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We make this pasta in the summer when zucchini is plentiful in our garden, and we need ways to use it up. In the winter we use zucchini from the grocery store, or substitute grated carrot instead. Just cook the carrot a bit longer than you’d cook the zucchini. I’m sure any gluten free pasta could be substituted for the macaroni.

This recipe is adapted from Quickies: Ten Quick Ways with Everyday Foods.

Pronto Parmesan Pasta

• 1 shredded zucchini (or grated carrot)
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 3 cups cooked gluten free macaroni
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
• pinch of nutmeg

1. Sauté zucchini in butter for 2 minutes
2. Add macaroni, Parmesan and nutmeg.
3. Stir until hot.

Great as a side dish. Serves 3.
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The Best-Ever Wheat and Gluten Free Baking Book

Imagine wheat and gluten-free recipes so tasty, even kids without food allergies gobble them up!

This standout cookbook includes more than 200 easy, yummy recipes, including chocolate chip cookies, blueberry muffins, pancakes, and birthday cake.

Forget dry, crumbly, gluten-free baked goods — these recipes were lovingly developed and refined by the authors over a 20 year period. And unlike many gluten-free cookbooks which rely on “run of the mill” rice flour, this one introduces a range of healthier, less well known flour alternatives. Great baking tips and nutritional information, too.

Soft cover; 287 pages.

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Gluten Free Cooking: Recipes from Home is a complete Gluten-Free Cookbook containing 254 Gluten-Free Recipes. Most of the recipes are favorites from the author’s farming community only now they are gluten free. Many cannot be found in cookbooks, they were passed from person to person at picnics, church, and social gatherings.

The recipes in this book give you the flavor of things cooked and baked by mom and grandma. Instead of wheat flour most recipes use flours such as white rice flour, brown rice flour, tapioca flour, potato flour, and or bean flour.

There are recipes of main course meals, soups, onion rings, pizza, lasagna, pies, bars, cakes, cookies, waffles, pancakes, breads, quick breads, and many more.

The author says, “Raised in a large family and getting to share in the chores along with everyone else, I learned to cook and bake at an early age. When I married a farmer and started having children, I was cooking and baking every day and all baking back then was baking from scratch. At busy times on the farm, there were extra farmhands to cook for also. When I found out I was gluten intolerant, I decided to put my talent for cooking into transforming recipes into gluten free recipes. I have enjoyed doing this and hope you will enjoy the Recipe Book as much as I do.”

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By Danna Korn, Paperback 384 Pages
Includes 65 delicious gluten-free recipes plus tips on eating out

Find out how easy and tasty it can be to go gluten free! If you have a wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, celiac disease, or you just want to enjoy the benefits of a diet free of wheat, barley, and rye, then this guide is for you.

Author Danna Korn explains the medical problems associated with gluten and shows you step by step how to make the transition to a gluten-free lifestyle - and love it!

Discover how to:

• Understand what you can and can’t eat
• Shop and decipher food labels
• Cook crowd-pleasing gluten-free meals
• Eat gluten-free at restaurants and parties
• Raise happy gluten-free kids

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I made Osso Buco tonight — it’s a great dish for a Sunday, because it takes a while to cook, so you can start it mid-afternoon.

This recipe is adapted from The American Heart Association Cookbook and is easy to make, despite the fairly long list of ingredients. I do the browning and cooking all in the same large iron casserole dish, which reduces the cleanup.

Osso Buco

• 4 veal shanks (1″ thick) with bone, about 2¾ lbs
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 carrot grated
• ½ large onion, finely chopped
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 19 oz can diced tomatoes
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme or ½ tsp dried thyme
• ½ tsp basil
• ½ tsp oregano
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 strips lemon zest, 1½” x ½”
• 1 cup gluten free beef broth
• ½ cup dry white wine
• Rice

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. On stove top, over medium high heat, brown veal shanks in 1 tbsp oil, in a large skillet.
3. Remove the veal shanks to a plate.
4. Add remaining oil to the skillet and sauté carrot, onion, celery and garlic until wilted, about 4 minutes.
5. Place vegetables in large heavy casserole dish, and place meat on top of vegetables.
6. Add tomatoes, spreading evenly over the veal.
7. Add bay leaves, thyme, basil, oregano, pepper and lemon zest.
8. Add broth and wine.
9. Cover and bake 1½ to 2 hours, until meat is tender and sauce is thickened. If necessary, add more water during the cooking, to prevent meat from drying out.
10. Serve over rice.

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Fresh bread doesn’t get any fresher - or easier - than this! I have this breadmaker, and really enjoy using it. The loaves are a nice size and shape, and although there are many options, it’s easy to use.

The Cuisinart CBK-200 2-Pound Convection Automatic Bread Maker offers expert engineering in smooth brushed stainless to deliver a sensational-looking Convection Bread Maker that automatically adjusts speed and timing, and circulates air while baking.

Exclusive Low Carb, Gluten-Free, and Artisan Dough settings are just 3 of 16 preset menu options available with the touch of a button. Cuisinart adds 3 crust colors and 3 loaf sizes, to give bread lovers a choice of over 100 bread, dough, cake - and even jam - combinations!

Easy Choices: 16 preprogrammed menu options, 3 crust colors, and 3 loaf sizes offer over 100 bread, dough/pizza dough, sweet cake and jam choices.

Healthy Options: Low Carb and Gluten-Free preset menu options and recipes. A Cuisinart exclusive!

Artisan Dough: Special menu option takes basic dough through several long, slow cool rises for chewier textures and rustic crusts.

Better Crusts and Texture: Unique convection feature circulates air for superior crust color, and texture.

Standout Styling: Classic lines, smooth brushed stainless steel, embossed logo and large, sturdy, stay-cool handles.

Perfect Timing: Audible tone indicates time to add fruit, nuts and other mix-ins. Second tone offers option of removing paddle before baking, or removing unbaked dough to shape by hand.

And More: 15-minute Pause, Bake-Only option, 12-Hour-Delay Start. Timer, and Power Failure Backup 680 watts. Limited 3-year warranty.

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