Tag: Wheat Free

Jerk Chicken Rice and Beans

admin November 5, 2012 2 Comments
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

admin November 3, 2012 18 Comments
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)...

Buckwheat Millet Pancakes Gluten Free and Allergy Friendly

admin November 1, 2012 18 Comments
Making a gluten free pancake without eggs and milk is no easy feat; at least not for me.  I have been trying all sorts of combinations of flours and egg replacers.  Some were so-so and some were bad.  I even had one turn out fabulously, but I didn’t follow my own rule of writing meticulous notes so I’m in the process of recreating that one. But in the meantime I have settled on this...

Apple Pie Porridge

admin October 30, 2012 12 Comments
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

admin October 28, 2012 0 Comments
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

admin October 27, 2012 0 Comments
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...

Veloute Sauce

admin October 25, 2012 2 Comments
In my ongoing effort to make vegetables more exciting at our table, and a way to make broccoli tempting for a youngster, I began searching for a sauce.  I think it is safe to assume that most parents pair broccoli with cheese sauce for their young ones, but being milk free prevents that.  Or maybe you want to stretch your taste buds and ditch the cheese once in a while. Well, look no further....

Decadent (And Allergy Free) Must Have Chocolate Cake

admin October 23, 2012 39 Comments
Have I got a treat for you today!  A chocolate cake that is moist, decadent and allergy friendly.  Not only that, but it is easy to put together.  This is a must have recipe for any situation needing a cake; a birthday, anniversary, Sunday company, you name it.  No one will guess you are serving them an allergy free dessert!    This can also be made into cupcakes.  They freeze well and...

Italian Bean Soup

admin October 21, 2012 8 Comments
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...

Pineapple Peach Smoothie

admin October 19, 2012 0 Comments
Since smoothies are big hit around my house I thought it would be time to share another one.  This one is so yummy you will want to guzzle it.    It’s creamy, thick, delicious and best of all, it is milk free! And even better, it has spinach in it.  What a better way to get that great leafy green in your diet than through a smoothie!  I have already written about the benefits of...