Gluten Free Healthy Food

Saturday: American Breakfast
Fried Potatoes and Onions, Slow Simmered Greens

Sunday: Japanese
Japanese vegetable rolls and onigiri

Monday: Vegan
Quinoa salad

Tuesday: Vegan
White Sweet Potato home fries, kidney bean patties

Wednesday: Irish
Vegetarian Shepard’s Pie

Thursday: Chinese
Vegetable Fried Rice

Friday: Vegan
Buckwheat Risotto

Saturday: Vegan
Mashed Smoky Sweet Potatoes, Veggie Soup

Soy-free Calcium Rich Bok Choy Stir Fry Recipe Side Dish  Vegetables  Chinese

Ingredients Medium sized bowl full of baby bok choy salt 1 tbsp. your favorite oil 1 large knob ginger, peeled Sauce: 1 cup your favorite GF allergen-free broth (I use veg bullion) salt to taste (my broth is low-sodium so i use 1/2 tsp. or more) 1 tbsp. honey or agave nectar (for vegan) 1 tbsp. brown rice vinegar 1 tbsp. potato starch (or corn starch, to preference) Directions Rinse bok choy and slice in half horizonally, rinsing again. Soak in water if needed- dirt can really get into the leaves! Cut one slice of peeled ginger and reserve. Use a microplane or grater to grate small shreds of ginger. Place half in a medium sized bowl and reserve the rest. Add your sauce ingredients into the medium bowl with the grated ginger, starting with the broth, salt, sweetener and vinegar. At the end, whisk in your potato or corn starch so it completely dissolves. Heat your wok to high and add your oil. When a whisk of white smoke rises off the oil, add the slice of ginger, and then the salt. Brown the ginger on both sides and then remove the ginger slice from the oil. Add the reserved grated ginger and toss your baby bok choy into the wok. Move the bok choy around the pan with your cooking chopsticks. When it looks close to done, with the leaves wilting but stalk still tender crisp, make a well in the center and pour in your sauce. Let it begin to thicken, folding the bok choy in. When done to taste, remove from pan and enjoy!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  The contents of my brain, do not replicate anywhere without permission. Recipe ID:  1467 Added:  October 22, 2009 Last Modified:  October 22, 2009

This week the Gluten-Free Menu Swap is hosted by Celiacs in the house with a theme of squash. I’ve included a plan for a tasty, low-carb spaghetti squash “pasta” dish in my lineup. I just love the mild taste and texture of spaghetti Squash. What’s your favorite way to prepare it? I’d love some new ideas! Below is my menu, but don’t forget to check out more menus at Org Junkie.
Monday: Italian
Spaghetti Squash “pasta” with eggplant tomato caponata

Tuesday: Chinese
White Jasmine rice with Veggie stir fry

Wednesday: Indian
Aloo Jeera (Potato with Cumin), Spiced Okra Recipe, Chard Chips

Thursday: Vegan
Brown Rice Pot Pie with Kidney Beans

Friday: Vegan
Mashed Smoky Sweet Potatoes, Veggie Soup

Saturday: Chinese
White Fried Rice and Veggie Stir Fry

Sunday: American Breakfast
Fried Potatoes and Onions, Slow Simmered Greens

This week I thought I would share a seasonal recipe for apricot glazed Brussels Sprout that is perfect for Thanksgiving or other Fall celebrations. I happened to have some apricot jam, which is odd as I have never liked apricots all that much, and some brussels sprouts begging to be used. Somehow it occurred to me that brussel sprouts might be nice glazed in apricot jam… and you know what? They were quite delightful! I took heart and inspiration from the blog Veggie Venture’s experiment with apricot glazed brussels sprouts, but I always roast brussels sprouts whenever I can rather than boil them. I have By the Bay to thank for that- and her savory Roasted Brussel Sprout Recipe is a favorite in our house. If you haven’t had brussel sprouts lately (or ever)- why not try one of these tasty recipes?

Apricot Glazed Roasted Brussel Sprout recipe Side Dish  Vegetables  American

Ingredients 1 lb- 1 1/2 lb. brussels sprout olive oil dried dill to taste salt pepper 1/2 cup apricot jam (i use a no-sugar variety) 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice lemon zest, if desired Directions Clean sprouts and shake off water, or fold in a towel. Cut in half, horizontally, and place in medium to large bowl, drizzling with olive oil. Season with dill, salt, and pepper and place flat on cookie sheet. I think that it is easiest if you put them all one way, either flat, cut side face down or round exterior face down. Place in 425 F oven and bake for 15 minutes and then check. If one side is nicely browned, turn over. Otherwise, put back in oven for another 10-15 minutes or until browned on one side. (This will depend on size of the brussel sprout) When this one side is brown, turn the sprouts over and bake for 5-10 minutes or until done to your preference. I like them more done than my DH- My favorite part is the crispy, paper-like exterior. yum! He likes them lightly browned but not papery. To each their own. While sprouts finish browning, put your jam, lemon juice, and zest in a heavy bottomed, small soup pot. Bring to a simmer and let it come to a liquid like texture. Then turn off the stove and reserve glaze. When brussel sprouts are done, put in a pretty, medium sized serving bowl and drizzle generously with glaze, stirring if necessary. Serve and enjoy!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Contents of my brain, inspired by many recipes online. Please do not replicate without my written permission. Thanks! Recipe ID:  1466 Added:  October 18, 2009 Last Modified:  October 18, 2009

I recently attended Blogher Food ‘09 and the DH brought baby to join me for the cocktail after-party. All my new gluten-free blogger friends got to meet baby Yum.. . but that’s a whole different blog post! Isn’t Baby Yum getting big? Speaking of Baby Yum, it seems she still is sensitive to something in my diet, so in the interest of hypo-allergenic diets, I’m going temporarily vegan and cutting egg out of my diet. I’m sure those of you who are egg-sensitive will be happy to hear that!

As always, you can find the gluten-free menu headquarters with Cheryl at GF Goodness. Asparagus Thin is hosting this week’s gluten-free menu swap with a challenge to readers to incorporate 10 super foods into our menu! She lists the following as super foods (those in bold are those I plan to enjoy this week): Avocados, Berries, Beans/ Lentils/ Pulses (and how), Cacao, Cinnamon, Dark Leafy Greens, Eggs, Eggplant, Flaxseeds, Garlic, Kiwi, Mushrooms, Nuts (Almonds and walnuts specifically), Oranges (in my sweet potato), Pumpkin, Red Wine, Non-veg bits, Sea Vegetables, Soy, Sweet potatoes, Tomatoes, Tea, Whole Grains, Yogurt.

I would personally include beets and broccoli in there as well… What can I say, I’m a b-vegetable kind of girl. Below is my menu, but don’t forget to check out more menus at Org Junkie.

Sunday: Middle Eastern
Baked Falafel, Bette Hagman’s recipe for Gluten-free Pita Bread, baba ghanoush, tahini sauce, roasted green beans

Monday: Vegan
Lentil soup and roasted organic white yams and broccoli

Tuesday: Mexican
Refried Bean fresh tortilla rollups, dairy free tomato cumin soup

Wednesday: Vegan
Bette Hagman crumpets with pinto bean un-tuna salad

Thursday: Calcium happy
Wild rice quinoa salad
Stuffed collard greens

Friday: Vegan
Roasted chickpeas
Sweet potato cinnamon boats

*Many of these recipes are based on recipes from an interesting book called “Calciyum” (pictured) that has recipes with high Calcium content WITHOUT dairy. I’ll keep you posted on how they turn out!

This week I’m sharing a delicious and fresh gluten-free pasta salad I made recently. I love whipping up an easy batch of dairy-free pesto for pasta. This time I made it with spinach for extra nutrients. It went beautifully with perfectly crispy fresh green beans from the farmer’s market. Hope you enjoy!

Dairy-free Pesto Green Bean Pasta Salad Main Course  Vegetables  Italian

Ingredients Dairy-free Pesto: 1 cup fresh basil 1 cup fresh spinach 1/2 cup toasted pecans salt to taste 1 tbsp. nutritional yeast (optional) olive oil 1 lb. fresh green beans 1 package gluten-free pasta (I like a corn-rice blend) 1/8 cup kalamata olives, pitted and diced 1/4 cup pecans salt sugar Directions Combine basil, spinach, seasonings and pecans in a food processor. Drizzle in enough olive oil to make a paste. If you are watching your calories, use a little olive oil and supplement with water. Taste and add additional salt if needed. Prepare pasta until al dente and rinse in cool water to remove excess starch. Blanch green beans (i.e. drop in boiling water and then rinse in cold water when crisp tender.) Cooking time depends on the bean- I used fresh ones from the farmers market and they cooked quickly but older, tougher beans like those at Trader Joes will take more time. Toast pecans in pan on stove on low heat, sprinkling with salt and sugar as they start to warm. Continue toasting and remove from heat before they burn. Mix pesto into the green beans. (You may have extra for the pasta or for another use). Fold into the pasta, and add your olives and sugared pecans. Serve and enjoy! Notes The fresher your green beans, the better this will be!

Rating:  8 Original Source:  The contents of my brain, please do not replicate without permission. Recipe ID:  1458 Added:  September 25, 2009 Last Modified:  October 5, 2009

This week I thought I’d share a really unique salad recipe with you- one for herb or arugula gnocchi on a bed of fresh arugula that I drizzled with a (bottled) balsamic vinaigrette. I couldn’t resist making it with the fork tin decor on top, even though it doesn’t really end up showing in the final product.

This week the gluten-free menu swap is hosted by Cheryl at GF Goodness with vegetarian meals as the theme. Don’t forget to check out more menus at Org Junkie. In the meantime, here’s my gluten-free menu of the week- Cheryl should be very happy with me as every single meal is vegetarian!!! heheh.

Sunday: Vegetarian
Roasted beets and root veggies
Pan Fried Oregano Okra
Beans
French Rice in the Rice Cooker

Tuesday: Chinese
soy-free Mushroom Broccoli stir-fry

Wednesday: Thai
Vegetable Green Curry
Jasmine rice

Friday: Indian
Red lentil fritters
Bette Hagman flatbread
Vegetable curry

Saturday: Irish
Vegan pot pie

I recently came across an intriguing recipe for arugula gnocchi in a magazine and was inspired to convert it to be gluten and dairy free. I’ve become obsessed with arugula as a zesty alternative to lettuce since Trader Joes started selling a mild organic arugula. I thought it was a great idea to treat arugula like spinach. Further, it serves as the perfect foil for neutral floury potatoes. Although the arugula becomes quite muted by the starch in the recipe, if you don’t like arugula or don’t have any in your area, you can always substitute spinach or use a nice fresh herb (without blanching it). I have made gluten-free gnocchi several times and had the best results not with gluten-free cookbooks (the author used potato flour along with the fresh potatoes and it gave it a dreadful, heavy flavor) but rather by adapting gluten based recipes. I made a yummy kabocha pumpkin gnocchi once, and a gluten-free ricotta cheese gnocchi, and I even made novel buckwheat gnocchi recipe, but I hadn’t adapted a plain potato gnocchi recipe before until I found the inspiration for this recipe. We thought it was delicious, and the treatment with balsamic vinegar was intriguing. Next time I think I’ll saute the gnocchi in a pan with fresh herbs… What’s your favorite way to enjoy gnocchi?

Read about Cupcake Kitteh’s Gluten free gnocchi recipe

Don’t want to make your own? You can try Conte’s Gluten Free Gnocchi *I haven’t tried their gnocchi yet but have ordered their perogies and ravioli and they were pretty good*

Gluten Free Arugula Herb Gnocchi recipe Main Course  Potatoes  Italian

Ingredients 1lb. unpeeled yellow potatoes 4 oz. fresh arugula or your favorite herb or green 1 cup your favorite gluten free blend (i used brown rice based Rebecca Reilly mix) 1 tsp.xanthan gum 1/2 tsp. salt 1 egg *2 tbsp olive oil, or some oil from oil packed sundried tomatoes 1/2 cup julienned sundried tomatoes 1/4 cup minced onion 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (white preferred) 3/4 cup water salt,pepper to taste 8 ounces Fresh arugula or more, for salad *this is for a whole recipe. If you freeze half of the gnocchi to make later, reduce these ingredients by half. Directions Boil potatoes in water in a medium saucepan about 40 minutes or until done. Drain and cool. Blanch your arugula. If using another more delicate herb do not blanch but simply add to gnocchi dough. Drain arugula, squeezing water out if necessary, and chop. Reserve. Remove potato skin and press potato through a ricer or use a potato masher to mash into a large bowl. Add chopped arugula, flour blend, xanthan gum and salt to the bowl and gently fold ingredients together. Add egg in well in the center. Whisk egg to combine egg white and yolk, and stir into the rest of the ingredients. Create a dough ball and form into five balls. take each ball and make it into a 3/4 inch thick log. If ready to make now, slice log to make gnocchi ovals. Otherwise, freeze and use later. Bring salted water in a saucepan to boil and add your gnocchi. Boil until it floats to the top, and then gently fish out with a metal strainer. Leave to drain. Heat olive oil in a nonstick frypan on medium and add your gnocchi and let it start to brown. Turn and once the second side has browned, add onion and sundried tomatoes, drizzling the gnocchi with your balsamic vinegar. As the onion starts to soften add water and cook for a few more minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve on bed of fresh arugula. Enjoy!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Adapted from DeliciousLiving april 08 to be gluten free and tosuit our household. Please do not replicate without my permission. Thanks. Recipe ID:  1451 Added:  September 4, 2009 Last Modified:  September 25, 2009

Saturday: party food
french bread, jamaican bbq

Sunday: Fusion Southern Food
Pan fried okra
mashed potatoes
Indian red pinto bean veg chil

Monday: Chinese
Fresh veggie stir fry with basmati rice

Wednesday: Italian
Cafe Gratitude pizza toppings and cashew ricotta on Carol Fensters pizza

Friday: Eastern European
Potato knish in chebe pastry

Dessert: Dairy-free Coconut Pumpkin Pie

This week the gluten-free menu swap is hosted at Celiacs in the House with pumpkin as the theme. The menu headquarters are hosted by Cheryl at GF Goodness. Don’t forget to check out more menus at Org Junkie.

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I was inspired by last week’s ingredient of the week to create this mint quinoa salad that borrows from middle eastern tahini sauce for a dish that even quinoa skeptics will enjoy. I know I certainly gobbled this dish up! It was almost even better the second day after flavors got a chance to fully develop.

Vegan Gluten-free Tahini Fresh Herb Quinoa Salad Recipe Main Course  Salad  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients 1 cup quinoa 2 cups vegetable broth tahini sauce: 2 tbsp. tahini 1 tbsp. olive oil 3 tbsp. water juice from one lemon 2 tsp. agave nectar 2 green onions, diced freshly ground pepper zest from one lemon 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves 1 large carrot, cut into matchsticks 1 heirloom tomato, sliced, de-seeded and lightly salted, cubed 1/2 sweet red pepper, diced 1/4 avocado, cubed lemon olive oil, to drizzle, optional sesame seeds salt to taste Directions Prepare quinoa according to directions. If you have time, chill. Otherwise salad can be prepared warm. Whisk sauce ingredients together. Combine fresh herbs, zest veggies and fruit and immerse in sauce, folding into the quinoa. drizzle with lemon olive oil if you have it, and sprinkle with sesame seeds and any additional salt. Notes Good the next day as well!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Completely original creation from my own brain, please do not replicate without permission. Thanks! Recipe ID:  1456 Added:  September 16, 2009 Last Modified:  September 17, 2009

I am hosting the gluten-free menu swap this week with eggplant as the theme ingredient. I love eggplant for its wonderful texture and versatility. Grilling it gives it wonderful flavor in eggplant “steaks”, and roasting creates a smooth luxurious puree that adds wonderful body to recipes. It can even be used as an unconventonal dairy substitute as seen in this mayo-eggplant pizza topping. What’s your favorite way to enjoy eggplant? Tell me in the comments.

Here are some of mine:
Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplant Lentil Soup
Vegetarian Tempeh Moussaka Recipe

Monday: Middle Eastern
Gluten Free flatbread
Baba Ganoush
Bean salad

Tuesday: Italian
Roasted Vegetable Gluten Free Pasta with vegan nut topping

Tuesday: Italian
Arugula Gnocchi
Grilled Veggie Antipasti and beans

Friday: Southern
Cornbread vegetarian stuffing
pressure cooker beans
slow cooked greens

Asparagus Thin never disappoints with her rich and varied international menus. With a renewed enthusiasm for a vegetarian, gluten-free diet, Manda will be enjoying Roasted Eggplant and Onion Panzanella and Eggplant Avocado Pasta. Recipes, please!!! :)

Celiacs in the House has beautiful photos of the Fall harvest and a tasty menu including Fried Rice with Tofu. Her family didn’t seem to care for eggplant last time she tried it so she’s skipping it- the DH doesn’t either but I’ve won him over with some of my recipes.

Kimberly at Gluten Free is Life is a girl after my own heart and could eat eggplant every day! She’s making an easy Eggplant Parmesan that sounds just about perfect.

If you would like to participate in this week’s Gluten-free Menu Plan Monday please post in the comments. Unfortunately it seems that my email service, Contactify, is down at the moment. I’ll add your menu as soon as i can.

Just for fun, I thought I’d share a picture of Baby Yum this week so you can see how much she’s grown. Here she is 1 month and 1 week old, and clearly hungry. That’s my girl.

This last week we enjoyed some gluten-free, dairy-free vegetarian southern food. We had 123 Gluten Free Biscuits (With dairy-free variation), vegan gravy, roasted green beans and pecans, and gluten-free macaroni salad made with rice-corn pasta. I highly recommend the latter pasta for macaroni salad, as it stays tender and moist far longer than just plain rice pasta will, which tends to dry out in salads.

This week Asparagus Thin is hosting the gluten-free menu swap with grapes as her star ingredient. You can always find more great menus with Org Junkie. And… here’s my menu!

Monday: Chinese
Soy free Chinese Pea and Jicama Stir Fry
Rice Noodles

Tuesday: Italian
Arugula Gnocchi
Grilled Veggie Antipasti and beans

Thursday: Indian
Tofu in Creamy Coconut Tomato Gravy

Friday: Mexican
Refried black beans
Corn or Tapioca Tortillas
Salad with avocado

This week I thought I’d share one of my favorite bar-b-q baked bean recipes with you that I discovered in my college days, and then lost. A friend gave me an “all-allergen-free” cookbook with tons of recipes- some more inspiring than others. I hadn’t done much with beans at that point besides slow cook them and enjoy them plain, and I found the barbecue baked bean recipe in the book to be absolutely yummy and full of tasty flavors and ingredients. Unfortunately, the recipe for the beans got used so many times it actually fell out of the book- and was lost among my many papers. I had just about given up hope of finding it when a huge paper sorting project right before the birth of my daughter (and I do mean right before- I believe it was the morning my labor had started!) brought that long lost recipe into my hands again. I made it for the DH and my Mother who has been staying with us to help with the baby and they both gave the recipe high marks. If you find many traditional baked bean recipes too sweet and bland, try this recipe- it’s a very tasty way to enjoy beans, an excellent vegetarian protein staple.
*Note: Regretfully, I gave away the cookbook years ago and can’t find or remember the title of it. All I know is that it was all about the allergen-free food… doh.

Gluten free Vegetarian Bar-b-q baked beans Main Course  American

Ingredients 1 cup chopped onions 3/4 cup chopped green peppers 2 tbsp. olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 ounces tomato paste (or 4 tbsp. tomato paste, 1/4 cup marinara sauce) 2 cups water, bean stock, or veggie broth 1/4 cup molasses, honey, or agave nectar or combination 1/4 cup cider vinegar 2 tbsp low sodium wheat free tamari or extra salt 2 tbsp tahini or ground sesame seeds 2 tbsp dijon mustard generous sprinkle of smoked paprika or chipotle pepper 4 cups cooked beans (preferably home cooked in pressure or slow cooker) I have used black beans, red beans, and pinto beans in this recipe but it will work with any of your favorites. Directions Preheat oven to 300F and spray medium-large baking dish with gluten-free nonstick cooking spray. Heat olive oil in a nonstick or cast iron pan and saute onions and green peppers. As they start to soften, add your minced garlic cloves. When they have cooked, add your tomato paste, water or other liquid, sweetener, vinegar, tamari, tahini, and mustard, and mix thoroughly. Season with smoked paprika or chipotle. Simmer for at least 10 minutes together in the pan. Add your drained beans to the pan and mix. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake for two and half hours. You can stir halfway through to mix in the darkened, thickened sauce on top into the body of the dish. Enjoy!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Adapted from allergy-free cookbook, lost except for this recipe. Modified to suit our palate and ingredients. Please do not replicate without my permission. Recipe ID:  1445 Added:  August 20, 2009 Last Modified:  August 21, 2009

Cheryl is hosting this week’s gluten-free menu swap with peaches as the theme. You can find more great menu plans with Org Junkie. Here’s my menu for the week- with a few from last week that we didn’t work into our busy schedule with a newborn.

Tuesday: Chinese
Soy free Green Bean and Jicama Stir Fry
Rice

Wednesday: Thai
Panang Vegetable Curry on rice noodles

Thursday: Indian
Tofu in Creamy Coconut Tomato Gravy
Basmati Rice

Friday: American Southern
Mashed Potatoes
Pan Fried gluten-free okra
Pressure cooked beans

Dessert: Peach tapioca pudding
Baked Good: Bette Hagman bread

This week I had some Trader Joe’s prepared beets in the refrigerator that inspired me to try a new recipe- the unusual and cleverly named red flannel hash. Usually this recipe is not vegetarian friendly, but I used well seasoned golden brown pan-fried mushrooms for a “meaty” substitute and enjoyed every bite. I served it with a cumin-sesame tofu scramble for a healthy and hearty casein-free vegan breakfast.

Gluten-free Vegetarian Red Flannel Hash Recipe Breakfast  Potatoes  European

Ingredients 2 tsp olive oil 1/4 onion, diced handful sliced crimini mushrooms salt and pepper to taste smoked paprika or chipotle pepper 2 tsp margarine 2 tsp. olive oil 1 large potato, cooked (microwaved is fine) 2 small cooked whole beets (canned or prepared) Directions Heat olive oil in nonstick pan or cast iron pan on medium. Saute onions and add mushrooms as onions turn translucent. Season generously with salt, pepper and smoked paprika. Let onion get caramelized and mushroom get golden brown. Grate beets and either grate potatoes or put them through ricer. Salt and pepper grated/ riced veggies. Add margarine and oil to center of pan, let margarine melt and add seasoned potatoes and beets to onions and mushrooms. Let form a nice brown crust on the bottom and then turn over, browning other side. Serve with traditional red wine vinegar as a condiment or eat as is. Enjoy with a nice tofu scramble or other high protein veggie side dish.

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Contents of my brain, please do not replicate without my permission. Thanks. Recipe ID:  1444 Added:  August 16, 2009 Last Modified:  August 17, 2009

You can find more great menus over with Org Junkie. This week the gluten-free menu swap is hosted by In my Box with a theme of lentils, beans, and pulses. Perfect!

Monday: Indian
Julie’s Vegetable pakora
Chebe flatbread
cilantro chutney

Tuesday: Vegetarian Pressure Cooker
Recipe from Lorna’s Veg Pressure Cooker book, prepared by the DH

Wednesday: Mexican
Veg Fajitas with homemade corn tortillas

Thursday: Indian
Tofu in Creamy Coconut Tomato Gravy
Basmati Rice

Friday: American Southern
Mashed Potatoes
Pan Fried gluten-free okra
Pressure cooked beans

Dairy Free Soy Free Pine Nut Basil Tomato Cream Sauce for ravioli Sauces & Condiments  Vegetables  American

Ingredients Sauce: 1/2 cup raw pignoli nuts, soaked in water for at least 1 hour 1 teaspoon brown rice vinegar *add more to taste 1 1/2 tsp. nutritional yeast sprinkle of sea salt 1 tbsp. fresh basil leaves 1/4 organic heirloom tomato, de-seeded Enough water to make thick soupy consistency Directions Blend sauce ingredients in small bowl of food processor or blender. Taste and adjust seasonings (especially salt and vinegar) to your preference. Don’t worry if it seems a little light on flavor- as the next step will concentrate the flavors. Next heat sauce in saucepan and let begin to thicken. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed. Prepare Dairy-free gluten-free butternut squash ravioli or other favorite gluten-free pasta by drizzling in melted dairy-free margarine (Earth Balance in tub has soy-free and dairy-free variety) that has been infused (melted with) fresh herbs of your choice OR lemon olive oil mixed with julienned fresh basil. You can either drizzle freshly made, hot ravioli with the sauce OR you can add cold, leftover ravioli to the simmering sauce and let it heat and get coated in the warm sauce as the sauce thickens and reduces. Garnish with fresh basil leaves, diced and lightly salted heirloom tomatoes. Serve and enjoy! Notes A fresh take on one of my most popular recipes for a dairy-free, soy-free pine nut cheese alternative.

Rating:  8 Original Source:  Inspired by earlier book of yum recipe. Please do not replicate without my permission. Recipe ID:  1440 Added:  August 9, 2009 Last Modified:  August 9, 2009

This week the Gluten Free Menu Swap is hosted by the Gluten Free is Life with a theme of cherries. You can find more menus with Org Junkies menu swap, hosted this week by the Happy Housewife.

Monday: Asian
Julie’s Corn Lemongrass Stir Fry
Brown Rice
Cucumber Salad

Tuesday: Vegan
Vegan Pot Pie

Wednesday: Mexican
Veg Fajitas with homemade corn tortillas

Thursday: Italian
Grilled Chebe Pizza

Friday: Japanese
Veg Onigiri

Gluten Free Baked Goods: Rebecca reilly’s cherry cake

I haven’t been cooking much these days, but I did make up this delicious garam masala Indian tofu scramble. A new mommy needs her vegetarian protein and this was a great, fast way to get it.

Garam Masala Tofu Scramble Recipe Main Course  Tofu  Vegetables  American  Indian

Ingredients olive oil or other favorite oil for pan 1/2 onion, diced 2 small carrots, diced (or 1 large) 1/4 apple, diced 1/2 package lite firm tofu, pressed in towel for at least 10 minutes and diced and/ or crumbled generous sprinkle garam masala spice blend(i used penzey’s punjabi) 1/4 to 1/2 inch fresh ginger root, peeled and grated with microplane lemon pepper to taste or lemon zest, fresh ground pepper, powdered garlic salt to taste handful fresh spinach generous handful nutritional yeast(optional) Directions Heat oil (about 1/2 to 1 tbsp.) in nonstick or cast iron pan on medium. Add diced onion and carrots and begin to soften. Add apple. A minute or two later, throw in your tofu and distribute evenly over pan. Season generously with garam masala, ginger, lemon pepper, and salt. As tofu begins to brown, throw in your spinach and finally nutritional yeast, folding into other ingredients. When it starts to brown lightly, remove from heat and enjoy!

Rating:  8 Original Source:  The contents of my brain. please do not replicate anywhere without my permission. Thanks. Recipe ID:  1437 Added:  July 27, 2009 Last Modified:  July 27, 2009