When the weather gets cool, I start thinking about soup. It’s a simple feel good meal that warms me up and is easy to make.
Here is a corn chowder recipe that is creamy without the dairy. It’s gluten free too!
Ingredients
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic chopped
1 medium onion chopped
5 medium potatoes peeled, rinsed and roughly chopped
2 cans of corn or 3 cups of frozen corn
Approx 32 ounces gluten free chicken or vegetable stock
Cracked black pepper and salt to taste
Optional add ins (Choose 1 or 2 for flavor boosting)
3 ounces chopped Canadian bacon
1-2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1-2 cups of heavy cream or milk or dairy alternative
1-2 teaspoons chopped green onions (in individual bowls of soup)
dollop of sour cream (in individual bowls of soup)
Instructions
Heat a stock pot on medium heat and add olive oil, garlic and onions
When onions have softened, add potatoes to slightly brown
Add chicken or vegetable stock and simmer until potatoes are nearly soft
Add in corn and cook until all vegetables are soft
Remove from heat and blend half of soup in a blender
Return blended soup to stock pot and mix well
Add any optional additional mix ins except for sour cream and scallions
Return soup to heat until warm
Season with salt and pepper to taste
Ladle into individual bowls and add sour cream or scallions if using.
This is a great soup served with a crusty roll or piece of french bread and a salad.
Serves 4-6 generously.
Apple sauce has been around for years and one wouldn’t think it would be possible to reinvent it, but Materne has with GoGo Squeez Apple Sauce.
We saw these fun apple sauce pouches at the recent Natural Products Expo East and were thrilled to receive a variety pack in the mail. While we are usually not big fans of individually packaged foods–these do have their place. What makes them so great?
GoGo Squeez comes in individual, portable pouches with resealable caps. They are perfect for snacks, lunch boxes, day trips and camping. You can throw one in your purse, in the glove box of your car and best of all–no spoon is needed. In short–they are perfect for kids.
They come in multiple flavors, are made with 100% fruit (no sugar added) and are allergy friendly.
I received an email from the company with the following Allergen Statement attached. I was also told that none of the top 8 allergens are in the manufacturing facility.
How do they taste? You’ll have to track down my kids to ask because they finished them before I could set one aside to try.
GoGo Squeez can be found on Amazon.com and in some grocery stores. Visit the Materne website to find a location near you.
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Having a child with a severe egg allergy has forced me to come up with egg free substitutes. Having an extreme sweet tooth has forced me to make sure they taste great. Following is a vegan brownie recipe that is egg, dairy, peanut, tree nut and soy free.
You can bake these brownies in a traditional square pan or in a pie plate and cut wedges rather than squares. This makes for a nicer dessert presentation. Keep in mind that a pie plate will make for a thicker torte like brownie and may need to be refrigerated to help fully set the center.
Ingredients
1 1/8 cups cocoa
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbs baking powder
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
use a dairy alternative for dairy allergy like a soy or vegan butter, for both dairy and soy allergy try Spectrum palm oil shortening or try small increasing amounts of vegetable or canola oil
2 cups light brown sugar
10 ounces pureed prunes (baby food) or apple sauce
prunes make for a richer brownie
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2-1 cup chocolate or carob chips (optional)
Enjoy Life makes a dairy and soy free chip
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F
Prepare a pie plate or 9 by 9 baking dish with buttered foil
Mix the first three dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside
Mix the remaining ingredients (except chips) in a separate bowl until thoroughly combined
Add the dry mixture to the wet and stir until you have a thick batter
Stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips
Pour batter into your prepared pan
Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips
Bake approximately 30 minutes more or less depending upon your stove and altitude
The brownie should look dry on the top, set in the center and the edges should pull away from the sides of the pan
Cool in pan/pie plate on a wire rack then in the refrigerator if necessary
Cut into 1 inch squares or wedges and serve as you wish
You can warm brownie slightly in the microwave and serve with ice cream or dust with confectioner’s sugar
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