Tag: food styling
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Balsamic Beets with Toasted Pepitas
This year, I have organic beets growing in my garden. They are still far too small to pick, but the next best thing is buying organic beets at my local and favorite outdoor garden market. The health benefits are numerous: Beetroot Nutrition Facts. In addition, you can still enjoy them in the summer without feeling […]
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Stir Fried Cabbage and Thai Peanut Sauce
The first day of summer means quicker, easier recipes. I usually make all of my salad toppings from scratch, but this jar of pre-made sauce was too irresistable to pass up. It is Watcharee’s® Thai Peanut Sauce and the flavor is fresh, tangy and gourmet style. It’s also Gluten Free and Vegan!
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Homemade Pasta Sauce
This recipe uses GF Certified Organic 28 oz. San Marzano Tomatoes because they taste the best.
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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 […]
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Braciole, Italian Rolled Steak
Braciole, pronounced Brah-CHO-leh, is stuffed and rolled tenderized thick or thinly cut steak. The recipes are varied and every family has a secret stuffing that is handed down through the generations. My recipe was taught by my Italian Suocera (Mother-in-law) and I modified it a bit (left out the grated parmigiana) so my dairy allergic family could enjoy it. It […]
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Cashew Almond GF/DF Cake
Recently, I was inspired by the beautiful Thanksgiving Edition of the Cooking Light Magazine. It has so many light recipes, and most were dairy free, which is important to me. I found a recipe that was not only DF, it was GF! I substituted Raw Cashews instead of the impossible-to-locate Macadamia nuts. This cake is a light and delicious […]
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Vegan GF Cheesecake Bites
Delicious, Dairy-Free, and No-Bake! Now that got my attention! I was treated to a delicious Vegan Lunch at a local Vegan Restaurant thinking it would be nice to try because it is dairy-free and organic. It was absolutely delicious, (and expensive). So, I decided to make my very own vegan dessert at home, and my […]
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Mom’s GF DF Vegetable Beef Soup
I can appreciate a really hot bowl of soup on a cool day. Mom made the best Vegetable Soup when we were growing up in our humble New Jersey home. She learned how to make it from my Grandmother in the 1950’s. ‘Babci’ had a catering business and shared all of her vast kitchen knowledge […]
Incredibly Gluten Free Recipes 