Chicken and Broccolini Panzanella Skillet

I love veggies, and among my favorite is broccolini.  Broccolini is not baby broccoli, instead it is a hybrid of broccoli and Chinese kale created back in the 1990’s.  This is NOT some genetic engineering product.  It is a product of slow cross pollination efforts – that’s what all hybrid plants are.

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Gluten Free Vanilla Birthday Cupcakes

We’ve all had epic fails in the kitchen.  Most of us usually do not photograph the evidence for all to see.  But a friend of mine was brave enough to do just that.  As we sat talking about gluten free baking, she detailed the trouble that she was having making a tasty gluten free cupcake.  She described her attempts as flat, dense, and sunken.  She even showed me a photo.

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Gluten Free Almond Butter Raisin Spice Cookies

Over the past several months I’ve continued to revisit a recipe that I’ve been working on.  It’s a flourless, dairy free recipe that features almond butter.  Finally after some tweaking here and there, I have a recipe that I truly love and want to share with you!

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Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Quick Bread (Dairy Free)

Are you sneaky?  Like hiding veggies in your recipes to amp up the nutritional value?  Well, if you answered “yes” then this recipe may be right up your alley.

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Gluten Free Lemon & Berry Slab Tart

Despite the fact that more snow is forecasted to fall tomorrow (no April Fool’s joke), I know that warmer weather is on the horizon! So I am transitioning my thinking to the sun-drenched days ahead.  Come spring and summer I am always trying to create recipes that come together with relative ease (and with little time in the oven as well).  This Lemon & Berry Slab Tart fits the bill.  It was part of our Easter dessert table, but I think that it will be a festive recipe for Memorial Day or July 4th as well, and that’s why I am making sure to share the recipe with you (so I have it as well).

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