Monthly Archives: September 2010

Grape and Port Wine Crisp- A Gluten Free Dessert

I don’t remember where I got the idea for this recipe but I’m glad I thought of it! I haven’t seen very many dessert recipes using grapes for the main ingredient.  I use seedless red or black grapes and cut them in half- you still need to watch for seeds though. This is a very…

Dairy Free Carrot Cake Ice Cream

  This is a very fun ice cream that is totally healthy! If you love the flavors of a good carrot cake, you will love this ice cream! The base is carrot juice and it has pineapple, shredded carrots, shredded coconut and raisins plus all of the spices that you would find in carrot cake….

Cauliflower “Potato” Salad

  This low carb salad will satisfy almost anyone’s desire for potato salad! Cauliflower stands in for carb-heavy potatoes but all of the other ingredients are the same as a traditional potato salad. My dressing might be lighter than others that you are used to but it has plenty of flavor to cover up any stray cauliflower…

Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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  This is a classic moist Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, thanks to the addition of some grated apple. It also has Agave Nectar as some of the sweetener.  Lots of gluten free oatmeal and raisins make this fiber rich cookie mostly healthy! You could also use dried cherries instead of the raisins.  Chocolate chips are always…

Banana And Chocolate Layered Dessert- A Gluten Free Recipe

  I decided to make this dessert last weekend because we had a bunch of old bananas.  I did pretty good using them up because the sauce on top called for 2 cups of mashed bananas which ended up being 4!  That is probably as many bananas as you will ever use in one recipe! The original recipe…

Announcing My New Jewelry Blog!

  I wanted to announce to all of my recipe blog followers that I have started a second blog for my jewelry!  It is http://www.andreasjewelry.com/blog I wanted a way to promote the wonderful artisans here in the US who make beads and pendants that I feature in my designs.  I also will showcase different semi precious…