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Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Focaccia Bread Horseradish Roast Beef Sandwich

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Been missing tasty bread to make a great sandwich with? Hate not having a great sandwich to eat or serve as game day food? Well your wait is over as the focaccia bread flavored with horseradish and made into a sandwich with Horseradish Roast Beef Horseradish Crusted is delish.

Focaccia Bread Horseradish Roast Beef Sandwich

Ingredients for Horseradish Focaccia Bread:

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 tablespoon Xyla or 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (about 1 1/3 packets)
  • 1 1/2 cup Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons Gold’s Horseradish
  • non stick spray
  1. Dissolve Xyla in warm water, stir in yeast and let stand until foam forms (with Xyla or honey you do not get a huge foam) about 5 minutes.
  2. While yeast is blooming in a separate bowl whisk together the flour, xanthan gum, salt.
  3. In another bowl mix the egg, olive oil, and horseradish together and then add to yeast and mix well. Add the wet mixture to the dry and combine well (it is easy to mix by hand so no need to dirty the standing mixer).
  4. Spray a 9 x 9 inch pan with cooking spray, spread the dough out, cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm spot for about 20 minutes
  5. Preheat oven to 400.
  6. Bake for 25 minutes, let cool in pan.

To make the sandwich

  1. Slice the focaccia in half, your choice of a lite white cheese, a lite schmear of horseradish sauce, springs greens or lettuce, tomato slices, sliced horseradish roast beef. And since it your sandwich add what you think will be good on it.

Chicken Chorizo Sausage and Black Bean Chili

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It’s almost time for Super Bowl – the teams are getting ready to score big and you are now planning the Super Bowl Party Menu and you can also score big with this Chicken Chorizo and Black Been Chili as it is a huge winner.

Chicken Chorizo Sausage and Black Bean Chili

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lb (5 sausages) Chicken chorizo sausages (I found that Whole Foods makes chicken chorizo sausages but if you want you could use pork) – meat removed from casings
  • 1 large white onion – diced
  • 1 large shallot – diced
  • 1 red pepper – diced
  • 1 orange pepper – diced
  • 2 jalapenos – seeded and deveined – finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves – finely chopped
  • 1 dried chili ancho – stem removed and finely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon chipotle pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 28 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
  • 1 14.5 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
  • 2 – 15 oz cans black beans – rinsed and drained
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  1. Heat olive oil in a cast iron dutch oven, add the chorizo, crumble and cook about 3/4 the way thru. Add the onion, shallot, peppers to pot, lightly salt and pepper, saute for about 5 minutes, then add the garlic, saute for another 3minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients, stir to combine and simmer on low for 1 hour. Taste then salt and pepper to taste, remove bay leave and you are ready to serve.
  2. Don’t forget the garnishes: which could be cheese, avocado, cilantro, jalapenos, sour cream, tortilla chips.

Flavorful Brown Rice

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We all know brown rice is better for us, but it sometimes need a flavor boost and here it is:

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup brown rice (uncooked)
  • 2 cups of vegetable broth
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 large or 2 medium garlic cloves – whole (so you can remove them when the cooking process is completed)

In a sauce pan (with a lid) place all the ingredients in and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low and cook for 35 to 40 minutes. Note to you: check the pan around the 30 minute mark and make sure there is still liquid in the pot as the rice seems to absorb the veggie broth quicker than just plain water.  When rice is cooked completely remove whole garlic cloves and serve.

Zucchini Croutons

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Your garden has an abundance of zucchini and your are looking for something different to do with them…well try zucchini croutons…they are great on pasta or on salads.

Zucchini Croutons

Ingredients

  • zucchini
  • olive oil
  • parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400. Line baking sheet with parchment paper,
  2. Cut the zucchini into small square pieces. Toss together with the olive oil and parmesan cheese to coat all the pieces. Place on a single layer on the baking sheet and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool for 3 to 5 minutes and now you have croutons.

Heirloom Tomatoes Chicken Pasta Salad

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Still had some Heirloom tomatoes to use up so decided on a chicken pasta salad. Of course if Heirlooms are not in season you can still make this with whatever your favorite tomato is. And making your own dressing is so much more flavorful. If you don’t use it all on this salad it stores well in a glass jar to use on other salads.

Heirloom Tomatoes Chicken Pasta Salad

Dressing Ingredients

  • 1 lime – zest and juice
  • 1 lemon – zest and juice
  • 1/2 orange – zest and juice
  • 2 tablespoons capers with liquid
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 5 tablespoon honey
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. Whisk all the ingredients together.

the Salad

This is what I made mine with – but feel free to improvise.

  • 3 cups cooked gluten free brown rice pasta
  • 3 cups of cooked chicken -cut into bit size pieces
    • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
  • 2 large radishes – chopped
  • 1 can artichoke hearts – packed in water – chopped
  • 1 jar Hearts of Palm – cut into pieces
  • 2 to 3 medium size Heirloom tomatoes
  • 5 scallions – finely chopped
  • 1/2 jar Kalamata olives
  • 1/2 orange pepper – chopped
  1. So of course the next step is after the salad is all combine add the salad dressing and serve.