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I Cook to Relax, 8 Dishes Later

I Cook to Relax, 8 Dishes Later

When life gets too crazy or just too overwhelming, I cook.  I love to cook and spending a day in the kitchen really relaxes me.  Of course we then end up with tons of cooked food.  Funny these need to cook days are not scheduled and don’t happen to coincide with lots of people being at my [...]

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Thanksgiving Tools To Make The Job Easier

Thanksgiving Tools To Make The Job Easier

With Thanksgiving coming in just three short weeks, I’ve started working on my attack plan.  I do this every year.  Read here my plan from a couple of years ago.  I also have a blank planner tool you can also download and use yourself.  It says Thanksgiving Planner 2009 but you can just cross that [...]

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Cauldron Cakes for Halloween or Harry Potter Parties

Cauldron Cakes for Halloween or Harry Potter Parties

No matter if you like Halloween or Harry Potter, you’ll love these gluten and dairy free Cauldron Cakes.  They are super easy to make and will be a big hit no matter what your age.  These are so easy I won’t be giving a recipe but directions for assembly. Now if you’re one of the [...]

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Gluten and Dairy Free Truffled Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

Gluten and Dairy Free Truffled Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

Gluten-Free comfort food is one of my specialties and I think Mac & Cheese has to be one of my favorite comfort food meals.  Truffled Macaroni and Cheese is the ultimate in comfort and taste.  I also eat dairy free so all my recipes that would typically have cheese in them, have been created without [...]

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Whole Grain Penne Rigate Pasta With Chicken and Pancetta Tomato Sauce Recipe

Whole Grain Penne Rigate Pasta With Chicken and Pancetta Tomato Sauce Recipe

This is one of those old fashion cook all day sauces that is totally worth it and really easy to make.  It’s easily adaptable to ingredients you like or just the ones you have on hand. If you don’t have pancetta use uncured bacon or make this vegetarian and leave it and the chicken out. [...]

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Sweet Italian Sausage Recipe

Sweet Italian Sausage Recipe

I love Italian Sausage with spaghetti or with peppers and onions on a crusty sub roll, browned up in a hash, in a soup or on a stick.  I just love sausage and it’s really easy to make your own and keep it gluten and dairy free. Before I started making sausage it sounded like [...]

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Recipe

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Recipe

Well I shared my Chicken Meatballs Recipe with you last week and I thought just in case you missed this recipe in my newsletter, you might like the side dish I served with them.  So here are my gluten and dairy free Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon. If you’re thinking you don’t like Brussels sprouts [...]

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Chicken Meatballs Recipe

Chicken Meatballs Recipe

I’m always looking for ways to get good food into my family, especially my teenager who is the pickiest eater I have ever met.  He’s even more picky than I was at his age and that’s saying something.  For some reason I can usually get him to eat meatballs.  I have learned to get really [...]

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Gluten Free and Dairy Free Buttered Gnocchi with Pork Cutlets Recipe

Gluten Free and Dairy Free Buttered Gnocchi with Pork Cutlets Recipe

I love gnocchi but I have not had any since I started living gluten free.  Everyone told me making gluten-free pasta was easy and after I finally tried making it, I realized they were right.  I’ve also heard that making gluten free gnocchi was easy, but you know I’m a show me kind of gal.  [...]

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Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta Recipe

Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta Recipe

Don’t you just love those dishes that you take one bite and your mouth is filled with amazing taste that filters out to all of your senses.  Well that is what we have here.  It’s not one of those pasta dishes where the pasta is swimming in the sauce, instead the sauce just wraps itself [...]

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Chipotle BBQ Sauce Recipe

Chipotle BBQ Sauce Recipe

Summer time is the perfect time to fire up the grill and barbecue.  I know you’ll love this sauce which is gluten free and vegan (no dairy).  If you have subscribed to The WHOLE-istic Life newsletter than you have already received this recipe a couple of months ago.  One bonus to subscribing. I thought I [...]

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Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free Is Here July

Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free Is Here July

OK here is the first announcement.  I will be hosting Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free here in July.  I really enjoyed hosting last October with the Scared Silly theme and the post Gluten-Free at Hogwarts. This year the theme is It All Ends Here!  This is the tag line for Harry Potter and the [...]

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Gluten and Dairy Free Coconut Cream Pie Recipe

Gluten and Dairy Free Coconut Cream Pie Recipe

If you were not a fan of the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Pie from last week because you can’t eat chocolate (what other reason would there be) then you’ll love this gluten and dairy free Deep Dish Coconut Cream Pie.  It’s just as easy and you will definately get more coconut bang for your buck. [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Pie Recipe

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Pie Recipe

My family loves gluten and dairy free chocolate peanut butter cream pie.  So much so that when I went away for the weekend recently it was requested I make one before I leave.  Since it’s so easy I was happy to do so. I like it because it’s also vegan and grain free. This recipe makes [...]

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Buffalo Chicken Hash Recipe

Buffalo Chicken Hash Recipe

I like this recipe because it’s a healthy twist on typical buffalo chicken wings, which I obsess over, and it’s so much easier and less messy to eat.  It’s of course gluten and dairy free and delicious.  So as you settle in to watch the Final Four, which only 2 people in 6 million predicted [...]

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Mini-Mini Porchetta Recipe

Mini-Mini Porchetta Recipe

If you like pork you are going to LOVE this Mini-Mini Porchetta.  It’s both gluten and dairy free and so full of flavor that your tongue is going to dance all night. So now you’re asking yourself, what is a porchetta.  Well a porchetta is a wonderful old Italian dish that is pork wrapped in [...]

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