"eat to live, don't live to eat." by Benjamin Franklin

Friday, March 28, 2014

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Sweet Potato Hash Browns with an egg

I have been trying to cut out white potatoes, so I decided to try a sweet potato for my hash browns. Everyone should try this!! I shredded the sweet potato and pan fried it in coconut oil. Coconut oil is sweeter then other oils and goes well with the sweet potato. I lightly salted the sweet potato, and flipped it around a couple times. I then fried an egg and put it on top of the hash browns.
When you break your runny yolk and it melts right into the hash browns, then you get a nice sweet taste from the potato at the end. It makes my mouth very happy! If you like sweet and salty things this is for you.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Salmon Dinner!

I made salmon on a bed of fresh spinach and a sweet potato. If your in a hurry you can buy those sweet potatoes that are in the wrap and heat it up in the microwave. I try to bake my sweet potatoes, they are so good baked. I preheat oven on 400 and bake the sweet potato for an hour. I always put earth balance butter spread, salt, and pepper on my tater. It is a butter substitute with no dairy, sugar, or gluten. For my salmon I season it with salt and dill weed. I pan fry the salmon because I like it crispy. I put it on medium heat, I use olive oil or coconut oil. Depending on how thick the salmon is I usually cook each side for 4-5 minutes. I don't like my salmon overcooked and dry. The time of cooking is usually closer to 4 minutes, if cooked much longer it will be dry.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

PASTA!

This recipe is so easy! I was craving Italian and of course its very difficult to eat out and get gluten and dairy free pasta. As you can see in my picture I put the ingredients I bought for the meal. I got gluten free brown rice pasta, you can find it in any organic area of the grocery store. I also found gluten free, no nitrates and no sugar added spicy chicken sausage. All I did was saute the onion, pepper, and sausage together over medium heat while the pasta was boiling. Then when everything was browned I added the sauce to the pan. I then added everything together and dinner is done! Very simple delicious meal and you can add whatever vegetable you would like.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Breakfast!

Sometimes I have a sweet tooth and I just want pancakes or waffles for breakfast. My mom can't have eggs so I found a "vegan" recipe. I always have to tweak recipes because they use normal flour and or they put cane sugar in the recipe. I bought gluten free flour and I am going to try to use almond flour, but for now I'll give you my gluten free flour waffle recipe.

  • 3 cups gluten free flour 
  • 2 Tbs baking powder 
  • 1 Tbs date sugar or maple sugar 
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  •  2 1/4 cups of unsweetened almond milk or unsweetened coconut milk 
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil 
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract 
 You can always change up the recipe I switch between coconut milk and almond milk. Also, date sugar is a lot cheaper then maple sugar so I always try to find date sugar. After your done making the waffles you can put fresh fruit on top I usually have blueberries and raspberries. Then for the final sweetness I use all natural maple syrup. These waffles are so delicious especially when your have a sweet craving.
I love Chipotle! I really like how you can go to chipotle and you know what they put in their food. I always get the salad with no dressing, of course. I get the carnitas, pico, and guacamole. I looked at their food allergy menu to see whats in what. What I get on my bowl is all gluten free and no dairy. I am a frequent flyer at chipotle its always very easy and fast. It is so hard to find places to eat out at without getting dairy and gluten in your food.