Archive for December, 2007
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
These are simplicity itself. I love these in the summer and so will you. You can actually do them on the BBQ after you have cooked your meal but I do them in the oven. If you choose to do them on the BBQ melt the butter and brush it ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
I eat these on all kinds of things; burgers, pizza, eggs. Anywhere you might want to spice things up, just spread on a little of this pepper mix. you can adjust the spiciness by adjusting the ratio of sweet to hot peppers. One of the things I ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
You don't need an ice cream maker for this fast dessert. As you sit down to eat, take the mango out of the freezer and let it thaw on the counter. 15 minutes should do the trick, since you want the mango to be mostly frozen in order to get ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
You can throw this together really quickly. Total cooking time is about 30 minutes. Mix up the "crust", and while it is baking make any side you want to have with it.
Ingredients:
1 batch of meat ball mix
Pizza sauce
Cheese and toppings of your choice. I love Trader Joe's ...
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I LOVE stuffing. I decided to keep the best parts of it and toss out the squishy parts that my family can't eat. Big holiday dinners are heavy enough without bread stuffing, don't you think? If you have favorite doo-dads you love in your stuffing, toss them ...
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I make great chili, if I must say so myself. You can adjust the strength of the seasoning to your own taste. Personally, I use a whole batch of my chili powder recipe(categorized under sauces, dressings, etc.) to make one big batch of chili.
Ingredients:
4 lbs ground ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
My personal philosophy is that if you wish to eat sweets you should eat only the best you can get. When it comes to ice cream the best is what you can make in your own kitchen. Making ice cream is fun, not very hard and it can ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
The combination of cumin and fennel in this soup create a mild flavor that leaves you wondering just what that flavor is, in a good way. The soup makes a good first course but can stand on it's own just fine for lunch.
Ingredients:
4 T butter
3 cups ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
A family favorite for many generations. They are a bit more tender than the wheat kind, so handle with care.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 egg white
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 cups almond flour
2 T coconut flour
3/4 cups finely chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar for rolling
Directions
Cream the butter, egg white, ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
So Simple. So Good.......
Ingredients:
12 oz bag of semi sweet chocolate chips
3 T butter
3 T cream
3/4 lb walnut halves
Directions:
Over low heat melt the chocolate, butter and cream until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts halves. Stir until all the walnuts are well coated then spread ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
This make a light thin Swedish style pancake. Cook carefully and be sure to not flip them too early. You'll get the hang of it quickly.
Ingredients:
9 eggs
1 cup applesauce
1 cup full fat cottage cheese
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups blueberries(frozen works great)
Directions:
Purée ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
This is a very comforting soup on a cold night. The cream combined with home made broth is soothing and fills up little tummies.
Ingredients:
2 T butter
2 T coconut oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup chopped celery
1 1/2 cups chopped mushrooms
6 cups home made chicken stock
1 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 pounds raw ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Here is yet another way to benefit from the purchase of organic chickens. Schmaltz is rendered chicken fat served in Germany as a spread for bread and used as a cooking fat. Schmaltz started as a Jewish recipe and became a staple in other European cuisines. It is great for ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
I got this idea from a friend about 10 years ago and make them at Christmas time. Most sugar plum recipes call for lots of ingredients, these call for just 3. Be careful serving them to young children, they might not realize there is a almond inside and could choke.
Ingredients:
pitted ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
We ate a lot of this over the week when everyone had the flu. Now that you have stock piling up in the freezer, you need lots of recipes to get yourself into the habit of consuming home-made soups.
Ingredients:
2-3 cups home-made chicken stock, strained
1 can coconut milk
3T coconut oil
3 T ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Tastes like candy, but good for you. Not a gourmet quality treat, notice there is no waiting over the stove with candy thermometer. But a tasty way to get more coconut in your diet and the diet of your young ones. Often times, children with food restrictions feel left out ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Chicken stock is really good for you. Making your own stretches your grocery dollars, and makes dinner clean up easier when you have had roast chicken; all the unused pan drippings go into the pot. Be sure to start with an organic chicken, your stock will be much better. ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
This gravy is easy to make and extra nutritious, especially if you start with organic chickens. Roast 2 chickens and let them rest 10-15 minutes or so standing up in the roasting pan. You don't want to miss out on any of that good juice, so catch it all. Remove ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
This is very basic. The use of lots of oil makes the chicken taste much better than chicken breast normally does. We like this at lunch time, and it fills the kids for the afternoon.
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
milk for dipping
a flour mixture of 1/2 coconut flour and half ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Here is just one way to make fried chicken without flour. When done, this recipe looks like breaded chicken. If you don't like mustard, try the pan fried chicken instead.
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup dijon mustard
1/4 cup olive oil
2 T honey
2 cloves garlic
1 cup coconut flour
1 cup almond ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Getting through the holidays without going off your gluten free eating plan can be a challenge. It makes me think of the old song "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" except that I am not: I am trying to avoid white powdery stuff as best I can. Yet, ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Why would we need a gluten free meatball recipe? Have you ever tried meatballs without some sort of bread or flour added? They're hard and unappetizing. I use coconut flour in meatballs and the result is great; tender, juicy and delicious. You don't taste coconut at all, just meatball. You ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Don't put away your cookie press yet! I have tried lots of different grain and gluten free cracker recipes, and been discouraged because they are such a pain to make. Then I thought why not try making them in the cookie press? Voilà, they turned out ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
The perfect Christmas cookie! Unbelievably low carb at 1 gram per cookie, gluten free and easy. I love spritz and am hard to please. These are dainty, and light and undistinguishable from wheat cookies. I don't know why anyone wouldn't just make these instead. I think ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
I use this for dipping veggies or chips, as a salad all by itself or along side Indian inspired dishes. If you use dripped yogurt, make sure to drip it till it is really rich. If you live near a Trader Joes, the Mediterranean cheese style yogurt is perfect.
Ingredients:
2 cups ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Red lentils are tolerated well by many people. They have had their husks removed, and once they have been soaked, don't cause any problems, even for my most sensitive stomachs.
Ingredients:
3-4 T oil, preferably coconut oil or ghee
2 tsp black mustard seeds
1 1/2 cups red lentils, soaked over night
2 T minced ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Use a super huge crock pot for this. I think mine holds 7 quarts. The cute little ones are just toys by comparison.
Ingredients:
6 large green peppers with flat bottoms
2 lbs ground pork
2 lbs ground beef
2 cups minced onions
3 cloves crushed garlic
4 eggs
1/4 cup coconut flour
1 quart tomato juice
1 quart sauerkraut
Directions:
Cut ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
These are great with chicken. If you eat rice, toss them with left over chicken and rice, and you have a casserole.
Ingredients:
4 cups thin sliced carrots
1/2 cup chopped onions
3-4 T butter
3-4 green cardamom pods worth of cardamom seeds
juice of 1 lemon
1-2 T honey
salt and ground ginger to taste
Directions:
Sauté the onions ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
This is one way to use up leftover chicken or pork, if you have it. Or, start with fresh ground beef. I like to plan this as a sister menu when we have pork roast for dinner one night. The only difference, is that when cooking the pork, add some ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Even if we could eat spice packages I wouldn't want to, they taste so blechy. Here is my basic chili spice recipe. I use it for making chili and tacos.
Ingredients:
1 oz ground Pasilla peppers
1 oz ground medium spicy peppers, such as new Mexican or Californian
4 tsp cumin seeds
4 tsp mexican ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
We have been easing into 100 percent grain free for the last 5 years or so. Initially, it was just one family member, than two and now I have made the plunge into limiting grain for everybody. Early on, I realized this could end up costing a ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Some days you need a breakfast that sticks with you for hours. (I need one like that everyday.) If you are no longer eating convenience foods, snacking becomes less desirable, logistically. So, why not try what our farming brethren do; eat hearty at meals, forego snack time. These will do ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
I've been working on chocolate cake recipes for a while, trying to find one that would satisfy the biggest sugar and wheat junkies around. I wanted to lower the sugar content without lowering myself to using Splenda. I wanted the cake to be a powerful kind of chocolate experience, ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
It's been a few years since we have had wheat pizza in the house, so what would we know? But, the family likes this. Sometimes with wheat "alternatives", the healthy approach mentally is to not think of them as substitutes, but as whole new foods all unto themselves. ...
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