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  • Easy Sautéed Chicken Breast recipe

    Easy Sautéed Chicken Breast recipe

    Originally posted May 6, 2014 as “7 minute chicken”. On nights when I know there won’t be a lot of time to cook, I use this recipe/technique. It’s one of my favorite recipes from my book, The Warm Kitchen. What I love about it is that I can change the flavor profile of the…

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  • The Best Gluten Free Chicken Tenders recipe

    The Best Gluten Free Chicken Tenders recipe

    Originally posted April 2, 2014 Without a doubt, these are better than anything I or my children have ever had in a restaurant! Well, in my humble opinion, that is. When I make these, I make a double batch. We use half for the meal and I either freeze the rest or use it…

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  • Gluten Free Falafel recipe

    Gluten Free Falafel recipe

    Originally posted December 8, 2013 I’m embarrassed that I don’t have that beautiful, focused in the foreground-blurry in the background photo of my completed falafel. We got so caught up in the making/eating, we forgot! I promise they looked just like what you would expect; crispy brown on the outside and greenish-flecked on the…

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  • Gluten Free Tuna Noodle Casserole recipe

    Gluten Free Tuna Noodle Casserole recipe

    Originally posted November 20, 2013 It’s hard enough to be gluten-free but throw in dairy-free too and it can be hard to convert recipes or find substitutes. I’ve been looking for a good gluten-free noodle to use for casseroles but had not found one. I really wanted to make a tuna noodle casserole. However,…

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  • How to Make Arepas recipe

    How to Make Arepas recipe

    Originally posted September 27, 2013 Arepas (ah-ray-pahs) are a corn pocket which can be found on many street corners in Venezuela. I first became familiar with them when I met Adriana Lopez Vermut from Pica Pica Arepa Kitchen at the Gluten-Free Spree in San Francisco in 2009. At the time, she only had a…

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  • Gluten Free Chicken and Vegetable Tamale Pie recipe

    Gluten Free Chicken and Vegetable Tamale Pie recipe

    Originally posted July 28, 2013 A few years ago, I made a version of tamale pie where I made tamale dough and put something in the middle (honest, I can’t remember; it might have been chili inside). I’m not sure why that went out of my rotation. More recently, I made a tamale pie…

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  • Curried Cauliflower with Peas recipe

    Curried Cauliflower with Peas recipe

    Originally posted March 1, 2013 A big thank you to Aida Mollenkamp for this recipe for Curried Cauliflower with Peas from her book Keys to the Kitchen. I have made this twice, both times with much success. The children (now almost 9 and 7) loved it as well. I put my Family Chef spin…

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  • Gluten Free Creamy Tarragon Chicken recipe

    Gluten Free Creamy Tarragon Chicken recipe

    Originally posted February 13, 2013 When you are looking for an elegant dish that you can serve to both adults and kids, try this one. The recipe is courtesy of Aida Mollenkamp from her book “Keys to the Kitchen”. I made it for Christmas Dinner this past holiday and everyone raved. Now, if you…

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  • Gluten Free Orange Sesame Beef Stir Fry recipe

    Gluten Free Orange Sesame Beef Stir Fry recipe

    Originally posted January 14, 2013 I was speaking to a friend today about blogging. My advice to her was that some times it’s ok to just write a quick entry without spending a lot of time. That’s my goal; let’s see how I do (I had to write the recipe; this took the longest).…

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  • Gluten Free Orange Chicken recipe

    Gluten Free Orange Chicken recipe

    Originally posted September 8, 2012; updated recipe My family loves this gluten-free orange chicken. It was born out of a desire to make my daughter happy. When my daughter saw the traditional gluten-containing version while we were out for lunch one day, she looked on in envy. Surely, I believed—after years of adapting recipes…

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