Real Food with Christine

You NEED to make this bread! I love Irish Soda Bread but haven't been satisfied with many of the gluten free versions I've tried. This one came out exactly how I wanted it to be. It has a crispy golden outer crust and the inside is slightly sweet. This bread will go over great at any of your St. Patty's Day celebrations! Ingredients 2 cups gluten free flour mix 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon xanthan gum 3 tablespoons coconut palm sugar 3/4 cups raisins 3 tablespoons grass fed butter or earth balance melted 1egg 1cup rice milk 1 tablespoon vinegar Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a baking sheet. In a bowl combine the flour mix, baking soda, baking powder, salt, xanthan gum, coconut palm sugar and raisins.  In another bowl whisk the egg and melted butter. Add egg mixture, rice milk and vinegar to dry ingredients and start to stir.  You wi...

This recipe came about because my daughter was celebrating Chinese new year at school. The class was going to be bringing in vegetable fried rice. My daughter loves rice, but the vegetable fried rice from a Chinese restaurant would contain gluten and soy and she would not be able to have it. I didn't want her to not be able to participate, so I put this together the day before and it ended up being really amazing. So I hope you all enjoy this version of fried rice. Plus it is healthier than take out. For those of you who are grain free or just want to cut carbs, try this Vegetable Fried "rice" made with Cauliflower rice here ---> recipe Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small onion chopped 2 carrots shredded 2 eggs beaten 2 cups cooked brown rice 3 tablespoons coconut aminos 1 teaspoon salt 2 scallions chopped Directions Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and carrots and saute until soft. Slide the onion and carrots ...

Once and a while there is something that I need in a hurry and I don't have time to experiment with creating a new recipe. This was one of those times. Once a month my daughter has "pretzel day" at school. The first month I bought some frozen soft pretzels from a local gluten free market and made them for her. Before we even left for school they were hard as rocks and almost inedible. The next few times, she just asked for regular gluten free pretzels we used these ---> Gluten Free Pretzels . This time she said she'll try the frozen ones again and "maybe they'll be better this time". I felt so bad because I knew they would be just as bad as the first time, so I started searching online for recipes. I found this one and made only one adjustment to suite our needs and they turned out great. I wanted to pass this on to anyone who may need a recipe for gluten free soft pretzels. I used this recipe from Elizabeth Barbone---> Gluten Free Soft Pretz...

I have made cauliflower crust before and was disappointed. It did not hold together and was very wet and soggy. I kept seeing over and over that people were making cauliflower crust and were successful. I had to give it a try again. After a lot of testing and reading, I did  notice that squeezing the water out of the cauliflower helped a lot. It was a much drier and crispy crust than before. So, please don't skip this step! You can also top this pizza crust with sauce and cheese like a traditional pizza, or experiment with any other toppings you like. This is a great grain free alternative to pizza! I'd love to hear what you topped yours with, leave a comment below and let us know! .  Crust adapted from this recipe Ingredients Crust 1 small head of cauliflower grated 1/4 cups grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cups shredded goat mozzarella cheese 1/4 teaspoons sea salt 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder 2 tablespoons coconut flour 1 whole Egg...

These muffins are perfect if your looking for a traditional blueberry muffin recipe. These are free of gluten, dairy and soy and are not too sweet. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Ingredients 2 cups gluten free flour mix #2 recipe found ---> here 1/2 cup organic evaporated cane juice 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk (almond, rice or dairy milk) 1/2 cup safflower oil 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup fresh organic blueberries Directions Preheat oven to 350 and line a muffin tin with ubleached liners . In a large bowl combine the flour mix, evaporated cane juice, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the milk, oil, eggs and vanilla and stir until just combined. Fold in the blueberries. Scoop batter into 12 muffin cups. Bake for 35 minutes or until lightly golden on top.

There is nothing better when your in on a cold snowy day than some comfort food. This dish is very comforting and satisfying while still being packed with nutrients. I found the idea from Megan from The Detoxinista . This cream sauce recipe is a variation of -->  this recipe . I usually skip any vegan cheese recipes that call for nutritional yeast because I am allergic to yeast. This time I figured I'd give it a try without the yeast and see how it came out. The result was a creamy, spicy "cheese" like sauce that would be great on any pasta noodles, spaghetti squash noodles, or on top of veggies (I used cauliflower). I followed -->  this recipe  with the following changes: I left out the nutritional yeast, I used cayenne pepper instead of the chili powder and I used the orange sweet potato because that's all I had in the house. Benefits of this dish: Cauliflower contains vitamins B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B...

Chocolate chip cookies are a favorite in our house. I have made many pretty good gluten free and dairy free versions over the last few years but none were exactly like the traditional ones I would make before we were gluten free. I made these yesterday as a test batch and when I got home from food shopping my husband had pretty much finished them! That's how I knew these were real deal chocolate chip cookies. He actually said "no one would know those were gluten free". I almost fainted. He is my toughest critic when it comes to chocolate chip cookies and when he asked if I was testing them out again today I knew he wanted more. I thought this would take a while to perfect, but since they are good enough for my toughest critic then I think you will all love them too. And, with the holidays coming these are the perfect treat! Ingredients 1/2 cup organic palm shortening 1 1/4 cups of evaporated cane sugar 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses 2 large eggs 2 cups Bobs ...