Crispy Gluten-Free Pork and Cabbage Wontons – paleo friendly

This cute little crispy wanton uses a wrap recipe from Life Made Full with my scrumptious and easy filling that is half pork, half veggie, and all yummy. Parcooking the veggies before mixing them in with the pork makes for a VERY meaty bite. Click here to see Life Made Full Paleo Wontons (Fried, Crispy and Delicious!) Gluten-Free […]
Crepe Method for Crispy Wonton Skins – Gluten-free, Paleo

Paleo friendly flours blend – crepe method For a fried wonton, these wraps work great! As with any alternative method to a traditional wonton, don’t expect these to taste and feel like your conventional wheat flour wonton. But this method does offer a nice crunch, great flavor, and when I made these at home they all […]
Eggless Vegan Wonton Skins – Easy few ingredients

These versatile wrappers can be stuffed with any filling you like and then frozen for quick and easy dinners and snacks. For wonton soup, use a meaty filling… pretty much any recipe you would use for an Asian meatball will hold up nicely in a soup, or steamed like a dumpling. For fried or baked […]
Build Your Own Fish and Chips – Vegan to Paleo

Because last week’s Build-Your-Own family meal had so many flavors and ingredients from which to choose – and it was awesome – a change in pace feels like a good idea. This week’s dish, inspired by English Beer-battered Fish and Chips, is made with only a few carefully chosen ingredients. One batter for almost all […]
Sweet Potato Steak Fries

Thick chunky sweet potato steak fries. Sweet potatoes provide a nice starchy crispy addition to dinner, with a nutritional bump over a white potato. The kids will probably not be fooled into thinking these are russets, but they still may love them. Keep a bottle of ketchup on hand, though, just in case. 🙂 Roast […]
Crazy Crispy Beer-Optional Battered Fish – gluten free! Paleo friendly

This gluten-free batter creates a crazy crispy crust that to my taste, is simply right. A super simple balanced flour. tapioca flour provides structure coconut flour gives it a flake and crispiness almond flour adds flavor and color Club soda and yeast can give you all that carbonated bubbly goodness and yeasty flavor. It hits […]
Crazy Crispy Beer-Optional Battered Tofu – gf

When a carnivore says tofu is “insanely good!” you are in a good place. 🙂 This gluten-free batter has a crazy crispy crust that is simply right. A super simple balanced flour. tapioca flour provides structure coconut flour gives it a flake and crispiness almond flour adds flavor and color If you prefer to leave […]
Family Dinner – Build Your Own Thai Jok

My five favorite reasons for Build Your Own family dinners: Easy to make items ahead to get dinner on the table fast! – we dine in very little time Opportunities to expand the palette with add-ons to familiar meals – we dine both inside and outside the box Shared labor – we dine as a […]
Rice Base for Thai Jok

Making the rice base for Thai Jok is as easy, actually much more easy, than making grits or cream of wheat. It is meant to be prepared at whatever texture you like! This makes it very hard to under or over cook. If you like it, it’s right. Thai Jok – pronounced kind of like […]
Kai Luak – the egg in the bottom of the bowl

In Thailand, half-raw, soft boiled, or parcooked eggs – however you would like to look at it – are eaten as protein snacks. They are served in a shot glass and sometimes a little seasoning or hot sauce will be added on top before they are downed in one gulped. Shot of egg, anyone? By […]
