Daddy’s Chicken Perlo (Pileau)

This recipe, Daddy’s Chicken Perlo, is featured in the Main Dishes section of Satisfying Eats Cookbook.   When daddy cooked, he never followed a recipe.  This was one of his specialties that he would cook for large crowds, especially at the local hunting club which I spent many Saturday’s with him as a young girl…

Easy Shrimp Bisque (Grain Free & Low Carb)

Delicious and filling, Easy Shrimp Bisque This cold weather warrants a good bowl of bisque! Unfortunately, you can’t go to any restaurant and order bisque without it containing flour. My husband and I love seafood and we want to try one of the Pier 39 restaurants and try out their seafood dish. We recently ate…

Easy Deep-Dish Pizza Pie

  Pizza, the one food that I think most people who have given up grains miss the most. There are lots of recipes out there for the perfect grain-free pizza, but I think this one beats them all because of it’s simplicity.  And it taste JUST LIKE PIZZA! My favorite part of eating pizza has always…

Southern Pumpkin Delight with “Candied” Pecans

It’s Pumpkin Time!  Even if you are not a big fan of pumpkin pie, MY version will have you coming back for more!  The key for this recipe and all of my recipes, is to taste each individual layer for sweetness and adjust accordingly.  You may need to add 1 or 2 more servings of Stevia but…

Easy “Candied” Apples

I never was a fan of candied apples.  I always thought they were too sweet and I hated the candy part getting stuck in my teeth!  I like my version much better plus, I love peanut butter and chocolate together so this recipe is a win, win!   Also, no candy thermometer needed which makes…

Pumpkin Crème Brûlée

  It’s that time of year, Pumpkin Time!!  I though of no better way to use this fall ingredient than in one of my favorite desserts, Crème Brûlée! Don’t be intimidated by making your own Crème Brûlée, it is not hard at all as long as you have the right tools.  I used 6 oz ramekins but you could also use 4 oz. ones…

Garlic Cheese Pizza Crust (Grain Free)

Cheeseburger Pizza Recipe I think pizza is the # 1 food most people miss when eating grain free.  I hope you enjoy this recipe and load this crust with your favorite pizza toppings.  Make the dough and store it in the refrigerator for up to a week or make a double batch of prepared crust and…

Cheeseburger Pizza

Use the Garlic Cheese Pizza Crust to create this yummy Cheese Burger Pizza! Cheeseburger Pizza Garlic Cheese Pizza Crust 1 lb ground meat 1 large onion, chopped 1 tsp favorite no msg seasoning 1 cup Shredded cheese Chopped Lettuce, diced tomato, sliced pickles and favorite dressing like ranch or blue cheese (Dressing recipes coming soon).…

Sugar-Free Fudge Pops (also Dairy Free)

This recipe is so easy and definitely chocolaty! Great for all of the hot Summer days to come!   Make this recipe to your own sweetness and chocolate intensity.   You don’t have to spend a fortune on popsicle molds.  I got these last summer for 50 cents each!  I hear they have fancy machines that can freeze pops…

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Ribs

Lets face it, it is too HOT to grill!  I know Summer is synonymous with grilling but when it is 108 degrees outside no one wants to put anyone they love in charge of grilling, that’s just cruel!   These oven baked ribs are the next best thing!  Bake them for 3 hours and there are no…

Amazing Salsa and Chips

This salsa is amazing!  The fresh tomatoes along with the other fresh veggies really give this salsa a POP!  To remove the skin off of a fresh tomato, slit the bottom of the tomato 2 times, making an “X”.  Drop in boiling hot water for about 30-60 seconds. Remove with slotted spoon and immediately “shock”…

Crunchy Chips

  I am not recreating the wheel of cheese here but I think I have made making cheese chips easy and tasty. All you need is one ingredient: CHEESE! These chips are so easy and cost way less than the Parmesan chips you get at Whole Foods!!   These chips can surprisingly hold up to salsa and dips,…

Three Meat Chili

    I have been working on a good chili recipe for a while.  There is just something satisfying about all the meat and the Mexican spices, hence the mexican style food in general.  I grew up eating Mexican Food Takeout, mostly chili with beans and that was a  hard habit to break.  Well, I…