Gluten-Free Delightfully Delicious

JOY BAUER'S FOOD CURES

Recently, I received this wonderful book from Joy Bauer to review. (You can visit Joy Bauer’s website here.) Plus I also received the book: Joy Bauer Slim and Scrumptious – a book I am looking forward to. A review to follow this one soon.

Joy’s Book – Food Cures is a comprehensive, educational, inspiring book that looks at the many areas of how food affects our health. I am a firm believer that food can heal the body and prevent disease. Joy’s book lists chapters on various diseases: Heart disease, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Migraines, (to name a few) – then she outlines what foods most benefit these diseases as well as the prevention of illness through a healthy diet.

Chapter 18 covers good ground on Celiac Disease – and as you know from my blog, the more information about Celiac Disease that gets out there in the world, the happier I am!

Joy also covers in detail, the benefits of Vitamins, Minerals, Omegas, Healthy Fats and Antioxidants, which I found very informative.

With each chapter, there is a weekly food menu, offering a wide selection of meals, which include a number of delicious and healthy recipes, that are easy to follow. They could easily be converted to Gluten Free. As well, there are some delicious, healthy snack options…gotta love that!

This is a book I really recommend. I will definitely be sharing it with my Daughter and Son who now live on their own and cook for themselves. The younger one starts with healthy, “REAL” food, the better their lives will be. Thank you, Joy, for your books that offer healthy Real food, awareness and education. And most importantly, gives people the inspiration to get into the kitchen and cook!

Here are a few of the recipes I have tried so far – all delicious. I can’t wait for more.

GLUTEN FREE APPLE CINNAMON PANCAKES WITH LEMON YOGURT TOPPING:

Celiac Disease Chapter 18, Page 433

The only thing I did different to this recipe was to add a bit of Sorghum flour and Rice flour to the Buckwheat. The flavors and textures in these pancakes were delicious. The lemon yogurt topping was a winning combination, and a healthy alternative to maple syrup. We will be having these for breakfast again tomorrow – yum!

GRILLED ASIAN SALMON:

Memory Chapter 12, Page 297

Mercy….did we love this dish. The only thing I did different was to use Gluten Free Tamari Sauce – which is quite strong, so I also added a splash of water to the marinade…it was perfect.

HEARTY TURKEY MEATLOAF:

Cardiovascular Disease Chapter 7 page 149

A delicious hearty meatloaf….one to add to the recipe box – packed full of flavor. Fresh mushrooms, zucchini, herbs – so tasty! The only thing I did different was to add Quinoa Flakes because I can not do gluten free oats. Again I used Gluten Free Tamari Sauce in place of Soy sauce.

I have to say, it has been fun working with someone else’s recipes…all of which will now be in my repertoire. An informative, educational, book with delicious healthy recipes – most worthy of anyone’s kitchen.

SUNDRIED TOMATO AND FETA TUNA SALAD

This made a nice change to everyday tuna salad. Originally, I was going to make classic tuna melts for lunch, but then decided to forgo the bread and jazz up a salad instead. Although, it would also taste great made into a tuna melt too!

Lettuce leaves

a small can of tuna drained – 184 grams

8 Kalamata olives, remove the pits, and roughly chop

2 Tblsp. diced red onion

3 rounded Tblsp. crumbled Feta Cheese

3 large Sun Dried Tomatoes (in oil) blot off excess oil with a paper towel then chop fine

juice of half a lemon

4 Rounded Tblsp. Mayonnaise

2 Tblsp. finely minced Italian Flat Leaf Parsley

Fresh cracked pepper

Mix up all the ingredients in a bowl.

Add a generous amount on top of lettuce leaves or make the classic tuna melt, on toast, with Swiss Gruyere Cheese, in the oven at 350 degrees, until the cheese is melted.

QUINOA FRUIT BREAKFAST CEREAL - A RECIPE INSPIRATION

This is a recipe I have been thinking about for ages and ages. With our winter weather, this is a perfect warm breakfast cereal to make. I found a post at the blog The Intolerant Chef, and knew it was time to get into the kitchen. Thanks Intolerant Chef for this recipe inspiration, I was long overdue in making this delicious hearty cereal! For the original recipe please check out the post at The Intolerant Chef.

For this recipe, you can use any dried fruit or nuts you like. I used Dried Cherries which were wonderful in this recipe. I loved the cherries in it as they gave a slightly sweet and tartness to the cereal. This was enough for one, so just increase amounts if you have more mouths to feed!

1/4 cup of Qunioa (rinse well, is not pre-rinsed)

a handful of dried cherries, roughly chopped

1 cup of water

3/4 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground Ginger

Add all of the ingredients to a pot, lid on and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer, and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Then remove the lid, and simmer for another 7-8 minutes. Serve with milk, or yogurt and a drizzle of Agave Nectar or Honey.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Well, we are still in hibernation mode with all of the snowy weather. It is supposed to rain during the end of this week – (now) and then turn to a more milder temperature. At this moment, we are still in a frozen Tundra. I am thinking it is time to complain to the weather [...]

SNOW DAY

This is what we woke up to this morning – a good 10 inches of snow with more to come today and tomorrow. Don’t think I will be going anywhere for the next few days. Our main road into Victoria is covered, and icy! They are advising people not to travel the roads unless absolutely [...]

ROASTED SAGE AND ROSEMARY BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Sometimes, my DH, really surprises me. He is actually quite a fussy eater….and seems to be more so as he gets older. Some foods I absolutely love, he barely likes. Well tonight, I served this side dish and he was “Over The Moon”! He loved it! Cooking for him has taught me that flavor, texture, [...]

ROSEMARY LEMON INFUSED PORK LOIN ROAST

We dove into this dinner so fast, I forgot to take a picture of the whole roast, let alone it being plated, Dang! So this is it….and it was mighty tasty. When it comes to course salt, I think my favorite salts are Fleur de Sel and Himalayan – absolutely lovely. Also, the herbs get [...]

VEGETARIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

This is a recipe I have been thinking about for ages, and I finally made these lovely cabbage rolls the other night. DH had four of them! I was stuffed after eating two…great leftovers for tomorrow!

1/2 cup of red lentils

1/2 cup of brown rice

1 large Bay Leaf

a drizzle of olive oil

salt and pepper

2 1/4 cups [...]

GLUTEN FREE CHICKEN CHOW MIEN

Every once in a long while, I miss good Chinese Food. Chicken chow mien used to be my favorite. Then deep fried almond chicken…working on that recipe, hopefully pending.

Although there are no chow mien noodles in this dish, they really were not missed at all. What I most liked about this dish, aside from flavor, [...]

IT'S A CAT'S WORLD

This post is long overdue…..we have had these pictures in the camera for ages, since August actually, so I finally got around to doing a new post on our “critters”.

We are ruled by our critters. We are softies, mushes, oh yes….marshmallows. Lord help us…we can not rescue another critter be it a dog or cat. [...]

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