Monthly Archives: April 2012

Italian Sausage and Vegetable Soup

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This Italian Sausage and Vegetable Soup is another recipe that I have been making for many years.  You can make it with a variety of vegies but I love this version with red swiss chard, green beans and roma tomatoes.    I use lots of onions, fresh fennel and garlic in the soup base as well as…

Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes- GF Or Not!

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This recipe for Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes was originally published in Bon Appetit Magazine in September of 2010.  The recipe is not on their website but it came from a restaurant in Carbondale, CO called Village Smithy.  It looks like a great restaurant that would be fun to visit! The first time I made this recipe I…

Gumdrop Cookies with Oatmeal and Coconut- GF Or Not!

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  This recipe for Gumdrop Cookies was originally from my Mom.  The only change that I made to it was to reduce the sugar by 1/4 of a cup and to convert it to gluten free by substituting my gluten free flour mix in place of regular white flour.  I also added 1/2 teaspoon of…

BBQ Chicken Salad with Cornbread Croutons- Gluten Free

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  This BBQ Chicken Salad features the moist and delicious chicken that I posted a few days ago.  I wanted to create a salad that would taste great with cornbread croutons.  I used my regular gluten free cornbread recipe and just cut part of it up into small cubes.  I baked the cubes on a cookie…

BBQ Chicken with Russian Dressing Marinade

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I have been wanting to do a post on the Russian dressing marinade that I use for chicken and pork.  The barbequed meat always turns out moist and flavorful, especially if the chicken marinates for 24 hours.  Frank and I both enjoyed this chicken more than any other that we have made (well, maybe except for…

Banana Muffins- Gluten Free Or Not!

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  The flavors in these Banana Muffins are just the same as a really good banana bread.  My Mom made a great banana bread and those flavors are what I was trying to replicate. The Basic Banana Bread recipe that I started with was from Cooking Light Magazine.  CL’s recipe was for a non-gluten free bread but it did have…