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Gluten-Free Pizza Recipe Made With Chickpea Flour! A diet full of whole foods offers excellent benefits, but it’s tough to ditch the pizza and refined-carbohydrate products that we’re accustomed to. What’s not to like about pizza? A slice of pizza is inexpensive, can instantly fill you up, and if you’re lucky and they deliver, you won’t even have to leave the comfort of your couch to enjoy it! The downside is while you may feel great while scarfing down those greasy slices of pizza, ever notice how you feel afterwards? Chances are, you may feel bloated, drowsy, and fortunate if you don’t have to run to the bathroom. The truth is that you don’t have to have celiac disease or a wheat allergy to feel the discomforting effects of eating these types of foods. Why Is Wheat-Free & Gluten-Free Pizza Better? To make white flour, the hull of the wheat is discarded, stripping the wheat of most of its nutritional value and almost all fiber.

Let’s introduce….Garbanzo Bean Flour *per ¼ cup flour Gluten-Free Pizza Recipe | Quick Tips Crust: Toppings: 1. 2. Chipotle's Barbacoa Copycat Recipe Recipe - Food.com - 472445. Cauliflower Tortillas (Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten free) Cauliflower is so incredibly versatile in the kitchen. Every time I play with it in the kitchen I almost always end up stunning myself with another use for it. And yes I refer to it as playing because I do fairly odd things with it until something interesting happens, and something interesting happens every time. That doesn’t mean that it worked or that it’s functional, just something interesting.

Like a gargantuan cauliflower mess which I try to avoid as often as possible. Disregarding my misadventures with combustible cauliflower , I do actually really enjoy the taste of cauliflower. At least I do now, and I’m not certain why. I just started eating it out of no where along with other vegetables and now I fully enjoy all of the vegetables under the sun. I personally don’t like something that tastes too eggy if it’s not an egg dish. Ironically the drained cauliflower kind of looks like fresh masa flour as well. I loaded those gorgeous things up and I suggest the same. Ingredients Notes. Sriracha and Banana Pepper Potato Salad. Potato salad is not really my thing. As with anything that "isn't my thing", I like to try and think about what makes up the dish, what the reasons are that I might not like it, and how to make it better for my personal tastes. My main complaints with your common potato salad is that it's bland, has too much mayo, and has super large chunks of potato.

This spicy and slightly Vietnameese inspired take on the American classic was none of these things. First I made an herb salad with mint, cilantro, scallion, and cucumber. This goes into the potato salad after it has cooled. The start of the dressing. Followed by a whole jar of banana peppers. At first I was concerned about the pink color, but the guests seemed to like it. I make it a point to never boil potatoes for anything.

A nice half mash - half chunk consistency. After it cooled a bit, the herbs and cucumber go in. Really tasty stuff. Super spicy, but cooling at the same time from the cucumber and creamy potatoes and mayo. Panko Mozzarella Sticks! I first discovered panko bread crumbs back in 1999. Please don’t ask me how I know that; I just do. I remember vividly reading a recipe that contained panko bread crumbs, and I remember vividly that I was nursing my second baby, and I remember vividly that I was hormonal and desperate, and the next thing I knew I was ordering panko bread crumbs from some market in Chelsea that the magazine recommended. On the phone, of course, because although I had a computer at the time, I certainly wouldn’t have been cool enough to use it to order panko bread crumbs.

Plus, I was nursing. Not enough hands. Panko bread crumbs, in a word, are delicious. Panko are Japanese breadcrumbs, and are lighter and flakier than regular breadcrumbs. When I set out to make a recipe with panko bread crumbs, I started in the direction of something Asian/exotic. So guess what I did? Let me back up: my family LOVES fried mozzarella sticks.

Here we go: Panko Mozzarella Sticks! Grab the panko breadcrumbs. A couple of eggs… Spice-Baked Sea Bass and Red Lentils. Lentil Fritter Pitas With Red Cabbage Slaw. Homemade Pork Buns! Dear Pork, We meet again. This time things got intense. As per usual I was dabbling in vegetarianism, reading books like “Animal Factory” and “Eating Animals” and having thoughts like “I just can’t keep eating meat”. Then I bought a groupon for Barnes and Noble. First I marinated you in a magical sauce with all kinds of delicousness: five spice powder, hoisin sauce, honey, soy sauce and much more. Then I laid you on a rack to go in the oven. And roasted you until you were all glossy and charred and happy looking. From there I took it a step further. While you waited patiently, I made a dough, a dough not too different from my favorite hamburger bun dough. And then I encased you in that dough, giggling with every pleat.

You made adorable dumplings. I let your dough rise until soft, and then I roasted you again. PORK BUNS RECIPE (Andrea Nguyen): Char Siu Pork: 1 lb bonelss pork shoulder 1 big clove garlic 1 1/2 TBSP sugar 1/4 + 1/8 tsp five spice powder 2 TBSP 3/4 tsp hoisin sauce 1 1/2 TBSP honey. Shrimp Summer Rolls with Dipping Sauce recipe from Live Better America.

Fashionlush ☾ | Lifestyle Blog by Erica Stolman. 9 Ways to Make the Best of Your Juice Pulp. It’s a common question for those of us who love juicing our fruits and vegetables… “What can I do with the pulp that is leftover after I juice my produce?” Good news is there are plenty of ideas to inspire you to start using the pulp so it doesn’t go to waste. 1. In the mood for something warm? Add it to your next soup or make your own veggie broth. 2. Add to your favorite vegetarian burger recipe. It adds flavor, texture, moisture and nutrition. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 101 Ways to Use Juicer Pulp (Okay, Actually Just Ten) - Plan to Eat - Plan to Eat. I so enjoy the fresh juice that my juicer turns out day after day. But there is this other thing that it churns out that has perplexed me from day one.

Juicer pulp. I mean really, what am I supposed to do with this? My first thought was to compost it, or feed it to the chickens. For the non-juicing crowd, let me define some terms. Here, my top uses for the daily bowl of veggie pulp. Mix it into the kiddos’ mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is on our lunch menu fairly frequently, either the (organic) boxed stuff, or just some pasta mixed with butter and shredded cheese. Mix it into the kiddos’ fruit salad. Also on our lunch menu? Mix it into some cream cheese 1 block of cream cheese + 1 bowl of veggie pulp = delicious sandwich spread Spread it onto a tortilla and roll it up. Cook it with your chicken broth. On GAPS I make 2-3 batches of chicken broth every week. Add it to soups and stews. GAPS also requires me to make a lot of soup and stew. Juicer Pulp Quick Bread Raw Juicer Pulp Crackers. Most favorited all-time - page 10.

77 Healthy Crock-Pot Recipes. Crazy schedules, long work hours, and tempting takeout menus make it tough to even think about cooking most nights during the week. Despite the inconvenience, firing up the stove or oven is almost always cheaper and healthier than ordering in or eating out. How about a compromise? Making dinner with a slow cooker — Crock-Pot is the go-to brand in the U.S. — is an easy way to get in all those vitamins and minerals without slaving over a hot stove for hours at a time.

Most of these recipes involve mixing up ingredients and popping them into a slow cooker for a prescribed number of hours. Save even more time by starting some of these dishes overnight or first thing in the morning and reaping the delicious, healthy benefits later in the day. Breakfast 1. Tart apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, and walnuts — what’s not to love?

2. Why not begin the day with a protein-rich superfood like quinoa? 3. This vegetarian burrito filling includes loads of vegetables, beans, and eggs. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Top 20 Most Perfect Foods in Universe. Pip & Ebby - Pip & Ebby - Crack brownies. Have you ever tried crack? Yeah, me either. After eating these brownies, though, I feel like I would probably be less addicted to crack. I mean, how can that not be the case with brownies, peanuts, marshmallows, Reese's peanut butter cups, chocolate, peanut butter and Rice Krispies all present in a single bite?! This recipe comes from my very good Heather, and I am very grateful that she shared it! Prepare 1 package of brownie mix according to the package directions. While the brownies are baking, chop enough Reese's peanut butter cups (I used minis) to make 1 cup.

Add on top of the baked brownies: 1/2 cup salted peanuts 1 cup Reese's peanut butter cups, chopped 2 cups miniature marshmallows Return to the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for an additional 5 minutes, or until the marshmallows begin to puff and brown and the chocolate begins to melt. In a medium bowl, combine: 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter Pour mixture evenly over the brownies. Smoky Sweet Potato Burgers with Roasted Garlic Cream and Avocado. Before we talk burgers, let me tell you what I’m doing. I’m eating some blueberry yogurt pretzels (which are oh-so awesome… but would be even awesomer if they were really coated in yogurt and not white chocolate disguised as yogurt) and drinking a san pellgrino aranciata that is spiked with um… vodka, malibu and tequila. With those pretty perfectly square ice cubes.

I know. I just couldn’t decide! But what is up with all of these flavors? I mean, it was great, if you’re into that sort of thing that includes plastering yourself to the couch for so long that your body forms an identical indentation that’s semi-permanent, and ordering pizza Friday night which not only was dinner, but then also became lunch and then uh, dinner again on Saturday. This would have been the perfect time to do those things that I “never have time for” such as fold a massive pile of laundry that is sitting smack dab in our living room floor (classy. want to come over?) Welcome to my life. Print Save Yield: 4 burgers. Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Chinese Buffet at Home.

It is no secret that I have an obsession with Chinese cuisine. The place that started it all was a local Chinese buffet here in Michigan. After frequent visits to the buffet over the years, I finally decided to take a stab at cooking my own Chinese dishes at home. The majority of the dishes were delicious and I began cooking different Chinese meals every week, but I had always wanted more variety just like the buffet. I had always wondered, “what if I could create a Chinese buffet at home?” In this article I will explain how to create your own Chinese buffet at home. The Menu:Main course- Sesame Chicken Orange Chicken Kung Pao Chicken Meat on a Stick (Chicken Skewers)Appetizers- Crab Rangoons Egg RollsSide Dishes- Garlic Green Beans Fried Rice Egg Drop SoupDessert- Buffet Style Doughnuts The Recipes: Sesame Chicken- Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Cut chicken breasts into 1” chunks and in a glass bowl combine all of the marinade ingredients and mix well.

Orange Chicken- Kung Pao Chicken- Service Unavailable. Okay, so it’s possible that this isn’t the kind of meal you eat before you do anything too strenuous, like run headlong into a burning schoolhouse to save dozens of screaming orphans. It’s probably not the kind of thing you want to have for dinner the night before your first day in basic training for the Marines. It may not be the kind of meal you settle down to the night before you run the New York City Marathon. It’s probably not an ideal meal for anyone looking to tackle a pre-dawn jog. It’s definitely not for anyone with any aspirations to, let’s say, make it into work on time. It’s not the kind of meal you eat if you have any pressing need to put on pants the next day. You know, this is not a meal for anyone who plans on ever actually getting out of bed.

Why is that? Use the best cheddar you can buy, since it’s such a major player in this soup, along with a decent brown ale, like Newcastle, or a pale ale like Bass. Brown Ale and Cheddar SoupAdapted from a recipe from Food and Wine.