{"id":2468,"date":"2011-02-04T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T17:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2011-02-04T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T17:45:17","slug":"guest-blog-post-irena-wandering-spoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/baking\/guest-blog-post-irena-wandering-spoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog Post: Irena of My Wandering Spoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"img-left\" style=\"width: 325px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/mywanderingspoon.wordpress.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 325px;\" title=\"My Wandering Spoon\" src=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/images\/Guest\/irena\/Logo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"My Wandering Spoon\" \/><\/a>Irena&#8217;s food blog<\/div>\n<p>I want to introduce you to Irena of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mywanderingspoon.wordpress.com\/\">My Wandering Spoon<\/a>\u201d. Irena\u2019s  food blog features many great treats, including children oriented cooking  featuring her \u201cAll about kids\u201d section, and she also includes a section devoted  to baking. I am looking forward to the recipe Irena is sharing which introduces  us to new dough she has created. I love the fact that this dough and recipe is 100% gluten free! <\/p>\n<div class=\"img-right\" style=\"width: 225px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/images\/Guest\/irena\/Irena.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 225px;\" title=\"Irena of My Wandering Spoon\" src=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/images\/Guest\/irena\/Irena.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Irena of My Wandering Spoon\" \/><\/a>Irena of My Wandering Spoon<\/div>\n<p>Please join me in welcoming Irena, of My Wandering Spoon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Irena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a mom, wife, certified nutrition and wellness  consultant and foodie. I made my first bread when I was 14. My love for food,  cooking, fresh ingredients, nutrition, writing, blogging, coaching and healthy  lifestyle which I\u2019m pursuing for my family and friends is growing every day. I  have a great passion for baking, inventing new recipes and finding wonderful,  easy and delicious gluten free, allergen free and nutritious healthy meal  ideas.<\/p>\n<p>      I hope everybody will like and find interesting Amaranth  Cups with Rhubarb Pecan Filling. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Recipe <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amaranth Cups with Rhubarb Pecan Filling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am constantly experimenting and trying to make new dough,  good one, which will taste wonderful and will have great texture too.<\/p>\n<p>I am very pleased with this recipe how it came out because  it is versatile, gluten free and absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody can enjoy this brilliant dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Dough is made from two types of flour: Amaranth and Sweet  Rice flour.<\/p>\n<p>Amaranth flour is gluten free flour, contains fiber and  iron, it is a good source of calcium and is high in protein. Sweet rice flour adds  lightness and texture to gluten free baked goods.<\/p>\n<p>For the filling I used rhubarb and pecans.<\/p>\n<p>    Makes 14 mini cups<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\">Ingredients<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Stalks<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Rhubarb, chopped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Each<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Juice squeezed from fresh orange or lemon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cup<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Light brown sugar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Tsp<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Vanilla sugar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1\/3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cup<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Pecans, ground<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1\/3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cup<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Amaranth flour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cup<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Sweet rice flour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00bc<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cup<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Sweet cream butter, cold, cut into little chunks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00bc<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cup<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Water, cold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>    &nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">Procedure Steps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">On the medium heat, using a large pot, add cut rhubarb, sugar and juice from the orange or lemon (whatever you prefer more). Bring to a boil and cook for an additional 8 minutes or until sugar starts to caramelize. When mixture has cooled down add ground pecans. Mix and set aside.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">2.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Using a stand mixer combine the amaranth and sweet rice flour. Slowly add the cold butter chunks. When dough starts to form add just a tiny bit of water until dough is completely formed, not too sticky.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">3.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Preheat the oven to 400\u00b0 F. Using a non stick cupcake pan, use your hands to start forming the dough around the inside wall and bottom of the cupcake molds,    making a hole in the middle of the dough to form a cup. Bake the cups for 8 minutes. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">4.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Stuff the cups with rhubarb pecan mixture. Bake for an additional 20 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"img-center\" style=\"width: 495px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/images\/Guest\/irena\/AmaranthCupsGlutenFree.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 495px;\" title=\"Amaranth Cups with Rhubarb Pecan Filling\" src=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/images\/Guest\/irena\/AmaranthCupsGlutenFree.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Amaranth Cups with Rhubarb Pecan Filling\" \/><\/a>Amaranth Cups with Rhubarb Pecan Filling<\/div>\n<p>You can enjoy this lovely dessert warm or leave them covered  on the room temperature up to 2 days.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Bon Appetit!!<\/p>\n<p>Nutrition facts \u20131 mini cup<\/p>\n<p>Cal 90, cal from fat19, dietary fiber 5%, cholesterol 1%,  protein 4g.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:200px; height:2px; background-color:#8A8A8A;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I want to thank Irena for sharing this wonderful gluten free dessert treat!<\/p>\n<p>Cajun Chef Ryan<br \/>\n           =:~) <br \/>\n           \u00a92011 CCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join me in welcoming Irena, of My Wandering Spoon for a guest blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,1679,778],"tags":[1683,2089,2051,261,7,1352,1648,2057,1494,1682,1290,1545,2108,2062,1552,1680,579,1663,1681,154,1684],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}