A creamy salad that can be served on croissants or fresh bread, or on a bed of crisp lettuce. This is seasoned with either dill or Old Bay seasoning. Each is quite different, so try both and see which you like best.
A classic all time family favorite for lunch time. This easy to make egg salad goes nice on fresh gluten free bread or served on top of a fresh veggie salad.
A tangy and creamy Italian dressing that's very versatile. You can make it with mayo or Greek yogurt and with premade Italian seasoning or single herbs.
Delicious tomato bean chili that's truly a North American family favorite. It can be made with fresh or canned tomatoes. Serve it with fresh bread or Cheese buns, or even corn bread, and sprinkled with grated Mozzarella or Cheddar and some diced...
An easy to make hamburger skillet dish loaded with tomato sauce and cheese. Serve it by itself or use it to top rice or pasta for a quick meal everyone will love.
This marinade is great for lean, less expensive cuts of meat, that normally would be tough and turns it into something truly special! Marinating the roast tenderizes the meat and imparts juiciness and flavor into beef roasts.
Roasting brings out the rich flavors of squash. This recipe adds a twist by adding honey or maple syrup to make a delicious and rustic veggie dish with a hint of sweetness.
A flavorful pork roast stuffed with fresh herbs that's easy to make and will really impress your dinner guests. Leftovers are great for your family's lunch.
Little bite size gluten free strawberry cheesecake bites that are a simple yet elegant way to serve up a classic flavor combo. These cookies can be rolled in shredded coconut, toasted coconut or toasted almonds.
These delicious and easy to make refrigerator pickles are a great way to enjoy homemade pickles without the hassle of canning. They're ready in 2 hours, and will keep in the fridge for up to 2 months.
A delicious yuca and cheese pizza crust that's grain and gluten free, along with a quick pizza sauce. The crust is not dry and won't crumble when cooked, and is midway between a thin and crispy crust and a thick and chewy one.
These delicious no bake cream cheese cookies are loaded with coconut and have a hint of lime. You can adjust it easily to use 1/2 coconut and 1/2 almond meal, for a lovely nutty flavor.
Delicious scrambled eggs and cheese baked in muffin pans and filled with your favorite ingredient combo - ham and tomato; sausage and red peppers; broccoli and tomatoes; etc.
Bright red, yellow and green bell peppers stuffed with a spicy and cheesy ground beef filling. These stuffed peppers don't have rice added, so they're great for those not wanting the added carbs or grains.
Crunchie coconut crusted shrimp that makes a great appetizer or as the main dish for dinner. Serve with a delicious and easy honey mustard sauce that everyone will love.
Oven roasted beef smothered in a delicious aromatic herb and garlic butter crust. This gluten free recipe is so easy to make and will be a huge hit with your family and guests.
A delicious leek soup using both the green and white parts of the leek, that has no cream or potatoes. The green leaves bring out a flavor reminiscent of pea soup. This is a lighter soup that will make a lovely starter to your lunch or dinner.
A delicious pumpkin pie dessert made with or without a crust, that can be made with fresh or canned pumpkin. Serve it with thick cream, whipped cream or ice cream. Perfect for any dinner party feast.
Patacones are pan fried green plantains and are a great alternative to potatoes. They're served with a tangy Garlic and Lime Mayo Dip which pairs really well with the Patacones.
Liver is wonderfully tender and the onions are the perfect delicious addition.
Liver and onions has made a comeback as a different kind of meat to eat. The recent interest in Nose to Tail eating in the Keto community has sparked a renewed...
Creamy coleslaw with a delicious mayonnaise and mustard dressing. This is a classic salad recipe that's been popular for decades, and will be a hit with the whole family.
A delicious pan seared cod, tilapia or other firm white fish, that's quick seared with a blend of savory spices. The spice blend is a great way to add a nice punch of flavor to milder tasting fish.
Delicious pan fried pork chops glazed with a maple sauce, and loaded with fresh apples and fried onions. This main dish pork recipe is moist and tender and the whole family will love them.
Pan fried chicken with a honey and lime or lemon glaze. This delicious gluten free seared chicken is tender and juicy and is perfect served with steamed veggies and rice.
This classic dish is a great way to create a tender beef dish using less expensive cuts of beef. It's slow cooked on the stove with tomatoes and onions. If you can tenderize the beef with a meat mallet, knife or Jaccuard it will be even more tender.
A tomato rich beef stew, made with fresh tomatoes, peas and carrots. This delicious stew is great served with mashed potatoes and a fresh green salad, for a tasty meal the whole family will enjoy.
A delicious grated carrot and apple salad, tossed with a honey mustard dressing. You can optionally add some raisins and nuts, to make it suit your family's tastes.
A tasty sweet smoothie recipe made with dragon fruit, mangos and bananas. Serve over ice or as a smoothie bowl, and garnish with seeds and dried fruit.
This tangy sauce is great used as syrum on pancakes, plain Greek yogurt, ice cream or even on cheesecake. It's a great replacement for store bought jam, too.
These pancakes are gluten and grain free, yet still have a texture that you expect in a pancake. Serve with your favorite pancake syrup, or use jam or fruit syrup.
This macaroni and cheese side dish is loaded with creamy mozzarella and cheddar cheese and is baked to a golden brown. This is what mac and cheese is supposed to be! And it can be made using gluten or grain free macaroni.
This tomato based clam chowder is chock full of clams and tangy tomatoes. Serve with a salad for a nice light meal or as a starter for a seafood dinner.
These tasty mushroom meatballs are rich and creamy, and loaded with fresh mushrooms. They're perfect served with some pan fried potatoes and a salad for a delicious meal.
This is an easy way to add some pizazz to your dinner, that the whole family will love. It can be made with homemade or jarred salsa, so can easily fit your own personal lifestyle.
These juicy meatballs are loaded with flavor, and are topped with a tasty tomato sauce. Serve with some rice and a green salad for a tasty complete meal.
These gluten and grain free cheese buns are chewy and delicious. They're an excellent replacement for dinner buns or biscuits, and are best served warm.
Homemade beef stock / beef broth is a very healthy and inexpensive way to add flavor and gut healing to your every day diet. It's so much tastier and packed with much more nutrients than store bought.
This makes a rustic gluten free or grain free banana bread. It's hearty and delicious served warm with butter. It's versatile and can be made with any type of gluten or grain free flour, or flour mix.
A refreshing kiwi and blueberry smoothie that's light and not too filling. Goes great with a light lunch on a hot summer day. Makes a great replacement for sodas.
This tasty roast chicken dinner is cooked all in one pan, and can be adjusted to the size of your family. The potatoes and carrots are delicious and have a lovely rustic flavor when roasted alongside the chicken.
This New York style cheesecake is baked to a golden brown, and is ultra rich and creamy. Top it with fresh Mango Sauce or your favorite fruit sauce for a decadent rich dessert. Made with cream cheese and just a hint of lemon and orange zest, makes...
These roasted sweet potatoes are a great change of pace from regular potatoes. Roasting them gives a lovely rustic taste that goes well with roast beef or roast chicken.
This sauce is great on plain ice cream, plain Greek yogurt or even homemade cheesecake. Since mangos are naturally sweet, adding some sugar is optional.
This apple crisp is sweet and delicious and can be made gluten free or grain free by using different flour. This dessert is a great way to get that old fashioned home cooked taste and you'll never know it's gluten free.
These homemade French Fries are delicious and have much more flavor than any store bought fry. The secret is "double" frying, which ensures a nice crisp fry. When you use a Real oil, these can be eaten as part of a healthy diet - just...
Rosemary sprigs and garlic cloves "scent" the beef instead of overwhelming it with this marinade. Try this in place of some "shaker" beef spice mixes. It gives a hint of lovely flavor to beef.
This soup is creamy and delicious. You can use any type of squash that you like, such as acorn or butternut. This makes a nice light meal with a salad for dinner or lunch.
This traditional and simple soup is delicious and is perfect to serve as a meal with a salad, or serve a small bowl as a side dish with your main meal. It's versatile and you can use different veggies depending on what you like and what you have on...
Quinoa is a great change of pace from plain boiled potatoes. The broccoli and black beans add a nice twist, and the lime adds a tart tang to this delicious side dish. Adding some variety to the foods you eat can maximize the nutrition your body...
These roasted pumpkin seed treats are tasty and crunchie. These will become the latest family favorite, and can be made any time you cook a pumpkin or a squash. Even kids will love these crunchie treats.
Date sugar is actually just roasted or dehydrated and ground dates. Since it's a whole food, and contains much more than just sugar, such as the original fiber, it does not dissolve. This makes it suitable when a recipe does not require the sugar to...
This gluten free risotto is perfect for mushroom lovers, as it has a lot of mushrooms. It's rich and creamy and makes a perfect side dish for grilled meats or roast chicken.
This is a delicious and easy basic chicken stock, that you can use for many recipes that call for stock or broth. It takes no more than 10 minutes to prepare, and you can cook it anywhere from 1 hour to 12 hours.
This is a gluten free rosy salad dressing made with fresh raspberries. It's great on a mixed greens salad, or on a fruit salad that also contains some extra raspberries.
This is a nice gluten free battered fish. It's made with rice flour instead of wheat flour. Serve it with a simple homemade Tartar Sauce and homemade fries, and you'll never know you're eating a limited diet!
This is a very easy and quick tartar sauce that can be made as needed, instead of making a larger batch that may not get eaten if you don't use it very often.
Commercially prepared Tartar Sauce is loaded with a number of ingredients that can cause...
These versatile gluten free coconut and nut bars are made with honey. They can be customized with chocolate or seeds of your choice. These are a great treat when you're reducing the amount of flour you want to eat.
These chocolaty balls are naturally sweet, with a bit of spice. These are easy to make and don't even require baking. You can really turn up the decadence by dusting them in one or more coatings, such as shredded coconut, or even "mock"...
Many store bought macaroons are often overwhelmingly sweet. These homemade cookies are much less sweet. There is some honey used as a binder and a sweetener, but much less than store bought.
This is a nice way to liven up steamed, roasted, or basic stir fried vegetables. When you're not used to having simple vegetables, or you're trying to eat more veggies, this gives a lot more flavor, and can make it much easier to add a lot more...
This is one of the simplest drinks to make. For those new to stevia, lemon is a good mask to the slightly different flavor of stevia. Since stevia is not actually a sugar, it registers a bit different on the tongue. Give yourself at least a couple...
When you're new to reducing grains, yet still want to have some of the textures that grains offer, coating things with almond flour can be a great alternative. They also have their own inherent lovely nutty flavor. Almonds give a nice crunch factor...
This is a nice light tasting smoothie. It makes a nice first smoothie for those not used to the thickness of some smoothies, as this one is more liquidy.
This can be served thicker, in a bowl, and when made with a banana, will be a nice pudding texture. Or, it can be prepared thinner, to be drinkable, by adding coconut water or milk, or your favorite nut milk, and skipping the banana.
This vibrant smoothie tastes ultra rich and luxurious. The fresh blueberries are super healthy. If you use both coconut milk and shredded coconut, it gives a lovely tropical taste to a very simple to make smoothie.
Homemade smoothies are a delicious and nutritious way to add more fruits and veggies to your diet. Smoothies leave in all the fiber, which is sometimes needed when you cut out breads.
Lard is a natural fat that is terrific for baking, cooking and deep frying. When you make it yourself, it becomes a whole food, which commercially made lard is not. When cooking food, saturated fats make the best choice. They are heat stable, and...
Whole grain Dijon mustard is a popular condiment with an old world taste and feel. Make your own at home to add a natural and delicious treat to your meals. This recipe tastes awesome and is so easy to make.
This is a basic recipe that can be made on demand. You can experiment with some different herbs and spices to make some different versions. Vinegar and lemon juice will also add a lovely tanginess. You can control the ingredients to ensure it's...
Dijon mustard is a very popular condiment. Making your own at home is a great way to add a delicious, all natural version to your meal planning. This recipe tastes great and is easy to make.
This tangy dressing can be used on fruit salad, or even on a mixed vegetable salad for something different. Add Tamari and you instantly have an Oriental dressing for salads. Add sesame seeds to complete the salad.
This is super simple for a first try at making salad dressing. You can customize it to your own taste by adding some fresh herbs, such as thyme, or some other herb that you like the flavor and aroma of. Try some different oils, and different...
This homemade spice mix will easily liven up homemade potato chips or fries, and will make you a hit at any party or dinner table. This seasoning goes great on burgers, steamed or pan fried veggies, chicken, fish and even popcorn!
This made from scratch popcorn seasoning gives a delicious hint of sweetness to fresh popped popcorn or even to potato chips. It's made with date sugar instead of highly processed white sugar. Date sugar is actually just roasted, ground dates,
This is a super simple recipe to make. There are a couple ways to make it. You can make this with the consistency of soft ice cream or a stiffer hard ice cream texture. Try them both, and see what texture you like best.
Homemade ice cream sweetened with Stevia. When you still want some sweet treats, and are limiting your sugar, Stevia is a great alternative. This uses an ice cream maker.
If you're an ice cream lover, an ice cream maker is an amazing way to liven up your "sweet tooth" but still eat whole food. This version of homemade ice cream will be the easiest ice cream you could ever make!
These are easier to make than you'd think, and makes a much better version than you'd find in the store. When using a Real oil, they become a healthy part of a diet. You can season them simply with some sea salt, or kick it up with some fresh,...
This scrumptious pudding is quick to make and can be a healthy sweet treat that you don't have to feel bad about. If you’re a chocoholic you can add some unsweetened cocoa powder and you’ll have a tasty chocolate banana pudding.
This amazing and healthy chocolate mousse is made with a base using avocados. If you've never had anything like this, this might sound really weird. But avocados have the perfect texture. They are living, fresh food, loaded with nutrients and...
This is a very easy recipe for absolutely delicious do it yourself potato chips, french fries, and wedges. Choose a "Real Food" oil, such as organic, cold pressed coconut oil, homemade lard, butter or another meat fat of your choice. Avoid other...
When made with fresh herbs, good oils, and quality ingredients, this dressing becomes a good source of nutrition. When a higher intake of veggies is new to you, this can really help you eat a lot more of them. Though this has a few more ingredients,...
This traditional salad in it's original form is extremely close to being gluten free and real without many changes. Add a bit more chicken, and make it a full meal all by itself.
The key to keeping mayonnaise a whole food is simple ingredients. When made with the "new" good oils, such as coconut, olive, nut and seed oils, and even fresh meat fats, this can actually be healthy, and you won't need to ration it. With practice,...
Having a homemade replacement for store bought seasoning salt is a great addition to your gluten free, whole food pantry. It's versatile and gives a nice kick to your meals.
