Healthy Old Broad

Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Roasted Cauliflower Garbanzo Bean Dip

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Looking for a new and healthy dip, one that can sit out without any spoilage? Well here is the answer to this need. This is a dip you will serve many time over the hot summer months.

Roasted Cauliflower Garbanzo Bean Dip

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 head of cauliflower – cut into chunks
  • 1 head of garlic – whole with the head cut off to roast
  • 2 medium shallots – halved
  • 15.5 oz can garbanzo beans – drained and rinsed
  • olive oil – approx. 2 cups
  • Kosher salt
  • Fresh ground pepper
  • 1/2 lemon – juiced
  • for garnish: fresh thyme leave and smoked paprika
  • to serve: cut veggies, crackers, chips – your choice.
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line a sheet pan with foil (it makes clean up a snap). Place the cauliflower & shallots on the sheet pan, sprinkle with some olive oil, salt and pepper. Wrap the head of garlic in a small piece of foil, sprinkle with some olive oil, salt and pepper, wrap up and place on sheet pan. Roast in oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
  3. Let the roasted veggies cool and then put in a food processor with the garbanzo beans, and some olive oil, pulse to combine. Add the lemon juice, about 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt and lots of ground pepper (to taste), run the processor adding olive oil thru the tube until the dip is the consistency you like (some like a dip thicker than others..
  4. Place dip in serving bowl, sprinkle with smoked paprika and the chopped fresh thyme and serve.

Gluten Free Quesadillas

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or as I like to call this recipe Quesadillas 2.0.

Gluten Free Quesadillas

Ingredients:

  • 1 package Brown Rice Tortillas
  • 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
  • 10 oz chopped crimini mushrooms
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons truffle oil
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • truffle salt
  • dried thyme
  • pepper
  • brie cheese, thinly sliced
  1. Heat the truffle and olive oil in a large skillet, add the sliced onions, sprinkle with truffle salt & pepper and saute on med/low for about 10 to 15 minutes. Add the mushrooms and continue to saute for another 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to strainer.
  2. Over a gas burner toast the tortillas on both sides, place in the heated skillet, put sliced brie on 1/2 of the tortilla add the mushroom/onion mixture, add 1/4 teaspoon of dried thyme and sprinkle with truffle salt, fold tortilla and heat thru until cheese is melted an repeat.
  3. If you are making these in advance place on baking sheet in 200 degree oven to keep warm.

Seafood Soup with Orzo

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Everyone loves a good soup when the evenings are getting a bit brisk…this is one that if you like seafood you will enjoy this soup.

Seafood Soup with Orzo

Ingredients:

  • 1 large yellow onion – finely diced
  • 1 large carrot – finely diced
  • 1/2 c finely diced daikon (if you can’t find a daikon I would substitute with radishes)
  • 1 leek – cleaned and diced
  • 1 teaspoon dry basil + 1 teaspoon dry basil
  • 1 teaspoon dry thyme + 1 teaspoon dry thyme
  • 4 garlic cloves – finely chopped
  • 12 oz Delallo gluten free orzo
  • 1/2 lb fresh squid (body cut into rounds) **
  • 1/4 lb fresh scallops – cut into quarters
  • 1 fresh rockfish fillet – cut into bite size pieces
  • 1/2 lb fresh shrimp – deveined and halved
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup pinot grigio
  • 1 quart vegetable broth + extra in case needed
  • 2 – 8ox bottles clam juice
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  1. In dutch oven heat olive oil, add onion, carrot, daikon, garlic and leek, lightly salt and sauté for about 5 minutes. Deglaze pan with 1/2 cup wine. Add dry orzo and sauté for about 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon basil and thyme, 1 bottle of clam juice and vegetable broth. Cook for approx. 11 minutes.
  2. Add fish, bay leaf,additional teaspoon for basil & thyme, 2nd bottle of claim juice,decide if you need to add more stock, salt & pepper to taste and simmer for about 12 minutes.
  3. Remove bay leaf and serve.
  4. **note: you can use any combination of fish you like.

BLT Salad with Avocado Cucumber Dressing

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Really craving a BLT sandwich but don’t want all the carbs and mayo….well are you going to enjoy this salad…

BLT Salad with Avocado Cucumber Dressing

Salad ingredients: per person

  • 1 heart of romaine lettuce
  • 1 Roma tomato (or tomato of your choice)
  • 4 slicks of bacon
  1. Preheat the oven to 375. Line baking sheet with alumium foil place cooling rack sprayed with non stick spray on baking sheet. Place bacon on the rack and back for 20 to 25 minutes. By lining the baking sheet with foil you save yourself the clean up because when the grease cools just throw the foil in the trash and cleanup is a breeze.
  2. Cut the ingredients up and combine with dressing.

Avocado cucumber dressing ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup fresh basil
  • 1/4 cup fresh tarragon
  • 1/4 cup fresh chives
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 persian cucumber
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  1. Note: the dressing stays good in the refrigerator for about a week (it does turn a bit brown but just stir well)

Cauliflower Pancakes with Lox and Herb Cream Cheese

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These cauliflower pancakes are so tasty, low carb and a great replacement for bread or bagels.

Ingredients for pancakes:

  1. 2 cups riced cauliflower
  2. 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon – finely chopped
  3. 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh chives – finely chopped
  4. 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  5. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  6. 1/2 cup crushed Glutino gluten free pretzels  http://www.glutino.com/products/
  7. 1/4 cup grated parm cheese
  8. 2 eggs – beaten
  9. 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil

Combine ingredients 1 thru 8 together in a bowl.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the cauliflower mixture 1/4 cup at a time to form a pancake. This mixture will make 4 large pancakes.

Cook on each side for 3 to 5 minutes.

Ingredients for herbed cream cheese

  1. 1 container of light whipped cream cheese
  2. 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
  3. 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

combine all the ingredients together.

Other ingredients:

  • lox
  • tomato
  • sliced red onion
  • capers for granish
  • lemon for garnish

build like you would if you were making bagels, lox and cream cheese.