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Excellent drizzled on a falafel wrap or a falafel salad. Ingredients: 1 cup tahini sesame seed paste 3/4 cup lukewarm water, or more for consistency 1 T garlic, minced 1 t dried parsley flakes (or 1 T fresh minced) 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, or more to taste 1/4 tsp salt, or more to taste… Continue reading Tahini Sauce Recipe
2 cups chickpeas, drained and rinsed (room temp, cover in water and microwave a couple minutes if cold)1/4 c tahini (blend first if oil has separated) 1/4 c lemon juice1/4 c crushed garlic 1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 c olive oil or aquafaba (reserved chickpea juice) INSTRUCTIONS In a food processor or high speed blender blend everything… Continue reading Hummus Recipe
Ingredients: 2 T butter 1 T olive oil 2 t garlic, minced 1 onion, diced 1 lb fresh spinach 2 stalk celery, diced 2 T GF flour 2 cup vegetable broth 1 cup heavy cream 1 t salt 0.5 t pepper 0.5 t nutmeg 0.25 t cayenne pepper 1 cup grated cheddar 0.5 cup grated… Continue reading Cheesy Cream of Spinach Soup Recipe
Pesto Ingredients: 2 cups fresh cilantro or basil 3 large garlic cloves 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 t ground red pepper 1/4 cup raw hulled sunflower seeds Pesto Instructions: Add all ingredients together in a food processor or blender. Puree until almost smooth. Any leftovers can be frozen in ice cube trays for individualized portions… Continue reading Spicy Pesto & Roast Vegetables Recipe
Look away, vegetarians and vegans. This one's for the carnivores. I'm going to step out on a limb here and call this the BEST roast beef recipe I've ever eaten. Makes 3-4 servings A couple slices of roast beef, 1/2 cup mashed cauliflower, 1/4 c gravy, & 1 cup green beans = 10 net carbs… Continue reading Crockpot Roast Beef Dinner Recipe
My late Uncle Ray Beauchamp made the best bbq’d smokies, and Auntie Gayle taught us how he did it. Ingredients: Pack of Bavarian smokies Pack of hotdog buns BBQ sauce Condiments of choice Instructions: Make a couple small slashes on both sides of each smokie. Layer them in the bottom of a glass baking pan.… Continue reading Best Beauchamp Smokies Recipe
If your husband is like mine, he sometimes gets the wrong thing on the grocery list. I had 4 cans of cream style corn on the list recently and he came back with regular canned corn, so I turned his mistake into a delicious chowder! Makes a large pot of soup. Leftovers can be reheated… Continue reading Corn & Potato Chowder Recipe
This recipe was inspired by Baby Salsa Express, a delicious taco drive thru place in Nanaimo, BC. They make authentic handmade corn tortilla tacos (gluten free), and you can buy a pack of 60 corn tortillas there for only around $15. The tortillas freeze well too. Makes around 20 small fajitas. Ingredients: 1 whole chicken… Continue reading Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe
2 Packs of Bacon - Western Family Regular Slice Pre-heat the oven to 350 F Cover 3 baking sheets with large sheets of tinfoil that wrap around the sides. Lay out all the bacon on the baking sheets. Put the two smaller baking sheets on the lower rack side by side, and the largest on… Continue reading Perfectly Crispy Bacon Technique
Adapted from a BBC Good Food recipe. (Source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-scones-jam-clotted-cream) Ingredients: 350 g gluten free baking mix ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 85g butter, cut into cubes 3 tbsp granulated sugar 175 ml cream 150 ml milk 1 tsp vanilla extract ¼ slice of lemon 1 beaten egg, to glaze Instructions: 1. Heat oven… Continue reading Drop Biscuit Recipe
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