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Gluten and Dairy Free Homemade Hamburger Helper and Giveaway

In my world of too much and not enough, that is too much to do and not enough time to do it, I need some fast, go to meals that have real ingredients. I started looking at what the commercials were pushing at us that was unhealthy, but promised fast, easy and inexpensive.  My thought […]

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Easy Pork Stuffed Zucchini Recipe

I love making dishes that taste great and are super easy to create.  This is one of those dishes.  Not much prep work, you let the oven do all of the work and it makes a great presentation. Keep in mind that I was using small zucchini because one, that’s whats available now and two, […]

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Winter Fire Roasted Tomato Basil Soup With Prosciutto Topping Recipe

This is my winter version of Roasted Tomato and Basil Soup.  In the winter there are no fresh local tomatoes.  Buying tomatoes at the grocery store means they are coming from far away and I know they will not be as amazing as those fresh picked summer tomatoes.  Oh I how love those summer tomatoes.  […]

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Easy Homemade Fresh Chorizo Recipe

When a recipe calls for chorizo you can’t beat using fresh over cooked links.  I do like those links and use them often, but there are times where that just won’t work.  For instance, you wouldn’t want hard pieces of those links mixed in your Turducken Burger.  Sharing that recipe tomorrow. I bet you think […]

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Gluten Free Pancetta Sage Sausage Recipe

Recipe for gluten free pancetta sage sausage. This is great to add to your stuffing recipe and cook for Thanksgiving.

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Roasted Spatchcock Chicken With Mushroom Stuffing Recipe

How would you like a really fast and easy way to cook a big bird and have it turn out so juicy and full of flavor?  Let’s say a whole chicken in an hour and a large turkey in 70-90 minutes.  Yes, a 12 pounder!  “No way!” you say.  Well if you spatchcock it, your […]

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Sate Paste Recipe

My gluten and dairy free recipe for a Chili Sate Paste. Use this as a base for your Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian cooking. Tons of flavor, easy to make.

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Roasted Tomato and Basil Soup Recipe

Tomatoes seem to be an easy thing to grow.  I’m getting tons from my CSA and even a few from my father-in-law’s garden.  His actually tasted better.  I think next year I’ll give it a try and grow some.  I love the orange ones and I only received a few in my CSA.  But for […]

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Boeuf Bourguignon Burger

Yes, you read that right.  A Boeuf Bourguignon Burger that is gluten free and dairy free.  Julia Child would have a fit I’m sure.  It’s fast and there’s no butter involved.  And if I mentioned you could do this same recipe with black beans, vegetable stock and no bacon for a vegetarian / vegan version, […]

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Posole – The New Mexican Stew

Recently I’ve heard Posole mentioned a few times on the TV and then read about it in the newspaper. To me that’s a sign I need to get cooking. Posole is a traditional Christmas Eve soup served in New Mexico.  It’s known as a ceremonial dish for celebrating life’s blessings.  I didn’t want to wait […]

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