Gluten Free Ricotta Cake I’ve been in a baking mood the last month and heard about an Italian gluten free ricotta cake. I looked around and found a recipe, then tweaked it to be not only gluten free but dairy free as well. My entire family loved this. It had a rich buttery texture, was…
Italian Eggplant Capanota
This past fall my family was gifted a lot of eggplant by friend that’s a local winemaker. He and his wife put in a huge garden next to the winery and planted much more than they could use for family or at the winery. I rummaged around and found a recipe for this Italian Eggplant…
Rainbow Bean Soup Mix
This rainbow bean soup mix was a recipe I came up with last year to use as a table decoration for the local woman’s club I belong to. The rainbow bean soup mix is packaged up in a jar and you can decorate the top with decorative fabric. It makes a pretty gift or holiday…
Turkey & Broccoli Casserole
Are you tired of turkey sandwiches yet? Then try this turkey & broccoli casserole. It came from a cookbook my mother used for years when I was growing up. I have given it my personal dairy-free twist to accommodate my allergy cooking needs. Turkey & Broccoli Casserole 2 lbs. fresh broccoli, trimmed and cut into…
Turkey & Rice Casserole
This recipe for leftover turkey & rice casserole was so good. I actually first cooked this using left over BBQ chicken. It was so tasty my family asked me to keep it around. This is just one of the many ways to use that leftover turkey for post-holiday cooking! Left Over Turkey & Rice Casserole…
Slow-Cooker Roast Pork Tenderloin
This recipe for slow-cooker roast pork tenderloin with a honey-balsamic glaze is perfect for fall slow cooker season. I just recently made this for my family and both of them LOVED it. This was a total hit and my family has requested that it stay in regular rotation. The balsamic glaze is so tasty, I…
Vegan Green Sauce
A few months back I came up with this recipe for dairy-free vegan green sauce. I really like playing in the kitchen. For anyone that is new to my writing, this is what I call my recipe creation and test kitchen time. For those of you that have been reading for a while, you know…
Chicken & Leek Soup
Life has been all about change this past year, which is how I came across this recipe for chicken & leek soup with spinach. The older I am getting the healthier I find myself eating and this recipe is no exception. This last year both the hubs and I have been trying to make a…
Allergy Safe Holiday Sides
If you’re like the average person and you know you have someone coming over during the holidays with food allergies you might go into panic mode wondering what do I cook? If you make it through the rest of this post I recommend cooking some allergy safe holiday sides, but… First off, DON’T PANIC. Secondly,…