Healthy Old Broad

Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Beef Short Rib Chili / Slow Cooker

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This spicy beef short rib chili is made in the slow cooker so once assembled you can go on your way. Or make the day before and just reheat in the slow cooker when you need it.

Beef Short Rib Chili / Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  • 6 beef short ribs (about 3 1/2 lbs)
  • 6 chili de arbols
  • 2 chili ancho
  • 2 roasted jalapenos (remove skin & seeds- to turn down the heat)
  • 2 chipotle peppers
  • 2 to 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 15oz cans black beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 4 15oz cans fire-roasted tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon red chili pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon chipotle ground pepper
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 large yellow onion – finely diced
  • 1 large shallot – finely diced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro (optional)
  • 5 to 6 garlic cloves- finely chopped

Takes

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large cast iron frying pan.
  2. Salt and pepper the beef ribs on all sides
  3. Heat oil to get it really hot in large frying pan.
  4. Brown the beef ribs on all sides, remove from pan. While the beef ribs are browning put the chili de arbos and ancho chili in the heated oil to soften them up at bit – remove from pan, de-seed and place the chilies in a blender.
  5. Blender: to the chilies in the blender add the jalapenos, chipotles, 1 can of the tomato sauce, tomato paste. Puree well. Set aside
  6. Into the same cast iron pan add the onion & shallot, salt and sautee for about 3 minutes. Add the chopped garlic and sautee for another minute or so. Do not burn the garlic!.
  7. Layer the slow cooker: onion/garlic mixture, browned ribs, black beans, chili mixture from the blender, the dried spices, 3 cans of fire-roasted tomatoes, cilantro and s&p to taste.
  8. Cook on low for approximately 7 hours. Remove the ribs and cut the meat into bit size pieces and discard the bones.
  9. Serve with your favorite accoutrements (i.e.: cheese, sour cream, avocados)
  10. Another way to serve is to hollow out corn bread muffins and put the chili in the muffin…

chili in cornbread

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Chicken Wings

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Well it’s playoff time and almost Super Bowl, so party snacking will commence. I like to have the snacks as much as the next person but try to do it in a healthier way. So these are baked chicken wings…and are so easy to make.

Chicken Wings

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken wings
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon red chili pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground chili chipotle

Takes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Place cooling rack on a baking sheet and coat with nonstick spray.
  3. Combine all the ingredients in a Ziploc bag and massage well to combine. Place the seasoned wings on the rack and bake for 45 minutes.
  4. Wings come out nice and crunchy.
  5. Note: if you want super spicy wings just increase the amount of chili pepper and/or serve with your favorite wing sauce. You can also coat the wings while baking with your wing sauce.
  6. and if you are making more than the 6 wings that I did increase the other ingredients accordingly.

Oatmeal w/ Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Not sure what kind of cookie you want, oatmeal? peanut butter? chocolate chip? peanut butter and chocolate? well with this cookie you don’t have to decide as you get three great flavors in one.

Oatmeal with Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup gluten free oats (I use Bob’s Red Mill)
  • 1/1/4 cup gluten free flour (I use Pamela’s brand)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Xanthan
  • 1 stick room temperature unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup Organic Coconut Palm Sugar
  • 1/2 cup XYLA
  • 1 cup crunchy peanut butter (I use Trader Joe’s brand of natural peanut butter)
  • 2 large eggs – room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life brand)
  • 1/2 cup chopped peanuts (I use the Trader Joe’s 50% less salt kind)

Takes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a standing mixer combine the butter with the Palm Sugar and XYLA.
  3. While butter mixture is combining whisk flour, baking soda,xanthan and salt in a small bowl.
  4. With the mixer still running add in the peanut butter, eggs and vanilla. Mix till combined.
  5. With the mixer on low add the flour mixture. Add in the oats, chopped peanuts and chocolate chips.
  6. Using the small scoop place the dough on the parchment lined cookie sheet about 2 inches apart and bake for approx. 15 minutes.
  7. Let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes than move to a cooling rack to continue the cooling.

Chicken Sausage Soup

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It’s cold, it’s rainy and you want something comforting; yet it is the beginning of the year and you said you would eat healthy – well here is a soup that that is warming, healthy and yummy.

Chicken Sausage Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped carrots
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 1/2 sweet sausages (pork or chicken) – removed from casing
  • 2 1/2 hot/spicy sausages (pork or chicken – removed from casing
  • 4 cloves finely chopped garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried coriander
  • 2 dried bay leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 8 piece cut up chicken (skin on and bone in)
  • 1 quart of vegetable broth + additional 1/2 quart of veggie broth
  • 1 piece of Parmesan rind
  • 5 to 6 springs fresh thyme
  • 1 bag (1 lb 12oz) small potato melody (cut potatoes into quarters)
  • 1 cup frozen roasted corn
  • 1 cup fresh (or frozen) peas
  • 1/2 bag (3 oz) baby spinach
  • 1/2 bag (5 oz) Tuscan kale
  1. In a large dutch oven heat the olive oil, add the chopped onion, carrot & celery, sprinkle with salt & pepper and saute for 3 to 5 minutes
  2. Add sausage meat to pan, break into little pieces and continue to cook.
  3. Add coriander, bay leafs, paprika, basil and chopped garlic. Stir all ingredients together and cook until sausages are browned.
  4. Salt and pepper the chicken pieces and add to pot skin side down to brown. Cook for about 5 minutes…remember color means flavor.
  5. Now add the chunked pieces of onion, 1 quart of vegetable broth, parm rind, 7 thyme sprigs and simmer covered for about 40 minutes.
  6. Remove chicken pieces from pot, along with thyme stems. Skin the chicken, remove from bones, shred or cut up the chicken meat and put back in soup pot. Add corn, peas and 1/2 quart of vegetable broth and continue to simmer covered for 35 minutes.
  7. Add the spinach and kale to pot and continue to simmer until wilted (about 10 minutes).
  8. Now you have a very tasty nutritious soup. Enjoy!

No tears, No scraped fingers, No Gluten Latkes (aka potato pancakes)

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I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like a good latke.  In fact it was missing since I have been gluten free but now there is Gluten Free Matzo Meal. So I decided I needed to make some, but I am not big on grating for days (I like the skin to stay on my knuckles and the polish to remain on my nails). This recipe makes it painless to get great tasting potato pancakes in not too much time.

No tears, No scraped fingers, No Gluten Latkes (aka potato pancakes)

Ingredients

  • 3 medium russet potatoes: skin on and shredded in the food processor*
  • 1 small onion pureed in the food processor
  • 1/2 cup Gluten free matza meal
  • 2 heaping teaspoons and 1/2 teaspoon salt separated
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 eggs – beaten
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil for frying

Instructions

  1. *place the shredded potatoes in a dish towel lined strain with 2 heaping teaspoons of Kosher salt to draw out the excess water. Let sit on counter for about 15 minutes with the potatoes wrapped tightly in the dish towel. Then squeeze the excess liquid out.
  2. Place the drained shredded potatoes in a large bowl with the pureed onion, add the 1/2 teaspoon of salt, granulated garlic, pepper, paprika and the beaten eggs. Mix all the ingredients together.
  3. In a large non-stick frying pan heat up 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.
  4. Add potato mixture pancakes to the heated oil and fry on each side for 2 to 3 minutes…until golden brown and cooked thru. You can use a 1/4 measure to make a nice size pancake or make whatever size you prefer. Repeat until all pancakes are made.
  5. Place cooked pancakes on a paper towel to drain what little oil there is. You can keep the pancakes warm in a 200 heated oven.
  6. Serve with apple sauce** and sour cream. Add chopped chives if desired.
  7. ** see my recipe for Apple Sauce