Food & Drink
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Dallas’ Best Gluten-Free Restaurant: True Food Kitchen
I must begin with a caveat: True Food Kitchen‘s menu is not 100% gluten-free. Gluten-free living can get awfully lonely, but not at the newest True Food Kitchen in Dallas — where Dr. Andrew Weil is (virtually) right by your side, instilling his anti-inflammatory diet into a Fox Restaurant Concept menu. You will recognize the restaurant’s minimalist yet bright aesthetic and its “healthful” menu concepts. The True Food Kitchen menu specifically designates items that are vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free. The menu includes salads, pizzas, sandwiches and entrees, plus “natural refreshments” like “kale-aid” or cucumber lemonade. Among my favorite dishes: Spaghetti Squash Casserole (pictured below), fresh mozzarella and organic tomatoes & zucchini and the…
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cupcakes
Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cupcakes Full of flavor and fun! Ingredients 1 package H-E-B Candy Cane Sandwich Creme Cookies 1 package Peppermint Bark, for decoration (optional) 1 package H-E-B Feel Gluten Free to Indulge Chocolate Cake mix (mix according to directions on box) 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), room temperature 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract cupcake liners Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix H-E-B Feel Gluten Free to Indulge Chocolate Cake mix according to directions (do not bake). Line cupcake tins with liner, place a H-E-B Candy Cane Sandwich Creme Cookies in the bottom of each liner. Take 1/2 of remaining cookies…
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Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving That Taste Like Mom’s Cooking
Arguably the most important meal of the year, the traditional Thanksgiving feast can take days to prepare. Cooks have to spend hours — and hours and days — brining the bird, making stuffing and putting together any number of potato and vegetable side dishes, not to mention baking all that pie. Thankfully, some delicious restaurants all over North Texas are providing their own twist on the Thanksgiving feast. The Second Floor Bistro – Bar: Enjoy a buffet brimming with delectable favorites like Roasted Prime Rib and Turkey, and array of traditional sides and other Southern specialties, then top off the meal with assorted pies, cakes and fresh fruit desserts at…
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Thanksgiving Menus and the Best Recipes for Your Feast
Thanksgiving can be quite a stressful holiday. You have the party, and you worry about people’s dietary restriction or starving people if your dishes taste like mush. Then there’s the judgment and criticism from your extended family if you forget a dish that they expect for Thanksgiving. This year, here’s some Thanksgiving Menus that you can consider, as you enjoy the holiday. CLASSIC THANKSGIVING MENU Brined Whole Turkey Crockpot Green Bean Casserole from Crystal & Co. Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Horseradish Savory Sausage, Pine Nuts and Oyster Stuffing Basic Gravy Mango Cranberry Sauce Aunt Bonnie’s Delicate Rolls Harvest Pumpkin Pie UNCONVENTIONAL THANKSGIVING Cornish Hens With Cinnamon, Apples and Apricots Three Potato…
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Pumpkin Pancakes Are Back!
It is that time again…PUMPKIN PANCAKES! Fall reminds me of delicious pancakes lightly dusted with powdered sugar and topped with a brown sugar butter or homemade whipped cream. These pancakes not just taste amazing, they are beautiful color, loaded with beta carotene and will keep you full for hours after eating just ONE serving. You can find pumpkin pancakes now through the holidays at Original Pancake House (shown above) andCafe Brazil. What other dishes do you enjoy in the fall? Which ones have a special memory attached? Please share below as I am ALWAYS looking to try new foods and test new recipes at home.
