliable. On the end closest to you spoon some meat mixture on the tortilla and top with shredded cheese, I used about ½ C meat and I handful of cheese. Fold the edge closest to the meat over just until its covered then tuck in the sides and roll the tortilla. Lay it seam side down and repeat with the remaining tortillas and meat.

Pour enough oil in a fry pan to cover the bottom and heat to about 400 F. Place the tortillas seam side down in the hot oil and fry for about 1-2 minutes on each side. Drain on a paper towel then serve with sour cream or any other sides you’d like.

Gluten Free Restaurants & Stores in Montana

I want to bring all the gluten free restaurant and store locations in Montana to one place. I’ll update this post as needed but this way it’s all together and easy to find. A lot of these locations (and holy moly are there a lot of locations) I have never been to but online it states they carry GF products. If you have any locations to add to this list or have any information on these locations please let me know. There will be a separate post for GF beers that are available across Montana.

Billings

Bonanza Health Foods
923 Grand Ave
406-252-4923

Carino’s
3042 King Ave
406-652-9661
They have a GF menu that shows what is safe and the sides you can have with it.

Good Earth Market
3024 2nd Ave Nth
406-259-2622
http://www.goodearthmontana.com/

Mary’s Health Food
2564 King Ave W #J
406-651-0557
http://www.maryshealthfood.com/

Montana Harvest Natural Food
1710 Grand Ave
406-252-6969

Olive Garden
2201 Grant Rd
406-652-1395
They have a GF menu but I wouldn’t recommend trying this, one woman I know tried it and was glutened. The waitress said they don’t like to say the pasta is GF so I’m guessing there’s some cross contamination happening, it’s really too bad.
http://www.olivegarden.com/menus/garden_fare/nutrition_alternatives.asp

Outback Steakhouse
2001 Overland Ave
406-652-3565
http://www.outback.com/foodandmenus/pdf/glutenfree.pdf

Red Robin
1603 Grand Ave #1
406-248-7778
They offer a “Lettuce-Wrap Your Burger” that has no bun and is served with a side salad, the fries are not GF.

Staggering Ox
2829 King Ave W
406-294-6969
They have soup, sandwiches, and salads that are GF.
http://staggeringox.com/billings/

Z Pizza
1430 Country Manor Blvd #7
406-839-9333
A rice crust is available along with a menu list of what is GF.
http://stores.zpizza.com/billings/


Belgrade

Lee & Dad’s IGA
205 W Madison Ave
406-388-4111


Bozeman

Carino’s
2159 Burke St
406-556-1332
They have a GF menu that shows what is safe and the sides you can have with it.

Colombo's Pizza & Pasta
1003 W College
406-587-5544
They have GF pizza crust and soy cheese. When you order be sure to let them know you are very sensitive and ask that they use all clean utensils to avoid cross contamination.

Community Food Co-op
908 W Main
406-587-4039
http://www.bozo.coop/

The Daily Coffee Bar & Bakery
11th & College
And a second location at
N. Rouse & Oak St.
406-585-8612
They have GF treats like brownies but I don’t know if they are available at both locations.

Elle's Belle's Bakery & Cafe
7 Tai Lane
406-587-5683
They offer GF muffins, a crust free/GF cheesecake, Linzer Heart cookies.
http://www.ellesbelles.com

Food For Thought Specialty Deli
270 West Kagy Unit B
406-587-4454
They have gluten free bread for their sandwiches along with entress, sides, salads, and desserts.

Montana Ale Works
611 E Main
406-587-7700
GF pasta is on the menu and delicious and they have GF buns for burgers, etc. I’ve also safely had a lot of their other items but note the fries are not safe.
http://www.montanaaleworks.com/

Montana Harvest
31 S Willson Ave
406-585-3777

The Naked Noodle
27 South Willson
406-585-4501
They have GF pasta on their menu, I would be very diligent about making sure they’re careful with cross contamination.
http://www.nakednoodle.com/

Nova Café
312 W Main
406-587-3973
They offer GF bread for sandwiches and toast and also have GF baked goods for sale.
http://www.thenovacafe.com/

Oak Street Natural Market
1735 Oak St #F
406-582-5400
http://oakstreetnaturalmarket.com/default.aspx

Outback Steakhouse
6059 East Valley Center Road
406-587-5200
http://www.outback.com/foodandmenus/pdf/glutenfree.pdf

Over the Tapas
19 S Willson
406-556-8282
They have a GF menu.
http://bozemantapas.com/

Rosauers Huckleberry’s Natural Market
3255 technology Blvd W
406-587-0637
http://www.rosauers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221&Itemid=270

Sola Café
290 W Kagy Blvd
406-922-7652
They offer GF bread for sandwiches and have a GF treat daily, ask at the counter.
http://www.solacafe.com/

Sweet Pea Bakery
2622 West Main St
406-586-8200
They offer GF Opera cake, flourless tortes, GF cheesecake, GF key lime torte, and GF shortbread tarts. You need to call ahead for most of these items
http://www.sweetpeabakery.net/today/index.html


Butte

Dancing Rainbow Natural Grocery
9 S Montana
406-723-8811
http://www.dancingrainbow.org/

Silver Bow Pizza Parlor
3500 Harrison Ave
406-494-2750

Glasgow

Herbs & Things
1102 2nd Ave Sth
406-228-8617


Glendive

Reynold’s Market
1014 West Bell St
406-377-4923


Great Falls

Boston's The Gourmet Pizza
1101 7th St South
406-761-2788

Chili’s
1420 Market Place Dr Suite A
406-452-6700
Chili’s has a GF menu, you will need to request it from your server.

Pegasus Blu
Closed, bummer.

2 J’s Natural Foods
105 Smelter Ave NE #17
406-761-0134


Hamilton

Super 1 Foods
1131 N 1st
406-363-6200


Helena

Chili’s
2790 Nth Washington St
406-442-3500
Chili’s has a GF menu, you will need to request it from your server.

Pathway’s to Health
700 N Ewing
406-495-1320

Real Food Market & Deli
1096 Helena Ave
406-443-5150
http://www.realfoodstore.com/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=A23ATS5R38S92L980G03N0ET959GCSTA

Staggering Ox
400 Euclid Ave
406-443-1729
http://staggeringox.com/helena/

Van’s Thriftway
306 Euclid Ave
406-442-8645


Kalispell

Sunlife Health Foods
2302 US Highway 2 E Ste 10
406-756-9412

Super 1 Foods
Nth 55 First Est

Withey’s Health Foods
1231 Sth Main St
406-755-5260


Livingston

Food Works Natural Market
412 E Park St
406-222-8223


Miles City

Great Grains Health Foods
21 S 9th St
406-234-5811
http://www.greatgrainshealthfoods.com/

Reynold’s Market
2106 Valley Dr E
406-234-5385


Missoula

Biga Pizza
241 W Main
406-728-2579
They offer a rice crust but be sure to call ahead and reserve a crust because they go fast.
http://www.bigapizza.com/

Carino’s
3630 Nth Reserve
406-541-7900
They have a GF menu that shows what is safe and the sides you can have with it.

Fat Cat Pizzeria and Pasta
1502 Dearborn
406-728-6606
They use seperate utensils and cutting boards for their GF pizza and boil the GF pasta in seperate water. A lot of the soups are also GF, ask the wait staff to check with the head chef.
http://fatcatpizzeria.com/page/1b89d/Locations.html

The Good Food Store
1600 S 3rd St W
406-541-3663
http://www.goodfoodstore.com/

Huckleberry’s Natural market
2350 S Reserve
406-721-5430
http://huckleberrysnaturalmarket.com/

Jaker’s Bar & Grill
3515 Brooks St
406-721-1312
http://www.jakers.com/

James' Bar
127 Alder St
406-721-8158
They have a dedicated GF fryer and have rice flour to bread onions, etc. Call ahead and talk to the Chef to ensure you can get a safe fried GF food.

Outback Steakhouse
2415 N Reserve
406-327-6900
http://www.outback.com/foodandmenus/pdf/glutenfree.pdf

Red Robin
2901 Brooks St
406-830-3170
They offer a “Lettuce-Wrap Your Burger” that has no bun is served with a side salad, the fries are not GF.


Polson

Mission Mountain Natural Foods
319 Main St
406-883-2847

Super 1 Foods
50331 Highway 93
406-883-3764


Stevensville

Bitterroot Community Market
601 Main St
406-777-5742

Super 1 Foods
39 Stevensville Cutoff Rd W
406-777-7300


Whitefish

Third Street Market
244 Spokane Ave

Super 1 Foods
6475 Highway 93 Sth
406-862-2222

Chili's Springfield, MO Review

I wasn’t planning on trying Chili’s while we were in Springfield but the people we ate dinner with had chosen it and I wasn’t going to argue. We had a fantastic waitress and she did a great job taking care of us. I’m pretty sure she overheard me mention that I’ve read mixed reviews on how well Chili’s does with GF items but we didn’t get glutened so maybe that was a good thing. They didn’t have any GF menus printed so she did have to print a couple for us and I think this is because they update the menu on a regular basis. When we ordered she asked some questions to verify what we were getting was safe, like whether we could have cheese or not. I did my best to give her a quick rundown on what wasn’t safe for us and assured her that cheese was OK.

I ordered the Guiltless Grilled Salmon and was happy with my dish though the vegetables were a bit salty for me. The rice was really good and my salmon was perfectly cooked.

Hubby ordered the Guiltless Carne Asada Steak. He said the carne asada was also more salty than he likes and his veggies were the same as mine.

We did have their chips and salsa along with a chocolate shake even though they aren’t on the GF menu. Thankfully it was safe because we didn’t have any reactions.

To view their gluten free menu go to their main menu page and at the bottom there’s a “Download Allergy Information” link, click on that then choose the “Chili’s Wheat and Gluten Allergen Information”. This brings up the Gluten Free Menu. The Chili’s in Springfield, MO is located at 3020 S Glenstone.

BamBu Springfield, MO

We found ourselves in Springfield, MO right before Thanksgiving and a quick search online brought up BamBu as a restaurant with GF options. The day we arrived we hadn’t eat much since airports only offer so much for a GF diet, at least I found yogurt and bananas at the Billings airport for breakfast. We had an early dinner at Bambu which is a Vietnamese restaurant. We asked for the GF menu when we sat down and the options were really good. We decided to start off with Fresh Spring Rolls and instead of giving us the peanut dipping sauce we were give fish sauce. They were really good especially since our bodies hadn’t had anything substantial the whole day.

For the main course I had the Bun Tom Thit Nuong (charbroiled shrimp & BBQ pork on vermicelli). It was really good and A LOT of food. Hubby like the flavor of my dish better, I think it was just a stronger flavor for him.

Hubby had the Com Ga Xao Thom (chicken pineapple with rice). Again it was a lot of food and a yummy dish.

The waitress was really helpful and the food was on our table in no time at all. I wanted to make it back to try another dish but we wound up eating at Chili’s instead.

Bambu is located at 1338 E Battlefield in Springfield, MO. Their hours are 11-9 Mon – Thurs, 11-10 Fri – Sat, and 11-6 Sun.

Gluten Free Sugar Plum Cookies

To prepare for the small road trip we’ll be taking for Christmas the boy and I made some granola bars, he’s such a great helper in the kitchen until it’s time for cleanup. I was telling him what the different ingredients were that we put in the bars and when I added the buckwheat he informed me that he can’t eat that because it has wheat in it. It was so sweet and I did my best to explain that even though it has the word wheat in it it doesn’t have gluten so it’s safe. The granola bars had GF butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, raisins, and coconut in them. They were delicious and I’m a big fan of the butterscotch.

I saw a sign for sugar plums the other day and not knowing what one is I had to look up some recipes. Most of the recipes include dried fruit but this recipe was the exception and as I looked at the picture and read the recipe it sparked a memory. I don’t know where I’ve had these cookies but I have had them. All I can recollect is I was little and I associate them with a grandmother type figure. I’m not sure if one of my Grandma’s made these or if one of their friends did. After I put them together and took my first bite I knew these were the cookies. Funny how I didn’t even know I missed them until I saw them again.

I will be giving some to my Grandma when we see her over Christmas and I’m hoping my mom or dad will remember them. I want someone else to remember them! My IL’s were over to the house and they ate a few of them (I was pleasantly surprised) but had never had them before. It’s a mystery.

These cookies aren’t the prettiest things in the world and when you’re mixing it together it looks like ground beef. I decided to save you from looking at that picture. They’re very fast and they’re no-bake so it can’t get much easier. I like these a lot. At first they have a little bit of tartness to them but then it’s all sweet, and very sweet at that. My husband said they taste like raspberry zinger’s just without the crème filling.

Gluten Free Sugar Plum No-Bake Cookies
Adapted from All Recipes


1 can (14 oz) of sweetened condensed milk
1 package (3 oz) strawberry flavored gelatin (cherry or raspberry would also be good)
1 ½ C shredded coconut
2 C GF graham cracker crumbs, I used the crumbs from our Gingerbread House
1 package (3 oz) strawberry flavored gelatin
40-ish whole cloves

Pour the milk into a mixing bowl and add 1 package of the gelatin. Stir until it’s dissolved and then add the coconut and GF graham cracker crumbs until a stiff dough forms. Pour the remaining gelatin package into a small bowl. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and then roll the balls in the gelatin to coat. Place on wax paper and press a whole clove into each cookie to form a stem. This process is pretty messy so to make it a little less messy I used my Pampered Chef small-scoop then dropped the ball directly into the gelatin. Otherwise your hands will be covered in goop. This made 42 cookies for me.

Roast Beef Burritos

So I'm doing two posts today because after tomorrow I won't be posting until next week and I really wanted to get two more posts up before Thursday. I can't wait for tomorrow's post because I really like the cookies, but patience is a virtue and I need practice!

Saturday was a busy day for me, we had the play group families over to decorate sugar cookies and do a gift exchange. I knew I wouldn’t have time to make dinner after the fun and mayhem so it was to the crock pot with a roast. This of course resulted in leftovers and this is a delicious way to use up those roast leftovers. I actually used a lot of leftovers for this meal, like rice, black beans, and the mushroom and onions from my roast. Mmm, it’s so good.

Roast Beef Burritos

Leftover Roast Beef, shredded
La Victoria Taco Sauce
Black Beans or Refried Beans
Rice (optional)
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
Salsa
Any other favorite burrito toppings
GF Tortilla, I love the La Tortilla Factory Ivory Teff Wraps

Mix together the beef and taco sauce, base how much you use on how saucy you like it ;) Heat through in the microwave for a couple minutes. Heath through your beans and rice then zap the tortilla in the microwave for 20 seconds to help it become more pliable. Pile the toppings in the tortilla as you best see fit, wrap, and eat.

I love this stuff and the best part it's free of MSG, Gluten, and High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Gluten Free Cheesy Beer Bread

I saw this cheesy beer bread recipe at Tasty Kitchen and I had to try it, it looked too good to pass up plus there wasn’t much time needed to whip it together. This accompanied our roast this last weekend and it was delicious. It’s a quick bread so no time wasted for it to rise, just mix and bake resulting in a dense but tasty loaf. Delicious? Yes! Healthy? No! The whole family liked it and it’ll be my new recipe for when I need some bread and I need it fast.

Gluten Free Cheesy Beer Bread
Adapted from Tasty Kitchen

3 C gluten free flour (I used Mama’s Almond Blend)
2 t xanthan gum
3 t baking powder
1 t salt
¼ C granulated sugar
1 C cheddar cheese, shredded (For DF Daiya works perfectly)
12 oz gluten free beer, I used Redbridge
¼ C melted butter
Garlic & onion powder to taste
Parsley flakes

Preheat oven to 375 F. Sift together the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Stir in the cheese and mix well. Mix in the beer, it will be a bit hard toward the end but I was able to get it all mixed together by hand. Put in a loaf pan or separate into muffin tins. Pour melted butter on top of the dough, sprinkle with garlic and onion powders to taste, then sprinkle with parsley flakes to make it pretty. Bake for 1 hour with a loaf, I would try for 40-45 minutes with the muffin tins.