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Two Gluten-Free Fruit Salads to Bring to Thanksgiving Dinner:

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 christyaustin1680

Here are two gluten-free fruit salad that are sure to be a crowd- pleaser at Thanksgiving.

Both of these fruit salads have a different flavor, but they are both delicious.

Let me know if you end up making one of these tasty fruit salads, I would love to hear!

What I love about the Pink berry salad is that it’s sooo easy! The salad is made up of only 4 ingredients and the flavor is amazing!

Our second fruit salad is the Lila’s Banana/Pineapple Fruit Salad

This recipe is named after my grandma Lila, who made this tasty fruit salad all the time. This recipe is naturally gluten-free and it’s delicious.

Enjoy!

xoxo,

Christy Lee

potatoes beside stainless steel cooking pot

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Two Gluten-Free Potato Recipes to Make For Thanksgiving Dinner!

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 christyaustin1680

With Thanksgiving approaching, we don’t want to be left out of good food just because we have to eat gluten-free!

Lucky for you, I will be posting many delicious recipes to make for Thanksgiving.

Today, we will start with two of my favorite potato recipes.

First, our favorite Gluten Free Cheesy Potato Recipe is not only gluten free but it’s simple and tasty!

These cheesy potatoes are just creamy enough that everyone will be coming back for more!

The second potato recipe is our delicious Gluten-Free Potato Salad Recipe!

This potato salad recipe has a delicious flavor with a little crunch to it as we use pickles and cucumbers.

Who doesn’t love a great Potato salad at Thanksgiving?

I hope you enjoy these two potato recipes!

Comment below if you plan to make them for Thanksgiving!

xoxo,

Christy Lee

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Make These Gluten-Free Oreos For Halloween!

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 christyaustin1680

Our family loves these homemade gluten-free Oreos.

The best part?

Just add orange frosting in the middle to make a fun Halloween cookie!

You will love the flavor and your kids will love how festive they feel eating a black and orange cookie.

Enjoy!

xoxo,

Christy Lee

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3 Easy Gluten-Free Recipes for School/Week Nights:

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 christyaustin1680

If you have been following along,you know that I have celiacs disease and I follow a strict gluten-free diet.

After years of cooking and baking, it has been fun to start a blog incorporating many of my well-loved gluten-free recipes.

Here are some of may simple and tasty recipes that are easy and delicious for school nights, or busy week nights.

Delicious Gluten-Free Taco Chicken. The best part of this chicken dish is you can cook it in the crock-pot, so it’s easy and tasty. Add some tortilla chips to top it off and you will love these easy and delicious meal!

2. Tasty Korean Beef/Gluten Free

What you will love about this dish is how quick and easy the sauce is to make. This Korean Beef is gluten free because instead of soy sauce, you use liquid aminos. Add a side of rice and you have a delicious meal!

3. Delicious Gluten-Free Cheesy Potatoes

This potato recipe is yummy and feeds a lot of people! It’s our family favorite.

Let me know your favorites!

Enjoy your gluten-free lifestyle:)

xoxo,

Christy Lee

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My New Favorite Gluten-Free Store-Bought Bread!

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 christyaustin1680

Recently I went to the Gluten-free expo in Sandy, Utah.

There were so many gluten-free items at the expo that I would like to feature.

First–I want to mention my new favorite bread!

The bread is Mrs. Hewitt’s Bread.

It tastes just like I remember bread tasting.

It doesn’t crumble, it doesn’t taste like cardboard.

I tested it out with a grilled cheese sandwich and it was amazing!

There was a wide variety of gluten free breads Mrs. Hewitt’s offered but I was happy with the Homestyle White Bread.

Let me know if you try this bread…it has opened the doors to many more recipes for me!

Enjoy!

xoxo,

Christy Lee

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Gluten-Free Side Dishes to Make This Week!

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 christyaustin1680

If you have been following for a while, you know that I have been living a gluten-free lifestyle for over 14 years now.

One thing I can say, living a gluten-free lifestyle in the year 2022 is much easier than it was back in 2008.

However, gluten-free living takes some planning.

I want to help you with your planning to make life easier when it comes to cooking gluten-free!

Here are 5 side dishes your entire family will enjoy …and all gluten-free of course!

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Delicious Gluten-Free Cheesy Potatoes This potato recipe is a hit with everyone, especially with kids. The nice part, is that this recipe is simple and easy to make. This potato recipe tastes great with any meal.
This Delicious Pink Berry salad is refreshing and tasty. With only a few ingredients used, this simple recipe is a crowd pleaser!
Another recipe you will love is this tasty Kimchi Cucumber Recipe. This recipe has a mixture of salt and sugar which leaves these crunchy cucumbers with a delicious flavoring.
Another side dish you will love is this Tasty Gluten-Free Fried Rice recipe! Add any type of meat or tofu, instead of regular soy sauce, use gluten-free liquid aminos, and you will have a mouth watering side dish of fried rice!
Last but not least, a refreshing fruit salad that all will enjoy is this Banana & Pineapple Fruit Salad. This fruit salad is naturally gluten-free and easy to make! Just make sure you have bananas and pineapple on hand and you’re set!

Let me know what side dishes you enjoy the most!

Happy Gluten-free cooking!

xoxo,

Christy Lee

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Delicious Gluten-Free Cheesy Potatoes

July 28, 2022July 29, 2022 christyaustin1680

My entire life I have loved these gluten free cheesy potatoes!

As a young child I didn’t love potatoes but even the , I would always eat these tasty cheesy potatoes.

It’s a simple and delicious recipe.

I use cup4cup flour but really, any gluten free flour will work.

I hope you add it to your family favorite recipes like we do!

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For Cheese sauce combine:

4 Tablespoons butter (melted)

4 Tablespoons gluten-free flour

2 cups of milk

1/2 jar of cheese whiz

peel and cute 8-10 potatoes.

Instructions:

Create cheese sauce then set aside.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Prepare potatoes by peeling and slicing.
Transfer potatoes to a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
Pour Cheese sauce over top of sliced
Pour 1-2 cups of shredded cheese over top.
Cover potatoes with foil and cook at 350 for 45 minutes.
Take off foil and place potatoes back in the over for 10 more minutes or until fully cooked.
Enjoy!

Here is the step by step video on how to make these cheesy potatoes :

Gluten free Cheesy Potatoes
https://youtu.be/hrQzPfr0S3g

Until next time!

Christy Lee

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Go Grab This Great Gluten-Free Snack!

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 christyaustin1680

My friend recently shared this tasty gluten-free snack with me and I fell in love!

These “That’s-It” bars are low in calorie, gluten-free, and are literally just fruit! No added preservative or sugar.

Even better, my young son loved these bars which is a much better snack than sugar-filled treats.

You can find these “that’s it” bars at Costco and Amazon.

Let me know if you try these bars, I hope you enjoy them!

xoxo,

Christy Lee

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It’s Time To Make Gluten-Free Lemon Lush For Summer Time!

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 christyaustin1680

Is there anything more refreshing than lemon in the summer?

I crave lemon flavoring in the summer time.

Growing up my favorite dessert was this Lemon Lush Dessert. Thankfully, with some tweaking we were able to create this recipe to be completely gluten-free!