Category: Gluten Free

  • Braised Red Cabbage with Apples

    Braised Red Cabbage with Apples

    Braised Red Cabbage with Apples If you’re looking for a new vegetable dish to try  tonight I highly recommend this Braised Red Cabbage with Apples.  Here is why: It’s super easy, taking only about 10 minutes to throw together It’s pretty hard to screw up It tastes kind of like a candied version of a […]

  • Oatmeal Breakfast Bar

    Oatmeal Breakfast Bar

    Oatmeal Breakfast Bar We have four breakfast eaters in our house, including one toddler and one four-year old, and not everyone is always delighted about the idea of an oatmeal breakfast.  While I’m happy to make other things for breakfast when there’s time, oatmeal is such dependable staple we’ve figured out how to make it stay interesting and […]

  • Meal Plan Menu Week of September 7-13, 2014

    Meal Plan Menu Week of September 7-13, 2014

    Meal Plan Menu Sept 7-13 I had to post this particular meal plan menu, because it’s a celebration of something I love: traditional Italian tomato sauce!  I didn’t always love tomato sauce, but when I started making it myself (and especially when my Italian husband started to make it in large batches) I really began […]

  • Sauteed Sea Scallops with Strawberry and Celery Salsa

    Sauteed Sea Scallops with Strawberry and Celery Salsa

    Sauteed Sea Scallops with Strawberry Salsa Sea scallops are a wonderfully decadent treat, especially when crisped up in some butter and olive oil.  I love ordering scallops at restaurants on a special occasion, but there’s really no reason to limit them to a restaurant experience; you can make them at home just as well and […]

  • Chia Breakfast Pudding with Purple Rice

    Chia Breakfast Pudding with Purple Rice

    Chia and Purple Rice Breakfast Pudding with Berries I am very excited to share this Chia Breakfast Pudding with Purple Rice recipe, because it really helped me break my breakfast rut and is perfect for summer.  It takes so little active time to prepare at night, then no time at all in the morning to […]

  • Arugula and Steak Salad with Grilled Onions and Peppers, Shaved Parmesan, and Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Arugula and Steak Salad with Grilled Onions and Peppers, Shaved Parmesan, and Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Arugula and Steak Salad with Grilled Onions and Peppers and Shaved Parmesan You know it’s a good food week when your leftover meal is even better than the original meal the leftovers came from – such is the case with this Arugula and Steak Salad. Using leftover Lime-Marinated Steak and grilled onions and peppers from Eat Happy […]

  • Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole with Kalamata Olives, Roasted Red Peppers and Cannellini Beans

    Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole with Kalamata Olives, Roasted Red Peppers and Cannellini Beans

    Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole with lots of good stuff While putting together the Eat Happy Meal Plan for next week I inadvertently ended up with a bit of a Mediterranean theme – including this Mediterranean Quinoa Casserole. Mediterranean food is renowned for its health benefits as well as its tastiness and, for lack of a better […]

  • Kale Salad with Avocados, Strawberries and Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Kale Salad with Avocados, Strawberries and Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Kale, Strawberry and Avocado Salad Looking for a fresh take on your old kale salad?  This tasty dish has the best elements of Spring: sweet strawberries and creamy avocado paired with crispy red onions and savory pistachios.  If you haven’t tried a massaged kale salad, this is a good excuse to give it a whirl. […]

  • Warm Lentil Salad with Kale and Portobello Mushrooms

    Warm Lentil Salad with Kale and Portobello Mushrooms

    Lentil Salad with Kale and Mushrooms This lentil salad right here is a bowl full of health.  Lentils are off the chart on a number of awesome nutrients, including molybdenum, folate, copper, phosphorus and iron. (Sometimes I seriously wonder how something so boring looking can be so incredibly full of good stuff.)  Throwing in the […]

  • Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Salad with Hazelnuts and Poached Chicken

    Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Salad with Hazelnuts and Poached Chicken

    Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Salad with Hazelnuts and Poached Chicken Spring brings out my obsession with all things Strawberry Rhubarb.  Strawberry rhubarb pie was my favorite growing up (ok, one of my favorites, I mean apple and pumpkin are favorites too.. but definitely my favorite spring pie!), but anyways these days – although I still love […]