Latest Recipes

Black Santa

Cocktails

Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz vodka 3/4 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur 1/4 oz peppermint schnapps Directions: Pour the vodka and Kahlua coffee liqueur into an old-fashioned glass half-filled with ice cubes. Add the peppermint schnapps, and serve.

Dirty Rice – Cleaned Up

Main Course

There’s nothing dirty about our Dirty Rice – it’s just plain delicious! This Louisiana inspired dish is full of savory flavors and spices, but safe from our specific allergens.

Cauliflower Rice

Side Dish

Ok, ok, I know. The whole gluten-free paleo food movement isn’t really your thing, and that’s totally fine! I won’t force feed you any particular diet plan or food choices. However, if you are trying to control your blood sugar, rice can be a hidden enemy! Enter: SUPER CAULIFLOWER! JUST KIDDING! If you haven’t tried this yet, it’s worth the experiment.  

slices of a baked quick bread in a glass baking dish on a dark blue background

Lush Banana Bread

Breakfast

Banana bread is sweet, moist, dense, lightly spiced, and packed with banana flavor. And has a deliciously crunch topping.

Cheesy Pig and Sweets Bake

Beasts

A comforting and delicious hotdish that your family will love, that is quick and easy enough for any night of the week. I recommend serving a cool, bright salad on the side. One of my favorites is a balsamic dressing over spinach and arugula with blueberries, almonds, and feta.

Brown Sugar and Mustard Glazed Turkey

Holiday Menus, Poultry

A sweet-and-spicy mixture of mustard and brown sugar flavors the skin and creates an impressive golden-brown color. Yes, this perfectly roasted turkey takes some time to make, but just imagine all the delicious leftovers. On to the yummies!

Drunken Pumpkin Mocha

Cocktails

Ingredients: 1 cup brewed coffee 1/4 cup half and half 1/4 cup RumChata 2 Tbsp pumpkin spice coffee syrup 1/4 tsp cinnamon Whipped Cream for topping Directions: Add coffee syrup and pumpkin pie spice to hot coffee and stir Add half and half and RumChata Stir to combine Top with whipped cream and sprinkle ground cinnamon

Pibeetto Cheese Dip

Appetizers

This delicious ‘pibeetto‘ cheese recipe is a safe version of Pimento cheese and is quick and so easy to make! It contains common ingredients and of course it’s NAGless.

Parchment Chicken Dinner | Dimpled Kitchen

Parchment Pack Chicken Dinner

Poultry

This is a great make-ahead recipe. You can make the packets up in the morning and refrigerate….pop them in the oven when you get home. A tasty dish of chicken, ham and mushrooms is easy to make—and even easier to clean up—with this parchment-envelope preparation.

What are Nightshades?

Education

It’s a dirty, dirty word around our house. It means pain, bloating, restless legs, eczema, and too many bathroom visits. Typically when ‘nightshade’ is said the poisonous plant, witches, and spells comes to mind. For those of us with an allergy or intolerance; it can be just as evil and dark.

Lemony Breaded Roasted Broccoli | Dimpled Kichen

Lemony Breaded Roasted Broccoli with Faux-lic & Faux-nion

Side Dish

I have no idea why; but broccoli gets eaten by the double portions (usually with seconds) here in our home. Not complaining, as broccoli is FULL of good things, and delicious to boot, but it sometimes gets boring using our standard oil, salt&pepper roasted standby. This is a great option to shake things up, but still get them trees into your diet.

Sheetpan Chicken and Veggies

Maple Balsamic Chicken Sheetpan Dinner

Poultry

Don’t you love those easy and delicious dinners that require so little effort your kiddos could do it; but turn out amazing and looking like they came from a fancy restaurant? Yea, this is one of those.

Pantry Quick Red Sauce

Pantry ‘NOmato’ Sauce

Chutzpah

This recipe is one of those that really confuse the heck out of folks, as the ingredients separately taste very distinctive, but when mixed together give that same flavor and mouth-feel as marinara sauce. Don’t knock it til you try it!

Cheeseburger Pasta Pot

Cheeseburger Pasta Pot

Beasts

If you grew up in middle America in the 80’s or 90’s (maybe prior; not sure when it was launched)You probably had Hamburger Helper at least a few times. It was a regular at my house growing up. It was cheap, fast, easy, and foolproof. Enough so that it was one of the first things I started making for myself as an older kiddo. This recipe is free from those nasty additives, but full of the yumm. (and even has some veggies, added! Look at me mom!)

Mashed Roots | Dimpled Kitchen

Mashed Roots Gourmet

Side Dish

Around here, I am known for these ‘NOtatoes’, and killer gravy. Which makes sense, as those are my favorite foods. Caramelized fennel bulbs with sauteed horseradish and lemon grass adds mellow sweetness to creamy mashed root vegetables flavored with truffle oil and Parmesan cheese.

Levipoix - an onion free mirpoix.

Levipoix

Tips and Secrets, Method, Chutzpah

Introducing: Levipoix, a substitute for Mirepoix! Ya know; sometimes it’s really frustrating looking up recipes for your favorite things and seeing the ingredients list full of things you can’t have. And it can be exhausting figuring out the right things to use instead to get a similar flavor profile.

Turkey Cutlet

Turkey Cutlets with Quinoa Pilaf

Poultry

Are you looking for a simple recipe that is a complete meal? This combination of turkey cutlets with quinoa will do the trick! Quinoa makes a delicious pilaf and pairs perfectly with flavorful turkey cutlets. Also known as paillards—are pounded or thinly sliced cuts of turkey breast. The fact that the thin pieces of meat cook quickly is one of the biggest advantages. Sometimes Turkey Cutlets can be tough to find; so feel free to sub out for pounded chicken breast or pork cutlets for veal cutlets. Of course, you can always pick up a turkey breast, and slice it into cutlets yourself.

Hot Mushroom Dip

Appetizers

Mushrooms, bacon, faux-nions and faux-lic are combined into a rich, hearty and cheesy mushroom dip. If you like stuffed mushrooms you are really going to love this warm mushroom dip recipe!