Category Archives: Recipes

Cranberry Sauce

Happy a wonderful, wheat-free and healthy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here’s a zesty version of traditional cranberry sauce, minus the sugar. The orange, cinnamon, and other spices, along with the crunch of walnuts, make this one of my favorite holiday side dishes. … Continue reading

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Wheat-free Pumpkin Pie comes back!

Well, the holidays roll around once again! Here is a reminder of how us wheat-free folk make a wonderful and delicious pumpkin pie that is wheat-free. Without wheat, it does NOT stimulate appetite, does NOT send blood sugar sky-high, does … Continue reading

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Apple Cranberry Crumble

Apple, cranberry, and cinnamon: the perfect combination of tastes and scents for winter holidays! I took a bit of carbohydrate liberties with this recipe. The entire recipe yields a delicious cheesecake-like crumble with 59 “net” grams carbohydrates (total carbs – … Continue reading

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Chicken Pot Pie with Cheddar Herb Almond Crust

Here’s a fabulous recipe from Ayla, the incredibly inventive blogger at Gourmet Girl Cooks Blog, who has been taking the Wheat Belly Facebook page by storm with her beautiful dishes. Getting the crust as perfect as she did might take … Continue reading

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Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and gravy: the ultimate comfort food . . . one you thought you’d never have again! The familiar dish of breakfast and holiday meals is recreated here with a delicious gravy that you can pour over piping hot biscuits. … Continue reading

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Canadian Wheat Belly-ers: Some Thanksgiving Recipes!

I almost forgot that Thanksgiving is celebrated early in Canada! While I will be putting out more Wheat Belly-friendly Thanksgiving recipes in the coming weeks, let me re-post the recipes that I posted last year to help any Canadians wondering … Continue reading

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Vanilla Custard

This recipe is more of a reminder than a unique way to make custard. A number of people recently remarked to me: “I sure do miss ice cream! If I could just have ice cream once in a while, I’d … Continue reading

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Tomato Basil Sandwich Wrap

Here’s another winner recipe from wheat-free champion nutritionist, Maria Emmerich! This one is for a very simple but tasty sandwich wrap with the flavors of tomato and basil. Make a supply ahead of time, then stuff with lettuce, sprouts, tomato, … Continue reading

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Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake

This is about as decadent as it gets around here! Here’s a re-creation of an old-fashioned coffee cake, a version with a delicious chewy-crunchy streusel topping. I’ve specified xylitol as the sweetener in the topping, as it is the most … Continue reading

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Macaroons

If you miss peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, you’re going to absolutely love these peanut butter and jelly macaroons! Not everybody loves the taste or texture of coconut. This issue is solved by the first step: toasting shredded coconut, then … Continue reading

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