This fast and flavorful pasta with basil-garlic sauce works especially well with rotini pasta. Use chickpea pasta or add beans and veggies to turn it into a main dish. Start by cooking 8 ounces gluten-free whole-grain or chickpea rotini according to package directions. While the pasta is cooking, place 1 recipe Basil-Garlic Sauce Mix in…
Keep this Basil-Garlic Sauce Mix on hand so you can make a quick pasta side dish or main dish. Or package the mix and give it as a gift. About 20 years ago when my children were young, I purchased a similar mix at a specialty store. I loved it so much–and so did my…
This orange-date cranberry relish makes a delicious side dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas. It includes dates and can be made sugar-free. Try it on steel-cut oats or other hot cereal. I grew up with canned jellied cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving. We’d cut both ends out of the can and slide it into an oval Star…
You’ll find a lot of uses for this versatile creamy Lemon Tahini Dressing. Tahini is sesame seed butter or sesame seed paste that is commonly used in Mediterranean cooking. Most often, it’s made from toasted sesame seeds; it can also be made from raw sesame seeds. Like natural peanut butter, tahini tends to separate when…
This whole-food date caramel makes a delicious dip for apple slices. It also makes a yummy spread for toast or a sweetener for hot cereal. The Best Dates for Date Caramel This recipe works best with Medjool dates since they have a caramel flavor. You can substitute other types of dates, but the caramel flavor…
Start this gluten-free slow cooker sorghum before you go to bed and wake up to ready-to-eat hot cereal. Back in my gluten-eating days, my favorite slow cooker cereal was breakfast barley. I also liked it as a no-fuss dish to serve to guests. Alas, barley is one of the three gluten-containing grains, along with wheat…
This pear cream is the perfect sauce to add creamy sweetness to breakfast foods and desserts. It’s made from two simple ingredients–pears and cashews. Plus a touch of salt and vanilla. It works well with fresh pears–especially those that are too mushy to eat fresh. It works equally as well with canned pears. Look for…
This quick vibrant green cilantro-pepita dressing is bursting with flavor and made with only a few ingredients. Plus, it’s naturally oil-free. If you have cilantro in your refrigerator or garden that needs to be used, this recipe is for you. The cilantro stems have as much flavor as the leaves, so use them too. How…
Roasted cauliflower doesn’t get easier than this. Just cauliflower and salt and a hot oven are all you need. Well, and a rimmed baking sheet. You don’t need oil for roasting vegetables. If you want the flavor and sheen from oil, toss it with the cauliflower after baking. That way the oil doesn’t get damaged…
