Spaghetti squash with vegetables, and feta cheese makes a surprisingly tasty side dish or vegetarian meal.
Spaghetti Squash Alfredo Primavera
Meatless
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Black Santa
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.
Chicken Chesapeake Casserole
When you are wanting something easy and low effort, but extremely comforting this casserole is a big hit.
Dirty Rice – Cleaned Up
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
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.
Lush Banana Bread
Banana bread is sweet, moist, dense, lightly spiced, and packed with banana flavor. And has a deliciously crunch topping.
Lemon-Herb Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
Dive into a creamy, dreamy dressing in no time flat. Perfect for salad or recipes.
Featherlight Flour Blend
A fabulous gluten free all purpose flour blend for baking desserts.
Keto St. Louis Spare Ribs
Keto Louis Spare Ribs – Free of sugar; big on flavor…
Cheesy Pig and Sweets Bake
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
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
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
Pibeetto cheese is a NAGless variant of Pimiento cheese; which is a popular dip or spread used in sandwiches in the American South.
Parchment Pack Chicken Dinner
A comfort food made simply and with less cleanup time. Perfect for weeknights if you have leftover stuffing and premade condensed soup.
What are Nightshades?
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 with Faux-lic & Faux-nion
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.
Cheesy Bacon Grice
An incredibly convincing corn-free grits replacement. Scratch that Southern food itch without getting itchy.
Maple Balsamic Chicken Sheetpan Dinner
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 ‘NOmato’ Sauce
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!
Dented Pickle Rub
There is almost nothing it doesn’t taste good on or in.
Warm Maple Bacon Dressing Spinach Salad
Salad season is upon us! I love getting creative with my salads, and this one is a favorite around here that gets gobbled up; even by the picky 5yo.
Cheeseburger Pasta Pot
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 Gourmet
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
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 Cutlets with Quinoa Pilaf
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 […]
Hot Mushroom Dip
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!
Homemade NON-ion Powder
Onion powder is in EVERYTHING it seems like. Shopping in an American grocery store, almost every savory product has onion in it! For those of us sensitive or allergic, it can be incredibly frustrating. We have started substituting Fennel Bulb for onion in most recipes; but as of this writing, there isn’t a commercially available Fennel bulb powder. So, of course, we made our own!
Chicken ala Peroom
You know that moment, when it’s Wednesday night, time for dinner, and you forgot to pull out the roast? (well, maybe not the roast part!) This recipe is perfect for those nights, as it’s easy, fast, and delicious. Your newest recipe to add to the comfort food secret stash.
Lemon Butter Sauce Royale
A simple, yet versitile and delicious lemon and butter sauce to put on everything. (Ok, not like, ice cream… weirdo.)
NAG-free Macaroni and Cheese Royale
Given that we have several smaller children, this recipe is on the menu almost once a week (which is killer for me, lover of variety, but hey, they eat it.) Every once in awhile, we will have guests, or eat mac-n-cheese elsewhere, and the kiddos are always confused about it being different.
Cesare Salad Dressing
Caesar dressing has nothing to do with Julius Caesar or Shakespeare. It’s most commonly ascribed to Cesare Cardini, an Italian immigrant who claimed to have invented it in 1920’s Tijuana. There are others who also took credit for its invention, and no one knows for sure…
NAG-less Marsala Chicken
Juicy pan-fried chicken is smothered in a marsala cream sauce. This is one of those classic Italian dishes that you see on restaurant menus everywhere but probably rarely attempt making on your own at home. Always a crowd pleaser, Chicken Marsala is a classic dish that is actually quite simple to make and can be ready to eat in under 30 minutes.
NAG-free Poultry Seasoning
Create memorable stuffings, roasted chicken and marinades with this classic blend, a versatile chicken seasoning mix that can enhance a variety of dishes.
Ham & Dumplings
Good down home comfort food makes everything better. Even miserable cold weather.
Ambrosia Salad
Ambrosia is a variation on the traditional fruit salad. Most versions use cool whip and shredded coconut; but neither of those ingredients have a place in our home. Compared to things like cake and pie, ambrosia salad is a wonderfully fresh and light dessert, which makes it perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
Grandmama’s Stuffing
My Nana wasn’t the best cook. She used packets for gravy, boxes for potatoes, stuffing, and canned soup. She fed her family on a shoestring though; and it was a different time in the world. This recipe is one I stumbled upon years and years ago. Since we went NAG free, I’ve modified it to be safe, but it’s still as delicious as the first time I had it at a USAF squadron function years ago.
Homemade Ginger Beer
Or sometimes called ginger ale. It technically contains alcohol, but not enough to cautious of. Made the old-fashioned way, with lots of fresh grated ginger, sugar, yeast, and water. As the yeast ferments over a day or so, it creates a natural carbonation.
Green Italian Sauce
A unique green (verde) sauce for lasagna or baked ziti.
Glazed Salmon
An easy baked salmon recipe that can be made in minutes for any night of the week. This glaze recipe is so tasty, and it really gives the salmon a kick of flavor!
NAG-free Breakfast Sausage
Breakfast is the favorite meal of the day around here… Maybe because the good ones only happen on the weekend while everyone is home. We sleep in, enjoy coffee/tea/hot cocoa, and relax. Then the guy makes something yummy. We have yet to find a ‘safe’ commercial sausage; but this one is super easy to mix up as needed, so we haven’t been looking very hard…
NOT Worcestershire Sauce
Worcestershire or Worcester sauce is a fermented liquid condiment created in the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England during the first half of the 19th century. It’s typically made from a base of vinegar and flavored with anchovies, molasses, tamarind, onion, garlic, and other seasonings. The flavor is savory and sweet with a distinct tang provided by the vinegar. It is commonly used to flavor meat, soups, stews, marinades, and even beverages such as Bloody Marys. This a mysterious-yet-flavorful brown liquid that is considered a staple in most American kitchens. How the chicken neck do you pronounce Worcestershire? Don’t pronounce […]
Balsamic Zucchini Sauté
Zucchini is known to improve energy, aid in thyroid functionality, eye health, lower your blood sugar, lowers cholesterol, stops inflammation, it has seriously even been said to slow down the aging process! This quick saute is delicious with any summer squash and need not be served hot, making it perfect for a summer picnic or a barbecue when you may be preoccupied with preparing other dishes hot off the grill.
Tomato-less Red Sauce
This recipe excludes alliums, nightshades, gluten, corn, and soy.
NAGan Black Beans
This classic Cuban Black Beans recipe is adapted from “Tastes Like Cuba,” by Eduardo Machado and Michael Domitrovich. Authentic Cuban black beans, either as a soup, on top of white rice, or a congri (aka, Moros y Christianos), is flavorful but never spicy. Feel free to add fresh cilantro for that extra punch at the moment of serving.
Billion Dollar NAG-less KETOghetti Bake
Baked Million Dollar ‘Spaghetti‘ is creamy with a melty cheese center, topped with meat sauce and extra bubbly cheese. This yummy baked ‘spaghetti‘ casserole will be requested again and again for potlucks and family gatherings.
Condensed Cream of Soup
Instead of opening up a can of condensed soup, and thereby avoiding a bunch of sketchy ingredients you cannot pronounce, make this easy, creamy, and flavorful condensed cream of chicken soup with supplies you likely have on hand.
NAG el Hanout
Ras El Hanout Moroccan Spice Blend , is a spice blend common in North African cooking, and features especially heavily in Moroccan cuisine. The name in Arabic means “head of the shop,” and literally refers to the best spices the store has to offer.
aNAGo Sazonador
aNAGo Powder works magic as a seasoning. All the flavor without any of the hurt. Just sprinkle EVERYWHERE to quickly add a burst of Latin flavor.
Celeriac Cauli Mash
Forget potatoes! Luscious and creamy, this purée can be decadent with a touch of butter. Cooking the celery root in milk mellows the vegetable’s bite. However, if you prefer a more herbaceous flavor, substitute water for the milk.
Unstuffed Mushroom Casserole
Stuffed mushrooms are absolutely delicious, and always a hit at pot lucks and holidays; however, they can be very labor intensive. Enter the keto casserole. Just throw it all together and serve. May not be as attractive to the eye, but will delight the tastebuds.
