Healthy Old Broad

Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

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.

Egg Muffins

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Egg muffin with side of avocadoThis is an easy way to have a nutritious healthy breakfast without spending lots of time each day. These are eggs with veggies & herbs baked, store in a Ziploc bag and you can have an breakfast (or lunch or dinner) quickly. It also makes a great egg sandwich.

Egg Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 8 eggs
  • 12 to 15 cherry tomatoes
  • 10 oz spinach
  • 1 cup grated cheese
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley – finely chopped
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 cup grated parm cheese for topping
  • salt and pepper
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Heat olive oil in large skillet, add the spinach with a pinch of salt and wilt down. Remove wilted spinach to a strainer to remove excess liquid.
  3. In same pan, add the cherry tomatoes and blister.
  4. In a large bowl add the eggs, whisk together and then add the cheese, spinach, tarragon, parsley and salt & pepper and whisk together.
  5. Pour the egg mixture into the muffin tin, top with the parm cheese and bake for 30 minutes.

Sliders

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Getting close to the Fourth of July holiday so how about sliders…using Focaccia Bread cut into slider size with turkey burgers stuffed with cheese.  I served these with Endive Fennel Jicama Slaw.

Sliders

Ingredients (Focaccia Bread):

  • I topped this bread with sautéed shallots
  • 1 loaf of bread will make 9 sliders
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Mix the ingredients on a baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Ingredients (Turkey Burgers | makes 6 nice size sliders):

  • 1/2 lb ground turkey
  • 2 spicy sausages – casing removed – you can use chicken or pork sausages
  • 1/4 onion – grated into the meat
  • salt and pepper
  • cheddar cheese (or any kind of cheese you prefer.
  1. Combine the ground turkey, spicy sausage meat and grated onion. Salt and pepper to taste and combine. Divide the mixture into equal size sliders, form balls, stuff with cheese and make sure the cheese is surrounded by meat mixture.
  2. Either cook on stove top or grill, add more cheese to melt just before the burgers are cooked.

Ingredients (Ketchup Dressing):

  • 1/3 cup Xyla Ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons Whole Grain Dijon Mustard
  • 1/4 cup Cornichons – finely chopped
  • fresh ground pepper (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon horseradish
  1. Combine all ingredients together and then schmear on the buns.
  2. Add the burgers, a slice of tomato and you are ready to go.

Panzanella Caprese Chicken Salad

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If one type of salad is good why not combine a couple different ones to make one fantastic salad.

It is not easy to find gluten free bread to make good croutons but I have now figured out how to do it….yeah me.  Everyone loves a good Caprese salad but it is more an appetizer than a meal. So I decided to combine the two and add chicken with a basil dressing and it was a “wow”  Don’t freak out about baking your own bread, I have made this Focaccia Bread in several different flavors and it is always good and easy to do (and this olive focaccia makes a yummy sandwich bread).

This might seem like a lot of ingredients and process but it is really easy and totally worth it.

Kalamata Olive Focaccia Bread

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup warm water (around 105 degress)
  • 1 tablespoon XYLA
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (it is more than one package)
  • 1 1/2 cups Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped Kalamata olives
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Dissolve the sugar in the warm water, add the yeast, stir and let stand for about 5 minutes.
  3. While the yeast is doing it’s thing combine the flour, xanthan gum, salt and olives in a bowl.
  4. After the yeast has bloomed add 2 tablespoons and egg to it and mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and combine well.
  5. Spray a 9 x 9 inch baking pan with non-stick spray, add the batter, cover with saran wrap and let sit for at least 20 minutes in a warm place to let batter rise.
  6. Remove saran wrap, bake for 25 minutes, let cool in pan.
  7. To make the croutons: slice the bread into croutons place on dry baking sheet in a 300 degree oven for 17 to 20 minutes.

Basil Dressing

  • 1 cup fresh basil
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon white balsamic vinager
  • 2 teaspoon Mirin
  1. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and you have a very tasty dressing,

The Salad

Combine the following on a platter (you can use as much or as little of each depending on how large you are making the salad).

  • Cooked Chicken: this can be leftover chicken you have, roasted chicken thighs or breast.
  • fresh mozzarella balls or a mozzarella log cut up into pieces
  • pitted Kalamata olives, sliced in half
  • baby Heirloom tomatoes – halved
  • the croutons
  • avocado – sliced up
  1. Place all the ingredients on a platter and drizzle with the basil dressing.

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.