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Gluten Free St Patrick’s Day Recipes – A Traditional Taste of Ireland Without Gluten or Dairy

St. Patrick’s Day Recipe Ideas That Are Completely Gluten Free & Dairy Free! Welcome to my 2018 ST Paddy’s Day Recipe series! I’ve put together 4 delicious gluten free & dairy free recipes that pay homage to their authentic traditional classics while remaining allergen friendly for anyone with celiac disease, or intolerance to gluten, dairy […]

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Delicious Soy Free Shrimp Pad Thai Recipe

A Homemade Shrimp Pad Thai Recipe Without Any Soy!   We love spicy pad Thai, but unfortunately soy does not love us in the least. As a result we often find ourselves having it in small doses from our local fast food chain, or simply not having it all. The craving however was too much […]

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Braised Beef & Braised Mushrooms With Zucchini Salad & Baked Sweet Potatoes

  This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Organic beef Vegetable: Zucchini Side: Sweet potatoes   Organic Braised Beef In Red Wine Sauce   To be fair, when beef is on the menu I almost always try to find a nice piece of un-frozen organic steak that can be stretched to […]

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Baked Breaded Cod With Cucumber Salad And Wild Rice

This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Cod Vegetable: Cucumber Side: Wild rice To be honest, haddock or cod both work well depending on price and availability, but be sure to buy fresh fish always!   Gluten Free Baked Breaded Cod   Fresh cod fillets from my local fishmonger are always […]

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Ground Pork Burgers with Home Fries and Creamy Fennel Salad

  This Tuesday our menu plan called for the following Protein: Ground Pork Vegetable: Fennel Side: Potatoes   Ground Pork Burgers With Bacon Very rarely do we ever eat ground beef anymore. Buying organic meat & poultry sometimes becomes cost prohibitive when supply is low, but to be perfectly honest ground red meat is simply […]

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Baked Trout With Cauliflower Rice And Spinach Salad

  Our menu plan for this Monday called for the following. Protein: Trout Vegetable: Spinach Side: Cauliflower … two vegetables you say? Ah yes indeed, but cauliflower has magic properties, more details about my recent discovery of cauliflower rice below!   Baked Trout In Herbed Lemon Butter Many years ago when salmon was the only […]

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Roasted Chicken Brochette on Turmeric Basmati Pilaf with Buttered Peas

Anyone For Chicken Brochette?   This Monday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Chicken Vegetable: Peas Side: Basmati   The end result was a tasty combo of chicken brochette roasted until tender and golden along with turmeric basmati and buttered peas. Definitely a simple meal but also very kid-friendly. Although I admit the […]

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French Onion Soup with Braised Beef, Broiled Salmon & Roasted Vegetables

  Aaah the weekend, break out every piece of cookery! This Saturday our menu plan called for French onion soup. Problem is, I really didn’t want to deal with a separate seething hot bowl of soup on our plate, especially with two young girls at the table. Keeping with the French theme however I had […]

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Pork Chops With Roasted Butternut Squash And Sautéed Brocolli & Mushrooms

This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following: Protein: Pork Chops Vegetable: Brocolli Side: Butternut Squash     Organic Skillet Pork Chops in Apple & Raisin Sauce Maybe I’m having delayed holiday menu withdrawl but I felt the need for something comforting and homey. That’s when it occured to me to sear some […]

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Breaded Scallops and Sweet Potato Puree with Endive & Apple Coleslaw

This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Scallops Vegetable: Endives Side: Sweet Potatoes   Lemon Butter Breaded Scallops I had a feeling this would be a winner right from the start, and I also needed to prove to myself that there is more to life than just searing scallops. Don’t get […]