A delicious salad full of nutrients and dietary fiber and dressed with a gluten-free, dairy-free Asian sauce. You can easily make the fried rice noodles, too! Asian Chicken Salad You know I love a salad piled high with veggies! I really think it is the best way to fill my body with nutrients, minerals and all the goodies you get from fresh veggies. And I’m...
PF Chang’s Style Lettuce Wraps There are a lot of recipes for PF Chang’s style lettuce wraps floating around the internet, but this one is gluten-free and casein-free. Plus we make our own hoisin sauce. Most of the recipes I found require hoisin sauce, which is not going to be gluten-free. So I looked through a few homemade recipes for hoisin and came up with...
Carnitas Burrito Bowls First posted Nov. 2019, Updated: August 2022. This delicious pork shoulder takes about 2.5 hours to cook in the oven but will last you for several days. One protein with lots of options for different meals. Carnitas are great because you can use them in tacos or make these burrito bowls filled with all types of goodies. Or even use the...
Make homemade gluten-free chicken skewers with homemade teriyaki sauce (GF soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, pineapple juice, brown sugar and garlic powder). Gluten-Free Teriyaki Chicken Skewers One of the big things and reason for this blog is that we take classic comfort foods and make them gluten-free. It’s easy with a recipe like this to make sure that it is also naturally dairy-free, too. I...
King Ranch Chicken Casserole This recipe from 2016 (our dairy-free phase) has been updated and I’ve added new pictures. If you can handle goat milk you could easily swap out the vegan cheese for a goat milk pepper jack cheese and/ or use goat butter instead of ghee. And although I haven’t tried it in this particular recipe, you could also replace the sour cream...
Salad Niçoise Salad Niçoise is traditionally made with eggs, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, olives and fish tossed in a lemony vinaigrette. It is probably one of my all-time favorite salads. During the summer I have a ton of basil, thyme and oregano growing in the garden to make the vinaigrette. And fresh green beans are in season so it is perfect for this time of...
This is an easy copy cat recipe for the smoked cabbage slaw they used to serve at Freedmen’s Bar and Smokehouse. It is gluten-free and dairy-free, too! Freedmen’s Bar and Smokehouse I’m so sad that Freedmen’s on campus closed down. I really loved their BBQ and sides and we used to go often and sit on the patio. I actually used to live down...
Chipotle Curry Chicken Salad Just a few simple ingredients can make such a flavorful and easy dinner. We’ve been making a version of this for years with mayo, curry powder and cayenne pepper added to Granny Smith apples, toasted pecans, celery, dried cranberries and cooked chicken. It’s spicy and sweet and Brett really loves it. Besides prep, the only thing that really takes time...
Texas Peach Cobbler Texas peaches are everywhere during the summer. You can get them at the grocery store. Find them at the farmer’s markets. Or even go and pick them yourselves in Fredericksburg. They are one of my favorite summer fruits. I love all the summer fruits, but the peaches are amazing. One of the hardest and challenging things for me over the years has...
Cider-Brined Pork Tenderloin I’m not gonna lie, this cider-brined pork tenderloin with roasted apples and carrots is ridiculously delicious! It is truly the best pork tenderloin I’ve ever had. We all know how well apples go with pork chops, but brining this tenderloin in apple cider takes it to another level. And leftovers are amazing the next day. Yum! And tossing the apples and...
This blog is about cooking real food from unprocessed ingredients to make simple and naturally gluten-free meals and mostly casein-free/dairy-free (except for a little aged Parmesan and goat milk). We try to "healthify” and clean up our favorite comfort foods using organic fresh veggies, lean proteins, healthy grains and lots of spice!
