All tagged gluten-free

Chicken & Black Bean Gluten-Free Empanadas

Back to the kitchen I went, determined to make a solid gluten-free empanada dough that didn’t break and baked well since I don’t have enough oil to fry masa-based dough. After playing around with this trusty King Arthur Pie Crust I finally figured out how to adapt it to have less ingredients to suit what was in my pantry and still be malleable enough to crimp (be sure you’re using the measure-for-measure flour). The delicious solution was simple, add more butter and let the dough warm up a lot (you can be pretty slow with these unlike with standard pie crust).

Lucky Collard Wraps with Black-eyed Peas

Making stewed black-eyed peas and collard greens for New Year’s this year slipped my mind until midday on the first of January when I realized we had no “good luck food” on the docket for the day. Too hungry to wait for a pot of beans to cook, I grabbed a can of Black-eyed peas from HEB and made a black-eyed pea avocado salsa to stuff into fresh collard wraps with quinoa, chicken, herbs and pecans. So this year we skirted the traditional beans and greens, but still managed to fit black-eyed peas and collards into a fast, good luck meal.

Autumn Queen Peach & Cardamom Hand Pies

The weekend before I had bought a dozen Autumn Queen peaches from Costco. I tried my hardest to use them all up before they went bad, knowing peach hand pies photographed with a late summer color palette was the perfect distraction from the news. I wanted to add a nuanced layer of sweetness, so I dug into my homemade cardamom and vanilla simple syrup, a mainstay in my fridge for fancy coffee, tea, cocktails, and compotes.

Healthyish Empanadas with Black Beans and Turkey Taco Meat

Healthyish is my new mantra this summer. How can I stuff my face with delicious pocket foods while keeping my diet well-rounded? How can I make healthy Mexican food so I’m not wanting to undo the button on my jeans after eating? How can I use up the turkey picadillo I made earlier in the week? These healthyish turkey taco and black bean empanadas are the way to go!