Pasta Fagioli - Olive garden style

Servings: 12-14 
Ingredients: 
2 lbs ground beef 
1 onion, chopped 
3 carrots, chopped 
4 stalks celery, chopped 
3 cloves garlic, minced 
2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained 
1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained 
1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained 
3 (10 ounce) cans beef stock 
3 teaspoons oregano 
2 teaspoons pepper 
5 teaspoons parsley 
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional) 
1 (20 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce 
8 ounces tinkyada macaroni pasta, uncooked


Directions: 1 Brown beef in a skillet. 2 Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta. 3 Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours. 4 During last 30 min on high or 1 hour on low, add pasta.

Magic Pizza Crust

2 c. cauliflower (measured after its steamed and mashed)

2 eggs

2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese

Steam the cauliflower then mash it up with a potato masher (or you can grate it by hand or in a food processor). This is called ricing (you don't want it to be a puree). Then add the eggs and cheese and spread it on a greased cookie sheet or Pizza pan. Optionally, you could add in some italian seasoning or garlic. Bake at 450 for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown on the edges. Then add your sauce and toppings and put back in oven just to melt the cheese. Yum!  

I tricked my kids the first time, but now they ask for the Cauliflower pizza. Success :)

Garlic and Herb Breadsticks

1/2 cup water
1/4 cup olive oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
pinch fresh nutmeg
1/2 cup all purpose GF flour ( I use Sun Flour Mills)
1 tsp xanthan gum
2 large eggs
1 Tbl fresh herbs (thyme, parsley, basil), chopped (I used Italian seasoning, use less if you don't want it to be as savory)
1 clove garlic, minced

Preheat 425
Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets
In a medium sauce pan, heat water, oil, salt, pepper and nutmeg over medium heat until liquid begins to simmer.  Immediately add flour, xanthan gum, stirring until dough forms.  Cook 2 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.
Pour hot mixture into a food processor, add eggs, herbs, garlic.  Pulse until all ingredients are incorporated and dough is smooth and elastic.
Spoon mixture into pastry bag (#14 bag with no tip) or large ziploc bag with a corner cut off about 1/2 inch.  Squeeze out long, thin mounds of dough about 8-10 inches long.
Bake 20-24 minutes until golden brown.

Makes 6-8 breadsticks.  We doubled the recipe, but could have tripled it and everyone would have been very happy.

Raspberry butter

1 cup raspberry preserves
1 cup real butter
3/4 cup honey

Blend together.  Serve over All purpose Chebe bread (without the cheese added)  Still chewy texture from the tapioca but really good with raspberry butter.

Lasagna - oven or crockpot

Tinkyada Lasagna noodles
1lb hamburger
1 large container cottage cheese
3 eggs
1 large jar prego spaghetti sauce
mozzarella cheese
grated carrots
grated zucchini
spinach chopped or puree
chopped onion
minced garlic

Cook the hamburger with onion and garlic.
Cook noodles as per instructions on the package
Stir cottage cheese and eggs together

Layer noodles, then cottage cheese mixture, then hamburger, then grated carrots, zucchini, spinach, then spaghetti sauce (I hide veggies in the spaghetti sauce - puree, then add to it), then cheese. Repeat 2-3 times depending on how deep your 9x13 is.  Make sure to end with cheese.

Bake 375 for about an hour.  You may have to cover with tin foil if cheese starts to brown to quickly.  Serve with Schar french bread cut in half, buttered with garlic powder sprinkled on top.  Or Chebe bread (I use a mozzarella and parmesan mixture).  and your choice of veggie.  Yum!

PS - you can also do this in a crockpot, depending on how thick your spaghetti sauce is you may want to add 1/4 cup of water over the top.  Watch it if it looks too dry add a little more.

Thanksgiving Traditional Stuffing

1 lb Sausage (we used Natural Jimmy Dean)
3/4 Lg Onion chopped
4-6 celery stocks diced
2 loafs Canyon Bakehouse Bread (dried and cubed)
2 eggs
2 tsp Sage
Salt & Pepper to taste
32 oz Chicken Stock (you won't need all of this, you want it to be very moist, but not liquidy)

Cook Sausage & Onion
In bowl add:
Celery, Bread, Eggs, Chicken stock, Sage, Salt & Pepper

Bake at 350 for 45-60 min.