Simple Taco Casserole

Do you like Mexican food?  How about casseroles?  How about a Mexican food casserole?  Today I bring you a casserole that is easily made allergy friendly.  So this is a recipe for anyone!  Make it the original way or make it the allergy friendly way!    I adapted this from Betty Crocker’s Cookbook using Wayfare dairy and soy free sour cream and Daiya Cheddar Style Shreds for the cheese....

Apricot Glazed Green Beans

Green bean casserole is a popular Thanksgiving dish.  But with the cream soup and French fried onions it is not allergy friendly.  While I love green beans plain, that does not seem festive enough for Thanksgiving.    So I came up with a special way to fix green beans.  To me, it seems like a good holiday side dish.  However, this does not need to be limited to holiday dinners.  It could...

Fruity Cranberry Chutney

I love cranberries.  I could eat them year around.  Growing up, the grade school I attended always had a turkey supper fundraiser.  Each table would be set with about 2 ounces of cranberry sauce for a table of six or eight.  Even as a child, I thought that was ridiculous.  I could eat more than 2 ounces myself!    Cranberries are good for your urinary tract system, can help prevent plaque...

Easy, Quick, and Simply Delicious Cherry Pie “Larabars”

Not too long ago I wrote about Larabars.  They are so simple. With only three or four ingredients, I thought they would be good to try make my own.  Well, I did not have to go far as I just happened to stumble up a recipe for Cherry Pie “Larabars” at Jen’s Natural Kitchen.  Other than the tree nuts, these are a great allergy free snack as they are gluten free, egg free, milk free, and...

Jerk Chicken Rice and Beans

You may see this title and write this off as a recipe you may not want to try.  I encourage you to not do that.  You will be missing out on an easy and quick meal.  You may hesitate to try something spicy, but you can adjust the seasonings to your liking.  It is always a good thing to try new things…expand your horizons and taste buds.  Adding spice to your meal may add spice to your...

Why You Should Make Your Own Caramel Dip and How To Photo Tutorial

Caramel dip with apples is an autumn treat that the milk allergic cannot enjoy.  Store bought caramel dip is loaded with milk, butter, cream and the like.  But I have come up with five reasons that everyone, regardless of allergies or not, should make their own caramel dip. It is easy to make. It has only 3 ingredients. The store bought kind has 17 (I counted them at the store yesterday)...

Apple Pie Porridge

I have never been one to like oatmeal.  It just seems too mushy to me.  But I know it has health benefits like high amounts of fiber, little fat, and no sodium or cholesterol that I should be enjoying.  That is why I decided to try steel cut oats.  Steel cut oats are oats that have been cut, not rolled and I think of it as less refined than the rolled oats.  They are not mushy, but have...

Sloppy Joes With Real Vegetables

Have you seen those commercials on TV?  The ones where a little girl is dressed up as a sandwich (sloppy joe) costume and she is in a school play?  It’s a play about vegetables and she “belongs” in the play because that particular sloppy joe mix has vegetables in it.  Well, I beg to differ, but I highly doubt that can qualify as a serving of vegetables.  Especially when you take into...

How To Make Jamaican Jerk Seasoning

I do not know if you could find a jar in the spice isle called “Jamaican Jerk Seasoning.”  I have never seen one.  But I do know that if you did it would probably be expensive.  And here’s another thing about spices, as I just realized (again).  They may contain milk, wheat or soy, or other food allergens.    That may sound crazy, but yesterday I found that very statement on the...

Italian Bean Soup

Today’s soup is easy peasy!  Everything is put into the crockpot and then you can forget about it.  Another great thing about this soup is that it makes a huge batch.  So if you have a large family, you wouldn’t have to double it, and if you have a smaller family you can freeze half.  That is what I do.  I make a crockpot full and freeze half (it freezes well).  This is a great...