A fun gluten free recipe! (or two)

In my quest to be as gluten free as possible, I searched for a snack for me to munch on that was crunchy and I found a few.  Below is my version of what I found.

Gluten Free Chex  Mix

8 cups of rice Chex  cereal
2 lightly salted Shoprite Rice Cakes
6 tablespoons of Smart Balance Butter
Teaspoon of salt
Tablespoon of NuSalt Zesty Italian

Pre-heat the oven to 200
Put Rice Chex in bowl; crush rice cakes into small pieces
Mix with Rice Chex
Melt butter in small pan with salt and Nu Salt
Slowly drip the melted mixture over the chex and rice cakes.
Stir the mixture each time and place it in a shallow baking pan
Line the pan with aluminum foil and bake at 200 for one hour.
Stir the mixture every 15 minutes.

Makes 9-10 servings (1 cup each)

Nutrition Facts

Alicia's Chex Mix Zesty - Chex Mix home made

Calories	151	Sodium	312 mg
Total Fat	6 g	Potassium	0 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	22 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	0 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	2 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	2 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Vitamin A	15%	Calcium	10%
Vitamin C	10%	Iron	50%

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I put each serving in a snack size Ziploc baggie. 




Here is the sweet variety....

One box Rice Chex
3 rice cakes
9 tablespoons smart balance
15 Truvia packets
Cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice 1 tbs
1 tbsp vanilla

Pre-heat the oven to 200
Put Rice Chex in bowl; crush rice cakes into small pieces
Mix with Rice Chex
Melt butter in small pan with salt, sugar and spices.

Slowly drip the melted mixture over the chex and rice cakes.
Stir the mixture each time and place it in a shallow baking pan
Line the pan with aluminum foil and bake at 200 for one hour.
Stir the mixture every 15 minutes.

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Nutrition Facts

Alicia's Sweet Chex Mix 

Calories	121	Sodium	323 mg
Total Fat	5 g	Potassium	0 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	19 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	0 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	2 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	2 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Vitamin A	0%	Calcium	0%
Vitamin C	0%	Iron	0%

5 question Friday 3/15/12

1. Where do you hide the reeeally good snacks?

I couldn't tell you that or else I would have to kill you.  Seriously.  The one child I hide it from has access to this blog and he might see it, so I cannot divulge.  Sorry.  It's a good place, trust me. :)

2. Do u keep your vehicle clean or am I the only one who has things falling out of their van?

Oh, the shame.  I have to say kind of falling out, sometimes.  Once in a while, clean.  I have to do that again, very soon.  It does feel really good to have  a clean car.  I do find it hard though, with all the kids I drive around to get it to STAY neat.  I guess I will have to wait for them to grow (and for me to be a little neater) to have that kind of car. :)

3. Have you ever been to Vegas?

No.  Would I like to? Of course.  Just not on the top of the list of high priorities in my life.  I much rather go back to Ecuador.....

4. Warm room light blankets or cold room warm snuggly blanket?

Warm room and snuggly blanket?  I just can't seem to get warm enough!!!  I am only warm if it is warm out or if I am working out.  If I am over heated, it's not fun, but I would rather be hot than cold.

5. What is the worst airplane/flying experience you've ever had?

Coming home from Ecuador, in the middle of a thunderstorm.  NOT FUN at all.  It was so scary.  I was with my whole family and my Dad tried to comfort all of us girls, ( I have 2 sisters) but it was very frightening.  I was very happy when we landed.