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Nut-Free & Dairy-Free (but not Taste-Free) Pesto

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Nut-Free & Dairy-Free (but not Taste-Free) Pesto
 
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Recipe type: Sauces
Cuisine: Italian
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Ingredients
  • 4 c. basil, stems removed
  • ¼ c. sunflower seeds
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin butter (heaping)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • ¼ c. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • ½ tps lemon pepper
  • Juice of ½ lemon
Instructions
  1. Combine ingredients in a blender or food processor & blend well.
  2. If you need to thin out the sauce, add more extra virgin olive oil.
  3. To really make this an allergen-free dish, serve over cooked rice pasta.

Photo Courtesy of Yannic Meyer

Mandie’s Tilapia

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Mandie Says: White rice goes well as a side dish.

Mandie's Tilapia
 
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Seafood
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Ingredients
  • 2-3 tilapia fillets
  • Extra Virgin olive oil
  • Chipotle Tabasco Sauce
  • minced onion
  • minced garlic
  • 3-4 pinches cilantro
  • pearl onions
  • salt & pepper
Instructions
  1. All of the above ingredients are to taste. Wrap all the ingredients into tin foil. Bake at 356° F.

Photo Courtesy of Nate Steiner on Flickr

Roasted Bone Marrow

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Submitted by RandallPMcMurphy
Serves 2

Ingredients

a few veal or beef marrow bones parsley
shallots lemon
extra virgin olive oil coarse sea salt
pepper bread

Directions

  1. Soak bones overnight in salt water (1 tbsp salt to 1 qt water) in the fridge to get out the impurities & blood & such. 
  2. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  3. Put the marrow standing up in a roasting pan or other oven-safe vessel.
  4. Roast for about 15 minutes.
  5. In the meantime, make a nice salad with sliced shallots, some parsley, lemon juice, and oil to taste.  Toast some bread.
  6. Serve with a spoonful of sea salt that the diner can sprinkle on themselves.

Low Fat Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Bread

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Submitted by randilicious
12 Servings
260 calories, 10.4 g total fat, 36 mg cholesterol, 206 mg sodium, 31.3 g carbohydrate

Ingredients

2 eggs 2/3 c. white sugar
4 very ripe bananas, mashed ¼ c. apple sauce
1/3 c. nonfat milk 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp Kahlua
1¾ c. all purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt
1/3 c. chopped walnuts 1 c. chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray bread pan with non-stick cooking spray then lightly dust with flour.
  2. In a large bowl, beat eggs & sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in bananas, apple sauce, milk, olive oil, vanilla extract, & Kahlua.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, & salt.
  4. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture, mixing until well blended.
  5. Fold in walnuts & chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  6. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown & a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean (usually around 1 hour). 
  7. Turn bread out onto a wire rack & let cool.

Tagliatelle with Chestnuts & Pancetta

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Submitted by *Vilification*
Serves 4

Ingredients

3 oz. pancetta (Italian unsmoked cured bacon), chopped 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 small onion, fine chopped 4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp fine chopped fresh sage 8 oz. peeled roasted whole chestnuts, coarsely crumbled
8 oz. dried flat egg noodles such as tagliatelle or fettuccine 2 oz. finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
2 tbsp unsalted butter 1 tbsp fine chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions

  1. Pancetta by Patent and the Pantry on FlickrCook pancetta in oil in a 12″ heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
  2. Add onion & cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic & 1 tbsp sage & cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in chestnuts & remove from heat.
  3. Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-qt. pot of boiling salted water according to package directions. Reserve 1½ c. cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander & add to pancetta mixture in skillet.
  4. Add 1 c. reserved cooking water along with cheese & butter & cook, tossing constantly, over high heat until pasta is well coated (add more reserved water if necessary), about 1 minute.
  5. Add salt & black pepper to taste & serve sprinkled with parsley & remaining tbsp sage.