Some favorite GF products

Ingredients below on this Bisquick 

A lot of Worcestershire sauce has gluten. This one doesn’t.

 A lot of soy sauce has gluten- this doesn’t 

Below is a list of ingredients for King Arthur measure for measure GF flour

Some folks that are GF can’t have oats, but some can— the product below is one I can have.

Below is the list of ingredients for the Swanson stock as opposed to broth. Their stock does not have yeast.

Note the stock above has no yeast

Below is a nice brown rice pasta--it holds up well when cooked.

Note people that are gf can’t have : Many types of Rice Krispies and Rice Krispies treats are made with malt syrup, which contains gluten. People with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity should avoid eating these products.

Gf French bread

Nice chewy soft bread and a bit of crunch to the outside.

INGREDIENTS 

2 cups rice flour (white or brown)

1 cup tapioca flour

1 tablespoon xanthan gum

1 teaspoon gf baking powder 

1 teaspoon salt

1 and 1/2 cups lukewarm water (105-110F)

1 and 1/2 tablespoons gf quick rise yeast

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 egg whites lightly beaten 

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 

Directions 

Mix flours,  xanthan gum, salt and baking powder 

Another bowl mix water and sugar and once dissolved add yeast— let it foam while you do next step.

Beat egg whites slightly adding oil and vinegar.

Mix all ingredients together snd pour into separate 8” bread pans which have been greased.

Let rise free from drafts- I sometimes put in oven with light on.

Let rise about 30 minutes remove from oven if you have had it there. Preheat oven at 400 F. Once heated place bread in oven for 25 - 35 minutes until nicely browned. Remove from pans and cool on rack 10 minutes or so before slicing.
 

Pasta with fresh basil tomato pesto

 

So yummy-made with fresh cherry tomatoes 

Ingredients 

1 cup of toasted slivered almonds 

1 small garlic clove (or more if you like)

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1 cup tightly packed fresh basil

1 pound cherry tomatoes 

Salt

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 cup grated pecorino Romano cheese (or a mix of Italian cheeses) and more for serving

12 ounces sturdy short pasta like gemelli or rigatoni- I used penne since I needed mine to be GF

Black pepper 

Directions 

1. Cook pasta to al dente

2. Meanwhile combine toasted almonds, garlic, and pepper flakes in food processor until course. Add tomatoes and basil and salt pulsing until blended but chunky. Stir in oil and cheese.

3. Toss pasta with the pesto- if too thick you can add a bit of pasta water. 

Yogurt made in oven

Creamy and not bitter

1/2 gallon of milk- used 2% organic

1/2 cup whole milk Greek yogurt plain with active yogurt(used Lidl brand)

1. Turn oven on to 170 F. Once heated shut oven off and put oven light on, keeping door closed about an hour. You want oven walls to heat up .

2. Meanwhile heat milk to 185 F. I did mine in microwave- stirring occasionally and checking the temperature. You can remove any scum that forms on the top. Or you can do it on stovetop— carefully stirring so it doesn’t scorch. 

3. Let the milk cool to 115 F — you can place in frig to cool faster. It takes a while.

4. Mix the yogurt with a half cup of milk and then stir it into the rest of the milk. 

5. Pour into 9 eight ounce containers (make sure they are really clean. Place the lids on them.

6. Place jars in the warm oven leaving the light on. Leave in oven about ten hours(I did it overnight.)

7. Place jars in refrigerator to cool. 

Eat within 10 days. 

 

No knead bread gluten free in Dutch oven

 Fantastic / nice crisp crust -NOTE: for a similar recipe crockpot version go here https://nannykimsrecipes.blogspot.com/2021/08/gluten-free-crockpot-bread.html?m=1

3 cups King Arthur gf measure for measure flour

2 tsp salt

3/4 teaspoon active quick rising yeast or regular

1 and 1/2 cups room temperature water 

Optional/ can add seasonings like garlic etc

DIRECTIONS 

Mix all ingredients with wooden spoon in glass bowl. Cover with damp towel and let it rise over night or 8 hours. 

Make into ball and set on large parchment paper. Cover with towel. It will rest a total of 60 minutes. Meanwhile After the first 15 minutes have elapsed 15 preheat oven to 400 F . Place empty cast iron Dutch oven in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

A total of 60 minutes will have elapsed since forming your ball —the pot is now hot after the 30 min. Remove pot and set loaf with parchment in pot with cover on and bake 30 minutes. Remove top and cook 15 more minutes. 

If the loaf needs more browning remove the Dutch oven and bread. Turn broiler on and set your bread on a nonstick cookie sheet or on your rack. Broil for a couple minutes watching carefully to get the brown you desire. 

Cool on rack 10 minutes or so and enjoy.

I sometimes brush mine after cooking with a little olive oil

Vegetable soup with cannellini beans

 Crockpot- easy 4 hours on high— nice for lunch

INGREDIENTS 

4 cups vegetable broth

1 can cannellini beans drained, rinsed I like 2 cans and one of the cans I add mashed at the end

1 ,  15 ounce can diced tomatoes 

16 baby carrots chopped

1 medium onion chopped 

1 small can 3-4 ounces sliced mushrooms drained

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon dry basil

1 teaspoon dried oregano 

1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary 

1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram 

1/2 teaspoon dried sage

1/4 teaspoon black pepper 

Optional add  baby fresh spinach during last 15 minutes

Good topped with fresh basil parsley and parmigiana cheese

Add everything to crockpot and cook high 4 hours or low 8

Coconut curry chicken thighs

Tasty— crockpot 3 hours on high plus one on low

INGREDIENTS 

6 boneless skinless chicken thighs

Low salt chicken broth or stalk ( enough to cover thighs in slow cooker.

1 onion chopped 

1 bell pepper chopped 

3 cloves minced garlic

Honey 1 tablespoon or so

Curry powder to taste

Ginger powder to taste or 1 tablespoon fresh grated if desired 

Spinach (fresh)

Chopped cashews

Fresh cilantro if desired

A can of lite coconut milk

DIRECTIONS 

Place chicken in crockpot. Cover with chicken broth. Add chopped onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Drizzle the honey into the pot. Add your seasonings 

Cook 3 hours on high then turn to low adding the coconut milk and some fresh spinach. Cook low one more hour.

Serve on rice sprinkled with cashews and cilantro if desired.

Note: homemade curry powder here:  https://www.curiouscuisiniere.com/homemade-curry-powder/

Tuna and pasta quick!

 Photo of my sauce to place on pasta. I added peas and tuna and left out the cream and spinach.

White bean salad

I added fresh basil, Italian seasonings, pimento, purple onion  green bell pepper, olives to this recipe Also sometimes add fresh oregano 

 

Pasta with spinach and humus

 Fast and easy— found this on a video 

I added Bell peppers and pimentos and parmigiana, to the original recipe below. I used way less of the humus for the 2 of us, but more of the spinach. Hubby added some cashews.

 

Pasta with salmon and vegetables in a creamy sauce

 Easy and tasty- takes 15 minutes if your water is hot.

INGREDIENTS 

Canned Salmon- as much as you desire

Pasta noodles As much as you desire 

Garden peas frozen

Jar of sliced mushrooms or fresh

Fresh spinach 

Minced garlic

Fresh basil 🌿 leaves

Parmigiana grated 

Evaporated milk (you can make a combination  with a bit of drinking coconut milk if you desire)

Olive oil

DIRECTIONS 

Cook pasta. Meanwhile in a pot sauté garlic and mushrooms in a bit of of olive oil. When almost done add frozen garden peas.  Cook until desired texture.

Add your evaporated milk combo to the pot with veggies. Add some fresh spinach. When heated through and spinach is done add the amount of parmigiana you desire. Just before serving mix in some fresh sliced basil.

Serve over pasta.

Chicken with parmigiana and vegetables on pasta

 INGREDIENTS 

Broccoli

Sliced carrots

Sliced onion

Sliced bell pepper 🫑 

Mined garlic

Grilled chicken breast in small pieces or sautéed and chopped

Noodles

Parmigiana (optional)

Oregano 🌿

Olive oil

DIRECTIONS 

Pot water on to boil and cook pasta. 

meanwhile—Sauté the vegetables in one pan on medium, turning down to low. I add the garlic near the end and sprinkle with oregano. Just till crunch tender.

Meanwhile sauté your chicken. 

Serve vegetables and chicken over the pasta and sprinkle with  parmigiana if desired. You can also add a drizzle of olive oil. 

Black beans and rice

Makes 4 servings //so good for such little ingredients! This can also be used as a soup without the rice.

 INGREDIENTS 

2 cans (19 oz) black beans not drained

1 medium onion yellow, chopped 

2 cloves minced garlic

1 green or red bell pepper chopped 

1-2 tablespoons of olive oil

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of oregano 

1 tablespoon sugar (- optional especially if using fire roasted red bell pepper.

1/2 to 1 cup water— optional

For rice: we use basmati brown rice cooked in vegetable broth.

DIRECTIONS 

Pour black beans including their liquid into a pot and let warm on a medium low , followed by a low setting.

Meanwhile cook the onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a bit of olive oil until soft— 5 minutes about.

Take a masher and mash some of the beans in the pot then add your vegetables and seasonings. Simmer 30-45 minutes. Add more water if needed.

Meanwhile cook your rice. We like a cup of basmati brown rice cooked in vegetable broth (that doesn’t include tomatoes in the ingredients). We use 1 cup rice and 3 cups broth and 1 cup water and cook about 45 minutes. 

Serve bean mixture over top.

Summer kale and fruit salad

 Mix the amounts you desire

INGREDIENTS 

For Salad :Peach,pecans,kale, cucumber,apple ,purple cabbage slaw, basil, celery, olive oil

For dressing:yogurt,strawberries, sugar and black raspberry jam, 

DIRECTIONS 

Massage some torn kale with olive oil. Top with the rest of salad ingredients. For dressing mix some plain yogurt with a tiny amount of sugar, jam and strawberries—you can add fresh slivers of basil too. Drizzle over salad

Lime baked salmon

 This was very tasty and healthy 🤪 I forgot to take a photo until half eaten! For 2 servings:

INGREDIENTS 

2 salmon filets

1 lime

6 sprigs fresh thyme 

1/2 tsp dried dill

Preheat oven to 400 F.  Place fish in foil and squeeze half the lime over the fish. Sprinkle fish with dill weed and place thyme sprigs evenly on top. Then top with slices from the half of lime you didn’t use yet. Fold foil around fish with room to spare. 

Cook 8 minutes then unwrap the fish , flip and cook around 8 minutes more or until they reach 140 degrees and flake nicely.  Cooking time depends on size, thickness and how cold the fish is. 

Buddha bowl with mango sauce

 The sauce is wonderful and makes this dish.

Ingredients 

Brown rice (the amount you desire- brown basmati rice great)

One cooked sweet potato (or amount you desire)

One yellow onion 

One green bell pepper 

3/4 cup uncooked green or brown lentils

Green string beans (frozen) and chopped fresh cauliflower 

Raw cashews if desired 

Optional vegetable broth 

For mango sauce:

1/2 cup canned coconut milk

1 mango chopped (without peel or pit 🤪)

1/4 tsp ground ginger 

1/4 tsp  ground coriander 

1/4 tsp ground cardamom 

1/4 tsp ground turmeric 

Instructions:

Cook rice . Cook the lentils with 3 tablespoons of onion. For more flavor you can cook them in vegetable broth if desired. Just follow package directions for times and amounts.Microwave your sweet potato and slice. I cook the string beans and cauliflower in one pot after bringing water to boil for about 8 minutes until just done.

Meanwhile sauté the rest of the onion and the bell pepper.

When everything is ready take the sauce ingredients and blend. 

Assemble your bowls with rice on the bottom, topped with lentils and arranging the vegetables however you desire them and dribble with the sauce.

You can add cashews if desired and cilantro and parsley if desired.

NOTE: to make this easier I often cook the rice and lentils earlier in the day and just microwave them at supper.

The sauce makes enough for 3 or 4 bowls depending on how generous you are being.

Tumeric chocolate chai pudding/anti inflammatory

 Surprisingly tasty/ 2 servings especially good topped with raspberries and blackberries 

Ingredients 

1 &1/2 cup coconut milk or almond milk (whatever)

1/3 cup chai seeds ( I use a bit less between third and fourth cup)

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (dark is good too)or cacao powder

1 teaspoon turmeric 

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (I sometimes use less)

1/2 tsp vanilla extract (sometimes I omit

2 to 3 inches of a ripe banana for sweetness (according to sweetness desired)

Directions 

Place all in blender and blend until smooth 

Chill in refrigerator for about 3 hours (mine thickens before this - like an hour, but if you like it really cold it takes longer)

Toppings if desired— nuts or fruit or coconut etc

Red lentil soup without tomatoes

 This was good- made two really big bowls with a bit left over.

Ingredients 

Tablespoon of olive oil

1 large carrot chopped small

2 celery stocks chopped 

1 small onion chopped

1 cup red lentil s (the dry uncooked kind)

1 cup vegetable broth

3 cups water

1 bay leaf

Lemon juice

Optional—

Seasonings of choice: ie cumin, ginger, all spice, coriander,,cardamom, black pepper, or Garam masala

Directions

Place carrots , celery, and onion in pot with oil. Cook over medium heat covered—stirring occasionally. About 5 minutes until onions are soft. 

Add broth, water, lentils, bay leaf, and seasonings of choice bring to a boil then reduce to just above low—cover and stir occasionally tasting the liquid until to get spices as you desire.

Cook 20-30 minutes until beans and vegetables are done. Remove from heat and add a few squeezes of lemon juice. 

When serving you can drizzle a bit of olive oil on top or sour cream.

Blueberry spinach salad

 Throw together spinach, , blueberries, pecans, purple onions, cucumbers, fresh basil green onions (the green part) — add olive oil (lemon if desired) or your favorite dressing.

Cannellini beans with tuna

Nice summer dish for lunch or supper

1 can tuna , drained 

1 can cannellini beans drained, rinsed

Mix the above with red onion, capers or pimentos, olive oil, fresh lemon juice, flat leaf parsley, green onions, celery, cucumbers, fresh oregano, fresh basil, black olives.  

Serve on greens or in a wrap or just alone
 

Oat berry smoothie

 Good for breakfast in the summer!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup oats

1 and 1/2 cup coconut milk(or milk of you choice)

6 or more frozen strawberries

3 fresh strawberries 

1/2 banana 

1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed

1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

Optional: handful of frozen cranberries 

Blend and enjoy 

Cannellini with broccoli and cauliflower pasta dish

 Loved this and especially nice if you have fresh herbs. Fast to make. Serves 4 nice size servings

Ingredients:

Pasta of choice (3 cups)

4 cloves of garlic, minced or sliced

2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

3 cups of broccoli florets

2 cups of cauliflower florets,

1 can cannellini beans (or white beans) rinsed and drained

2/3 cup low sodium vegetable broth (I sometimes like more)

2 tab of butter (optional) 

pepper and salt to taste

fresh oregano, basil, and parsley if desired

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional but gives it the nice flavor)

DIRECTIONS:

Cook pasta and drain. While pasta is cooking, cook the garlic in oil in a large pot over medium heat until golden--3-4 minutes. Add the vegetables and cook 4 minutes. Add the beans, broth, butter until beans are warm and sauce kind of thickens a bit--about 5 minutes. Stir in pasta--let heat through, add cheese.

Cannellini bean soup/ no tomatoes

Tasty/ easy ingredients

Ingredients:

1 medium onion chopped

1 carrot chopped

1 celery stock chopped

2 minced garlic cloves

vegetable broth with no tomatoes(to cover), or chicken broth (probably 4 cups or more?)

2 (15 ounce) cans of cannellini beans

1 teaspoon dried thyme

pinch or so of dried rosmary

pinch or so of dried sage

couple of fresh oregano leaves 

2 cups fresh spinach or Kale

Optional Parmesan cheese or / and parsley

Directions:

Place chopped onion, carrot, celery, garlic in pot with enough broth to cover. Cook about 20 minutes or until veggies are almost tender.  Add the beans and seasonings and enough broth to cover (as much as you like). Cook 15 minutes or more until veggies are totally tender.  Mash the soup a bit with a potato masher. Add the spinach or Kale and cook a few more minutes. Serve----you can top with Parmesan cheese or parsley if desired.
 

Black bean soup without tomatoes

tasty and easy 4 big full sized servings

1 large yellow onion, chopped 

1 large carrot, chopped 

1 celery rib, chopped 

1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped (optional)

4 cloves garlic, minced 

60 oz (4 cans) black beans, rinsed and drained 

32 oz vegetable broth with no tomatoes or chicken broth

1 tablespoon ground cumin 

½ teaspoon dried oregano (or fresh--just use a lot more)

1 bay leaf and black pepper, to taste 

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

 ¼ cup chopped cilantro 

Garnish options: avocado, cilantro, shredded cheese, plain Greek yogurt or sour cream, sliced green onion

Pour some broth in a pot and  add onions, carrots and celery, bell pepper cooking until tender (can take 20 -30 minutes if your celery is not chopped really small). Add the rest of the broth and black beans, cumin , bay leaf, and oregano. Cook another 20 minutes or so until the flavors blend and the veggies are as tender as you want them .  Mash some of the soup with a potato masher. Taste and see if it needs salt--most broths have a lot. Add lime juice a bit at a time to taste. Serve topped with cilantro.

zucchini with garden peas (lemon dill)

Nice summer dish and Found the idea Can serve as a side dish or with rice or pasta

here https://ifoodreal.com/lemon-dill-shrimp-zucchini-peas/

Go to the above link if you want shrimp in this dish.

Zucchini and Peas:

• 2 lbs zucchini chopped into quarters
• 2 cups green peas fresh or thawed 
• 1 large garlic clove minced
• 2 tbsp avocado or coconut oil
• 1 large lemon zest and juice of (used only to taste--just part of the lemon
• 1/2 tsp himalayan pink salt
• 3 tbsp dill finely chopped

skillet to medium heat and swirl avocado oil to coat. Add garlic and cook for 10 seconds. Add zucchini and cook for 4-5 minutes or until cooked but firm, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat and add peas, lemon juice, salt and zest; stir gently. Sprinkle with dill and serve warm 

quiche/ GF/Tuna

The above version I added black olives and used frozen thawed spinach instead of zucchini.

2 cups (1 medium) chopped zucchini (me--I just sprinkled thawed chopped spinach)

1 cup (1 medium) chopped tomato

1/4 cup diced onion

1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1 1/2 cups milk (me/almond milk)

3/4 cup baking mix (me GF Bisquick)

3 eggs

1 small can of tuna drained )

1/2 t salt

1/4 t pepper 

Optional black sliced olives

fresh parsley (if desired--in this photo I had none)

Layer the zucchini Or spinach or whatever you are using), tomatoes, and onion, tuna in a greased 7 by 9 (or 10 )-inch casserole dish (or 10-inch pie plate). .

Whisk or blend the milk, baking mix, eggs, Parmesan, salt and pepper together. Pour over the veggies. Top with some parsley and bake at 400 for about 30-40 minutes or until no longer raw in the middle.

PAD Thai Chicken casserole (can sub Tofu)

EASY FAST recipe

The above sauce is GF , but the jar was not as big as what was called for in the recipe below/ more would be better.

The above noodles were good in the recipe---these required cooking for about 7 minutes in boiling water unlike some pad thai noodles. SERVES 6

Recipe found here taste of home under Thai Chicken Casserole found on Pinterest here : https://www.pinterest.com/pin/20991003262371937

• Ingredients: ( note if using tofu instead of chicken, I make the tofu earlier in day using https://nannykimsrecipes.blogspot.com/2024/03/nutritional-yeast-tofu.html?m=0 )

• One bottle of Thai peanut sauce (11 and 1/2 ounces)* or see below
• One cup chicken broth,    3 cups rotisserie chicken chopped
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1 package of thick thai noodles (14 ounces)

 chopped peanuts and cilantro Optional for topping

• 3 -4 cups coleslaw
• 4 green onions chopped
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• Preheat oven to 400°. Whisk together peanut sauce and broth; toss with chicken, coleslaw mix and green onions.
• Prepare noodles according to package directions-make sure they are done; drain and toss immediately with chicken mixture. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, covered, until heated through, 15-25 minutes. If desired, top with peanuts and cilantro.
• * Substitution for the sauce:      6 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2-3 tab rice vinegar (go easy--otherwise it can make it a bit tart--), 2 to 3 tab lime juice 2-3 tab ketchup , 2-3 teaspoons of sugar, optional 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper (I used 1/8, but more would be ok too) 1 tablespoon of peanut butter Do this sauce according to your taste
• https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/thai-chicken-casserole/?_cmp=stf&epik=dj0yJnU9ZVFwSHZWc2QwLVJpVVdHSDQxMUw0N1RRVzlfMHRyWnkmcD0wJm49U0ZRVXhFRGdkVkRUb3VtdGNuV1d6QSZ0PUFBQUFBR0NSYllF

Garlic Butter Kale Rice

 Nice full flavor--you know it is good when hubby goes back for seconds.  All the info and directions can be found here:https://www.spendwithpennies.com/garlic-butter-kale-rice/https://www.spendwithpennies.com/garlic-butter-kale-rice/

Here are the ingredients:

Ingredients

Kale:

• ▢5 large handfuls chopped kale leaves 
• ▢2 teaspoons Olive oil
• ▢salt and pepper

Rice:

• ▢2 tablespoons butter unsalted
• ▢2 large garlic cloves crushed
• ▢1 cup white rice
• ▢1 ¾ cup chicken broth or vegetable broth (low sodium)
• ▢extra butter
• ▢2 tablespoons almonds or pecans, roughly chopped (optional)

Mini pizza made from Corn tortillas

 

 This hits the spot for quick gluten free pizza

Corn Tortillas (as many as you lke

Marinara sauce or pizza sause

White cheddar cheese slices or whatever cheese you desire

Bell pepper slices

Onion slices

Black olives if desired

Whatever toppings you want

olive oil

Parchment paper

Preheat the oven to 380 F.  Brush both sides of tortilla with olive oil and place on parchment lined pan.  Top each tortilla with 2 tablespoons or so of the sauce. Top with the cheese slice and then the veggies.  Bake about 10-12 minutes or until edges start to crisp. Serve