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Month: June 2016

Oodles of Zoodles & Noodles

Ok.. I have a recent obsession with online recipes and I saw this sadly glutinous recipe that looked devine… I know I act like this rarely happens, like I don’t have gluten envy. Well, it’s fine because I fixed this up and had SUCH a yummy dinner!

This oodlely, noodlely, zoodlely dish  is topped with pesto and was adapted, I think, from Delish.. But as I’m definitely food obsessed, I’m not positive and I couldn’t find the darn recipe when I looked for it! So here is mine:

oodles of zoodles & noodles

Oodle, Zoodles & Noodles!

Pesto sauce

1 handful baby spinach

1 cup basil leaves

1/2 cup pine nuts

1/3 c olive oil

Red pepper flakes, salt to taste

3/4 c Parmesan cheese

Process until smooth- reserve

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

pesto…. yum

pine nuts.. or walnuts .. your choice


Noodles

12 oz gluten free spaghetti, prepared per package instruction, rinse and drain and place in large bowl

noodles!


Zoodles

Spiralize zucchini (2 large)

Heat olive oil in pan and add zucchini, salt and pepper to taste

Cook on med high heat 3-5 mins until tender but not floppy 

Zoodles! getting hot in the pan!

Zoodles & Noodles.. peace & harmony


Add to bowl with noodles

Toss with pesto, top with tomatoes.

despite my spoon’s vicious attempts.. the pesto still made it.. at least some!

Dig In! i know you want it!


Damn Girl (or Guy!)! You rock!!

That is too good!

❤️


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Cauliflower?  Yep! Delicious Oven Baked Honey Garlic Gluten Free Cauliflower!!!

I don’t like cauliflower.. I never have. It tasted like .. Well I’m not going to say.. But the texture bothered me. I have celiac, so I get a constant “have you tried cauliflower crust?”  “Have you tried mashed cauliflower?” No. I have not.. Because it’s gross and I don’t like it.

make mine a double batch…

Ok.. I can be closed minded… But I saw this recipe on “Delish” (which I love by the way) for Honey Garlic Cauliflower and I decided to de-gluten it and give it a try!!

So easy!! (Well I made it a little easier with the use of a zip lock bag… Have one on hand!)

Ok! Ready? 

Honey Garlic Gluten Free I Can’t Beieve It’s Cauliflower Cauliflower

You need:

Cauliflower

3/4 c gluten free flour

Salt and pepper

2 eggs

Gluten free bread crumbs

A ziploc bag

Gluten free soy sauce

Lime juice

Honey

Sriracha 

Corn starch 

Start with a head of cauliflower and break it into florets that are bite size. Put in zip lock bag

Add flour, pinch of salt and pepper

i know you want to.. shake it Baby!


Now put on some music and shake it like A Swifty.

Initially I “set up a dredging station and dipped each floret into egg wash and then bread crumbs”. Well that is some messy, time consuming nonsense. Dump out excess flour from ziploc. Add well beaten eggs mixed with 1 tsp water to cauliflower in ziploc and continue your jam session.

dredging station…

egg wash.. if you want to go that route

messy madness


Add bread crumbs and repeat

the way to go.. shake &bake !

spread them out and bake them up


Spread those battered babies on the pan and bake 20 mins at 400.

While they bake, you can make the sauce

Mix 1 tsp of cornstarch in just enough water to dissolve it.

In small sauce pan add 1/2 cup gluten free soy sauce

1/2 c honey

2T line juice

2 crushed garlic cloves

Sriracha to taste 

sauce necessities

Once boiling, turn to simmer and add the cornstarch. Simmer until thickened.. About 5 mins

out of the oven and into the sauce

Add baked cauliflower to serving bowl, coat with sauce and toss.

Put back on cooking pan and broil 2 mins

Return to serving bowl and DEVOUR!!! Yum!!


❤️

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Quinoa Dinner Salad.. Make meatless Monday memorable❤️

I’m always looking for something fast, easy and delicious! If a recipe meets those 3 criteria, it’s my new favorite food. The challenge is that it has to be delicious to a German au pair, a Mexican husband, a celiac (me), a 7 year old, an 11 year vegetarian and a 15 year old vegetarian…. Yeah… Imagine!

So I saw the recipe in a Kraft magazine while waiting at a doctors office (damn doctors… 😉 ).

So here comes fast, easy and delicious!


Quinoa dinner salad for 6

Cook 2 cups of quinoa in 2 1/2 cups water and 1 T butter

Mix once cooked with

1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup Italian salad dressing  

Then add:

7 sliced radishes

3 green onions sliced

2 cloves garlic crushed

1/4 cup mint chopped

Snap peas chopped coarsely

Salt and pepper to taste

Mix well!

Top with additional Parmesan 

Enjoy❤️

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