My neighbors’ daughter recently found out that she has to follow a gluten-free diet for health reasons. I’ve never baked gluten-free desserts before so she has inspired me to expand my horizons. I have a tall order to fill to impress an amazing 8 year old girl! These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are really the quintessential representation of chocolate and peanut butter but in a gluten-free and flour-free way! Gluten-free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (Makes about 18 cookies) Note on the preparation time: The dough is chilled for 2 hours. Ingredients: 1 cup creamy peanut butter * 1 cup light brown sugar, packed 1 large egg 1 …
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Vegetable Barley Soup
What do you cook for a crowd of friends who are vegetarians and allergic to garlic? Lol. I wish that was a joke. Let me tell you, I had to search very long and hard to find a recipe that I thought was tasty enough to serve to this crowd. How about Italian food? Love it, but almost every Italian dish contains garlic. Shocker, I know. I’m half Italian and it would be a sin to remove garlic from an Italian dish. 😉 How about vegetarian chili? I find most vegetarian chilies tend to be bland. Meat is an essential source of …
Classic Banana Bread
I had a couple of bananas that were on their way out the door and I didn’t want to throw them away. So I decided to make my favorite banana bread with them. I could have slathered it with a tasty icing of some sort or used some sweet chocolate chips in it. Trust me, with my sweet tooth I was ready to do just that but I decided to keep it simple and classic today. 🙂 Classic and easy are two great words to describe this banana bread recipe. There are few ingredients in this recipe and …
Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
I’ve got the munchies and I need a snack! I would love a chocolate chip cookie (or two) right about now and even my husband has been nudging me to make a batch. I’ll make cookies some other time and share them with you then, but for now the healthy snack wins. For now, what I need is something I can nosh on that won’t blow my calorie intake. Oh and of course it HAS to be delicious too. I cook with chickpeas for dinner a lot but I never thought to roast them. These golden brown nuggets are a …
Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
I’ve got the munchies and I need a snack! I would love a chocolate chip cookie (or two) right about now and even my husband has been nudging me to make a batch. I’ll make cookies some other time and share them with you then, but for now the healthy snack wins. For now, what I need is something I can nosh on that won’t blow my calorie intake. Oh and of course it HAS to be delicious too. I cook with chickpeas for dinner a lot but I never thought to roast them. These golden brown nuggets are a …