I love Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free products. They are so convenient and can be made casein free simply by substituting CF “butter” for the regular butter you would normally add. I often keep the Gluten Free Bisquick on hand to make easy pancakes ( I like to add a splash of vanilla to the mix), yummy waffles (try them with fresh kiwi on top – my favorite), and kid favorite pizza. The pizza is awesome since it only takes 30 minutes to bake and I know the boys will always eat it. This is often my go to meal when I’m in a pinch.

I also rely on Betty Crocker’s yellow and chocolate cake mixes when I want to whip up some breakfast muffins. I prepare the cake mix per the package directions, then I add a cup of grated carrots, a cup of grated zucchini, a cup of GFCF chocolate chips and a few tablespoons of chia seeds (yes, chia pet chia seeds, but the ones you buy at a grocery store not from the chia pet package), sometimes I’ll add an extra egg for protein. Then I bake in muffin cups until done. These make excellent breakfast muffins if you pair them with a protein.

And just this past weekend I made the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownies. It was a busy holiday weekend and we had a lot of family events to celebrate. I baked up the brownies and served them a la mode! So yummy. Even my father, who is NOT gluten free, loved them. My mom said you could serve them to anyone and they would have no idea they were gluten free.

If you would like a chance to win a Betty Free Crocker Gluten Free Prize Pack, including all the mixes mentioned above plus the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Cookie Mix, simply leave me a message below. One entry per person please.

Also, if you are an adventurous baker try entering the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Recipe Contest! I’d love to see one of my readers win! Wouldn’t that be awesome? The contest runs now through June 30, 2011.

This giveaway, prize pack and my mixes were provided by Betty Crocker and MyBlogSpark. My contest will end on June 30, 2011. I will use Random Number Generator to pick the winner. The winner will be notified by email, so please provide a method to reach you. The winner will have 48 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be selected. All entries much contain real information or real comments. I will not accept comments like “enter me” or “sounds good”.

Oct 1, 2010
(Wow, can you believe that date – already October!)

I almost didn’t write this today. I’m having one of those days where everything you do just kind of falls apart. It is almost comedic. But then, it isn’t.

So anyway, I decided to do this because we all have bad days and even in those bad days we can still have good pancakes! MyBlogSpark and Bisquick sent me a really nice, complimentary, Gluten Free Bisquick prize pack. It included one box of Bisquick Gluten Free, an Orka Spatula, an awesome cast iron pancake pan (my hubby was really excited about this), and a Pancake Pen. I must admit, today I had some problems. I was very excited to use the pancake pen, which is a tall cylinder in which you can mix your pancake batter, then, using the spout, you can “write” with the batter and cook up cool pancakes. I usually just use a big measuring cup and often my cool pancakes don’t turn out so cool. Larry has told me that my smiley face pancakes look more like “The Scream”, but he says that makes them even cooler. Yeah. So I was hoping the pancake pen could help. I love the idea and once the batter was actually made and in the pen it worked pretty well. The directions on the pancake pen say you can mix the batter right there in the pen. This did not work so well for me and resulted in a real comedy of errors which included multiple bowls, removing both ends of the pancake pen and a funnel. However, once the Bisquick Gluten Free pancake batter was properly made and filled the pancake pen, it worked like a charm. So my advice to you, mix the batter in a bowl and then fill the pancake pen from the bottom with the lid on.

Having said all that, the pancakes themselves turned out really good. I like Bisquick Gluten Free and have reviewed it before, here. In addition, you can visit http://www.myblogspark.com/uc/main/8b49/ to download a printable coupon for $1 off Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix! Also, visit Bisquick on Facebook to keep up with the latest news from Bisquick.

So Bisquick and MyBlogSpark are giving away a Bisquick Gluten Free Prize Pack to one of my readers. To enter simply leave me a comment on what you would make with your Bisquick Gluten Free. For an additional chance to win subscribe to Matthew’s Puzzle via Feedburner in the right hand navigation bar.

Contest is open to US residents 18 yrs and older. Contest will run from Oct 1, 2010 to midnight Oct 10, 2010. One winner will be selected using a random number generator from Random.org. You must leave a legitimate entry to be considered, no entries such as “count me in” or “I want to win”, etc. will be considered. The winner will have 48 hours to claim their prize from the time I send the email notification. If the winner does not claim the prize in 48 hours a new winner will be selected. All remarks are my own. I was provided with a free prize pack to review and give away.