Pork fried rice/ no egg

My husband says he can eat this every day.  I saw a picture on facebook of a friend of mines chicken fried rice, so i had to make my own fried rice.  This is so good.

Ingredients:

8 slices bacon

2 boneless pork chops

8 cups cold brown rice

10 chopped green onions

6 garlic cloves minced

 1 tbsp. coconut oil

10 oz bag of frozen peas

1/2 cup soy sauce

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

In skillet cook bacon.  Set aside.  Cook cubed pork chop pieces in the bacon fat, then set aside.  Dump bacon grease.  Add 1 tbsp coconut oil to skillet.  Saute green onions and minced garlic gloves.  Add soy sauce, peas rice, crumbled bacon and cooked pork chop meat.  Add salt and pepper if desired. Stir thoroughly and heat until its warm enough to enjoy.

Chicken and spinach noodle soup

I just threw it in the pot and it turned out good!

Ingredients:

32 oz chicken broth
6 cups water
1 small chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp no salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp poultry season
6 chicken boullion cubes 

whole cooked cut up chicken, or canned chicken

homemade spinach noodles (see recipe under gluten free noodles)

Bring all ingredients to a boil and add your noodles.  Let simmer on stove for a couple of hours.  You may also use your crock pot.

Gluten free/egg free - spinach noodles

If your like me, you love the comfort foods in life!!  Being allergic to everything kind of puts a hinder on those yummy things in life...rest assured....these are fantastic!! Spinach noodles.  They have a lot of flavor.  The texture was fluffy, instead of doughy like an egg noodle. 

Ingredients:

1 15oz can spinach drained and puréed
1 3/4 cup brown rice flour
2 tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp Salt (I use No Salt)

Instructions:

Sift dry ingredients together. Mix in pureed spinach.  Knead together well.  It should form a ball similar to egg noodles.  Roll out onto a cutting board covered in a dust of brown rice flour.  Then cut carefully.  Dough is a little softer than regular noodle dough.  Let dry for 2 hours.  Then cook in your favorite soup.  Bring broth to a boil and then add noodles.  Cook for about 30 min.

Gluten free, Dairy free brownies

I just threw this together, and they turned out pretty good.  If the husband likes them, they must be ok.  They are very moist and chocolatey.

Ingredients:

2 cups brown rice flour

2 teaspoon xanthan gum

4 Tablespoons coconut oil

4 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 cup powdered sugar

2Teaspoons vanilla

1/4 cup coconut milk

1 1/2 cup chocolate soy milk

1 cup sugar

1 bag enjoy life mini semi sweet chocolate chips

Sift all of the dry ingredients together.  Cut in the Coconut Oil, and then add the coconut milk and soy milk, and vanilla.  You can use whatever milk you choose.  I use soy, rice, or coconut due to allergies.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  

Enjoy!!

Stephies Italian Jambalaya-Gluten Free

This is a gluten free dish.  Its healthy and has lots of natural flavors.  Has a little bit of a kick to it with the pepper and stewed tomatoes, but its delicious.  Takes less than 30 min to throw together.

Ingredients:

4 Chicken breasts

 1 tbsp coconut oil,

1 whole slivered onion

 28 oz can stewed tomatoes

 sliced cherry tomatoes

2 cups chopped up fresh cabbage

 2 teaspoon garlic powder 

1 teaspoon onion powder 

dash pepper 

1 tsp Adobe seasoning 

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

 One smoked green chili chopped

Directions:

Heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil in skillet, Cut up 4 chicken breasts into chunks. Cook thoroughly, add slivered onions.  Then add all the seasonings, stewed tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green chili, and cabbage.  Cook until cabbage is soft.  Serve over brown rice.

Delicious! 

Gluten, Dairy, Egg free pizza crust/pizza

I have recently learned that I am allergic to gluten, eggs, dairy, wheat, corn, red beans, white beans, potato, and almonds, among other things.  Eating just got difficult.  So, I am learning new ways to cook.  Here is an amazing pizza crust.  I found a similar recipe online, however it called for eggs and sweet potatoes.  I improvised with xanthen gum and butternut squash.  Turned out amazing.  Hope you enjoy it!

Crust:

Ingredients:

1 cooked butternut squash puréed
1 cup rice flour
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp garlic powder 
1 tsp onion powder
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 tsp chili powder

Mix all ingredients.  Mixture will seem sticky.  Spread on pizza stone.  Crust will rise during baking. 

Bake at 400° for 30 minutes

I topped my pizza with;
small can of tomato sauce

sliced smoked pork

grilled chicken cubed

sliced onions

sliced green pepper

tomatoes sliced

Italian seasoning

Garlic powder

Onion Powder

spread the tomato sauce over the cooked crust.  Sprinkle with seasonings then add the rest of the toppings.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 min or until hot.

Enjoy!!

Gluten Free Chili

Ingredients:

2 lbs ground beef

1 whole onion chopped

30 oz black beans

29 oz can tomato sauce

1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles

2 whole tomatoes chopped

1 cup Quinoa

2 tbsp garlic powder

2 tbsp onion powder

4 tbsp chili powder 

3 tbsp Bobs Red Mill Baking flour, gluten and dairy free

30 oz water...I use tomato sauce can

pepper

salt if desired

Directions:

Brown hamburger with chopped onion.  Add flour, like you're making gravy, stir and add water.  Mixture will be thick.  Add all ingredients to crockpot.  Cook on high all day.  Tastes amazing and its gluten and dairy free.

Sweet Potato Pancakes

I made this recipe up as I went.  It is gluten, dairy and soy free.  Very filling.  a little heavier pancake, but delicious.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cup Organic Unbleached white flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1 large egg

1 1/2 Cups Organic Unsweetened Almond Milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp 100% virgin olive oil

1 small can Cut Sweet Potatoes in syrup

2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

I mixed all of my ingredients in my Ninja, but you can use a mixing bowl.  Do not drain the sweet potatoes.  Dump the whole can.  If your batter seems too thick add a little more almond milk.  The  1 1/2 cups was just about right for me.  You don't want your batter too thick or it doesn't get cooked clear through the pancake.  You will want it somewhat runny.

This was actually a little too thick.  I started out with only 1 cup of almond milk.  I ended up adding another 1/2 Cup.  Cook on your pancake griddle OR stove on medium heat.  You don't want your heat too hot or the cake will burn before its cooked through the middle.

When your cake looks like this, bubbly and dry around the edges, its time to flip.

This is what mine looked like after I flipped them.  A nice golden brown.

Then Voila.  This recipe makes 6-8 nice size pancakes.  Depends how big you want them.  Serve with your organic butter.  I use Earth Balance Soy Free Vegan spread, and sugar free syrup.

Seven Layer Salad

This is NOT my recipe, however it was so good, I wanted to share it with everyone who follows me.  I actually saw this on Facebook and decided to try it.  WINNER WINNER SALAD DINNER!!!

Ingredients for Salad:

1 to 2 heads romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 medium red onion, sliced or chopped, your choice
1/2 cup green olives, sliced
3/4 cup corn kernels (thawed from frozen or fresh from the cob - no need to cook) I substituted Mushrooms due to the sugar content of corn.
1 avocado, pit removed, peeled and chopped
1 orange bell pepper, chopped
3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered (about 2 cups after slicing)
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, dill, and/or basil, chopped...I used cilantro

 Creamy Salsa Vinaigrette

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Ingredients (organic and non-GMO whenever possible):
1/2 cup Greek yogurt or coconut milk, I used coconut milk
1/2 cup your favorite mild or medium Salsa
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or Earth Balance vegannaise <-- I would use "Just Mayo"
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil (unrefined, cold-pressed, extra-virgin)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 heaping tablespoon chopped green onions
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Sweet Potato Bun

I saw this on My Fitness Pal so I had to check it out.  I'm not sure WHO created it, but I'm gonna share it!!  This is for those of you who want to eat a healthy sandwich without the bread...GLUTEN FREE, Dairy Free, and Soy Free...WOOHOO...Not only that, but this was just simply delicious.

Ingredients:

1 large sweet potato

3 whole eggs

1 tbsp salt free seasoning

2 tbsp coconut oil

Directions:

Heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil in frying pan.  While heating peel and shred sweet potato.  I used my veggetini spiral maker and then with the chunks left over I used my small electric food chopper.  Cook sweet potato in skillet until softened.  Then remove from heat to let cool a little.

In a separate bowl whisk 3 whole eggs. 

Combine eggs, cooked sweet potato, and seasoning.

It will look mushy.  In skillet heat the other tbsp of Coconut Oil.  

Form 2 round patties with your mixture and cook on medium heat.  Cook for about 5-10 min. on each side, or until each side is crunchy.  Do not flip too soon, or it may fall apart. 

Remove from heat and top one piece of your healthy bun with whatever floats your boat!!  I kept mine simple and topped with lettuce and 3 oz. of shaved ham.  Then topped with the other half.  This was such a delightful change from bread...BETTER! There was some mixture left over for me to make another bun set for lunch tomorrow.  I just covered with plastic wrap and stored it in my fridge.

       VOILA!!!