Many years ago I inherited some cookbooks that had belonged to my great-grandmother. I have always loved looking through these cookbooks because there are a lot of recipes that are probably not made too often these days. The cookbooks are called The Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking and was first published […]
SCD Recipe – Glazed Lemon Tea Cake with Lemon Curd Filling. Gluten-free, grain-free and sugar-free recipe for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
I don’t know what made me think of doing this. I think it’s because I was wanting a grilled cheese sandwich. I have a recipe that calls for adding sliced apple to grilled cheese, so I thought why not use apples in place of the bread. I made a grilled […]
Finding SCD safe canned coconut milk can be a challenge, but if it can be found, it makes great ice cream. SCD legal coconut milk shouldn’t contain any guar gum or carageenan. If you are going to make ice cream, you should get the full fat version, not the light. […]
For these stuffed peppers I was going for a kind of “Impossible Cheeseburger Pie” (if you ever had that, it was a staple of ours when I was growing up) taste and texture – in a pepper. These would be good with some homemade ketchup, but I forgot about making […]
This is a great summer dessert. You don’t have to grill it, but it gives it that extra something if you do! Ingredients:2 cups almond flour1/2 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt2 tbsp melted butter1/4 cup honey1 tbsp pure vanilla extract3 eggs1 cup frozen cherries that have been thawedadditional butter for […]
This past weekend I experimented with using coconut milk in a couple of recipes. I had finally found some that was SCD legal (no guar gum) – so I decided I wanted to try a couple of different things. I made one main dish and one dessert. This is the […]
This started out as a fruit compote, but after it was done I decided I wanted to do a little more with it. I wasn’t really sure what, but I found one envelope of plain gelatin in the cupboard, and I had a little bit of yogurt left in the […]
I used yogurt made with grass-fed milk, grass-fed butter, and pasture eggs for this recipe. Ingredients:2 cups yogurt made with one part whipping cream and one part half & half (if using lower fat yogurt, strain 4 cups for 24 hours)2 eggs1/2 cup honey2 tbsp + 1 tsp butter1/2 cup chopped […]
It doesn’t get much easier than this quick to prepare fruit tart. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups almond flour1/4 tsp salt1/4 tsp baking soda2 tbsp honey1 tsp vanilla1/4 cup melted butter1/4 cup chopped walnuts2 cups berries and chopped fruit (whatever you like – I used strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and mango)1 […]