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Recipe: Mushroom Veggie Quinoa

by Carrie Main Dishes
Gluten Free Mushroom Veggie Quinoa

Calgary is starting to warm up! During the weekends there is a flurry of yard work being done and in the evenings the aroma of BBQ’s can be deliciously over-whelming. I love this time of year because I can set up my patio; placing soft cushions on the chairs, laying placemats on the table and lighting a fire. After [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Salad Rolls

by Carrie Main Dishes
Gluten Free Salad Roll

Salad rolls. I love to order them when I’m at my favorite Vietnamese restaurant here in Calgary. Without the dipping sauce, spring rolls are a great gluten free food. I’ve been, admittedly, intimidated to make them myself because of the rice paper rolls. Not sure why, but they scare me. Well fear them no more! 2012 is the year that I’m [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Chicken Pot Pie

by Carrie Main Dishes
Recipe: Gluten Free Chicken Pot Pie

It’s lightly snowing this afternoon, even though the sun is shining. Yep, Calgary has interesting weather some days. With the friendly reminder this past week that it is indeed still winter here, I’ve been feeling like making warm and comforting foods for dinner. I had a couple of unthawed chicken breasts sitting in the refrigerator [...]

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Recipe: Hasselback Potatoes

by Carrie Appetizers

With the holidays just around the corner, we could use more inventive ways to use potatoes. Potatoes are a naturally gluten free food and are also inexpensive. Hasselback Potatoes are a great addition to any meal and look great on the plate. Plus, they taste good! If you want to add something truly elegant, add [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free African Peanut Soup

by Carrie Main Dishes

    It’s a dark and cloudy day today in Calgary. It’s looking like we are about to get a bit of snow and temperatures will soon drop. “What to do?” Well for me, that means making a pot of something warm for the tummy. I don’t know what it is about having a big [...]

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Recipe: Vegan Gluten-Free Eggplant Lasagna In a Jar

by Carrie Appetizers
Vegan Gluten-Free Eggplant Lasagna In a Jar

This past weekend for us, was Thanksgiving and I had a mix of dietary issues to include for the meal. I am gluten-free as you know, but my son and his friend Jamie are also vegan so that needed to be addressed for the meal. Was there still going to be turkey and stuffing? Of [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Homemade Ravioli

by Carrie Main Dishes
gluten free ravioli

With Thanksgiving right around the corner here in Canada I’ve been thinking about warm comfort foods and additions to a Thanksgiving table. I love Thanksgiving – especially the meal. Even when there is the just the five of us, we have all the trimmings and, of course, a couple of desserts. We serve up turkey, [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Slow Cooker Vegan Squash and Chickpea Curry & Recipe for Cashew Butter

by Carrie Main Dishes
Recipe: Gluten Free Slow Cooker Vegan Squash and Chickpea Curry & Recipe for Cashew Butter

It is definitely fall around here in Calgary, even though we have had amazingly warm weather we are also witnessing leaves changing color and falling to the ground. What Fall also means to me is wonderful produce at the farmers market. I went this past Friday and the abundance of fresh produce was a site [...]

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Recipe: Gluten-Free Barbequed Ribs with Golden BBQ Sauce

by Carrie Main Dishes
Gluten Free BBQ Ribs with Golden BBQ Sauce

BBQ Ribs. BBQ Ribs. It is hard to have summer without great tasting barbeque ribs. Ribs so juicy and flavorful that the meat falls off the bone. Whether you like ribs with rubs or sauces, this combo of spices I have used I really enjoy. Play with spices yourself, one my friend Carmelle introduced me [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Vegan Chickpea Burger

by Carrie Main Dishes
gluten free vegan chickpea burger

As promised in my last burger blog I am posting a recipe for a vegan burger. Imagine Lebanese and Indian flavors and spices combined in a sweet and healthy burger. This is that. I have started switching things up a bit, playing with different spices and flavor combinations and hope you try it also. This [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Vegetarian Quinoa Burger

by Carrie Main Dishes
gluten free vegetarian quinoa burger with monterey jack cheese and tomatoes

Since I started gluten free burger Fridays I have made burgers using sirloin beef. Well today and next week I thought I would devote my blog to a vegetarian option. This week my burger is made using the great superfood QUINOA. Yes, you can make other things with quinoa beside cookies and cakes. Quinoa is [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Burger with Peppy Cranberry Sauce

by Carrie Main Dishes
gluten free hamburger

This weeks burger is a twist on holiday flavors. Does cranberry sauce only go with thanksgiving? Does it only go with turkey? Why not on a burger I thought. Well, as usual I was very pleased with my experimentation and in fact think this is one of my top picks for burgers so far. Recipe: [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Burger with Bacon, Tangy Rhubarb BBQ Sauce & Jalapeno Cheese

by Carrie Main Dishes
gluten free burger

This weeks burger combo is a mixture of seasonal and local flavours. I had been out to my sisters place recently and she had given me quite a bit of rhubarb from her garden. I love rhubarb but tend to think of it as a dessert/sweet item not a savoury one. So with making homemade [...]

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Recipe: Gluten Free Salsa Burger

by Carrie Main Dishes
gluten free burgers

Todays inspiration for a burger came from my week in Sante Fe, New Mexico. I wanted a burger that had heat and flavor, a lot of what I ate while in Sante Fe. I enjoyed my time there and will do a travel blog next week on my food adventure. I’ve been doing quite a [...]

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