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Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Heirloom Tomatoes and Seafood Platter

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This is a quick and light dinner for a hot summer night, weekend brunch or lunch. Tasty way to use up the fresh heirloom that are in abundance right now. As I don’t know how many you are feeding I am not going to tell you how much to buy and of course you can change up the fish to your favorites.

Heirloom Tomatoes and Seafood Platter

Ingredients

  • heirloom tomatoes (I used various colors because I thought it looked pretty)
  • fresh shrimp
  • halibut
  • salmon (left the skin on but that is your option)
  • lemons
  • salt and pepper
  • thyme, garlic flavored olive oil

Instructions

  1. Cut the tomatoes in slices.
  2. Season the fish with salt and pepper and cook in the flavored olive oil.
  3. Squeeze cooked fish with lemon.
  4. Add the fish to the platter of tomatoes, add some lemon slices and you are ready to serve.

Oatmeal Granola Cookies

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Yummy and healthy Gluten Free and Sugar Free cookies.

Oatmeal Granola Cookies

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a standing mixer combine the butter and XYLA (about 4 to 5 minutes). Add vanilla extract and eggs to this mixture.
  3. In a separate bowl combine all the dry ingredients and whisk together. Add the dry mixture to the mixer and combine well.
  4. Using a small scoop place cookies on the parchment lined baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes then move to cooling rack to continue cooling.

Skirt Steak / Green Bean / Tomato Stir Fry

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It’s easy, takes less than 15 minutes and is done in one pan…..

Skirt Steak / Green Bean / Tomato Stir Fry

Ingredients

  • 1 lb skirt steak – cut into bite size pieces
  • 5 Roma tomatoes – cut in wedge style slices
  • 1 large radish – cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 large red onion – cut into thin strips
  • 1 lb green beans
  • 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon tamari

Takes

Instructions

  1. Season skirt steak pieces with salt and pepper and granulated garlic.
  2. Heat olive oil in large skillet or wok pan, when oil is hot add the steak pieces and cook until steak is almost done (about 5 to 6 minutes for rare). Remove steak from pan, add the onions, green beans and radish with some salt and saute for about 3 minutes, add in the tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and saute another 3 to 5 minutes.
  3. This dish is ready to serve or it can be served over rice or mashed potatoes if you want a carb with it./li>

Season skirt steak pieces with salt and pepper and granulated garlic

Heat olive oil in large skillet or wok pan, when oil is hot add the steak pieces and cook until steak is almost done (about 5 to 6 minutes for rare).  Remove steak from pan, add the onions, green beans and radish with some salt and saute for about 3 minutes, add in the tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and saute another 3 to 5 minutes.

This dish is ready to serve or it can be served over rice or mashed potatoes if you want a carb with it.

Carrot Slaw

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Had some more of the beautiful multi colored carrots so made a great slaw (sans mayo) that will be great for picnic or BBQ’s

Carrot Slaw

Ingredients: for the slaw

  • 6 multi colored carrots (if you only have orange carrots that will also work
  • 1 fennel
  • 2 large radishes
  • 1/4 large jicama
  • 2 baby yellow peppers
  • 2 scallions

Instructions

  1. Grate in a Cuisnart or manually if you prefer the carrots, fennel, radishes, jicama. Add with the sliced peppers and scallions to a large bowl.

Ingredients: for the dressing

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

Takes

Instructions

  1. Whisk all the ingredients together in a separate bowl…then add to the slaw…let sit and marry together for at least one hour.

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