This gluten free easy pot pie recipe transforms leftover beef or chicken stew into a delicious and hearty winter meal. You can also make this ahead of time and freeze for up to six weeks! Can be made as a large pie or as mini pies. I'm so glad it's fall. As I write this, a cinnamon-vanilla scented candle burns near my laptop (but luckily not too near). A bowl of popcorn sits temptingly on the table nearby, left by my roommate with the invitation to help myself. I am trying to resist. ...
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Fluffy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes
These gluten free pumpkin pancakes are fluffy, super easy, and reminiscent of pumpkin pie. But with chocolate. What's not to love? Gluten free, can be refined sugar free. It's the time of year to make things with pumpkin. Like these pumpkin doughnuts, for instance. Or pumpkin pie. Definitely pumpkin pie (especially this recipe, which happens to be free of refined sugar, and made with real pumpkin or butternut squash and cream instead of evaporated milk). Or these light and ...
Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes with Blueberry Strawberry Sauce (Gluten Free)
These gluten free mini dutch babies are cooked in a muffin pan to perfect serving-sized puffiness. Coated with fruit sauce, they are a beautiful and delicious breakfast or coffee accompaniment. And did I mention that they only take like 30 minutes to make? You need these. Now. See those plates? I am so excited about those plates. Yes, I know what your thinking: "Here it is at last. Confirmation that Linnaea is 100% insane. I think it's time I unsubscribed from this blog." Insane ...
Peanut Butter Chocolate Covered Dates
Every now and then, you need survival food. This is why my Dad always brings chocolate chips when we go hiking. Often, the youngest of my little siblings will start dragging her feet and moaning quite a bit. The second to youngest (aka my slightly dramatic and should-be-an-actress sister) tends to collapse in the middle of the trail and start giving us her last will and testament while other hikers pass by giving us strange looks. If they weren't already giving us strange looks because the ...
Gluten Free Huevos Rancheros Tostadas
These easy gluten free huevos rancheros tostadas make the perfect breakfast or lunch! Super easy and ready in 40 minutes, this makes the perfect easy meal. Well this is it. The last four weeks before school ends. I can feel the extra anxiety all around me. The number of students in my classes have swelled to much bigger numbers than I thought possible as everyone tries to resurrect their grades before finals. There's a sense of approaching doom. For some, there's nothing left but ...
Make Ahead Gluten Free Breakfast Muffins
Breakfast is grab-and-go with these make ahead gluten free breakfast muffins! Just microwave 1-2 minutes and walk out the door, then enjoy this protein-filled, paleo friendly meal in your car! I've reached the point where I will do anything for an extra 10 minutes of sleep. You know the feeling? That bleak, "please, no" when your alarm goes off? The vague feeling throughout your dreams that time is running out? That dull, angry feeling as you climb/fall out of bed? No? Just me? ...
Easy 30-Minute Gluten Free Pizza Crust Recipe
Try this super easy and fast gluten free pizza crust recipe next time you're tempted to order pizza (I'm talking to you, college students and busy humans). Two weeks ago during Finals Week, I finally caved. Besides those cookies (nuf said), I'd been good all semester at staying pretty much gluten-free. I didn't stop at that burger truck that afternoon, even though I could smell it from a mile away and my stomach yearned for some. I didn't buy that burrito that one very hungry day I ...
Gluten Free Apple Muffins
These gluten free apple muffins are soft, warm, full of wonderful apple flavor, and perfect for cold winter mornings! Hello all. I hope everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving full of good food and family and friends. I for one was just relieved to head home after my first few months in college. This week I finally had a chance to bake some good food--pumpkin pie, stuffing for Thanksgiving dinner, and of course in between all the Thanksgiving cooking, muffins for breakfast. It was ...
Gluten Free Egg Roll Wrappers
These gluten free egg roll wrappers are some of the easiest gluten free egg rolls I've ever made. Made with just six ingredients, the dough is easy to handle and it doesn't tear easily. Roll it as thin as you can for the best possible gluten free egg roll wrappers! While egg rolls are sometimes considered an appetizer, we make extra large egg rolls that can be eaten as a main dish. Just slather on some homemade sweet and sour sauce and you're set! Also note that these aren't spring ...
Red Pepper Paleo Salad Dressing
Okay, people, we're going to start off this paleo salad dressing post with a completely unrelated subject: Bread. Yeasty, soft, gluten-free artisan bread. That's my latest thing. Checking on my sourdough starter. Examining it. Smelling it. Stirring it. Making other people smell it ("here, are you busy? Well, I don't care, SMELL THIS SPOONFUL OF BROWN STUFF THAT I JUST SHOVED IN YOUR FACE"). Making bread out of it. Eating bread. Making other people eat bread (haven't heard any ...
Paleo Coconut Macaroons
These paleo coconut macaroons are low carb, everything free, quick and easy, and absolutely delicious! Crunchy on the outside, chewy and soft inside! My sister and I have started a new tradition here at the ranch. Every Monday, the entire crew works together to pack our beef into boxes to ship nationwide. Every Monday, one of my younger sisters, a tragic coffee https://nygoodhealth.com/product/lexapro/ addict, starts a pot of coffee. Every Monday, many people drink this pot of rather ...
Gluten Free & Paleo Carrot Cake
This paleo carrot cake is soft, moist, and one of the best I've ever had! Spread with cream cheese frosting or creamy paleo date frosting! Folks, I'm on the last one, so it's time to celebrate. The laaaaaaast one. I won't say it's been fun, easy, or exactly something I'd want to repeat. My Mom officially announced that "Linnaea, your time management skills are not what I thought they were." I have to agree with her. My time management skills are not what I thought they were. Every ...
Ten Gluten Free Cold Lunch Ideas for Work, Airplanes, School, and Anything Else
Between wishing I could just sleep a little bit and wishing the whole ordeal would be over, it hit me: Airplane food is really, really bad. Especially gluten-free airplane food. Airports are no better. Besides coffee, it's hard to find anything decent that is also gluten-free and not full of disgusting ingredients that would make your stomach wish it never existed. Since I'm not exactly what you'd call a "working professional" it took me a little while after my airplane realization to realize ...
Gluten Free Waffle Sandwich
Make this delicious waffle sandwich for a quick lunch! All you need is sandwich filling ingredients and some waffles leftover from breakfast. I've left winter behind me. Not to brag or anything, but right now I'm looking over a view of pristine ocean and miles of green mountains. 7,000 miles from home (according to my geographic calculations, which aren't great). But I'm several thousand miles from home, I think. In the beautiful, glorious green of New Zealand. All I know is, I'm a ...
Savory Baked Breakfast Crepes
I suffer from a chronic condition known as procrastination. Whenever I don’t want to do something (like apply for college or write scholarship essays), I bake delicious food and take hours photographing it. That’s what I did the morning I made these savory baked crepes. And, well, I also had to make a payment, so these crepes were the perfect currency. I’d traded a younger sister for her turn with the cat the night before, so I owed her breakfast. I don’t know why we even argue about ...
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal (no more gummy oatmeal, ever again)
Here's the thing about oatmeal: You're doing it wrong. I was doing it wrong too for a while, just merrily following the instructions on the package (after all, they make it, they must know what they're talking about). The finished result of my oatmeal was pretty much one large ball of snot, which isn't a very appetizing breakfast. My Dad taught me how to make good old-fashioned oatmeal the right way. It's supposed to be pretty dry, not at all snotty. A perfect oatmeal flakes apart ...
10 Gluten-Free Breakfast Recipes to Warm You Up This Winter
A few mornings back I sat up in bed, looked out the window, and though, "Yup, it's still winter." Oddly enough in my still-asleep state I somehow thought when I looked outside I'd see the green grass and leafy trees I got used to over the summer months. Instead I was greeted by heavy clouds that looked like snow. So, yup, folks, it's still winter. And until spring returns we'll need some nice warm breakfasts to pull us out of bed in the morning. Here I've assembled a quick collection of 10 of ...
Gluten Free Oliebollen Recipe: A Dutch New Year’s Treat
Enjoy this yeasty gluten free oliebollen recipe! Oliebollen is a Dutch New Year’s treat that literally translates to “oil balls,” which means that oliebollen is the most unhealthy, most delicious, most oily-and-yeasty-and-soft-and-crunchy-and-sweet thing there is. I come from a very Dutch family. There are several inevitable facts resulting from this: First, we’re all tall. Except me. I tell my sisters that “I’m not short, I’m just short enough to wear heels and be awesome.” Second, we’re ...
Cinnamon Roll Dutch Baby Pancake
I'm starting to love a good dutch baby pancake. They are so easy to make. Just put everything in the oven and then go about your business (usually for me this involves brushing my hair for once, putting away all the clothes that are laying about on the floor, and maybe even making my bed). Then, twenty minutes later, open the oven to see that something magical has happened. When I remove my beautiful Dutch Baby from the oven, it is usually greeted with gasps of awe and hunger. The Wheedler ...
Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie (Refined Sugar Free, No Evaporated Milk)
We used to get sick every year around Christmas time. It’s true there are a lot of colds going around this time of year, as well as a lot of people getting together having parties and such, but there are colds going around for a lot of the year and usually we don’t get sick. It could be all the Vitamin C that we take every time cold season rolls around (though really sometimes I think the Vitamin C actually makes me sick...it tastes awful). I think mainly we don’t get sick because our ...
My Tried and True Gluten-Free Christmas Recipes
There are a few favorite recipes that I make ever single year around Christmas. I've learned that it's really not a good idea to test out something new when I need something that will work and be absolutely delicious too. Here I've assembled a list for you of great holiday recipes, from breakfast to dessert (actually, I kind of skip dinner and go straight to dessert. You know me). So, here we go.... Christmas Morning Breakfast The way I figure it, there are two kinds of people in this ...
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Gluten Free Cookies
These gluten free cookies taste like a cross between a fudgy brownie and those chewy chocolate cookies you remember! Believe me, you won't be disappointed in these gluten free cookies! I dare you to only eat one! I’m currently living by myself, tragically cast away by my cruel family, left adrift in this world. Actually, it was I who left them. Not that I had any choice. They practically booted me out, saying, “See ya. Don’t let the door hit you on the butt on the way out.” Okay, fine, it ...
Pure7 Chocolate Review
I stumbled upon Pure7 Chocolate about a month ago through a link on a blog and was immediately impressed by the short, organic-only ingredient list and their beautiful website (because, okay, who isn’t impressed by a nice website?). So, liking what I saw, I contacted them and asked them if they had an affiliate program. Originally I was just thinking something along the lines of a picture on my sidebar leading to their site or something (or what was I thinking? I’m not sure. I tend to rush ...
Paleo Cupcakes (Chocolate, Moist, and Not Eggy!)
Super rich, fudgy, chocolatey, and not at all eggy paleo cupcakes with a secret ingredient. No one would know these divine cupcakes are secretly paleo! JUMP TO THE RECIPE. I first made this recipe as a cake with zucchini for my sister’s birthday, but we all agreed later that the zucchini flavor was a bit too strong and didn’t pair well with the peanut butter. In the end we switched in carrots instead of zucchini. None of us could taste them at all and no one would guess that these paleo ...
Apple Pizza
One lovely morning I got out of bed thinking all was right with the world. Until I went downstairs and found my sisters. Hungry sisters. “Linnaea,” they said, “We are hungry.” (Actually they said it in Pig Latin. I’m translating here). Merciful sister that I am: “Don’t worry, angels, I shall feed you.” (It didn’t sound quite so good in Pig Latin). “Oh, thank you, Linnaea, and in return, we will serve you forevermore.” “That’s not necessary, my darling sisters.” Okay, fine. ...
Gluten Free and Can Be Paleo No Bake Cookies
These tasty gluten free, can-be-paleo no bake cookies are perfect for everything from parties to your afternoon chocolate fix. :) You can't succeed in life without a no bake cookie recipe. Okay, fine, that might be an exaggeration. But it is true that I was having some serious difficulties without a sugar free no bake cookie recipe. Well, actually, just serious difficulties without an easy sugar free dessert. Because sometimes even I get sick of drowning myself in ...
Berry Clafoutis
I stumbled upon this French custard dessert a while ago on Pinterest. Of course, I just had to do it my way and made it with chocolate rather than fruit. Then, while updating some of the recipes on my blog the other day I came upon the chocolate clafouti recipe and realized that I never did make a real gluten free fruit clafouti. I was also looking for something to make for breakfast the next morning (yes, even though it’s a dessert). So I decided to go for it. I’m not normally ...
Make Your Own Tulip Cupcake Liners
Yesterday I decided to make some chocolate cupcakes. The only problem was that we were completely out of cupcake liners. For a while I was using these super cool (not) tiger striped cupcake liners. We're talking genuine tiger stripes here. As in bright obnoxious orange with black streaks. I can't really say that I'm sad they're gone. Or that I'm sad to have to replace them with this more homemade (and less obtrusive) version. So today, when I decided to make Lemon Blueberry Muffins, ...
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
I needed a perfectly amazing blueberry muffin. You see, when you hear the words "Blueberry Muffin" there is a very definite idea of what that should be. It should be light and mildly sweet, and plain enough that the blueberries are in the spotlight, but not so plain that they are flavorless. The barely perceptible strain of lemon flavor in these muffins adds that tiny bit of extra flavor, but the blueberries are very much the spotlight. I've made a lot of blueberry muffins ...
Yam Salad
Okay, I just need to let you know before we get started: This could very well be a sweet potato salad instead of a yam salad. My sisters and I have been arguing about yams vs. sweet potatoes for a long time now. I looked it up on the internet but there were varying definitions, so I’m still not completely certain which is which. It’s a sad world when you don’t know the difference between a yam and a sweet potato. I’m of the opinion that yams are orange and sweet potatoes are ...
Chuck Roasts
My family once had this weird discussion starting with “If you had been starving for two weeks on a desert island, and you were finally rescued, what would you most want to eat?” Nobody really said much about sweet desserts or chocolate. Most of the responses included “good thick bread with butter” and “very creamy mashed potatoes.” All responses included some kind of meat. I mean, we grow beef for a living. Of course we’re going to eat it. A high number of the responses included a ...
Flourless Fudge Brownies
I feel so disloyal. You see, I have another brownie recipe. A good brownie recipe. A brownie recipe that I’ve sworn by for at least seven years. A brownie recipe that has never once disappointed. But we were out of flour yesterday. We needed a dessert. (Yes, you heard me. We needed a dessert. This is a basic human right that we’re talking about here). So I had to make dessert. It had to be quick and it had to be flourless. The result? Flourless fudge brownies. I ...
Gluten Free Dutch Baby Pancake
A Dutch Baby, as near as I can figure, is a baked pancake that puffs up and turns a delicious golden brown. It sounded good to me. I had to experiment a few times. The first one didn’t puff quite like it should’ve, the second one was too eggy. But this one was good. So enjoy. This recipe makes one 10 inch gluten free dutch baby pancake. Cover it with maple syrup, cinnamon, butter, and a dash of cloves. (And, yes, you'll notice that I changed my recipe format--Hopefully ...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten-free flours have less “hold” than gluten flours. Obviously. I’ve found that this is a problem in cookie and pie making because all of the butter in the mix just melts all over the place because there’s nothing to hold it together. With my pie crust, I finally got the perfect recipe with cream cheese. Cream cheese is firmer and doesn’t melt as much, so that way I was able to keep the crust firm without compromising that sweet buttery flavor. I was having the same “melt” ...
Gluten Free Fried Doughnuts
I should have called these “Gluten Free Fried Doughnuts that Aren’t Gross,” because that kind of sums it up. I’ve made a lot of gross gluten free fried doughnuts. These are different. Last week I had no yeast, so I tried doughnuts with baking powder. Can I say POINTLESS? If I’m gonna fry the suckers, they might as well be the real deal. I’ve heard about baking doughnuts. I have, really. They look perfectly good baked. But the whole IDEA of a doughnut is to fry it. In oil. Then ...
Cinnamon Vanilla Waffles
A few days ago I took out my new cast-iron waffle maker and gave it a shot. The nonstick waffle maker that I had broke down ages ago. It just couldn't handle the effort of making waffles for tons of hungry little kids. I'm not kidding about the 'tons'. There may be just a few of them, but when they bear down upon me in hunger it feels like tons. They want tons, anyway. It's incredible how much they can eat when they feel like it. Anyway, I decided to make waffles. I might have ...
Gingerbread House
For the past few years, I've made a gingerbread house each Christmas. Don't lets talk about the first gingerbread house. The only thing that kept THAT one together was a whole ton of cardboard supports inside the house. Don't get me wrong, cardboard supports are great. But it just doesn't feel right unless if your house can stand up on its own four walls. Overall, though, every year I've made a gingerbread house it hasn't been super nice or fancy. Just piled high with candy. This year has ...
Potato and Egg Hash
My little sister came up with this recipe, actually. We do this “everybody makes their own breakfast” thing. I made blueberry pancakes for myself, and that should have been satisfactory. But it's really hard to watch somebody else enjoying a hearty, yummy-looking meal like this. So I've dumped blueberry pancakes (for the time being) and replaced them with this, which is absolutely delicious. So thanks to my little sibling for the recipe here. I wouldn't be surprised if, in a few years, she ...
Pizza Crust (no bread-maker used)
Since my bread-maker is officially a goner, I had to make pizza crust without a bread-maker (*looks shocked*). I had to make pizza crust because it was my sister's birthday and they ALWAYS ask for pizza. I'm not kidding. Always. A little originality here, please? Whatever. I don't have anything against pizza. Just the work. And time and time again I've attempted to enslave my little siblings to help, but since they happen to hate grating cheese and cutting up toppings, well...Yeah. It's ...
Fruit Crisp 2
We just got six boxes of fresh peaches. Which means that this is a perfect time to make cobblers and crisps. I made crisp last night, and I made crisp again this morning, since we were out of eggs. This crisp recipe requires gluten-free oats. For information on oats and where to buy them, check out the oat issue. For those of you who don't have gluten-free oats, I'll try to make some oat-free crisp soon! Until then. Fruit Crisp Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time ...