Bison Shepherd’s Pie You know I love meat and potatoes! And Shepherd’s pie is one of our favorite comfort food dishes. And although I like it with lamb, beef or ground turkey – I absolutely love it with bison! Have you tried it with ground bison yet? We’ve been using bison in recipes a lot lately. One of my favorites is Cajun dirty rice....
Gluten-Free Homemade Flour Tortillas Happy Taco Tuesday! I thought I would share this recipe for homemade gluten free flour tortillas today. We like all kinds of tortillas but a nice soft flour tortilla just can’t be beat. Here we use white rice flour, tapioca, potato flour and starch, guar gum and fair trade vegetable shortening (or coconut oil). Pretty simple gluten-free ingredients....
Summer Pasta Salad This summer pasta salad reminds me of my mom and summer and neighborhood block parties growing up. It was her go-to signature potluck dish, which probably came off the back of a bottle of Kraft Italian salad dressing. Regardless, it was always a hit and so simple to make. Just cooked pasta, avocado, sliced pepperoni and classic Italian dressing! Tossed together and...
Why make a Goat Cheese Alfredo Sauce? Besides the fact that it is just really, really good… For people with casein digestion issues, it may add a whole new option to your dinner menu if you can tolerate goat’s milk! The protein casein in goat’s milk is processed, and likely digested differently, than casein from cow’s milk. You can read a little more about that in...
What is a faux queso? Sometimes when you love to eat and cook, something magical can happen in the kitchen. Impromptu and divine. While Brett and I were making King Ranch Chicken Casserole and waiting for it to bake, we snacked on the extra corn tortilla scraps and used them to wipe up some of the leftover sauce in the Dutch oven. And he said...
Roasted Sweet & Spicy Cabbage This roasted sweet & spicy cabbage has quickly turned into one of our favorite side dishes! And it is so easy to make you don’t even need a recipe. Basically, it is just organic cabbage tossed in ghee and your favorite hot sauce, roasted, then drizzled with maple syrup. We like to use a local brand of hot sauce...
Gluten Free Fried Chicken Tenders Gluten free fried chicken! Yum. Who doesn’t love crispy chicken tenders? It’s one of our favorite comfort foods. And this is such an easy recipe to prep and fry them up in a pan. Crispy, delicious and probably a little healthier than what we used to eat. The trick is to brine the tenders in water and seasoned salt, then...
Healthified Meatloaf Stuffed Peppers We love to “healthify” quintessentially comfort food dishes. And these turkey meatloaf stuffed peppers are so delicious, especially when you use a tasty BBQ sauce to top it off! We like Rib Rack BBQ Sauce because it’s gluten free and contains only a few clean ingredients. To make the filling we add in grated yellow squash and ground...
Time to Make the Perfect Pot Roast! You know I love meat and potatoes. Classic beef stew, chicken stew with mashies and the perfect pot roast! Cooked in wine and broth with carrots and potatoes. Served with homemade gravy and mashies. Just yum! I’ve done it in the slow cooker many times, but it is so much better cooked in a Dutch oven if you’ve...
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 Update 2019 I’m so sad that Freedmen’s 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...
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!
