Real Food Forever

Real Food Forever

Category: Gluten or Dairy Free

Serving dinner on Christmas tablecloth.

Breaded Lamb

Happy Christmas Eve! I hope you are not scurrying about trying to finish shopping, wrapping, or cooking, or at least are doing so in good cheer and not desperation. I

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Bowl of dumplings.

Dumplings

I haven’t made my chicken paprikas in a long time but the chicken has been waiting in the freezer. You have to have it with dumplings so I’d best cover

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A yummy serving of spaghetti and garlic bread.

Easy Sauce

It struck me yesterday that anything we perceive as difficult is very easy to people who already know how to do it. So, many of the things you know how

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A dozen spring rolls on platter

Spring Rolls

My daughter saw spring rolls on a magazine cover and wanted to try making them. She read the ingredients and we didn’t have many of them; I think it was

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Two wraps with cucumber sauce.

Broccoli Rabe?

This week I’m in the process of filling holes in the kitchen walls with patching plaster so it will take time away from my food research, but every once in

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Serving carrot-intense beef marsala over potatoes.

Beef Marsala

I’m calling this slow cooker stew “beef Marsala” because there’s red wine in it, but I’m really not bothering to use Marsala wine. Feel free to use whatever red you

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Ingredients ready for white bean chili

Slow Cooker

I never know whether to call the crock pot a slow cooker, so I try to use both names in each post; but a crock pot is really the thing

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Using grinder clamped to chopping block island.

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumb topping adds texture, flavor, and appearance to a wide variety of dishes. I mentioned one time that you can save your bread heels and make your own gluten-free breadcrumbs.

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Serving pork chop with polenta and cactus fruit

Overcooking Meat

My favorite way of having pork chops is breaded and baked because that’s how my Grandma made them, although I rarely cook pork. Today I was trying to use up

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Lodge front with timber archways covered in white lights.

Clyde’s

I got sidetracked with the pretzel trout recipe yesterday and forgot to tell you about the second Lodge restaurant. I get to treat my team at work to a holiday

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