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Roasted Pesto Pasta Primavera {grain free}

February 18, 2023 by Erica Leave a Comment

Roasted Pesto Pasta Primavara

Here’s a quick and easy pasta primavera using roasted veggies and a simple dairy-free pesto made with walnuts, lemon, kale, and basil. It hits so many nutritional notes, and is packed with flavor. If you love (or even like) pasta and are eating grain free, you’ve got choices. There are a variety of grain-free pastas …

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Filed Under: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten-Free, Lactose Free, Low Carb | Keto, Low Sugar, Mediterranean diet, Plant-based, Quick & Easy, Salads, Sauces & Dressings, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), Vegetarian Tagged With: basil, kale, lentils, peppers, Recipe Subscriber Only, tomatoes, walnuts, zucchini

Creamy Broccoli Basil Soup {dairy free}

April 30, 2022 by Erica 4 Comments

Creamy Broccoli Basil Soup

I’m always looking for quick and easy ways to add more green to my life, including broccoli. Broccoli is great way to get some fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, iron, and potassium in your body, and has more protein than most vegetables. I often steam broccoli and drizzle some lemon juice over it, or sprinkle …

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Filed Under: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten-Free, Lactose Free, Low Carb | Keto, Low Sugar, Paleo, Plant-based, Quick & Easy, Soup, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), Vegetarian Tagged With: basil, broccoli, Recipe Subscriber Only

Spaghetti Squash Parmesan

November 27, 2021 by Erica 2 Comments

Spaghetti Squash Parmesan

Spaghetti squash noodles are my favorite low-carb noodle and a good source of fiber, vitamin C, manganese, and vitamin B6. It’s an easy noodle base to use in a quick stir fry, bake, or bowl. My Spaghetti Pizza Pie is dairy free, and this recipe can be made dairy free as well. I often use spaghetti squash …

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Low Carb | Keto, Low Sugar, Paleo, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), Vegetarian Tagged With: basil, cashew cream, Parmesan, Recipe Subscriber Only, spaghetti squash, spinach

Chicken Chili {quick & easy}

October 16, 2019 by Erica 2 Comments

Chicken Chili

There are many variations of chili. Chili with beans, veggie chili, turkey chili, beef chili, white chicken chili, and so on. If you’re not eating beans, but like a source of protein in your chili and want a quick and easy recipe, I think you’ll like this one. This is the kind of chili that …

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Filed Under: Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gluten-Free, Lactose Free, Low Carb | Keto, Low Sugar, Nut Free, Paleo, Quick & Easy, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) Tagged With: basil, chicken, tomato sauce

Basil Walnut Pesto {dairy free}

April 11, 2016 by Erica 4 Comments

Basil Walnut Pesto

I improvise with pesto ingredients so often that I no longer follow a recipe. Like the kale pesto recipe I posted several years ago, which I’ve made at least 50 times. Basil walnut pesto is my latest pesto mix, mostly because I have all these ingredients on hand quite often. Slight confession here: I sometimes eat pesto without …

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1 tablespoon 3 teaspoons
1/4 cup 4 tablespoons
1 cup 8 ounces
1 teaspoon 5 ml
1 tablespoon 15 ml

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I create recipes using simple, nutrient-dense ingredients, staying as close to the earth as possible.

One of my boys was diagnosed with Crohn’s, which inspired me to start Comfy Belly, and create recipes to share my love of good, healthy food. Read More →

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