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Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Scallops with Black Rice

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Decided to use black rice to give a great contrast for this dish. The sauce I made for this would also work great on any fish or chicken…tart and tangy. This dish is also very easy to make.

Scallops with Black Rice

Rice:

  • 1 cup uncooked black rice (yes, if you only have white you can use it)
  • 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth
  • 1 bunch of scallions – white part chopped finely to add to rice, green parts just grilled in the cast iron skillet before heating the olive oil to cook the scallops)

Sauce:

  • zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 3 tablespoon mirin
  • 3 tablespoon tamari
  • 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon XYLA

Scallops:

  • the number of scallops will depend on how many peeps you are serving and the size of the them and also how big of eaters they are
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 tablespoon tamari
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon XYLA

Instructions

  1. Heat oil, add bok choy and radish slices, Mirin and salt, saute’ for 9 to 10 minutes.
  2. Plate bok choy and radishes, add orange chicken to serving dish.
  3. I would serve this dish with rice.

Scallops:

  • Rice: add the uncooked rice, vegetable broth and the whites of the scallions with a pinch of salt and cook per the package instructions.
  • Sauce: while rice is cooking combine all the sauce ingredients and set aside. (so really no cooking involved in this step – just a bit of combining)
  • Scallops: Dry scallops, salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in cast iron skillet; add scallops and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes on each side…until a great brown crust forms and the scallop lifts to be turned.
  • Plate the cooked rice, add the grilled scallion greens, place scallops on top and pour the sauce on. (If you don’t use all the sauce just put the remaining in the refrigerator for another use). Garnish with the chopped chives.

Black and Orange Veggies

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As I am still having to eat soft food I wanted to roast some vegetable and yet create an easy to do ahead dinner for Halloween so you can eat a healthy meal before getting jacked up on sweets and I came up with this creation. This dish can be a entrée or a side dish to any chicken or fish you cook or both as you can make the rice and roasted veggies and use them as a side and then the next night make the veggies into another meal.

I know it looks like there are a lot of steps to this, but it is really very easy to cook up.

Black and Orange Veggies

Rice:

  • 1 cup black rice
  • 2 cups vegetable broth

Instructions

  1. cook according to package directions

Roasted Veggies:

  • 2 – 12oz bags butternut squash (as I can be lazy about chopping up a whole squash)
  • 2 – 12oz bags cauliflower (again if you want you can just cut up a head of cauliflower
  • 1 large yam or two small ones – sliced into 1/4 inch rounds (and I just leave the skin on)
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon paprika

Takes

Instructions

  1. Place all the cut veggies on a large rimmed baking sheet, coat with the olive oil, granulated garlic & paprika. Bake in oven for 40 -45 minutes.

Sauteed Veggies:

  • 2 – 5oz bags of power greens (which combines kale, swiss chard and baby spinach)
  • 1/2 large red onion – finely diced
  • 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • salt

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in large saute pan, add red onion and salt – cook for a few minutes, add chopped garlic and continue to cook for another minute or so. Add the greens with some salt and continue to cook until wilted.

Black Beans:

  • 1 can drained and rinsed black beans
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Takes

Instructions

  1. Just add the cilantro to the beans.
  2. When all the ingredients are cooked and ready you can combine in a large to serve or if you are using the veggies from another meal then you can layer them (leave a couple of yam slice out to make the pumpkin faces on) in a loaf pan top with 1 tablespoon of parm cheese and bake at 350 for 25 minutes…please note that the loaf does not really hold together when you cut into it but it is a fun presentation. Or you can layer it up in individual oven proof bowls or even on large oven proof container.

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