Artichoke Pizza with Aduki Bean Crust Crispy crunchy crust that actually holds it’s shape to eat like a real piece of pizza…no fork required! And the flavor of this crust is reeeeeeeally good! One of my many “to do’s” for Gluten Free Spinner 2012 was to make a really good pizza crust. Over the New…
2011 Gluten Free Spinner Wrap-Up
Butternut Squash Soup with Vanilla and Bacon Asian Chili Ribs Steak Au Poivre Fish Taco’s Pan Sear Smokey Maple Salmon Jalapeno and Bacon Turkey Burgers Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Italian Wedding Cake Rum Friendship Cake Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies Raspberry White Chocolate Tart Cream Cheese Fruit Pie with Signature Crust Cream Filled…
Granola Grab Bags Guest/Hostess Gift
Granola Grab Bags Guest/Hostess Gift Looking for a last minute guest or hostess gift? A good friend of mine called yesterday to tell me she’s been making my Maple Almond Granola to give to guests as they leave her home. She puts them in little gingerbread men zipper bags and keeps them in a basket…
Peanut Butter Crisps
Peanut Butter Crisps for the Holiday’s My next door neighbor is a terrific baker and last week she brought over the most beautiful platter of holiday cookies. Unfortunately, I couldn’t eat a single one (yes, painful), but Mr. Spinner was able to enjoy the entire platter, which was her intent. For those of you who…
Holiday Potica Bread
Holiday Potica Bread One of my goals this holiday season was to convert a family recipe called “potica” to gluten free and have it taste like the original. Potica, (pronounced Po-tee-sa) is a Polish sweet bread with walnut filling that is rolled in layers so when it’s cut you have pinwheel-like slices. The traditional loaf is…
Lemony Thyme Chicken Soup
Lemony Thyme Chicken Soup Is there anything more comforting than a bowl of homemade chicken soup? And better yet, sharing it with a friend or neighbor during these crazy-busy days. I made this soup for a good friend who was in the middle of a complete kitchen remodel. It took 9 weeks of living out…
Bruschetta for the Holidays – Served Two Ways
Bruschetta Mr. Spinner just called and suggested we make Bruschetta for our party on Friday…great idea! But he also told me it’s not listed on glutenfreespinner! What? How did I miss sharing one of our favorite appetizers with all of you? Well, let me fix that… We mostly enjoy this appetizer in the summer months…
Shrimp Taco’s
Shrimp Taco’s “Absolutely Amazing” were the words Mr. Spinner used….enough said. And they couldn’t be any easier. Enjoy! Ingredients: 1 lb – 61-70 ct deveined cooked shrimp, thawed, tails removed 2 tsp Urban Accents Mesa Rosa Seasoning 1 tsp Emeril Southwest seasoning 1 tsp sea Salt 2 Tbsp olive oil – divided ¼ cup small…
Raspberry White Chocolate Tart
Raspberry White Chocolate Tart with Cream Cheese Crust Creamy, Dreamy, and Decadent…Yum! Holiday celebrations call for decadent desserts bursting with festive, colorful, joy. My raspberry white chocolate tart boasts the creamy sweet goodness of white chocolate and cream cheese layered with fresh raspberries and topped with whipped cream and drizzled chocolate. Just describing it makes…
Quinoa Cakes
Quinoa Cakes Power-up with my quinoa cakes…little disks of protein heaven. Yum! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa 1 cup black eyed peas, rinsed and drained 2/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 egg slightly beaten 2 Tbsp Boursin garlic and herb cheese ¼ cup grated Parmesan 1 carrot finely grated (about a ½ cup)…
French Silk Pie
French Silk Pie Another tradition…French Silk Pie Does your family celebrate the holiday’s with the tradition of ordering French Silk Pie from the pie shop? Isn’t it funny how many people continue to order them just because that’s what they’ve always done? Are you missing the tradition since living gluten free? Well let this be…
Sinfully Stuffed Stuffing
Sinfully, Stuffed, Stuffing This Sinfully Stuffed Stuffing has three meats…yep, three, and by using both turkey and chicken sausage I kept it healthy. There is a bit of labor in browning each of the meats as I like to do them separately to ensure they are nicely browned and drained on paper towels. The sausages,…