Gluten Free Chicken, Rice, Apple, and Kale Salad with Apple Cider Vinegar & Cinnamon Dressing

Answer the question: “What should I make for dinner tonight?” with this easy, quick, and healthy rice salad.  Filled with fresh apples, kale, cranberries, sunflower seeds, and chicken, this salad will become a family favorite.

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Gluten Free Apple & Kale Chicken Salad

School lunches.  Are you ready for them?  Well today I want you to think past the old standby of peanut butter and jelly (which I love).  And I want you to take a walk past the deli counter (and keep on walking).  Today I want you to consider chicken salad.  Chicken salad is one of the most versatile lunch options around.  It is so much more than just a mayonnaise laden sandwich filling.  It’s a blank canvas just waiting to be filled with anything that your creativity and taste buds can imagine.

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Gluten Free Italian Pasta Salad (Mayo Free, Dairy Free)

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and with that comes backyard get togethers, BBQ’s, and picnics.   Chances are the usual cast of characters will be present at most summer gatherings.   You know them well: coleslaw, potato salad, and pasta salad.

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Sausage, Swiss Chard & Kale Fire Roasted Tomato Soup

On a foodie level, this time of the year is a little bitter sweet.  While I am ready to say goodbye to the long, cold winter, I am hesitant to say goodbye to my fall and winter cooking.  My dinged up, decades old stock pot receives plenty of love and use over the course of those six months.  So many hearty, heart-warming, slow-cooked soups, sauces, and family favorites have emerged from it.   Their scents have filled our home and taken the chill from the air.  They’ve put the comfort in food.

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Gluten Free Sloppy Joe Pizza

I’m not sure that I have ever met a teenager who didn’t like pizza.  My teens are no exception.  While not a regular item on our meal menu, we do indulge in pizza occasionally.  As a mom, I must admit that I do have a problem calling pizza a meal.   There’s little to balance out the carbohydrate load, and any vegetables or meat that is added is minimal in amount or processed beyond recognition.

So today I decided to tackle this issue head on with my Sloppy Joe Pizza.

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