Simple, Nutritious Gluten Free & Dairy Free Recipes
Peaches may not be the first ingredient you reach for when making BBQ chicken, yet this slow cooker version puts two full cups into the sauce. Their fruit sweetness joins smoky barbecue sauce, brown sugar, cider vinegar, garlic, and chipotle pepper before the mixture gets poured over chicken breasts. Three hours in the slow cooker
Jalapeño popper dip already has plenty going for it with cream cheese, melted-cheese flavor, and a hit of pepper. This version takes another route by pouring lager right into the cheese mixture, borrowing one of the key ingredients from beer cheese. Cream cheese and Monterey Jack form the base, while Greek yogurt helps loosen the
Roasted Brussels sprouts can carry more than olive oil and salt. In this version, balsamic vinegar and garlic season the sprouts before they enter the oven, while toasted almonds and crumbled feta join them at the end. Each addition handles a different part of the dish. Balsamic gives the sprouts a sweet-tart edge, almonds bring
Bacon often gets scattered over a salad at the end, but this Brussels sprout salad puts what remains in the pan to work too. The warm bacon drippings become the base for the vinaigrette, carrying the bacon flavor through the greens instead of leaving it in the crumbled pieces alone. Fresh Brussels sprouts and romaine
Reddit user u/SadDirection333 had already put olive oil, onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes, oregano, basil, sugar, salt, and pepper into a tomato pasta sauce. After a 25- to 30-minute simmer, the sauce still tasted flat compared with restaurant versions. The question was whether another ingredient, such as vinegar or lemon juice, could supply the missing depth.
Scones usually depend on wheat flour and sugar, but this version gets the same breakfast-pastry format from almond flour, coconut flour, butter, and sugar-free maple syrup. The recipe from Green and Keto makes six maple walnut scones with a reported 2 net carbs per serving. Mixing two low-carb flours is part of the approach: almond
Two cups of grated zucchini can bring plenty of moisture to a loaf of quick bread, which is useful until there is enough water to leave the center wet and heavy. This keto zucchini bread handles that problem before the zucchini ever reaches the batter. The recipe from Green and Keto calls for 2 cups,
Taco salad already has many of the ingredients that work in a low-carb meal, from seasoned ground beef and shredded cheese to avocado and sour cream. The part worth checking is something much smaller: the taco seasoning packet. Some packaged seasoning mixes contain added sugar or starch, so this recipe from Green and Keto skips
I had a couple of pears on the counter that were just ripe enough to eat, a bag of arugula in the fridge, and a small piece of blue cheese left from another recipe. Instead of making something complicated, I decided to throw everything into a bowl and see what happened. The result was surprisingly
