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By
Wardeh on
May 5, 2008
With the weather warming up, we sure feel like having lighter, cooler foods. This is a deliciously simple chicken salad. We like to eat it with Quinoa Dinner Cakes. Yesterday when we were out clearing brush and cleaning up our property, I brought out a bowl of this chicken salad and a bunch of the [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Main Dishes (Gluten-Free), Recipes, Salads, Salads (Gluten-Free)
| Tagged chicken salad, dinner, gluten free, lunch, main dishes, Salads, sandwiches
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By
Wardeh on
April 30, 2008
Chicken Chili
1 onion, diced
2 to 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
meat from 1/2 to 1 whole cooked chicken
8 cups cooked beans (such as pinto or kidney, or both)
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
1 6-ounce can tomato paste
4 cups water
2 tablespoons cumin
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon oregano
pinch of cayenne pepper, or as much as desired
2 teaspoons sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
optional:
1 can light coconut milk, unsweetened
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
sliced olives
Saute the onions in olive [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Main Dishes (Gluten-Free), Recipes
| Tagged chicken chili, chili, dinner, gluten free, main dishes
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By
Wardeh on
April 22, 2008
This is one of my favorite growing up dishes. The flavor is excellent; it is warming and filling. I still don’t think I make it as well as my Mom does, but I try! The photo above is of the Great Northern beans I quick-soaked this morning (see How to Cook Dry Beans). The [...]
Posted in Beans, Grains and Vegetables, Beans, Grains and Vegetables (Gluten-Free), Main Dishes, Main Dishes (Gluten-Free), Middle Eastern Foods, Middle Eastern Foods (Gluten-Free), Recipes, Soups and Stews, Soups and Stews (Gluten-Free)
| Tagged Arabic foods, beans, dinner, ethnic foods, main dishes, Middle Eastern foods, soup, stew
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By
Wardeh on
March 27, 2008
This is the standby lunch I serve for my kiddoes and me when we have no leftovers in the fridge. It is tasty, satisfying, heathy and filling. Actually, it is surprisingly good, if you consider the reputation that lentils and brown rice have as typical and bland health food fare! When prepared as simply and [...]
Posted in Beans, Grains and Vegetables, Beans, Grains and Vegetables (Gluten-Free), Main Dishes, Main Dishes (Gluten-Free), Recipes
| Tagged beans, brown rice, dinner, grains, lentils, lunch, main dishes, whole grains
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By
Wardeh on
March 5, 2008
Sylvia’s Chicken Noodle Soup was a hit for our dinner last night! The meatballs are out of this world yummy.
We will have this meal again and again.
My procedure was to take frozen chicken stock and get it simmering. Then I added diced onions, the soup spices, and 3 cups of wild rice to that. I didn’t add [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Main Dishes (Gluten-Free), Recipes, Soups and Stews, Soups and Stews (Gluten-Free)
| Tagged chicken, dairy free, dinner, egg free, gluten free, lunch, main dishes, soup
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By
Wardeh on
February 7, 2008
In my opinion, 99% of the people who say they can’t stand tofu would like it if they ate it as I prepare it — Crispy Tofu.
A friend and I tricked her husband one year by giving him “chicken” chili, where the chicken was really crispy tofu. He liked it, but he didn’t like being tricked, so I [...]
Posted in Beans, Grains and Vegetables, Beans, Grains and Vegetables (Gluten-Free), Main Dishes, Main Dishes (Gluten-Free), Recipes, Side Dishes, Side Dishes (Gluten-Free), Techniques and Tutorials
| Tagged gluten free, lunch, main dishes, techniques, tofu
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By
Wardeh on
January 11, 2008
Here is our coconut cumin chicken ala Sylvia (and here’s her new blog), for her recipe inspired this variation in our family.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Pour 1 can of coconut milk (light or regular) into the bottom of a baking pan. Add 2 tablespoons cumin, 1 teaspoon sea salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/4 cup nutritional [...]
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| Tagged chicken, coconut, cumin, dinner, gluten free, lunch, main dishes
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