Thanksgiving and Christmas are troubling holidays—not for what most might think of. For me, it is the food. Every corner of the grocery store is a minefield of highly preserved "food" that most of America serves without blinking. Canned cream of mushroom soup is easy to grab. Just scrape out the can, add a can… Continue reading Handcrafted Condensed Cream Of Mushroom Soup
Tag: gluten free
Chickpea Spring Salad
I was craving fresh flavors, and this recipe satisfied that. I took a couple of recipes I had seen online and made my version. The avocado takes it over the top: crunchy peppers and onions, creamy smooth chickpeas, and avocadoes. A simple dressing is all it needs to pull it together. Chickpea Spring Salad Ingredients:… Continue reading Chickpea Spring Salad
Protein Cottage Cheese and Oatmeal Pancakes
Looking for inspiration, I picked up a copy of Clean & Delicious: Eat Healthy and Get Healthy With 100 Whiile-Ingredient Recipes. It came out in 2023. I was flipping through when I saw her recipe for protein pancakes, which are gluten-free and based on oats and cottage cheese. They have no leavening, so the pancakes… Continue reading Protein Cottage Cheese and Oatmeal Pancakes
Instant Mug Meals: No Cook Chicken Salad
A new recipe to join our "Instant Mug Meals" collection. With a couple freeze-dried ingredients you can have a quick no-cook lunch, snack or even dinner for the trail. The recipe itself is gluten-free, but as always read the labels on mayo packets to be sure. I served it on street taco sized tortillas, Mission… Continue reading Instant Mug Meals: No Cook Chicken Salad
Freeze-Drying versus Dehydrating: Frozen Peas and Corn
We have been running comparisons with Freeze-Drying versus Dehydrating with various ingredients, to see what the outcome is. This has meant that we are running both our Harvest Right freeze-dryer and our dehydrator running nearly non-stop of late. We have the large size Harvest Right freeze-dryer for reference. This post is on drying frozen petite peas and sweet corn. Both are blanched,… Continue reading Freeze-Drying versus Dehydrating: Frozen Peas and Corn