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Stuffed Peppers

August 30, 2016 by Jo Barnett

Saw these beautiful red / yellow swirled peppers at the store and just had to find a way to use them so I thought I would stuff them. You can also just use red or orange or yellow peppers to make the recipe.

Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup brown rice
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 really huge tomato or 2 to 3 medium ones – quartered
  • 4 large peppers – tops and seeds removed
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons garlic thyme olive oil
  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • 1/2 half large white onion – grated
  • 4 shishito peppers + 4 shito peppers
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet heat the brown rice and vegetable broth with 1/4 teaspoon salt…bring to a boil, then lower heat to medium and cook until the vegetable broth is absorbed by the rice – this takes about 25 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees:
  3. On baking sheet place cut tomatoes and 4 shilot peppers, salt and pepper & coat with the olive oil. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven to cool.
  4. While the rice is cooking in a large bowl combine the ground turkey, grated onion, 4 shito peppers finely chopped, granulated garlic, dried basil and s&p.
  5. When the rice has absorbed all the broth add the ground turkey mixture and cook for 25 to 30 minutes.
  6. Fill the peppers with the turkey mixture. In a blender combine the roasted tomatoes and peppers (include the olive oil for the baking sheet and combine. Add a cup of the turkey mixture and combine – this will give you a nice thick sauce. Pour the sauce over and around the filled peppers in a roasting dish that allows them to stand up. Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes.

Filed Under: Entreés Tagged With: Brown Rice, garlic, gluten free, peppers stufffed with ground turkey, recipe, red pepper, shishito peppers, stuffed peppers, stuffed peppers in roasted tomato sauce, sugar free, yellow pepper

Pesto

August 23, 2016 by Jo Barnett

While your garden is abundant with basil it’s a great time to make pesto and it is really easy to do and it stores wonderfully in the freezer. Since I don’t know how much basil you have I can’t tell you how much oil you will need…just add the oil until the mixer is the consistency you like…I tend to make it on the thick side as you can always add more oil or pasta water when you use it.

Pesto

Ingredients

  • fresh basil
  • 3 to 4 cloves of garlic
  • parmesan cheese
  • olive oil
  • lemon juice
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor.
  2. Portion into serving sizes in Ziploc bags and freeze.

Filed Under: Sauces and Dressings Tagged With: basil, cheese, garlic, gluten free, lemon juice, parmesan, pepper, pesto, recipe, salt, sauce

Turkey Burgers

August 23, 2016 by Jo Barnett

Tired of the same old bland turkey burgers? Well, then you need to make my version.

Turkey Burgers

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • 2 Chicken Sicilian Sausages with Tomatoes and Romano Cheese – casing removed
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/8 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients together, form your patties and cook.
  2. For the buns I used Udi’s Gluten Free Classic Hamburger Buns.
  3. Use my 1001 Thousand Island Dressing to dress the buns.
  4. And to make the burgers a grand slam add the following:
    • Applewood Smoked bacon
    • sautéed mushrooms
    • jack cheese
    • sliced tomatoes
    • sautéed shallot slices

turkey burger stuffed

this is a loaded double double…

Filed Under: Entreés Tagged With: burger, gluten free, hamburger buns, recipe, salad dressing, sugar free, thousand island, turkey, turkey burgers, Udi's Gluten Free

1001 Island Dressing

August 22, 2016 by Jo Barnett

Everyone has a recipe for 1000 Island Dressing but I have amped up the flavor to make it 1001 Island Dressing…use it to dress your burgers or your salads

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup mayo
  • 1/2 cup XYLA Ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon capers – drained and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 4 to 5 drops Sriracha

Whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl and you have a tasty dressing.

Filed Under: Sauces and Dressings Tagged With: 1001 Island Dressing, burgers, dijon mustard, garlic, gluten free, recipe, salad dressing, sugar free, Xyla, Xylitol

Heirloom Tomatoes Chicken Pasta Salad

August 16, 2016 by Jo Barnett

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.

Filed Under: Entreés, Miscellaneous, Sauces and Dressings Tagged With: chicken pasta salad, dijon mustard, gluten free, gluten free pasta salad, heirloom tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes in pasta salad, pasta, recipe, sugar free, thyme, white wine vinegar

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