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Recipe: Gluten-Free Simple Steak Tacos

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Since receiving and reviewing the Udi’s Flour Tortillas a couple of weeks back, I haven’t been able to stop eating them.  I keep finding new things to do with the wraps, but one of my favorites thus far is the Simple Steak Tacos I made the other night.  I often cook lean steak to eat in a burrito bowl or on top of a large dinner salad, but last night I couldn’t stop thinking about tacos.

I ended up not getting home from work until after 7:15 PM, so Aaron offered to cook up some sliced steak I had defrosting in the refrigerator. After the steak was cooked I assembled my tacos.

IMG_5506Ingredients:

  • Udi’s gluten-free Small Flour Tortillas
  • Sliced steak
  • Sliced avocado
  • Shredded cheddar
  • Frank’s Red Hot

Optional Toppings:

  • Diced tomatoes
  • Sliced olives
  • Guacamole
  • Salsa
  • Onions
  • Jalapenos
  • Sour cream

If you haven’t had a chance to try these new gluten-free flour tortillas yet, you are in for a real treat!  I have yet to find them in a store close to me, which has left me a little sad.  The Udi’s gluten-free website does have a store locator on the page, but I believe that locator is for all products, it isn’t specific to each product.

Have you been able to find the tortillas in a store near you?  If so, please share your favorite way to eat them!

Recipe: Pulled Pork and Roasted Veggie Salad

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Making batches of food on the weekend to eat from during the week has saved me a lot of time recently.  I can’t tell you how much nicer it is to have food already prepared in the refrigerator, ready to heat up and eat in 15 minutes or less on busy week nights.  Some of my clients have moved to early evening sessions, so I don’t have the time I used to have to prepare meals, but that is no excuse for eating take-out more frequently.

Two foods that I have prepared in advance recently are pulled pork and roasted vegetables.  The kids and Aaron will eat BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, so preparing a pork loin in the crockpot not only takes care of my food, but feeds the family as well.  Roasted vegetables will keep for a week in refrigerator and can be added to a simple dinner salad, stir-fry or gluten-free burrito.

IMG_4769My latest combination: Pulled Pork & Roasted Veggie Salad

  • Mixed greens
  • 3-4 oz pulled pork (can toss with BBQ sauce if you like)
  • Roast veggies (this week’s combination was beets, butternut squash, sweet potato, zucchini and carrots)
  • Walnuts
  • Raisins
  • Simply Dressed Marzetti Pomegranate Balsamic

See how yummy this looks?

How do you simplify busy nights and meals?

Recipe: Gluten-Free Turkey Avocado Sliders

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I have been wanting to use these cute little ciabatta rolls from Schar for a while now but hadn’t really come up with a good use for them until last night. Sure, they are great for garlic bread or even toasted bread dipped in herbed olive oil, but I wanted to be a little more creative. When I went to make a turkey burger and found I was out of hamburger buns, it suddenly came to me to use the Schar ciabatta parbaked rolls.

The ciabatta rolls are not only free of gluten, but they are also free of milk, eggs and preservatives.  The ingredients are:

water, corn starch, corn flour, psyllium seed husk powder (vegetable fiber), yeast, rice flour, dextrose, soy protein isolate, palm oil, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, salt, tartaric acid, citric acid.
CONTAINS SOY.

Each roll contains 100 calories, 1 gram fat, 2 grams protein, 4 grams fiber.  The rolls ended up being the perfect for sliders (small hamburgers).  I simply cut my turkey burger in half and placed each half on a roll.  This was one of the best meals I have had in a long time!

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Turkey Avocado Sliders

serves 1 – can easily be multiplied to make more

  • 2 Schar ciabatta parbaked rolls
  • 1 burger patty (I used turkey, but beef, bison or veggie would just fine)
  • 1/4 large Hass avocado
  • Mixed greens
  • Spicy brown mustard

1.  Slice rolls and place in the toaster oven for 5 – 10 minutes or desired doneness.

2.  Cook the burger according to your liking.  If cooking turkey, make sure that it is cooked through.

3.  Slice avocado.

4.  Assemble sliders and enjoy!

Schar’s ciabatta parbaked rolls can be purchased in stores across the US.  There is a coupon out this week for $40 worth of groceries from gluten-freely for only $25 on the gluten-free Saver website, so now is the time to take advantage of a great deal!

Have you tried Schar’s ciabatta parbaked rolls?  How did you serve them?

Recipe: Gluten-Free Meatball Sub With A Twist

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I had some trouble with meal planning last week. I am not sure what happened, but a couple of the meals I had on the plan were great ideas, but I ended up not having the ingredients to make them. I should not menu plan when I am tired or drinking wine. On one meal I even got so far as browning the ground turkey for our Mexican pizzas only to realize that I had no taco seasoning.  Yes, I know that I could have made my own, but my son doesn’t accept change well and I knew he would most likely not eat the meal if I changed the seasoning up. I opted for plan B – add marinara sauce and have an Italian meal.

I had some Schar par-baked sub rolls in my pantry, so I figured that would be a hit with my son. Normally one would put meatballs on a sub roll, but I had already browned the ground turkey, so I improvised. The meat sauce was very thick, so it made the perfect filling, almost like a Sloppy Joe filling, for the roll.

Looking back, I am not sure why I haven’t done this in the past. The meal was fast to make, tasted good, and was a hit with the kids.  It was definitely a win all the way around!  The best thing about using ground meat in place of meatballs is that it allows the sandwich to keep its shape without splitting open!  You still get all of the flavors of the meatball sub without the broken roll and upset child (or adult like me).

IMG_1244Gluten-Free Meatball Sub with a Twist

  • 1 lb ground turkey, bison or beef, browned
  • 1 jar Prego three cheese marinara
  • Schar par-baked sub rolls  (they come 2 to a package, but are individually wrapped)
  • Mozzarella cheese

1.  Bake par-baked roll according to package directions.

2.  Fill with meat sauce and tope with mozzarella.

3.  Broil until cheese is melted – not too long!

4.  Enjoy.

I love keeping leftover meat sauce in the refrigerator to make more sandwiches, pasta, etc.  It will keep for a few days, so no worries if you don’t go through it all the first night.  It will even freeze well, so consider making single-serve portions if you live alone.

Schar products can be found in grocery stores across the US, internationally, or online.

Recipe: Spicy Thai Gluten-Free Peanut Chicken Stir-Fry

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I was in the mood for comfort food last night. I wasn’t feeling well and it was chilly outside, so I began to browse my pantry for something that screamed “comfort”.  I found a bag of stone ground grits from Trader Joe’s that I purchased a while back and had been meaning to make.  What is more comforting than a creamy bowl of grits?

The instructions on the back of the package say to cook the grits with milk, but I wanted to use some Thai peanut sauce for the chicken and vegetables I was cooking, so I thought that coconut milk would be a better option.  The combination ended up being one of my favorites!

This entire meal took less than 30 minutes to make.  I used a rotisserie chicken (Meijer Lemon-Herb is gluten-free), but any chicken breast will do.

IMG_1215Spicy Thai Peanut Chicken Stir-Fry

  • Chopped vegetables – I used carrots, snow peas, mushrooms and spinach
  • 3-4 ounces per serving of chopped chicken breast
  • 2 TBSP San-J Thai spicy peanut sauce

1.  Saute vegetables in a small amount of olive oil or cooking spray.  Don’t worry about seasoning them with salt or pepper, the sauce has plenty of seasoning.

2.  Add in chicken to warm and San-J sauce.  Cook on low for a couple of minutes to warm through.

3.  Serve over coconut grits (recipe below).

*Ingredients are for one, but can be multiplied for as many as you like

Creamy Coconut Grits

  • 1 can lite coconut milk (I used Trader Joe’s)
  • Water (enough so that when combined with 1 can of coconut milk the liquid equals 2 cups)
  • 1/2 cup Trader Joe’s stone ground grits
  • dash of sea salt
  • fresh ground pepper

1.  Heat 1 1/2 cups of the 2 cups of liquid  and dash of sea salt to boiling.

2.  Slowly stir in grits and return to boiling.

3.  Reduce heat to low, cover & stir occasionally for 15 – 20 minutes.

4.  Add remaining liquid and stir until all liquid is absorbed – roughly 5-10 minutes.

5.  Serve!

*Makes 3-4 servings of grits.

Notes: Use leftover grits for breakfast with hot cinnamon apples & a dash of maple syrup!  In addition to being gluten-free, this recipe is also dairy-free!

I can definitely see making this a staple in our house!  The creamy grits were the perfect compliment to the spicy stir-fry!