Southwest Chicken Soup

This is one of my favorite quick meals. It comes together in under 15 minutes. I love it because it isn't just a soup I save for the fall. It's wonderful in the summer with fresh avocado.

Rachel's Southwestern Chicken Soup

• Costco Rotisserie Chicken - shredded (boiled chicken would also work, or you could leave the chicken out.
• 5-6 cups GF Chicken Stock
• 1 8oz can tomato sauce
• 1 can pinto beans (rinsed)
• 1 can black beans (rinsed)
• 1 can corn (drained)

Add to taste:

• salt
• pepper
• cumin
• garlic powder (or cloves)
• onion powder (or real onion)
• oregano

You can really add anything you want to the soup. I'm weird, I don't like tomatoes, but I like tomato sauce. The same goes for the onions. I don't like cilantro, so I just added it for the picture. This time I added crema, cotija (neither are dairy free), & the leftover Andean Dream Noodles from Dinner on Monday. Other times I've added chunks of avocado & cooked rice. It's a really versatile soup and it re-heats wonderfully!

Sopes with Refried Beans, Quinoa & Ground Turkey, Warm Corn Salad, Pico, and Avocado

Yuuupp. Check out those noms. 

I discovered sopes last week. Sopes are a wonderful base for just about any combination of meats and vegetables. They look like a thick tortilla and are made from a circle of fried masa of ground maize with pinched sides. 

I topped mine with the following layers:

• Refried Beans
• A mix ground turkey & quinoa (with taco seasoning)
• Skinny Taste's Warm Mexican Corn Salad - http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/06/warm-mexican-corn-salad.html
• Homemade Pico
• Avocado

So filling & deliciously gluten free!

Pasta with Butternut Sauce, Steamed Broccoli, and Breaded Chicken

I found this recipe for Pasta with Butternut Sauce, Spicy Sausage, & Baby Spinach on SkinnyTaste's Pinterest. It looked great, however I'm a picky eater. I decided to modify the recipe to go with what I liked and also what I had in the fridge. I decided instead of sausage, which I didn't have, to sub a GF breaded chicken. I also subbed broccoli for spinach.

Ingredients:

For the Pasta & Sauce:

• 1 lb butternut squash, peeled and diced
• 1 tbsp light butter
• 10 oz gluten free pasta of your choice. (I used Andean Dream Quinoa Pasta Fusilli)
• 1/4 cup shallots, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups broccoli, steamed
• 2 tbsp fresh shaved parmesan cheese
• kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

For the Chicken

• 4 Chicken tenderloins
• Corn Chex
• Onion Powder
• Garlic Powder
• 1 Egg

Sizzle...pop...yum!

I've been looking for a good GF breadcrumb. All the ones I've looked at are a little too expensive for something I feel like I could make at home. Rice and Corn Chex are both GF, so I used the food processor to chop up some Corn Chex tossed in some garlic & onion powder & voila! Homemade GF breadcrumbs!

Tada! Final Product!

I followed SkinnyTaste's cooking instructions for the rest. The breaded chicken may have been a little off with the pasta dish, but overall, it still tasted good. 

Gluten Free Breakfast from Heaven!

Welcome to my blog! 

I've been living gluten free on and off for over a year now. I've been tested and I don't have Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance. The "gluten gut" I get after I eat bread disagrees with the test results.

I've found that eliminating most* gluten & dairy from my diet has helped immensely! I just feel better. 

That deliciousness you see above is a GF breakfast from heaven! It's a homemade GF yogurt parfait. I got the idea from Marlow at Gluten Hates Me.

GF Yogurt Parfait:

• 1/2 Udi's Gluten Free Double Vanilla Muffin
• 1/2 Cup Greek Gods Honey Vanilla Yogurt
• 4 medium strawberries

Only 271 calories according to MyFitnessPal!

I look forward to posting my attempts at gluten free cooking, fitness goals, and of course my dogs. :)






*I say most gluten because who am I to turn down a warm cookie from Tiff's Treats? There are just some times it is impossible to resist a warm baked good. Even if my stomach does disagree.