Here’s where the sit-down dinner with family and friends starts.
Enjoy these recipes
Pesto Sauce
Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 clove garlic (omit if food sensitivity or eliminating FODMAPs) 2 fistfuls (a technical term 😉 fresh basil leaves 1 oz pine nuts—about ¼ Cup (or raw cashews or raw/unsalted pumpkin seeds or... any nut you are ot senstive to except peanuts) ½ Cup olive oil sea salt to taste (½ teaspoon...
Broccoli Sauce
Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 pound broccoli tips 2 oz nitrate-free bacon, chopped (optional and also note: most bacon has sugar, just know this) 4 Tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves garlic, sliced 1 cup coconut milk (organic, unsweetened—canned is fine) Preparation: 1. Clean the broccoli tips and steam until soft, about 12 minutes. 2. Drain broccoli...
Korean Japchae
Whoa! I spied a new solution to my ancestral (at least one generation 😉 craving for pasta—gluten free pasta that is. Whilst strolling the isles at my favorite Anchorage food store (New Sagaya) and wishing I could read Korean and Japanese, I found these amazing gluten-free noodles with just one ingredient on the package: sweet...
Gnocchi
Gnocchi(pronounced "no-kee") This "unpasta" is an Italian specialty par excellence. A first course in northern Italy, our version combines the traditional potato base with some gluten free garbanzo flour to add protein and a wonderful flavor. Growing up, I remember festive holidays standing around the kitchen table shaping little gnocchi balls. We'd talk about our...
Tomato & Wild Mushroom Sauce
With so many prepared sauces today loaded with sugar, despite sugar's numerous negative health effects, consider making your own. Sauces do not have to be complicated and most can be made in large amounts and refrigerated or even frozen for the busy person on the go. Easily customize any of my sauces to your own taste. Serves...
