Gluten-Free (or easily adapted) Recipes
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7-Minute Salted Caramel Sauce
With just five basic ingredients, foolproof caramel sauce is easy to make and is perfect for last minute desserts and holiday gifts. Delicious in coffee too! You’re entertaining and dinner alone feels like a sufficient task. Or maybe you need a last-minute hostess or teacher gift. Or perhaps you’d like to elevate your cup of…
Mini Lemon Pies
Cool, creamy, sweet-tart mini pies are the perfect hand-held dessert for gatherings and can be made in advance with a few key ingredients! When life gives you 🍋🍋🍋…make mini lemon pies! During the first year of COVID, with two small children to wrangle, we often ended up ordering our groceries. It was certainly more…
Homemade Graham Cracker Crust
Using just three pantry staples, and about 10 minutes prep-time, this crisp and toasty homemade crust elevates your pie game to new heights! A good pie crust will elevate dessert. And in this case, it’s easy. No rolling. Three simple ingredients. Nothing fussy. Trusty store-bought options offer a convenient choice and do the trick, but…
Homemade Whipped Cream
Three ingredients and 15 minutes are all you need to make the freshest tasting whipped cream that is a dreamy topping for so many desserts. Homemade whipped cream adds an irresistible finishing touch to a variety of desserts, from pies and ice cream sundaes to hot chocolate and fresh strawberries. The following tips ensure…
Gluten-Free Graham Cracker Crust
If you’ve struggled to create a gluten-free graham cracker crust that stacks up to the regular version, your wait it over! The first time I made a gluten-free graham cracker crust several years back, I simply replaced the regular graham cracker crumbs in my traditional recipe with a gluten-free alternative. Cup-for-cup gluten-free flours tend…
Alabama White BBQ Sauce
Alabama White BBQ Sauce is a tangy, creamy twist on traditional barbecue sauce that can be slathered on grilled chicken, pulled pork, fish, and burgers. It’s an equally delicious dressing for coleslaw and dip for corn ribs, fries, and chicken wings! If you’re from the south, Alabama barbecue sauce needs no explanation. If you…
Corn Ribs
Corn ribs are the food you didn’t know you were missing, and you can make them at home with simple ingredients and a few helpful tips. The flexible recipe can be air fried, grilled, roasted, or pan fried. Corn ribs? When my husband and I noticed them on the menu at Basic Kitchen, a delightful restaurant…
Reverse Sear Steak
Learn the secret to the very best steaks – a golden sear on the outside, your preferred level of doneness inside, and maximum flavor. Reverse sear will be your new favorite method! Steak dinners are not an every-week occurrence for most of us, so when we have them, they should be five-star fare. I vividly remember…
Mediterranean Orzo Salad
A short list of ingredients comes together with ease for this wholesome, vegetarian salad that can be enjoyed warm or cold. Easy meal alert! (We all need them, right?) This flavor-packed salad is super simple to prepare with minimal ingredients. Ripe for customization based on what you like and have on hand (I’ve included…
Favorite Balsamic Vinaigrette
A year-round staple that pulls double duty as a flavorful marinade for chicken, this versatile homemade dressing will add zip to a wide variety of vegetables and basic pantry ingredients. The key to fresh, flavorful meals that feel effortless and truly enjoyable? Find a few homemade dressings and sauces that you enjoy and keep…
BBQ Tofu Bowls
Easy to customize with grains and vegetables of choice, these colorful, plant-based bowls are equal parts nourishing and delicious. (With convenient meal prep option!) The news surrounding what we should and shouldn’t eat can seem never ending, and the question of whether to eat meat or not is frequently in the forefront of that…
Baked BBQ Tofu
Sweet, savory, smoky, and spicy notes come together with ease in this protein-rich recipe that will make a tofu fan out of the toughest critic. Enjoy as is or use the tofu as a topper for grain- and veggie-based bowls. Tofu has long been a polarizing food. Equally adored and reviled in decades past,…
