Slightly Indulgent Tuesday 12/8/09

December 7, 2009 { }

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It’s another day full of fabulous food made healthier at Slightly Indulgent Tuesday! It’s my hope to help people see that they can eat healthier – and it doesn’t have to be perfectly healthy. (Is there such a thing?) Any move toward healthier food is good thing. Progress, not perfection, is what matters.

Last week we had so many fantastic, healthier submissions – I found myself wishing we could all get together and cook. But, for now, we’ll just have to share recipes. If you love scones with your tea or coffee, these Cinnamon Scones would be a delight. Or maybe a vegan, flourless chocolate chip cookie would hit the spot. I am always on the look-out for a new way to make delicious main dishes, so this jerk seasoning recipe went on my to-make list.

My submission:

If you haven’t seen how I transformed our dinner leftovers into a healthy and delicious Chicken & Butternut Squash Spinach Salad, then stop by check it out. I’d love to hear about how you transform your leftovers, too.

Reminders:

This Thursday is Holiday Food Fest hosted by the brilliant Shirley at Gluten-Free Easily. Link you your holiday dishes – main dishes, sides – almost anything goes. She’ll be giving away a bottle of organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions.

If you haven’t stopped by and seen last week’s Holiday Food Fest entries, take a couple of minutes to do so. You can still leave a comment to be entered to win one of two fabulous prizes – a 5 pound bag of Honeyville’s Almond Flour or a Honeyville gift assortment of flax seed, gourmet cocoa, and freeze dried apples.

I have a guest post on Gingered Sweet Potatoes at The Nourishing Gourmet today. This is a favorite of ours – stop by and let me know what you think about it.

I can’t wait to see all of your healthier recipes this week. When you link, please tell us who you are and what you’re cooking . For example, I would enter:

Amy @ Simply Sugar & Gluten Free – (Chicken & Butternut Squash Spinach Salad)

Please link to your individual post, not your homepage. Please link back to this post so that your readers can find the recipes here.

1. Cheryl – Carob Chestnut Balls
2. Lauren @ Celiac Teen (Light Pumpkin Pancakes)
3. Amanda @ Coping with Frugality(Posole)
4. Kitchen Stewardship (Whole Grain, Healthy Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies)
5. Shirley @ gfe (Honey Cinnamon Grand Marnier Ice Cream)
6. Katrina @ Gluten Free Gidget- Mint Carob Fudgie Babies
7. Iris at The Daily Dietribe: Turkey Noodle Soup
8. Joy in My Kitchen (Roasted Butternut Squash Lasagna)

9. Linda @ Gluten-Free Homemaker (rice & quinoa pilaf)
10. The W.H.O.L.E. Gang-Chocolate Sorbet w/Roasted Chocolate Nibs
11. Winnie@Healthy Green Kitchen (Gluten-Free Chocolate Mint Cookies)
12. Rochelle @ Acquired Taste – Baked Pears with oatmeal crisp
13. Chelsey – Ranch dip mix
14. Lynns Kit Avd (easy cauliflower soup)
15. Heather @CeliacFamily (Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins)
16. Comfy Cook – Mashed Potatoes, Pumpkin and Spinach

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12 Responses to “Slightly Indulgent Tuesday 12/8/09”

cheryl
December 7th, 2009 @ 9:15 pm

I’ve added carob chestnut balls–gluten free, vegan, sugar free and REALLY delicious.

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Lauren
December 7th, 2009 @ 9:29 pm

Although I did post this week, It doesn’t have a recipe (in the post), so I’m linking to my lighter than air pumpkin pancakes!

Thanks for linking to my scones- They’re one of my favourite recipes to date!

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Liz@HoosierHomemade
December 7th, 2009 @ 10:42 pm

I don’t have a link this week But wanted to say Hi! Your salad looks yummy!
~Liz

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gfe--gluten free easily
December 8th, 2009 @ 7:01 am

I’ve added another ice cream recipe. It’s naturally gluten free and dairy free and lovely to eat just as it is or as an alternative topping for those wonderful holiday desserts like pies and cakes.

Love your salad, Amy! I think we get stuck in ruts with our salads, so it’s great to see what others come up with–then we can be inspired to come up with our own easy, nutritious salads.

Nowwww … about that “brilliant Shirley” comment … thank you very, very much, but I hope I live up to your expectations. I’m not sure my post will be brilliant, but the recipe(s) shared will be naturally gluten free and will be made easily.

Can’t wait to check out all the Slightly Indulgent entries later today! Thanks, Amy, for hosting this wonderful, weekly event and everything else you do!

Shirley

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Linda
December 8th, 2009 @ 7:55 am

Your spinach salad looks great. I love the colors! I’ve made white rice little healthier by adding quinoa and pecans.

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Rochelle (Acquired Taste)
December 8th, 2009 @ 10:42 am

I decided to add my Baked Pears which I topped with an oatmeal crisp made with brown sugar substitute and a little bit of homemade whipped cream with cinnamon. The most unhealthy part would be the whipped cream but it still tastes fantastic without it

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Amy Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am
@Rochelle (Acquired Taste), For me, a balance is important. It doesn’t have to be totally healthy – that would get *boring!* I think the whipped cream sounds delightful!

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Chelsey
December 8th, 2009 @ 10:52 am

Hey there! I linked up ranch dip mix which can be made dairy free replacing the sour cream with avocado puree. The dry mix is also the perfect gift for friends. Your salad looks good. I’m trying to like squash, so maybe this will do the trick. Any suggestions to help with that?

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gfe--gluten free easily
December 9th, 2009 @ 5:51 am

Just wanted to mention that Chaya’s link is not working. I am loving reading these as always!

Shirley

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Chaya
December 9th, 2009 @ 12:12 pm

I hope I got it fixed.

Will do anything possible for you and Shirley.

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Chaya
December 9th, 2009 @ 12:14 pm

The link is not working. Is that because I logged in as Sweet and Savory Says it all. Now, I am Comfy Cook. Let’s see what happens.

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Winnie
December 9th, 2009 @ 8:20 pm

I added my recipe for gluten free chocolate mint cookies! Thanks for another great round-up of recipes!

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