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Gluten/Dairy Free Pumpkin Mini Muffins - 71 calories
These mini muffins have a delicate, not-to-sweet pumpkin flavor with a texture of light cake. They are the perfect size and calories for a quick snack or to pop in the lunchbox or warmed with a bit of dairy-free margarine. Betty Crocker has a line of gluten free cake and cookie mixes - most are also dairy free. They are…
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Larabar bites - 28 calories - 3 ingredients/pictures
Larabars are delicious, but so high in calories. Most of the varieties weigh in at 200-250 calories. I make this version with only 3 ingredients and each bite is only 28 calories. Three or four make a great snack and are so healthy. Dates and nuts offer so much nutritional value. These are gluten and dairy free. Like most…
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Smashed Potatoes
This has become our favorite way to eat a potato. Crispy, brown and crunchy and so delicious! If we are having a gang in, I make little red potatoes and serve them on a platter with cheese sauce, sour cream - (gluten and dairy free yogurt for me), bacon bits, chopped peppers, grilled mushrooms and onions, salsa and spices.…
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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bars
Love chocolate, love pumpkin, love bars... need gluten and dairy free. Voila... Mrs. Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix.... meet Mr. Libby's pure pumpkin in a can. Now get together and make me something delicious! I mixed the cookie mix with almost 3/4 of the can of pumpkin - probably could have used a…
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CHOCOLATE CAKE - No flour, butter, dairy or gluten
Loved the OP by 2BhappyBhealt for the "Flourless Butterless Chocolate Cake", but I needed to make a couple of tweaks to make it gluten and dairy free. I baked it in a square pyrex 7 X 7 dish and topped it with chocolate chips which melted into a delicious topping. It made 9 pieces that were approximately 2 1/2 X 2 1/2,…
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Butternut squash, Apple and Corn soup
There are many recipes for butternut squash soup and all of them call for a final puree by blender, food processor or immersion blender. Love the soup, but dislike the baby food texture. I prefer to shred the squash and add an apple which gives the soup a wonderful mouth feel. It is thick and has a velvety texture with a…
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Mushroom Chili
A different kind of chili. A thick, warming, hearty, earthy mushroom chili. I wanted to create a recipe that would be filling and satisfy those hunger pangs that creep up on cool, dreary days. This was the result. As usual, my recipes are versatile. Add in extra beans, corn, leftover shreds of chicken or beef. However you…
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Chocolate Covered Cranberries
'Tis the season for cranberries. They have recently started appearing in the markets, so it is a great time to prepare a batch of these tender, juicy, sweet and tart chocolate covered morsels. Choose either chocolate chips (dark or light), candy melts or a gluten and dairy free brand, each choice works great. The one…
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Make your own Kettle Corn seasoning
This recipe has 0 calories and a total of 300 mg. of sodium. It is enough for 2 of the 6-7 cup servings of popped corn. That brings the sodium total to 150 mg per serving. 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 packages of a powdered Stevia product like Truvia or Pure Via Mix in a bowl and crush with the back of a spoon to make it more like…
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Cinnamon Sugar Kettle Corn Seasoning - 0 Calories/Pic
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a recipe for Homemade Kettle Corn seasoning with 0 calories. Today I was shopping and saw a bag of Cinnamon Kettle Corn and thought... yep, gotta try that at home. I am posting the Cinnamon Sugar Kettle Corn seasoning and the original Kettle Corn seasoning recipe. The secret to getting it…
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Chicken and Corn Soup
Other than Chicken Soup, my next favourite soup is Chicken and Corn Soup. Any soup that makes you immediately close your eyes and say, Mmmmm..... in my opinion makes for a great recipe. I keep chicken tenders on hand in the freezer packed in 4 ounce bags. They come in handy when you need to boil some chicken for sandwiches…
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Crispy Portobello Fries
This recipe meets all the criteria when it comes to describing great fries. They are crunchy, flavorful, can be salty (trying to watch my sodium) and the mouth "feel" is great for me. They are a handful and sturdy enough to dip in ketchup or whichever sauce you want. They are low in calories - always a plus. A whole…
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Kitchen Hints and Tips - Let's list them!
I thought I would start a new thread that might be of interest to lots of people. I know we all have our special "Kitchen Hints and Tips" that we use all the time and although we might not think they are special, I suspect that others will find them useful. So, just add your special tips to this thread and we can see how…
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Kitchen Hints and Tips Thread - Now a .PDF document!
For all the people who posted on the Kitchen Hints and Tips thread and asked about getting them all in one place, I have created a .pdf document with them, on my MFP blog. I copied and pasted exactly how they were posted and gave credit to the posters. You can either just open the document and read them, or save the…
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Zucchini, Carrot, Corn and Pepper Pancakes-24 Cal/Pic
I have been making the original version of my recipe for Shredded Zucchini and Carrot Pancakes and thought I needed to "step it up" a bit. So I decided to add some goodies to this recipe. The results are fantastic. Hubby and I stood over the counter, eating them hot from the griddle. Let me know how you like this version.…
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Zucchini Ribbons with Primavera Sauce
Made this last night and ate the enire plate. It was filling and hearty and the recipe is so flexible, you can adjust to what you have on hand or the sauce and vegetables that you prefer. Use a wooden or metal skewer inserted into the zucchini to act as a "handle". Makes it so much easier to shave the vegetable. Zucchini…
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Drink Your Water!
Drinking enough water is difficult for me and I cannot do the artificially flavored waters, so I do my own flavored waters. When I buy strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, watermelon, peaches... there is always some fruit at the bottom of the package that is going a bit soft and too ripe. I usually just moosh it up with…
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Fave and Not So Fave Gluten Free Products
I was interested in the Gluten Free products that people like or don't like. I thought a list like this would not only be interesting to me, but might help those who are new to eating gluten free. I will start: Fave: Glutino pretzels (scooping up almond butter with the twisted ones is so yummy) Bakery On Main granola...…
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Homemade Crispy Frito Omelet/166 Calories with Picture
A very yummy breakfast or brunch dish. This recipe is very adaptable and you can substitute any vegetables or whole eggs or add cheese. As it is written, it is gluten and dairy free. I have a step-by-step recipe with pictures on my MFP blog, if you would like more details. I will also post the recipe for spicy, munchy…
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Zucchini and Carrot Pancakes - 17 calories each with Pic
With so many zucchini and carrots coming to the market now, this is such an inexpensive and easy way to use them. This recipe makes a total of approximately 22 - 23 pancakes 2 1/2-3 inches wide. Each pancake is approximately 17 calories or the entire recipe is 387 if you want to eat it all! I used sweet baby carrots, but…
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Zucchini and Carrot Pancakes - Answers to some questions
Hi all, I received lots of wonderful comments about this recipe and several questions. I thought I would answer them in a new post to make it easier for y'all to read, without having to scroll through 5 pages. 1. Can you freeze these? - Yes, yes... you can absolutely freeze these. I separate them with a square of waxed…
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Yogurt Dots 2.0 with Picture and calorie counts
I loved the idea of yogurt dots so I thought I would get creative with the concent. We were having some company and three of us are dairy free, so I created some Yogurt Dots 2.0 yummies. Everyone, including those who could eat dairy loved them. I use So Delicious Coconut Milk yogurt, but you could use any favorite yogurt.…
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Tons of sweet peppers.. now what?
I have been given a huge basket of red sweet peppers. I love them plain, roasted, baked, by themselves or in recipes. I just can't eat all these and I know when the winter comes, they will be so expensive. Any ideas what I can do with these so I could have them all year. I don't have any canning equipment, so that isn't…
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What do you think?
I am a senior and am eating totally gluten and dairy free. I was thinking of starting a new group for similar people to exhange ideas and suggestions and motivate each other though this lifestyle journey. Nothing is worse than starting a group or blog and no one posts or visits. I thought I would suggest it here and see if…
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60+ Have you changed your lifestyle?
I am 62 years old. Because I stopped listening to my GI about food, I am better off today than I was a year ago! Because of several digestive issues, my doctor told me to stay away from fruit and vegetables, told me that gluten laden foods had NO effect unless the diagnosis was Celiac disease. WRONG!! About 2 years ago I…
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Cauliflower Planks
Cauliflower becomes sweet, mild and tender when you roast it. It is a great base for any type of vegetable/meat topping such as a Primavera sauce, browned ground chicken or beef with vegetables, poached or baked fish. Top with leftovers for a whole new meal! Ingredients: - 1 head of cauliflower - seasonings to taste -…
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Pretzel Breaded Fish Fillets - gluten and dairy free
This pretzel coating will result in a crisp outer coating and a tender piece of fish. Use any fish you like, I used Sole. I purchase the Glutino gluten free, dairy free pretzel crisps which are great for munching and they make a great breading for your fish or chicken. This recipe is about 350 calories as written. Pretzel…
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How to pop popcorn in the microwave
Thought I would post this as a new recipe, because it was getting buried in the "bump" comments of the Taco seasoning recipe. How to pop popcorn in the microwave. 1. Use a plain, flat bottom brown bag 2. Add 1/2 cup plain popcorn kernals to the bag (they are usually sold in bags of 1 pound) 3. Fold the top over twice (no…
