Spaghetti Not Quite Carbonara Dairy Free Food

SPAGHETTI (NOT QUITE) CARBONARA - DAIRY FREE

Steps:

• Begin boiling water for pasta.
• Soak sun dried tomatoes to soften in warm water. When softened, dice into pieces.
• Dice onion and garlic and cut bacon into small pieces.
• Heat oil in pan and add onion, garlic, and bacon. When slightly cooked, add diced sun dried tomatoes. and continue to cook until bacon is slightly crisp. Remove from heat.
• Whisk eggs with white wine and add salt and pepper to taste.
• When pasta is done, drain and immediately add to bacon mixture and add eggs. Stir quickly to allow for even cooking of eggs from the heat of the pasta.
• Serve with parmesan on top if you wish.

MIRJ'S LEMON CREAM LIQUEUR -- DAIRY FREE

Steps:

• Pour the alcohol into a jug or piece of Tupperware.
• Zest or peel the lemons and submerge in the alcohol.
• Juice the lemons, and do whatever you want with the juice, the juice is not part of the recipe. I freeze the juice in an ice cube tray for use in cooking.
• Cover and put away in a dark place for one week, or up to however long you want. I once forgot I was making a batch and the stuff steeped for a whole month, wow, THAT was a strong batch.
• After you have finished your steeping, drain the alcohol.
• Bring the soy milk and sugar to a boil, lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Let cool.
• Mix the lemony alcohol with the sugary soy milk. Pour into bottles. This will make about 1 1/2 liters.
• I keep mine in the freezer. It thickens up but does not freeze. Super refreshing on a hot day.

DATE AND WALNUT LOAF - DAIRY FREE & FAT FREE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to moderate (180C/160C fan forced) Grease a 14cm x 21cm loaf pan.
• Combine dates and maple syrup in a large heatproof bowl, add the boiling water and stand for 15 minutes.
• Add walnuts, sugar, rolled oats, sifted flour and soda, stir into date mixture until well combined.
• Spread mixture into the prepared pan, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake for approximately 50 minutes or until cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
• Enjoy!

GLUTEN FREE DAIRY FREE SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Saute onion in olive oil. Once it softens add the flour and stir briskly. Stir until the flour develops a slightly brown color. This is the roux that will thicken our sauce while the potatoes bake. Spray a 9×13 pan with nonstick spray and layers the potatoes and ham. Pour chicken broth on top of the layers. Pour the roux on top of the potatoes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 30 minutes @ 350. Turn the temperature up to 400 and continue to cook another 15 minutes or until the top layer looks brown. Let sit 5 minutes and serve hot!

SESAME (TAHINI) MILK (DAIRY FREE)

Steps:

• Wiz everything together in a blender.
• Enjoy!

CARROT AND ZUCCHINI RISOTTO (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable stock to a low simmer. Keep simmering throughout the making of this recipe.
• In a small bowl, combine the saffron and 1 cup of the vegetable stock. Set aside to infuse.
• Heat oil in a very large skillet (12 inch diameter at least).
• Saute the onions, garlic, carrots and zucchini in the oil until the onions are translucent.
• Add the Arborio rice and stir for a few minutes.
• Add the wine, the saffron-infused stock, and an additional ladle of stock. Stir well.
• Add pepper to taste.
• Stir the risotto until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add 1-2 ladles of vegetable stock and stir until the liquid is absorbed.
• Repeat the previous step until the the rice is tender but there is still a speck of white in the center of each grain. This is a sign of a well-made risotto. This should take about 20 minutes.
• Serve with Parmesan cheese if desired.