Honey Dill Salad Dressing

This is my “go to” recipe for salad dressing.  Can be used on all kinds of salads.  We like it with lettuce, celery, radishes, bacon bits and feta cheese. Honey Dill Salad Dressing – Makes 180 ml about 396 calories/100mls.1/2 cup oil (I use either olive oil or canola oil. Olive oil gets more solid…

Gluten Free Biscuits – easy to make!

We like baking powder biscuits with our turkey pie.  Before our gluten free days I would place the biscuit top over the filling and bake it all in the oven.  It has taken years to find a good gluten free biscuit recipe and I think I may finally have tweaked a recipe enough to make…

Thin and Crisp Pizza Crust -gluten free

This crust holds together well, tastes great!  Thin and Crispy Pizza Crust 2 cups fine rice flour 1 cup tapioca starch 1 tsp salt 1 tsp guar gum or xanthan gum 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons cooking oil 1 1/4 cup warm water 1 tablespoon yeast 1 teaspoon sugar Method…

Tomato Lentil Soup

I have some dark lentils in my pantry that no one seems to like so I figured I’d use them up in a soup – I think it tastes quite good!Tomato Lentil Soup1 ham bone10- 12 cups water28 oz crushed canned tomatoes2 cups dried lentils1/4 cup  onion, diced1 carrot, diced or shredded2 celery stalks sliced2…

Low carb gluten free flax bun

Putting this recipe on my blog so I don’t lose it as like this toasted with egg and bacon.Low Carb Flax Bread- Bun1 1/2 cups flax meal2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt2 eggs, large1/2 cup water4 teaspoons canola oilMix the above altogether.  Let sit for 15 minutes.  Lightly grease a 6 “cup” muffin top pan…

Gluten Free Four Layer Lemon Slice

Had this after church today.  The base was a little thick so I have reduced it to half in the recipe.  If you want the crust/base to stick together a bit you can substitute the 3 tablespoons sugar for corn syrup or Rogers golden syrup.Because I wanted to make it the day before serving (Saturday)…

Gluten Free Meat & Potato Pie – Delicious!

I like one dish suppers and this has become one of our favourites. Gluten Free Meat & Potato Pie1 -2 potatoes diced – cooked until almost tender (or 1 -2 cups frozen hash browns – depends how deep your pie pan is)2 tablespoons bacon bits or cooked diced bacon2 mushrooms, minced or sliced1/4 lb ground…

Easiest Gluten Free Perogies Ever!

For years we made a great perogy but it had too many ingredients so I did not like to make them very often.  I had a recipe in a binder for a few years that was for steamed dumplings that I thought would work  for perogies and today I finally tried that recipe using a…

Gluten Free Pita Bread

Just out of the oven! I’ve been using coconut flour a lot in my baking trying to eat more fibre and less carbs.  I like the way it works and thought I could probably make pita bread with it.  I was pretty pleased with my first attempt – they puffed nicely but were a bit…

Gluten Free Flour Tortillas

Roll while still warm- then let cool and store in zip lock bag These wraps are much like store bought flour wraps- sturdy enough to hold a filling.  They are quite a bit stronger than my gluten free low carb tortillas made with pysillium husk.  If making extra store in zip lock bag in fridge….