Slow Cooker Chicken Wings

Make this easy appetizer dish or serve it for dinner. Pull out your slow cooker for this quick dish. You can serve if for an appetizer and make it for dinner. Serve with fried rice, plain steamed rice and stir fried cabbage. Thai Time Chicken Wings 3 lbs chicken wings (halves) 1/2 cup good salsa…

Continue Reading →

Gluten free Dairy free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Here is another gluten free copycat baking recipe. Yummy, soft, chewy and  BIG oatmeal raisin cookies. You’ll be fighting the kids over these. Hide them well. The gluten free cookie snatchers are very cunning. They can sniff out a gluten free cookie 5 miles away (or at least the ones you try to hide). Store…

Continue Reading →

Gluten Free Pear Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

Easy to make, stunning to present, delicious to eat. This is one of the most flavorful salads I have ever eaten. It is very easy to put together and will win raves from family and friends. I usually serve this to company and many times give the recipe away. Mixed Greens Pear Salad with Poppy…

Continue Reading →

Is “Sugar Free” Good For You?

Natural sugars vs. artificial ones. More and more people these days are watching what they eat. However, some of the options presented as healthy are anything but. For example, take artificial sweeteners. The label “sugar free” often falls in the “healthy” category, yet sugar replacements can do more damage than plain ole sugar. What Are…

Continue Reading →

Light Gluten Free Potato Waffles

Make the best waffles ever. Make a bunch of these, freeze them and then pull them out for dinner. Dinner? Yes, I said dinner! Cover with gluten free chili and top with cheese, sour cream and chives. You could also pour over creamed chicken or sausage gravy. Quick, easy and also friendly on the budget.…

Continue Reading →

Gluten Free 5 Ingredient Truffles

Quick and easy chocolate truffle recipe. This is hands down one of the easiest recipes you could ever make. With only 5 ingredients, it classifies for one of the shortest! Make these with your favorite youngster! Chocolate Cookie Truffles Ingredients:  18 oz. of gluten free chocolate sandwich cookies with white filling 18 oz. package cream…

Continue Reading →

Benefits of Green Tea

5 Healthy Reasons to be Drinking Green Tea For thousands of years, people have consumed tea for its medicinal properties, and especially green tea. There are several green tea health benefits, such as maintaining youth and vitality, decreasing stress and disease, and reducing the risk of infection. Originally discovered in China, tea is the drink…

Continue Reading →

Copy Cat Oreo Cookie Recipe

Make your own signature fillings with this gluten free Oreo® Cookie Recipe You can go buy gluten free Oreo® cookies, so why would you make them?  Just because you can! They really are very simple and taste sooo good. The filling is what makes them. Try making “double stuffed” ones, or flavor the filling with…

Continue Reading →

Protein Benefits Your Health

4 Benefits of a Protein Packed Breakfast Breakfast is not to be underestimated, especially if that breakfast is rich with protein. There are several key benefits to eating protein first thing in the morning. These benefits range from boosting energy levels to boosting the immune system. 1. A Protein-Rich Breakfast Repairs Cells Cells are constantly…

Continue Reading →

Homemade Gluten Free Bread

No more dry, tasteless bread please. This is the gluten free bread I usually demo at the bread making classes that I teach every 2 months or so. It gives you a good place to start and allows you to add any number of variations to it. (See the hints below for how to make…

Continue Reading →