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Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

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.

Tomato Sauce A: Fire Roasted Tomatoes & Parmesan Cheese

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This sauce is a combination of fresh and canned roasted tomatoes.

Fire Roasted Tomatoes & Parmesan Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

  • 28 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
  • 1 large fresh tomato – oven roasted
  • 4 roasted garlic cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
  • 1 cup good white wine (I used a chardonnay)
  • 1/2 block of a quartered chunk parm cheese – including rind
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil
  • Olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and roast the fresh tomatoes, shallots and garlic. Place the shallots and garlic in a aluminum foil package drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper. Cut the tomato into quarters, cover with olive oil salt and pepper. Place all on baking sheet in preheated oven and roast for 35 to 40 minutes.
  2. In a sauce pan, combine all the ingredients and simmer for 2 to 3 hours. The piece of parm will melt in this sauce. Remove bay leaf before serving.

Tomato Sauce B: Heirloom tomatoes, poblano pepper, fresh thyme & garlic

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I had the thyme and garlic cloves that I used to flavor some olive oil (that I used to cook fish with) remaining so I decided to not waste them and used them in this delicious sauce.

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Ingredients:

  • 3 to 4 large roasted heirloom tomatoes
  • 1/4 roasted large white onion
  • 1 roasted poblano pepper
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon of the fresh thyme and garlic cloves (the thyme leave removed from the sprigs and the garlic finely chopped)
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 and roast the tomatoes and onion for 30 to 35 minutes.  Char the poblano on the stove top and place in bag to steam so the skin is easy to remove.

Place all the ingredients into a blender and you have a great sauce

 

 

 

Tomato Sauce C: Heirloom Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Onions, Artichoke Hearts & Black Truffle Oil

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From these fresh tomatoes…to a yummy sauce

Heirloom Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Onions, Artichoke Hearts & Black Truffle Oil Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 large roasted heirloom tomatoes – quartered
  • 6 cloves roasted garlic
  • 1/4 roasted white onion
  • 1/2 white onion – finely chopped
  • 2 cups of cremini mushrooms – finely chopped
  • 1 15 oz can artichoke hearts (packed in water)
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil + more for roasting the tomatoes, onion and garlic

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees: on a roasting sheet place the tomatoes and onion, coat with olive oil, salt and pepper. Place the garlic cloves in aluminum foil with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast all for 30 to 35 minutes.
  2. In a blender combine the roasted tomatoes, garlic and onion and 1/2 of the artichoke hearts.
  3. In large skillet heat the olive oil, add the onion with a pinch of salt and saute for 2 minutes, add the mushroom and continue to cook for about 6 to 7 minutes. Add the tomato sauce from the blender and the remain artichoke hearts (cut into piece). Continue to cook on a med/low heat for about 10 minutes to combine all the flavors.
  4. After you top your pasta with this sauce drizzle a bit of Black Truffle Oil for an elegant touch.