GF DF Cheesy Corn Spoon Bread

I adapted this recipe from one on Taste of Home. Ingredients: 1/4 cup Earth Balance vegan butter substitute 1 medium onion, chopped 2 large eggs 2 cups Tofutti sour cream 1 can (15.25 oz) whole kernel corn, drained 1 can (14.75 oz) creamed corn 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 package Krusteaz gluten-free cornbread…

GF DF Cabbage Lasagna

My mother-in-law adapted a recipe she found so that I could eat lasagna without the dairy making me ill. Not to mention the beef allergy. This is the recipe and it’s so delicious, I like it much better than traditional lasagna! Ingredients: 1 head cabbage 8 oz Kit Hill  ricotta nut cheese 1  Follow Your…

Cherry Dutch Baby

I love Dutch Babies, but since developing the dairy allergy, I wasn’t able to eat them when I went to the Original Pancake House. The following recipe is a modified version of one I found online. I used substitutes to make it dairy-free and gluten-free (my husband can’t eat gluten). Ingredients: 3 larg eggs 2…

Non-Dairy Fish Chowder

When I was in the southwest of Ireland, I had fish soup at the Scariff Inn. It didn’t have any dairy in it and appeared to have been thickened by pureed potatoes. Going by taste, I tried to recreate the recipe. It’s not exact, but pretty close to what I ate. Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive…

Anita's Prize-Winning Chili

This chili recipe won in a cook-off while stationed in California when I was in the Air Force.  Since that time I’ve substituted ground bison for the ground beef due to my allergy. Ingredients: • 1 lb. coarse ground bison • 1 onion, chopped • 1 green bell pepper, chopped • 1 red bell pepper, chopped…

Louisana Gumbo

My long-time friend from Louisiana gave me this recipe. I have evolved it through the years, using ingredients I could find (which varies, depending on the part of the country). Ingredients: • 1 pkg. smoked sausage, sliced • 1 pkg. chicken legs • 1 lb. snow crab legs • 2 lb. large shrimp, peeled •…

Spicy Rib Stew

I don’t exactly remember where I got this recipe, but I think it might have been inside a box of oven cooking bags. Ingredients: • 6 oz. fresh sausage links • 1 small onion, sliced • 1 clove garlic, minced • 1 8-oz. can tomato sauce • 1 71⁄2-oz. can whole tomatoes • 1 tbsp….

Skillet Chicken and Noodles

This recipe is an old Land O Lakes one. In the 80s, they published quite a few cookbook digests at the grocery check-out counter. I modified it to be gluten-free. Ingredients: • 1 pkg. chicken legs • 1 purple onion, chunked • 2 cups GF noodles, uncooked • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1/4 lb. fresh…

Shoyu Chicken

Back in the 80s, I was watching a cooking show on TV. The chef specialized in grilling foods and this is his recipe. It’s one of my favorite ways to grill chicken. Ingredients: • 1⁄2 cup soy sauce • 1⁄2 cup brown sugar • 2 green onions, diced • 1 bulb grilled garlic, minced •…

Streuseled Sweet Potato Casserole

This recipe is a favorite of my youngest son. It’s also my favorite thing to make with sweet potatoes (yams). The original recipe came from Cooking Light and I’ve noted the dairy- and gluten-free substitutes. Ingredients: • 14 cups (1-inch) cubed peeled sweet potato (about 5 pounds) • 1/2 cup half-and-half or substitute with coconut…