Category: gluten free
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Vegetarian Kapusta & Potato Soup
One of the main staples of Polish cooking is Cabbage. There are many different ways to enjoy Kapusta (kah-POOS-tah) but one of the most comforting recipes is a soup made of cabbage and potatoes. This delicious soup normally includes pork, sausage, kielbasa or some form of meat, but I wanted to try a Vegan/Vegetarian quick version. As…
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Vegetarian and Vegan Roasted Fennel
This sweet bulb is a staple in Italy and France. Also known as ‘finocchio’, the Italians cut it up and eat it plain, or place in salads, add in stews, or roast as a side dish. The subtle flavor of licorice makes this unique and pleasantly surprising vegetable a culinary feature in Mediterranean dishes.
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Gremolata is a Parsley Powerpunch
Do you want to boost the flavor and nutrition of your basic prepared dishes by one million? Then it’s time to get out the parsley and start chopping. By garnishing your vegetables, meats, or seafood with this Italian herbal condiment you will have provided a much-needed nutritional addition to your diet. It is beneficial to…
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Baba Ghanoush on Grilled GF Bread
Eggplants can be transformed into a hummus-like spread that can add healthful flavor to many dishes. Mostly used as an appetizer, the recipe originated from the Far Eastern region of the Mediterranean. There are many different ways to prepare this popular dip/spread, but the base always begins with 3 staples: Roasted Eggplant, Tahini, and lemon juice.…
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Organic Beet & Roasted Garlic Hummus
Just a few simple ingredients and a blender is all you need to make your own delicious, fresh hummus. The fresh cooked Organic Beet that I added gives it a unique taste and is so much more nutritious. The entire prep time is only 15 minutes if you pre-cooked the beet the day before. …
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Organic Baby Arugula, Clementine, and Shaved Fennel Salad
Delicious and nutritious, the Clementine is seedless and easy to peel. When added into a salad, it turns a bland and often dreary green necessity into a sweet, perfect lunch or side salad. By using Organic Raw Unpasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar with “the Mother”, I covertly added in the many benefitial compounds needed for immune…
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Hearty GF/DF Wintertime Vegetable & Beef Bone Soup
No one here needs an outdoor thermometer, they all know exactly what the temperature outside is when they see the slow cooker on the counter! Slow cooked bone soup may be the immune system booster your body is craving right now during flu season. This recipe is curtesy of my Polish Babci, the expert on…
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Tuscan Style Insalata di Ceci
Now don’t go throwing out those Beet Greens after using the beet roots! The greens are so nutritious, they can be made into a healthy pesto that can be used in all types of recipes. . It is a delicious vitamin and mineral packed substitution for the usual herbs found in basic pesto.
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Vegan Hot Cocoa with Peppermint Crunch Topping
The ready-made packages of Hot Cocoa all have milk powder included in the ingredients to make it very easy to prepare. You just have to boil water, mix, and stir. The Dairy-Free version is just as easy, believe it or not, and just as tasty. The bonus of making it yourself is, you can control…
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Organic Vegan Golden Beet Soup
Beets aren’t everyone’s favorite food, you either like them or you don’t. My mother had a way of cooking the beets that made the entire family love them. I have finally mastered her famous Cream of Beet Soup, but my version is Vegan and Dairy free. When she tried my home-made Golden Beet soup, she could not…