Latest Recipes

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. Visits: 0

Cocktails

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.

Main Course

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.   Visits: 0

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

Lush Banana Bread

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

Breakfast

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. Visits: 0

Beasts

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! Visits: 0

Poultry

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 Visits: 0

Cocktails

Pibeetto Cheese Dip

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. Visits: 0

Appetizers
Parchment Chicken Dinner | Dimpled Kitchen

Parchment Pack Chicken Dinner

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. Visits: 0

Poultry

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. Visits: 0

Education
Lemony Breaded Roasted Broccoli | Dimpled Kichen

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. Visits: 0

Side Dish
Sheetpan Chicken and Veggies

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. Visits: 0

Poultry
Pantry Quick Red Sauce

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!

Chutzpah
Cheeseburger Pasta Pot

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!) Visits: 0

Beasts
Mashed Roots | Dimpled Kitchen

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. Visits: 0

Side Dish
Levipoix - an onion free mirpoix.

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. Visits: 0

Chutzpah, Method, Tips and Secrets
Turkey Cutlet

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 […]

Poultry

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! Visits: 0

Appetizers
diy fennel bulb powder

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! Visits: 0

Method, Seasonings, Tips and Secrets
Chicken ala Peroom

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. Visits: 0

Poultry
NAG-free Mac-n-Cheese Royale

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. Visits: 0

Meatless
Caesar Salad

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… Visits: 1

Chutzpah
Chicken Marsala

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. Visits: 0

Poultry
Poultry Seasoning

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. Visits: 0

Seasonings
Ham & Dumplings

Ham & Dumplings

While this dumplings recipe will take about three hours to cook, everything comes together in a single Dutch oven, meaning this one-pot meal will require little clean-up afterwards. This is the ultimate hearty and delicious family-friendly meal that is easy to reheat and makes great leftovers. Serve with a side salad or just garnish with chopped parsley for an added touch. Visits: 0

Beasts
Ambrosia Salad

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. Visits: 0

Dessert
Grandmama's Stuffing | Dimpled Kitchen

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. Visits: 0

Side Dish

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. Visits: 0

Beverages
wild-salmon

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! Visits: 0

Seafood
Breakfast Sausage

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… Visits: 0

Recipes
NOT-Worcestershire-Sauce

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 […]

Chutzpah

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. Visits: 0

Side Dish
NAGan Black Beans - Dimpled Kitchen

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. Visits: 0

Side Dish
Billion Dollar NAG-less Spaghetti Bake

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. Visits: 0

Beasts
Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup | Dimpled Kitchen

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. Visits: 0

Chutzpah

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. Visits: 0

Seasonings
a pile of aNAGo Sazonador, dark red seasonings

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.

Seasonings
Loaded Celeriac Cauli Mash

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. Visits: 0

Side Dish
Unstuffed Mushroom Casserole

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. Visits: 0

Main Course