Living Better Cafe is a food blog, for people who deal with food sensitivity. All the recipes are quick fix with a substitute ingredient. Its also about how to live inexpensively while staying on a budget... eating healthy can become expensive.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Veggaroni & meatballs
* Vegetarian & Vegan spaghetti
Serves: 6
Tomato sauce
Spaghetti or Rotini
Italian seasoning
Vegan meat station:
1 cup pinto beans
1 pkg (1 1/4 oz) Ranch dip
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 cup dry breadcrumbs
Mash beans, mix in all the ingredients.
Batter should be slightly moist.
Cook on low heat for 2 minutes longer, then bean burgers.
Roll into meatball form, and fry in a half inch to inch of oil.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Barbecue Chicken Mac salad
Serves: 4
2/3 boneless skinless chicken breast
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup tartar sauce
1/4 lb - 2 cups elbow macaroni
2 stalks celery (diced)
1/4 Tbsp. Chipotle peppers (diced)
16 oz. Extra Sharp Cheddar cheese (grated)
8 oz. Monterey Jack cheese (grated)
Salt & pepper (to taste)
Directions:
Cook macaroni according to the package directions.
Drain the noodles, rinse in cold water and drain again.
In a large bowl combine the cooked macaroni, shredded chicken, celery.
Chipotle peppers, barbecue sauce, tartar sauce, and grated cheeses and mix.
SAFETY ALERT: When working with chipotle peppers, or any peppers with capsaicin please wear gloves.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
The heaven sandwich
The heaven sandwich:
* if you have any food allergy to any of these ingredients.
Please omit and find a substitute!
Serves: 4
8 pita bread* (Gluten-free Pita bread)
8 eggs* (Egg substitute)
Oil (frying)
Tartar sauce* (Try the Living Better Tartar sauce recipe)
Mixed Salad
Sausage patties
Directions:
Toast pita in the frypan, by adding a little bit of oil to the pan.
Then add more oil if needed, to the pan to fry the eggs and sausage patties.
The sandwich station:
Spread tartar sauce on one slice of pita.
Then apply eggs & sausage patties, Mixed salad.
Then finish it off with the other pita slice.
And there you have it, the heaven sandwich!
Question:
What's your best breakfast sandwich of all time?
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Level up popcorn
*A twist on popcorn balls
Serves: vary
1 cup popcorn
1 cup raisins
1 cup granola
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup wasabi peas
1 cup Japanese rice crackers
1 cup peanuts* omit if allergic
Seaweed
Caramel (store brought)
Directions:
Pop popcorn and mix together the peanuts, raisins, wasabi peas.
Seaweed (broken into pieces),rice crackers, granola. Pour caramel over popcorn, an form into balls
Monday, August 11, 2014
Butterscotch coffee shake
Sunday, August 10, 2014
stuffed peachy-apple manicotti
Serves: 7
2 cups cream cheese
2 cups sugar
1 can peach pie filling
1 can apple pie filling
1 pkg. (8oz) manicotti
Caramel sauce (for serving)
Directions:
Boil water according to back of the box.
Cream together cream cheese and sugar.
Then blend in the peach and apple filling, and stir.
Using a ziploc bag spoon in the mixture, and pipe into the pasta.
And serve with caramel sauce and ~Enjoy!
Friday, August 8, 2014
Cranberry- strawberry heavenly bread
Serves: 1 - 9x5 loaf
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup fresh cranberry
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsps. Baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup strawberries juice
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in cranberries and place in medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, and set aside while preparing batter. In a large bowl, cream together margarine, sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in strawberry juice. Beat in flour mixture until just moistened. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the bread springs back when lightly touched. Let stand 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
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