Gluten Free

A healthy Asian style noodle salad, served cold or room temperature. This easy recipe used gluten-free Soba Noodles and shredded carrots, sliced peppers, and broccoli florets tossed with a homemade creamy ginger almond butter Dressing. Garnish with crushed peanuts, sesame seed and cilantro for beautiful…

Zuppa Toscana is a one pot, satisfying, balanced bowl of warm comfort food that is perfect on a night when, “Baby it’s cold outside”! Basil pesto and fresh lemon juice adds a bright and fragrant citrus note to the creamy broth, while providing balance to…

It’s no secret that hearty soups and stews are synonymous with winter recipes, and chili is about as quintessential as it gets! However sometimes I just need a break from red meat! This recipe for Vegan Chili is just the ticket. My Vegan Chili is…

White Bean Turkey Chili is creamy, spicy, light, and aromatic. Flavors are built off of the chopped onion, garlic, and jalapeno, diced green chilis, and chipotle in adobo. This recipe uses Mexican spices and white beans with ground turkey meat to satisfy your chili craving,…

Barbacoa beef is spicy, tangy full of flavor! This shredded beef gets its melt-in-your-mouth flavor by braising it in the Instant Pot with a blended sauce of pureed chipotle adobo, lime, cumin, cloves, garlic and oregano. Barbacoa beef is perfect for tacos, burritos, nachos, or…

An Autumnal twist on everyone’s favorite: the Cobb Salad. In this recipe we have chopped butter lettuce, radicchio, roasted acorn squash, apples, dried cranberries and pepitas. And of course the incorporation of traditional Cobb Salad ingredients like bacon, hard boiled egg and grilled chicken. All…

Crispy Chicken Thighs are beautifully seared in a cast iron skillet with brown butter and shallots. Deglazing with white wine renders an aromatic pan sauce built with sliced apples, juicy red grapes, and fresh sage leaves . An oven roast to complete and this Autumn…

Brisket is a meal that everyone loves, and it’s perfect for dinner parties and special occasions. When brisket is done right, it’s tender shredded meat with a tangy, sweet and sour sauce will quickly become one of your family’s “special dinners”. But the truth is-…

This recipe for Roasted Haricots verts with Lemon and Feta is as easy as laying green beans on a sheet pan and squeezing a lemon! Roasted on a high heat, the little french green beans have a light crisp and the feta crumble with lemon…

Buffalo and Blue Cheese Smashed Potatoes are the MVP any given Sunday!! An insanely easy appetizer to prepare that will have your crowd going wild!!! If you are looking for an easy and budget friendly party appetizer you can’t go wrong with a smashed potato!…

Finding nourishment and comfort in a warm delicious bowl of soup is a feeling as old as time. This budget friendly and easy recipe for Swiss Chard and Potato Soup with Chickpeas certainly elicits all those warm and fuzzy, feel good emotions! My Swiss Chard…

Can you tell I’m a little (ok, maybe a lot) jazzed up about my Instant Pot right now!! Yep here’s another recipe for ya using the mighty Instant Pot! But for the record, just because I used the IP in this recipe for Split Pea…

Crispy Polenta Fries are THE. MOST. addictive little rectangles you’ll ever meet, and I’m very certain this claim is 100% accurate! So if you know me on personal level, you may have noticed that I never am able to resist this side/appetizer when I spot…

I said it before and I’ll say it again, “sneaking veggies” into dishes is the easiest way to indulge in the naughty foods you want to eat by cutting their high carb or high caloric content and replacing with healthier ingredients that are rich with…

Spicy, smokey and with just the right amount of citrus, this dip is low carb, low calorie and packed with protein. Perfect for guiltless snacking, in any location, but preferably poolside.. with margarita in hand! Making salsas and dips are such an easy way to…

Tacos are a blessing from above! And is it just me or are tacos having a serious moment for the last few years? Every where I go, taco this taco that! I don’t remember them being as popular with a near like cult following when…