Healthy Old Broad

Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Chipotle Lime Chicken

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Everyone is always looking for another way to cook chicken, so here is another tasty version.

Chipotle Lime Chicken

Ingredients

  • 2 quarter pieces chicken (Of course you can use any pieces of chicken you prefer)
  • 2 limes: zest and juice
  • 2 chipotle chilies – chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves – grated
  • salt and pepper – to taste

Takes

Instructions

  1. Combine the lime juice and zest, chopped chipotle chilies, grated garlic with the salt and pepper in a Ziploc bag and add the chicken quarters. Marinate for 15 to 30 minutes on the counter at room temperature.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Heat up a cast iron skillet and cook with the skin side down for 7 to 10 minutes on high heat. Flip and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Place skillet in the preheated oven and cook for 25 to 30 minutes.
  4. Let chicken rest for 5 minutes and then enjoy. This chicken is also good at room temperature.
  5. This is the chicken with the Versatile Yummy Potatoes…

Versatile Yummy Potatoes

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I named this dish Versatile Yummy Potatoes as there are so many ways to use these I couldn’t decide: potato salad without mayo so it is great for a gathering where the food will be set out for a while, as a hash with eggs, as a side dish (I did it as a side with a simple pork roast or my Chipotle Lime Chicken) or the leftovers a salad (not all salads need to have lettuce) base with the chicken cut up with the potatoes for an easy lunch. Or as a vegetarian dish with tofu added…

Orange Chicken with Radish & Bok Choy

Ingredients

  • 1 lb potatoes – diced (I use either the fingerlings or the bag of mixed colored potatoes)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon coriander + 1/2 teaspoon coriander separated
  • 1 teaspoon cumin + 1/2 teaspoon cumin separated
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro + more for garnish
  • 2 limes: zested and juiced
  • 1 cup cooked edemame
  • 1 cup frozen roasted corn – defrosted
  • 2 15oz cans of black beans – drained and rinsed

Takes

Instructions

  1. In a large frying pan heat the butter and olive oil together, add diced potatoes for 7 to 10 minutes on high.
  2. Reduce heat to medium/high, add 1/2 teaspoon coriander, 1 teaspoon cumin, salt and pepper to taste and cook for about 20 to 30 minutes. Potatoes should be cooked thru and have a great color on them.
  3. Reduce the heat to simmer and add the black beans, 1/2 teaspoon coriander, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro, lime juice and zest, stir to combine well with cooked potatoes. Simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the roasted corn, edemame and heat thru – about 5 minutes. Taste and see if you need any additional salt and pepper. Garnish with chopped cilantro (how much really depends on your taste and how much you like cilantro – I like it a lot so would add about 1/4 cup).

Roasted Garlic / Tomato Salad Dressing

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Fresh and yummy (and gluten free) salad dressing.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Roasted Garlic:

Cut the top of 1 head of garlic, place in center of piece of foil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil.  Wrap tightly and bake for 1 hr.  Set aside to cool.

Roasted Tomatoes:

  • 1/2 lb mini heirloom tomatoes
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil

Combine all the ingredients on a rimmed baking sheet and roast for 15 minutes.

Set aside to cool.

In the food processor puree the roasted tomatoes and roasted garlic

Pour puree thru a strainer.

for the dressing mixture:

Add the strained tomato garlic mixture back into the food processor and add

  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

blend till well combined and serve over your fresh salad.

 

Grilled Romaine & Shrimp Salad

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A light refreshing salad that only takes minutes to make.

Grilled Romaine & Shrimp Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 head of Romaine lettuce: washed, dried and cut in 1/2 lengthwise
  • 8 med/large shrimp: shelled and deveined
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • salt
  • pepper
  • olive oil

Takes

Instructions

  1. **I serve this with my roasted tomato dressing (recipe on blog site)
  2. Heat grill pan on stove top. Put about 1 tablespoon of olive oil on the grill pan to heat up. Sprinkle the romaine with some olive oil (about a teaspoon on each side). Place the lettuce on the heated grill and grill for 3 to 5 minutes on both sides.
  3. While Romaine is grilling season the shrimp with salt and pepper to taste and the paprika.
  4. Remove grilled Romaine to plate.
  5. Add another teaspoon or so of olive oil if you think you need it. Grill the shrimp until opaque – about 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Put the shrimp on each of the halves of grilled Romaine. You can serve this with or without dressing, I served it with my Roasted Tomato Dressing and got rave reviews.

Chocolate Walnut Cookies

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These are cakey chocolate cookies with walnuts and believe me no one can tell that dates have been snuck in. So shhhh and let’s eat cookies.

Chocolate Walnut Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 stick non-salted butter- room temp
  • 1/2 cup Organic Palm Sugar
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped dates
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 square of unsweetened chocolate
  • 1/2 cup brewed decaf coffee
  • 1/4 cup Organic Palm sugar
  • 1 egg – room temp
  • 2 cups gluten free flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanathan gum
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/4 chopped walnuts

Takes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. In the standing mixer combine ingredients 1 thru 4.
  4. Melt the unsweetened chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water (aka double boiler) with ingredients 3, 6 & 7.
  5. While the chocolate is melting in a mixer combine the butter and 1/2 cup of Organic Palm Sugar (ingredients 1 and 2). Slowly add the melted chocolate mixture to the butter mixture in the mixer and combine well. Add the vanilla extract and egg and continue to mix until well combined.
  6. In a separate bowl whisk ingredients 9 thru 12 together and slowly add to the wet mixer, combine until well mixed.
  7. Stir in the chopped walnuts.
  8. Using a scoop place cookies on line sheets about 2 inches apart and bake for 9 to 11 minutes.