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Friday Foodie Fix – Potatoes

I love potatoes.  I could eat them every day but try to keep them on a four day rotation.  I seem to crave them often.  On Thanksgiving my mother-in-law use to make me my very own bowl full of mashed potatoes.  They were creamy with lots of butter and milk.  I can’t have them any [...]

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Ostrich Filet Steak with Hand Cut Oven Fries

I like a good steak and I really love a steak that not only tastes great but has a lot of bang for the buck. Ostrich meat is a wonderful healthy red meat with all of the flavor and texture of beef.  It is rich in protein and high in iron yet is lower in [...]

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Spanish Tapas Trio – Shrimp, Mushrooms, Chorizo and Potatoes

Recently we went to eat at Jaleo restaurant in DC.  We had a great meal and have been craving more tapas ever since.  To see my full review visit Gluten Free Food Critic. I just happened to have Jose Andres cookbook, A Taste of Spain in America.  I looked through the recipes to see if [...]

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Grilled Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Onions

How do you make your vegetables tasty to those who are not into the veggies like you are, Grill Them! Especially a wood or charcoal grill with a grill basket or flat grill pan.  This was how I introduced my husband to zucchini and yellow squash.  When I started I also grilled other vegetables I [...]

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Gluten Free and Dairy Free Comfort Food is Good Anytime

Gluten Free and Dairy Free Comfort Food is Good Anytime

After spending 24 hours smelling this wonderful beef brisket cooking in my house we had to have it for dinner tonight.   I was originally making it to have on hand for other dishes like pupusas, tamales, tacos, BBQ and many others.  I decided today as I was pulling the meat out, at which time [...]

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Roasted Pee Wee Potatoes with Mushrooms and Green Beans

This is an easy gluten free side dish that I served with the Father’s Day dinner.  I’m sharing the meal one post at a time.  Not sure if I should show you the appetizer and dessert or hold out until tomorrow.  Maybe this afternoon I’ll post the dessert.  It was one of my favorites in [...]

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Gluten Free & Dairy Free Cheese steaks

I grew up outside of Philly and on cheese steaks.  I really miss them.  I don’t think anyone can recreate those crusty Italian hoagie rolls they are served on anywhere, gluten free or regular.  I think it must be something in the water.  With no equal roll around, these cheese steaks are served on a [...]

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Seasoned Fingerling Potatoes

I love potatoes.  If I could, I would live on potatoes and chocolate, but not necessarily together.    Although, I have had chocolate dipped potato chips and they were very tasty.  Back to our fingerling potatoes.  These potatoes are a great side dish to fix when you want something that does not take a long time [...]

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Gluten Free Crab Cakes, Coleslaw, and Old Bay Potato Wedges

Gluten Free Crab Cakes, Coleslaw, and Old Bay Potato Wedges

I love crab cakes but Sodium Acid Pyroposphates (SAPP) in canned crab does not love me.  This is what you find in canned crab like Phillip’s that is added to prevent the formation of struvite crystals.  Those crystals are harmless, they just look like ground glass and tend to freak people out.  So in order [...]

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Refrigerator Frittata –Gluten Free, Casein Free

My husband says I have a gift of opening the refrigerator and creating a meal from random ingredients.  I call it make it up as I go cooking at the last minute because I didn’t finish the plan. Shhh, don’t tell him.  I don’t want to ruin his image of me. My plan was to [...]

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Extremely Easy Turkey Breast with Broccoli and Garnet Yams

Extremely Easy Turkey Breast with Broccoli and Garnet Yams

Some days you just need easy.  Well this meal is very easy.   The yam and the broccoli I cooked in the microwave and seasoned with chipotle when served. The turkey breast is just adorable.  You can see the size compared to the yam.   I find these at my local Whole Foods.  If you can’t find [...]

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Turkey with Dairy Free Smashed Potatoes & Gravy

Turkey with Dairy Free Smashed Potatoes & Gravy

Another busy day and one where I knew I would be away from home.  You know what that means, Crockpot!  I love turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy.  I think I however alone in the love at my house.  But since I’m the cook that’s what was for dinner. The turkey (organic of course) was [...]

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My Crockpot Saved The NFL Playoffs

Watching playoff football is a must around here, especially when my favorite teams are still in the running.  This means I do not want to spend lots of time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning up when the games are shown.  This is where the crockpots become the star players in our house. Tonight’s gluten [...]

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Vinaigrette Potato Salad

Ingredient: 1 bag Small red Potatoes- boiled, cooled, thick sliced 2-3 green onions sliced, white and green 1/4 cup Olive Oil 1/4 cup Kimberley Organic Champagne Vinegar 1 tsp Annie’s Organic Dijon Mustard Celtic Sea Salt to taste Pepper to taste 1 tsp Penzey’s Shallot Pepper Option- Hard Boiled Eggs Directions: Boil the potatoes, cool [...]

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Gluten Free Cheese Steaks

2 pounds boneless trimmed rib eye slice 1/16 of an inch, slightly frozen to make slicing thinly easier (enough for 6 people) Please never use shaved beef, minute steak, chipped steak or reconstituted steak. 2 onion sliced think 6 baked potatoes First cook your onions in a little olive oil until golden brown. Cook the [...]

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