Trying to increase the vegetables in our diets. Tried this first with no cocoa and it was an awful green colour that no teen would try! Then I added a little cocoa and it was an unappetizing brownish green – like a bad hair dye! Tasted good but looks make a difference! A little more…
Author: Caroline
I enjoy developing.gluten free recipes for my family and sharing the recipes with others
Creamy Spinach Casserole – Very Good! – and Gluten Free Too!
Creamy Spinach Bake – Gluten Free and Delicious! I was looking through some old Taste of Home recipes and found a recipe for Creamy Spinach. I wanted a complete easy to serve supper so I figured I’d add some mashed potato and Farmers Sausage to the recipe. This was served to 4 teens who at…
Pizza Buns – Great for Lunch! Not Gluten Free!!
When the older boys were in Calvin I made these a lot for lunches. Then Yvonne and I made them for the school’s hot lunch day. I’m making them again for my last four teenagers – easy to pop in a lunch on the way out the door. Pizza Bun Dough- 7 cups warm water…
Grandma Booy’s Turkey Dinner – Gluten Free
1 20 lb turkey (Booy’s always purchase Utility grade for .99lb!) 1/2 cup rice flour 3/4 cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoons sage 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1/8 tsp. nutmeg (optional) 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup cooking oil Thaw turkey for a few days in the fridge. Cut into wings, drumsticks, thighs,…
Slow Cooker GF Cajun BlackBean & Sausage Gumbo
Ingredients: 1-2 cups dried black beans or 3-4 cups canned black beans 7 cups water Soak dried beans overnight in cold water to cover. Next morning drain and cover with 7 cups of water. Cook until soft – this could take one hour on stove top or in a pressure cooker cook 10 minutes and let cool. …
Chocolate Beet Muffins
Chocolate Beet Muffins I have a lot of frozen beets in the freezer and the teenagers in our home hate beets! So, a good way to use them up is sneak them in their muffins…they love these muffins and after a few years of doing this it’s no longer a secret ingredient! Chocolate Beet Muffins…
Dairy Free Gluten Free Empanada/Calzone/Pasty Dough Recipe
I prefer the cottage cheese recipe but if you cannot have dairy you can try this one – the dough is a bit drier tasting – more like a pie crust. Makes 12 Gluten Free Empanada Flour Mix: 1/2 cup plus 1/3 cup millet flour 1/2 cup fine rice flour 1/2 cup tapioca flour 1/2…
Gluten Free Empanada Dough, (Clazones, Pasty etc)
Gluten Free Empanada/Pasty with Egg Yolk Glaze I have used cottage cheese in other pastries and thought that it might have a good “binding” effect and moisture holding qualities in “pocket” dough. The one shown here has tinyl little “cracks” in the dough but it doesn’t actually split – most did not even have…
Delicious Gluten Free Chicken Pot Pie
Had this tonight for supper along with a wheat flour pastry pot pie and the comment was that the gluten free one tasted better! The butter in the crust gives it a great taste! Ready to bake! The recipe I use is from “The Art of Gluten Free Baking” and is Jeanne’s gf pie dough….
Auntie Joanne’s Tomato Florentine Soup, Gluten Free
Everyone loves Aunt Joanne’s Tomato Florentine Soup and I finally got the recipe last night while harvesting swiss chard from her garden. You can use either Spinach, or Swiss Chard in this recipe. Tomato Florentine Soup 1 pkg. frozen spinach, chopped (or swiss chard equivalent) Soup simmering for 20 minutes. This is before the Parmesan…
Applewood Recipe Box 