Pesto Pasta
This is one of our absolute favourite meals! Its a great recipe for teens to make for the family!
This recipe is so delicious and has so much flavour!
~ Gluten & Dairy Free ~
4 servings
Pesto Ingredients:
​2 cups of fresh basil
1/2 cup of pine nuts, sunflower seeds, or walnuts (omit if you are on a nut-free diet)
1/2 cups olive oil
2 TBSP of fresh lemon juice
2 TBSP nutritional yeast
1 ripe avocado (optional)
Dash of salt and pepper
Gluten-free fusilli noodles
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1) Put pesto ingredients into a blender (Basil, nuts or seeds, oil, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, avocado, salt and pepper) and blend until pesto is smooth.
2) Boil gluten-free pasta for 7 minutes, rinse under cool water.
3) Stir pesto into noodles. Serve warm.
Makes 4 servings
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These soft and delicious cookies just melt in your mouth.
~ Gluten & Dairy Free ~
Makes 24 cookies
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Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup vegan butter sticks at room temperature
3/4 cup coconut palm sugar
1 egg
3 tbsp unsweetened coconut milk
1 tsp gluten-free vanilla
1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour (Bob Mill's 1:1 flour, brown or white rice flour)
1/4 tsp of xanthan gum
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
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1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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2) In a medium-sized bowl, add peanut butter, vegan butter, coconut palm sugar, mix with a hand mixer.
Then add in egg, milk and vanilla.
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3) Add in flour, xanthan gum and baking powder, mix then stir in chocolate chips.
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4) Form into 1 tbsp balls, flatten with a fork. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake for about 9 minutes.
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Enjoy!! So yummy!!
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This easy summer dinner idea is great on a patio with company!
~ Gluten & Dairy Free ~
Grilled Pork Chop
with Kale and House Salad
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4 portions, 4 pork chops
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BBQ Sauce:
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tsp brown sugar
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Grill pork chops on the first side for 6 minutes, flip and grill for another 6 minutes. Using a meat thermometer, grill pork chops until the pork chops reaches 160 degrees.
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Kale Salad:
1 bunch of kale washed and chopped
1 1/2 cups red cabbage grated or thinly sliced
3 medium carrots grated
3 tbsp veganaise or vegan mayo
Mix and serve!
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Lemon Tahini Salad:
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
Top with cucumber, avocado or any nuts and seeds. I made Lemon Tahini Dressing for this salad.
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Enjoy!
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Apple Pie
Cinnamon, sugar apples served in a flaky pie crust!
Warm homemade pies that are gluten and dairy-free so that everyone can enjoy the holidays!
~ Gluten & Dairy Free ~
Makes 1 pie
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Filling Ingredients:
8 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 tbsp lemon juice
4 tbsp vegan butter
1 1/2 tbsp white rice flour
1/4 cup water​
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
​1 tsp cinnamon
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Buy a ready-made gluten & dairy-free crust or try my homemade pie crust recipe. Pie Crust Recipe
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​Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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1) Peel, core and slice enough apples to fill pie crust, about 8 apples. Place apples in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle lemon juice over apples and stir. In this recipe I used golden delicious apples.
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2) To make the apple filling begin by melting vegan butter in a small sauce pan, whisk in white rice flour, then add water, brown sugar and white sugar. Let simmer for a couple minutes then add cinnamon. Pour sauce over sliced apples and stir.
3) Fill pie crust with apple pie filling.
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4) Place the top crust over apples and pinch around the edge. In a small bowl, whisk a whole egg. Brush the egg lightly over the top of the pie crust. Use a fork and make a couple holes in the top of the crust.
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5) Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for about 45 more minutes. Bake until apples are tender and the crust is golden.
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The amount of time it takes to bake the pie will depend on the apples you are using. In this recipe I used Golden Delicious.
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Once the pie is baked let it sit for an hour.
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