Many years ago when my husband and I were first dating he said his paternal grandmother use to make the best “green jello” and that he hadn’t had it in years. Well, I called up his grandmother, got the recipe and have been making that jello for every holiday since!
This is not for the faint of heart… it is full of flavor and carries a ton of calories with each bite. But it is a party, so why not enjoy.
Homemade bread cubes are perfect for stuffing recipes, casseroles, and other recipes that call for bread cubes.
Since my family eats gluten free bread I have been saving the bread heels as well as the bread that has crumbled and for whatever reason we just didn’t end up eating that slice of bread. I placed it all in a ziploc bag and left it in the freezer for months in order to make Toasted Bread Cubes to use in my Thanksgiving Stuffing.
Some ask why not just use the fresh cubes; why do you toast them? The reason — the dried cubes absorb more of the juices while cooking! So let me show you just how easy it is to make!
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My mom who is 100% Italian taught me how to make my Grandmother’s Cuccidati cookies last Sunday. In my opinion they are like a yummier version of fig newtons but tastier and with a glaze frosting! AND of course, I adapted the original recipe to Gluten Free for my kids and I.
I have literally been busy beyond words. Running around like a chicken with its neck cut off. Yet, I put time aside to make these very time consuming cookies. And so very glad I did.
And since my grandmother’s recipe just had ingredients and no measurements it was all a guesstimate. Nevertheless, the cookies came out really great. Even my finicky husband stated I did a great job!
When you want to glaze cookies or donuts this is the best recipe. If you don’t have almond milk you can use regular milk or any milk you would like.
Ingredients:
1 lb powdered sugar
1/2 cup almond milk
Candied Sprinkles (Optional)
Directions:
Mix together in a medium sized bowl the powdered sugar and almond milk and set aside.
My husband was on a Vegan meal kick for awhile. I kept looking for new dinner ideas and came across this Potato and Chickpea Curry recipe. It sounded wonderful so I took out the Crockpot and got to it. By making the Potato and Chickpea Curry in the Crockpot it allowed me to prep very little, then set it and walk away until this vegan/gluten free dinner was ready much later in the day.
I was making Spinach Salad for dinner and wanted to make a Poppy Seed Dressing but only had Black Sesame Seeds… so I improvised. And was happily surprised it came out really yummy.
I have never tried making Black Sesame Seed Dressing before and usually buy Poppy Seed Dressing, however this dressing was very easy to make.
My husband was going to barbecue fish for dinner the other night. However, the kids begged for me to make the fish into tacos. Yeah, why not? Totally sounded great. Except there was a problem. We were out of our Mild BBQ Rub. So I improvised and made my own. And you know what? It came out really good!
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Even though my husband isn’t a huge fan of Beef Stroganoff, I still make it for dinner once or twice a year.
The kids definitely like my Gluten Free Beef Stroganoff, and totally wish I could make it more often.
Nevertheless, Beef Stroganoff is a comfort food that you should try… so give it a try you won’t be disappointed.
My husband walked into the kitchen from work and immediately said to me, “What are you experimenting on now?” He knows me oh too well. And it doesn’t phase him nor my kids that I am constantly photographing my food before I join them for a meal.
Nevertheless, I bought 5 pounds of hamburger and ziploc bagged 1 pound bags of hamburger. I set aside a pound to make dinner but wanted to make something different with the meat, not your usual Cheeseburgers or Meat Loaf.
I came across a recipe for Korean Beef and was like, yeah that looks good, but noticed there wasn’t any vegetables included. Well that has NEVER stopped me before; wasn’t gonna stop me now. I grabbed practically the last of my string beans from my garden and some organic carrots out of the fridge and diced them up to add to my adapted Korean Beef dish for dinner.
Well as everyone was enjoying dinner, my husband says, “This is really good!” And my daughter had 3 helpings because she thought it was delicious! I would say that is a dinner success!
I don’t know what it is about Quiche, but it is one of my favorite breakfast or lunch meals. As much as I really like quiche you’d think I’d make it more.
Nevertheless, yesterday I was low on groceries and basically pulled items out of the fridge that needed to be used up and looking at everything I figured a quiche would be a great way to put those items to great use.
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