Cauliflower Fritters – Emshaat – Gluten Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free I love cauliflower. It is very versatile, and can stand in for chicken to make many recipes vegetarian. In fact, when my son was 3, and I made the following recipe, he thought he was eating chicken. As long as he was eating his vegetables, I really didn’t care what he called … [Read more…]
Yorkshire Beef Pie | The Levantess
Yorkshire Beef Pie (gluten-free, dairy-free) Before you tell me that this recipe isn’t authentic…I’m not pretending it is. To be honest, I don’t know what authentic Yorkshire beef should taste like. All I know is that when we were kids, there was this recipe called “Yorkshire Beef” in an old Betty Crocker cookbook, and we had it for dinner … [Read more…]
Coconut Cream Chicken Mushroom Alfredo
I’ve been dairy-free and mostly grain-free for a while now. I was in the mood for some Chicken Alfredo, but I couldn’t have it made with dairy cream. I was afraid that my family – who are not dairy-free or grain-free – would reject the dairy-free version. It does have a coconut flavor, of course, but I made sure that it had ample garlic, … [Read more…]
Green Bean and Beef Stew in the Instant Pot
I have to admit this here – like a huge chunk of the population, I fell for the hype and got an Instant Pot this past November. After I got mine, I found out that it fit into my kitchen routine quite nicely. It paid for itself within weeks of buying, just by allowing me to get food ready quickly on and not having to resort to takeout. You can … [Read more…]
Meatless Monday: Cheesy Potato and Mushroom Egg Frittata
This is the perfect dinner for a Meatless Monday night, when you are just back into the week, and strapped for time. This comes together very quickly, and is delicious. You can make it as cheesy as you like, or omit the cheese. I cut this to look like pizza slices, called it egg pizza, and the kids scarfed it all down. My son took seconds and … [Read more…]
Pasta Fagioli Soup | The Levantess
This is a recipe for a delicious soup consisting of mostly pantry ingredients. I stumbled across a recipe for Pasta Fagioli a few years ago, but I made changes according to what we had and my family’s tastes. Using the marinara sauce gives it more of a long-simmered, rich taste. This recipe specifies Italian turkey sausage, but I have also used … [Read more…]
Beef and Green Bean Curry
This is a curry made up of beef and some flat Italian green beans that I froze at the end of summer. I had been feeling too unwell to go to the supermarket, so this had to be a pantry meal day. You could use regular frozen green beans, or fresh, blanched green beans for this.Peas would also work well. 1-2 tablespoons cooking oil 1 pound beef … [Read more…]
Thanksgiving and Holiday Season : Macaroni Pie /Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Thanksgiving season is upon us. We have just about 3 weeks to plan and shop. What constitutes the perfect Thanksgiving dinner varies according to region and each particular family. To me, my childhood Thanksgiving dinner is the epitome of comfort food, so I may add to it, but there are certain items that must be on my table or it is not … [Read more…]
Crustless Noodle and Roasted Vegetable Quiche
I had some leftover cooked wide egg noodles and some roasted vegetables from a previous meatloaf meal. The meatloaf was eaten up right away, and neither leftover side dish would have been enough on its own, so I decided to make them both into a sort of crust-less quiche. (There was about 1 cup of chopped noodles and 1 cup of chopped vegetables, … [Read more…]
Slow Cooker Kofta (or converting a kofta recipe to a crockpot recipe)
This past weekend, my brother was visiting. We wanted to go out, yet have a home cooked meal and not resort to just getting takeout on the way home. I had already planned on making Kofta with Tomato Sauce (Mediterranean Meatballs with Tomato Sauce), so I thought that I would put my dusty, neglected slow cooker to good use. I made the kofta … [Read more…]