Archives for November 2009

28Nov

Coming soon: Limited Diet Holiday and Just Desserts Menu Planners, Plus Free-Giveaway!

Cranberry Raspberry Relish from Eatingwell.com

Cranberry Raspberry Relish from Eatingwell.com

I had so much fun with the Thanksgiving Menu Planner that I am very excited about creating menu planners for the coming holidays as well!

So excited, that I am actually going to create both a Holiday Menu Planner as well as “Just Desserts” recipe booklet for people on limited diets.

I grew up celebrating Christmas, but if this is not the holiday you celebrate, these menu planners and recipes could most likely work for any festive celebration and holiday.

The Holiday Menu Planner:

I think for many families, having a nice breakfast on either Christmas morning or another special day during the holidays is very common.  So I decided to include a breakfast menu to the holiday menu planner as well as a dinner menu.

Once again, the menu planner is going to be free of the following foods, so that it can work for almost any limited diet:

no dairy –  (butter may be used in some recipes but there is always another option that is dairy-free)

no wheat or gluten – all grains and products containing gluten

no grains

no sugar – only natural sweeteners will be used, such as raw honey and maple syrup

no soy – no soybean oil, lecithin, and other soy products

limited starches

no corn

no beans and legumes

egg-free options

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24Nov

Apple Clafoutis and Banana Date Yogurt Fruit Leather

Gluten Free Clafoutis

Gluten Free Clafoutis

tuesdaytwister This is my weekly roundup of my kitchen twisting as part of the Tuesday Twister Carnival at GNOWFGLINS.  For other real and delicious food posts, check out the twister here.

Because I was pretty busy, I only tried a couple of new recipes this week, but they were both yummy!

Apple Clafoutis

The first was this Apple Clafoutis that I made based on Kimi’s recipe at the Nourishing Gourmet.  I saw her Cherry version of this recipe over the summer and knew I had to try it.  It took me a while to get to it but inspiration struck over the weekend.

I used apples instead of cherries so that I could use seasonal fruit and it was really a delight.  I used her coconut version of this recipe which works perfectly for the GAPS diet.  I omitted the baking soda but for people not on GAPS, I am sure the baking soda would make it more fluffy than mine turned out.

If you use a bit less honey or other sweetener, I think that this would make a great pastry for breakfast, even though it is traditionally a dessert.

Homemade Yogurt Fruit Leather:

Since I have a dehydrator now, I feel like there is a whole world of foods that I can now make.  One of these is fruit leather which my son loves.

When I was looking through the recipe booklet for the dehydrator, it talked about making fruit leather out of fruit yogurt.  I thought this sounded great!

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