Recipes and Foods For The Milk Free

I know you are going to look at this and wonder, what the H is she thinking? I don’t want burnt food! Well, all I can say is it tastes much better than it looks! I thought the same thing when I pulled that cornish hen out of the oven until I tasted it! This is good with rice and veggies!

Dairy Free Recipe : Molasses Cornish Hen

1 cornish hen (could use chicken of course)

2 tbsp molasses (you could probably use regular syrup if you want but I’m not sure how it would change the recipe)

2 tbsp ketchup

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp soy sauce

pinch of ginger powder

1 tsp of garlic powder

Directions:

Mix everything together and brush part of the mix onto the cornish hen. Cover with foil and cook for half the time recommended on the cornish hen package. Remove foil and cook the rest of the way occasionnally brushing with the molasses mixture. Enjoy!

Wow! I am so proud of myself! I have only missed one day of posting to this blog since January second! Can I get another exclamatory sentence! Yeah!

I am rather excited, as this is a part of the new work plan I have made and I am glad that, so far, I have been keeping up with my goals for the year. Another of my goals for the year is to live a healthier and happier year. I have begun a dairy free diet (the first time I’ve actually used the word diet!) that you can follow on my dairy free living blog at www.dairyfreeliving.today.com.

Many of the dairy free recipes on this blog are not what you would call the healthiest recipies in the world! I do hope to change this and add in even more dairy free recipies that will help you live a healthier life as well as a dairy free life!

I love this stuff. It is so easy to make and tastes so good. I make it when I have leftover french bread. I have only made it for myself for lunch so I’ll have to make it soon so that the hubby can try it! This is really good served with roasted veggies!

Dairy  Free Recipe : Dairy Free Toasted Chicken with Basil and Onion

Ingredients:

Shredded Chicken

Onion sliced into thin strips

Dried Basil

French bread sliced

Directions:

Place chicken on the slice of french bread. Add a few strips of the onion then sprinkle with a bit of the dried  basil. Toast in the oven until bread is desired crispness. It doesn’t take very long! If you had some you could sprinkle some dairy free cheese on the top but I like this recipe without.

Most recipes for potato pancakes that I have seen involve making these on the stove top but I never could get that to work. They always burnt or fell apart or become a giant greaseball of potato stuff. I finally made it work in the oven. I’m not sure if this is even a potato pancake but it sure tastes great! These freeze great and you can add many

Dairy Free Breakfast Recipe :  Dairy Free Potato Pancakes

Leftover Mashed Potatoes

Leftover Sausage

Leftover Onion

1 tbsp Dairy Free Margarine

Directions

Mix everything but the margarine together. Spray the bottom of a round 9 inch pan. Press the mashed potato mixture into the bottom of the pan. Spread the margarine around the top of the potato mixture. Cook at 400 degrees until pancake reaches the level of brownness you prefer. I like mine pretty brown and crispy! This also helps it keep its form better. These are just as good without the sausage and onion. To freeze: Once cooked cut into triangles and flash freeze for three hours. Throw in a freezer bag. To reheat throw in the oven until it reaches desired hotness.

It was surprising to me how many of the buffalo sauces have dairy in them. If you do not make your own sauce then be very careful when purchasing buffalo sauce to make sure it is dairy free. Of course the best way is to make your own but that isn’t always as easy as opening a bottle and pouring it in! Here’s how I make hot wings, you can make your own sauce or just buy some ready made buffalo sauce.

Dairy Free Chicken Recipe : Dairy Free Hot Wings

Ingredients

Chicken wings or strips

Buffalo Sauce

Butter

Oil for frying

Flour

Directions

Flour the chicken wings and fry as you would normally. Mix the butter in the buffalo sauce and keep warm in a pot on the stove. Once you have fried the wing, place them in the buffalo sauce before placing on a plate to serve.

Mmmm, it is so amazing that I am as fat as I am considering how much I absolutely love sauteed vegetables. This is not only one of my favorite side dishes but I also just have this for lunch sometimes. There is something about the mixture of colors and flavors that make this so good. I can’t wait until next year when I can make this with garden fresh yellow squash and onions. Maybe even celery if I grow some of that in my garden!

Dairy Free Side: Yellow Squash, Celery and Onions

Yellow Squash cut into chunks

Celery cut into chunks

Onions cut into chunks

Directions

I use about a tablespoon of olive oil in the bottom of the pan to saute all the veggies then serve and enjoy!

I love having leftovers and coming up with new dairy free recipes the next day with whatever I have on hand. Almost always I end up with something good and this was one of those dishes. I happened to have some shrimp and sausage that needed to be used in the fridge so I put them together!

Dairy Free Recipes : Dairy Free Shrimp and Sausage Pasta

Ingredients

Shrimp ( however much you have and however much you want)

Sausage  (a quarter of a pound ground and cooked)

Egg noodles cooked

veggies on hand

a few cubes of broth

Directions

Mix everything together and heat until broth is melted and heated through. Enjoy!

I made a large batch of this after Thanksgiving with leftover turkey and froze it up to eat this month. We often get a bit sick right after the holidays (probably due to all the stress, traveling and bad eating) but we were lucky enough not to this year, anyone got any wood I can knock on? I was planning on having it then but it looks like we’re just going to have to have a dairy free turkey noodle soup just to have it!

Dairy Free Soup Recipe : Dairy Free Turkey Noodle Soup

Ingredients

Shredded turkey or turkey cut into cubes

Turkey broth or chicken broth - I used the broth I made from our Thanksgiving turkey

egg noodles

celery

Directions

Throw everything in a pot and heat until noodles are the desired softness! This freezes well, especially if you freeze before the noodles are completely done then finish cooking them when you thaw and reheat.

These dairy free chocolate chip cookies are amazing. They really melt in your mouth. The hubby loves these and we make them quite often. These dairy free chocolate chip cookies make for a great dairy free OAMC recipe.  The dairy free chocolate chips are not difficult to find. Health food stores have  some and I have even found some at Walmart. They are the Ghiradelli (sp) brand, just read the ingredients! Try these dairy free chocolate chip cookies and let me know what you think!

Dairy Free Desserts : Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup dairy free margarine

2/3 tsp vanilla

1 egg

1 1/2 cups flour

2/3 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 cups dairy free chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix sugar, brown sugar,  dairy free margarine. Add vanilla and the egg and mix. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix again. Mix in dairy free chocolate chips. Spoon tablespoon size balls on a baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Watch closely! Our last gas stove cooked them in 10 minutes and our new electric stove cooks them in 8 minutes.

Dairy free OMAC recipe directions:  Spoon dough onto baking sheet and flash freeze for three hours. Once fully frozen then place in a freezer bag. You can then cook only as many as you would like!

I used to love love love hamburger helper back before it was known I had a milk allergy, and way before they had the numerous versions they now have. Now I find myself often coming up with new versions of homemade hamburger helper to satisfy my need for the pasta and burger mixture. I hope you like this one! It was quick and easy!

Dairy Free Pasta Recipe: Turkey Burger Homemade Helper

1/2 pound ground turkey

1 can corn with liquid

Broth (about 8 cubes)

Directions:

Brown the turkey. Add in the corn with liquid, the broth and as much pasta as you think you will need. I usually put about two to two and a half cups of pasta, more if we’re poor that week and I need to stretch the meal.  Add in water until it just covers the pasta. Bring to a boil, cover and lower heat to a simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Just like real hamburger helper!

I hope you like this dairy free pasta recipe!