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Lessons, Tips, & Recipes — Vegetarian or Paleo


Cabbage Crunch Salad ~ Gluten and Soy Free

Mama’s Cabbage Crunch Salad is a refreshing salad that is super easy to make for summer dinners, potlucks and picnics. It is a nice alternative to the traditional coleslaw dressing that you normally find with cabbage. It is also packed full of other delicious vegetables, making it full of vitamins, bursting with color, and lots of crunch. The salad is big enough to serve a big family, to serve at a party, to have plenty of leftovers throughout the week. Or make a smaller salad and cut the recipe in half.

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Gluten Free Tabbouleh Salad

Tabbouleh Salad is one of my most favorite salads I learned how to make in cooking school about 20 years ago. Yep, I said it, 20 years ago. Now I feel old. Anyway, Tabbouleh is a traditional Middle Eastern Vegetarian dish, that has fresh mint, parsley, tomatoes, cucumber, green onions, lemon juice, olive oil and sometimes garlic. It is traditionally made with Bulger Wheat or Cous Cous. Obviously, bulger wheat and cous cous have gluten, so I made my Tabbouleh with Quinoa. Quinoa is similar in texture and taste to bulger and cous cous and it is prepared the same way

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Turkey and Rice Stuffed Peppers ~ Gluten Free Dinner

One of my biggest requests from Gluten Free Mama fans is, “What can we make for dinner that is gluten free and that the entire family will eat?” So I have been putting together my collection of Gluten Free Main Meals. In my opinion, it is much easier to make one meal than two. If one of us eats gluten free, then we all eat gluten free, at least when it comes to family meals. These stuffed peppers were a hit with my family.

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Gluten Free Mama’s Quinoa Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms or Zucchini

Need some new additions to your monthly dinner menu? Mama’s Quinoa Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms or Zucchini is sure to delight the taste buds of everyone in the family. Quinoa is a gluten free grain typically grown in South America. You want to be sure to soak the grain in water and rinse it off before use to prevent it from being bitter. 

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Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus ~ Gluten Free and Delicious!!!!

Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus ~ Gluten Free!  A delicious healthy snack whether your gluten free or not!   Well, I confess, this recipe isn’t completely my idea. Yes, I created it, but I stole the idea. It all started when my husband and I started traveling to Pasadena for mini vacations. When we were planning our honeymoon trip a few years ago, I decided to surprise my husband with a trip to Pasadena

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Gluten Free Parmesan Fried Chicken with Pesto Zucchini Noodles, Spaghettable

Can you say delicious?  That is what you will say when you eat Mama’s Gluten Free Parmesan Fried Chicken with Pesto Zucchini Noodles.  The Spaghettable makes this dinner a cinch! Zucchini Noodles are not only gluten free, they are easy to make, delicious and a healthy!  Fried Chicken, not as healthy, but lets just say it’s amazingly delicious!  The folks at Spaghettable are giving away 5 Spaghettable spiralizers, so be sure to enter the contestat the bottom of this post!

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Zucchini Pizza’s ~ naturally gluten free!

Pizza night gets a whole new meaning when you shake it up and replace the crust with zucchini slices.  Not only is it delicious, it’s healthy, and super easy to make! August is the time of year in Montana where you don’t go anywhere and leave your car windows open, or even show up to church.  I didn’t grow zucchini this year and so I asked if anyone had any extra and ended up with a beautiful and plentiful bounty from a friend.  So if you aren’t growing zucchini, just put a message on FB that says “Hey if anyone has any extra zucchini, I would love some.” So after sharing some, I am also going to be using some...

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