Holly's Gluten Free Home

I wanted doughnuts. Is that too much to ask? As my daughter and I left the pool this weekend from her swim meet I checked Yelp for “gluten free doughnuts”. Fail. The search yielded a health food smoothie place. Not a lot of overlap between health food and what I’m looking for – fried sugary goodness!

So, I headed to Pinterest where I was greeted by amazing pictures of doughnuts- baked & fried, many of which are made in molds (which I do not have and don’t care to buy) and with ingredients and instructions that resemble AP Chemistry lab time.

So, I busted out old faithful… a Better Homes & Garden gluten filled cookbook I’ve had for more than 25 years and looked up yeast doughnut and with some tweaking, here is a quick, simple and amazingly delicious doughnut recipe!

What you need

1 1/2 cup flour blend- I use Pamela’s artisanal blend

2 t yeast

1 tsp baking powder

1tsp baking soda

1/2 t cream of tartar

Dash salt

1 cup milk, warm

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 egg and 1 egg white

1 T apple cider vinegar

Dash vanilla

Cinnamon and sugar or whatever topping you choose

Large ziplock bag

Cooking spray

Parchment paper

Oil for frying

Ready?

I mean who is not ready for doughnuts? These are the first real doughnuts (not counting potato doughnuts) that I have had in 10 years… I’m SUPER READY!

Here we go!

In a mixer, add all the dry ingredients

In a measuring cup add all wet ingredients, whisk and then add to mixer

Beat on med high 3 mins

Cover with a warm, moist towel (I wet a kitchen towel and microwave it 30 seconds) and clean up the mess so far. The dough should sit 15-20 mins. I put away the laundry, started the dishwasher and then about 10 mins later proceeded… patience isn’t one of my top skills. Turned out great… so let’s say 10 is fine.

Take a large ziplock bag and evert the edges and spray inside with cooking spray. Using a spatula, transfer the batter to the bag, cut one corner and set aside.

Place parchment paper on cookie sheets and spray lightly with cooking spray. Using ziplock bag, make doughnut shapes on parchment paper. Set pans aside for 10 mins.

Cut out squares around each doughnut and once the oil is ready for frying, transfer the little guys to the hot oil. Fry 1-2 mins per side until golden. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, place on paper towel to drain. Top with sugar while still hot.

Enjoy!!!

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I’m ready! So hot all summer! Usually I say “in Miami”. But it was so hot everywhere! I started craving butternut squash about a week ago and I wanted to make this amazing looking vegan pasta dish with handmade gluten free pasta stuffed with cashew based “cheese” and squash (sounds amazing, right?!) But my meat & gluten loving husband didn’t like the idea…

So! Quinoa with pomegranate and butternut squash! Served with cáprese sandwiches!

Here we go! Turn on your tunes and let’s do this!

1 cup quinoa, prepared (1 cup water, salt- dash, 1 T olive oil, boil & add 1 c quinoa)

1 clove garlic

3T olive oil

3T Apple cider vinegar

2T agave syrup

1 cup chopped butternut squash, chopped into cubes, seasoned with thyme, curry & salt and cooked for 15 mins 400 degrees

1/2 cup pomegranate arils

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy!

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I’m an emeals fan! Total groupy. I use it weekly to glean ideas for dinner for my adventurous eaters! They love burritos, but I never make them because of the gluten free requirement, but last week I saw this great product and decided to give it a go. The results were amazing!!

What you need for a family of 6 with school lunch leftovers (8 burritos).

Salsa

The wraps (8) warmed on griddle

3/4cup jasmine organic rice

1 1/4 cup quinoa

2 1/4 c water

2 cups “Mexican cheese blend”

Iceberg lettuce shredded

2 avocado sliced

2 cans organic black beans

Cilantro

Jalapeño pepper

Red pepper flakes

Salt

1/4 red onion

Garlic 1 clove

Ok- start boiling the water and mix in salt, olive oil and rice and quinoa together. Boil 30 sec and then simmer for 20 mins

In a food processor, pulse onion, garlic, jalapeño, cilantro, red pepper flakes and then add black beans and pulse lightly so it still has some chunky beans.

Scrape into bowl or saucepan and either microwave 3 mins or heat in stovetop depending on your preference!

Ok! It’s assembly time! Turn on the music!

Line up your wraps.

Pile on rice & quinoa, cheese, lettuce, avocado and bean mix

Tuck sides and roll.

Slice in half and serve with salsa! I used a pineapple salsa (yummmmmy) but any will do!

Enjoy❤️

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I’m on a mission to reduce my dairy intake. The struggle is real – 2-5 cappuccinos each day made with whole milk, yogurt, cheese sticks, nightly Breyer’s vanilla ice cream and vegetarian dishes rich with cheese.  I’m cooking for 6 and 3 of them are growing, little athletes and need calories. How can you amp up the calories & protein with a health conscious plant based diet? It’s tough!

I subscribe to “emeals” that I found through amazon and it gives me some great dinner ideas that are easy and fit my family’s dietary needs. Tonight I’m making a modification of their stuffed zucchini. This isn’t vegan, but could easily be so with just a change from the Parmesan to vegan  Parmesan. I served the dish with quinoa mixed with corn and black beans and topped with a dressing prepared with olive oil, agave, lime, apple cider vinegar and crushed red pepper.

Ingredients – 6 large servings

6 zucchini

1 cup chopped mushroom

2 onions

2 T chopped garlic

1 can chopped tomato, drained of extra fluid

2T chipotle sauce

1 cup gluten free bread crumbs

1 cup parmesan, divided

1 cup chopped walnuts

Olive oil

salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper

Preheat oven to 425

Halve zucchini & scoop out to create a zucchini canoe. Cut end off. I used a grapefruit spoon and it was fast work this way.

Saute with oil, onion, garlic and mushroom. Add chipotle and seasoning. Add drained tomatoe and zucchini. Sauté until tender. Drain extra fluid.

Mix in 1/2 of cheese and bread crumbs.

Fill your canoes heaping to the top.

Cover, generously, with walnuts and then sprinkle with remaining Parmesan.

bake on top rack for 40 mins

enjoy❤️

 

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This one is good. Really good. Everyone had 2 servings, except my hubby who thinks his belly “is growing” (and then he had ice cream). I do, however, support calorie prioritization, and not having ice cream makes me sad, so I get it.

This recipe is simple.

This is everything you need. Plus you can sub in and out the veggies you have available. I cook for 6 with plans for school lunches for 3 the next day, so please half the recipe if you are cooking for a more manageable household (also maybe you don’t need wine with dinner? Don’t know… but sometimes this house gets a little crazy) .

Ingredients

Powdered chipotle – dash

Green curry paste – 4 heaping spoonfuls

Olive oil

Curry powder- to taste

Salt and pepper

Cilantro -1/4cup chopped

Tomatoes 1 cup chopped- I used heirloom cherry tomatoes halved/quartered

1 ear corn

2 cans organic chick peas

1 can coconut milk

1 red onion

2t minced garlic

Ginger fresh 1t

2 heads cauliflower

Sundried tomatoes

Rice (I used brown)

Let’s Do This!

Get the rice going… it takes the longest.

In a large saucepan put in oil and curry Paste. Mix on medium heat and once mixed add onion, garlic, ginger, salt, pepper, chipotle & curry

Yum. Smells awesome already.

Add veggies (corn – I slice the corn off the husk right into the pan)and cook until tenderAdd beans, additional spices to taste

Add coconut milk

Simmer until the rice is done!

Add cilantro & tomatoes

Yep. That’s gonna be good!

Serve with rice and lime slices.

Enjoy!❤️

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Monday. I’m beat. When are the weekend activities going to abate? I open the fridge and it’s a disaster. There are stacks of Tupperware containers of varying ages and stages of decay. My 16 year old son just crams his leftover plates – uncovered… still on the plate- wherever he can fit them in the fridge, and my 12 year old wants lasagna. Lasagna.

I hate throwing away veggies, so after cleaning out the fridge and restoring order, I have some decent ingredients left and I’m using them!

Sauce

1 onion finely chopped

1 T chopped garlic

Sauté.

Add rosemary, oregano, rosemary, salt, red pepper

2 finely chopped zucchini (if your kids are picky, shred it so it’s not identifiable)

1 cup chopped cherry tomatoes

Sauté mas 

2 T chipotle

1/2 can pumpkin pack

1 16 oz can of diced tomatoes

Filling

Ricotta 10oz

4 oz mozzarella

1t nutmeg

2 eggs

Yep- leftover ricotta from quiche last Friday. Same for the mozzarella. I see an Amazon fresh order in my near future because this fridge is empty!

Noodles

2 cups of gluten free flour mix- I used Pamela’s 

1 egg mixed with water to total 225 ml

Layer

Bake at 350 for 45 mins

I topped with olives.. had 1/2 a jar of those too

Eat

The pumpkin adds a smooth richness to he sauce that just blends perfectly with the subtle spice of the chipotle. 

This turned out just right and my fridge is clean too!

Happy Monday❤️

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