Easy Gluten-Free Recipes, Cocktails & Travel

February 14, 2019 By Toni Dash 28 Comments

Homemade Tomato Soup: an Easy Fresh Tomato Soup Recipe

Homemade Tomato Soup is made with fresh tomatoes and just a handful of other wholesome ingredients. You’ll never want canned tomato soup again!

Tomato soup is a classic comfort food. My childhood was filled with from-a-can Cream of Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.

I still love and crave both today.

But did you know you can make Homemade Tomato Soup? It’s easy and delicious too.

It’s very affordable to make from scratch with fresh tomatoes.

Homemade Tomato Soup is also flexible in terms of using home grown garden tomatoes or hot house ripened tomatoes on the dead of winter.

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February 12, 2019 By Toni Dash 37 Comments

Southwestern Instant Pot Chili

Instant Pot Chili is perfect for an easy, satisfying dinner! This Southwestern version is full of ground beef, black beans, corn, savory spices and more. Cooler weather calls for soul-warming comfort food, but not more hours in the kitchen to make it! This Southwestern Instant Pot Chili is a hearty recipe full of ground beef, black…

Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue title image

February 10, 2019 By Toni Dash 44 Comments

Chocolate Fondue in the Slow Cooker: a Fancy Dessert That is SO Easy!

Chocolate Fondue has never been easier! Made in individual cups in a slow cooker! Fast and easy to make any time. There is nothing more adored on the dessert front than chocolate. AND there is nothing like the silky texture of melted chocolate for dipping other favorite treats. Chocolate fondue has been a long favorite…

February 7, 2019 By Toni Dash 25 Comments

Love Potion Number 9: A Spicy, Fiery Sipper with a Bang!

Love Potion Number 9 is a sweet, spicy non-alcoholic Valentine’s Day drink with a special ‘bang’. Just like love itself. Can be spiked! What would Valentine’s Day be without a love potion? An exciting elixir to dazzle the eyes and palate with a bit of the unexpected. Love Potion Number 9 is a sweet-spicy elixir…

February 5, 2019 By Toni Dash 52 Comments

Triple Chocolate Wacky Cake with Chocolate-Stuffed Raspberries

Triple Chocolate Wacky Cake with Chocolate-Stuffed Raspberries is an easy to make, fudgy chocolate chip cake made with an old school trick! Valentine’s Day is on the way and what says ‘love’ more than chocolate. The more the better too. Did you know eating chocolate encourages the brain to produce endorphins, the chemicals that make…

Shrimp Creole over rice in a large white bowl

February 3, 2019 By Toni Dash 68 Comments

Shrimp Creole: A Spicy Fast and Easy Dinner Recipe

Shrimp Creole is a fast and easy recipe great to spice up a busy weeknight OR to serve when entertaining. Though I always love great food, I am passionate about creating fast, easy meals that don’t require hours in the kitchen. Shrimp Creole is no exception. I even have a TRICK to prepare it in…

January 31, 2019 By Toni Dash 52 Comments

Lemony Romanesco with Pine Nuts

Romanesco is an exotic looking member of the broccoli and cauliflower family that shouldn’t be missed! Lemony Romanesco with Pine Nuts is a fast, easy recipe you’ll love. Have you seen this bizarrely shaped, bright green vegetable in your grocery store? If so snatch it up because it has a short and sweet growing season! There…