
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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Serve as a cold salad or warm pasta dish!
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Please modify recipes
to work for your diet.
Chicken & Bacon Pasta
Deliciously creamy pasta without the cream!
This crowd-pleasing dish is great to bring to a potluck, family dinner or work gathering!
~ Gluten & Dairy Free ~
Ingredients:
1 package (500g) of Catelli gluten-free fusilli pasta (or penne)
2 chicken breasts
8 pieces of gluten-free bacon
1 cup of quartered grape or cherry tomatoes
1 1/2 cups of baby spinach, chopped
1 cup sweet peas (drained)
1/3 cup green onion or chives chopped
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Creamy Dressing:
1/2 cup vegan mayo
160ml can coconut milk
1/2 freshly squeezed lemon
2 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp sugar cane
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp poppy seeds (optional)
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1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper lay strips of bacon on the sheet and cover with another sheet of parchment paper. Cook in the oven for 10 minutes then flip and cook another 8-10 minutes.
2) Put the chicken in a baking dish and put it in the oven at the same time as the bacon. It should take about 20-30 minutes. Faster if you cut it in strips.
3) Once bacon and chicken are fully cooked cut them into pieces.
4) ​Bring a medium-sized pot of water to boil for pasta. Boil for 7 minutes.
5) ​Prepare vegetables.
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6) In a large mixing bowl add cooked chicken and bacon, tomatoes, spinach, peas, green onion.
7) ​In a blender add dressing ingredients and blend until creamy.
8) ​Add cooked pasta and dressing to the mixture in bowl.
Serve as a warm pasta dish or cold salad at a potluck! This dish is great the next day for leftovers!
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Vegetarian Option:
Replace chicken and bacon with Gardein Seven Grain Crispy Tenders or organic chickpeas.

Tip: Place a strainer over a cup and squeeze the juice of a half a lemon through the strainer and into the cup. The strainer will catch any seeds.