Gluten Free Pizza (Garbanzo Bean Crust)

The pizza crust is made with garbanzo bean flour (chickpea). Not only is this gluten free, but the Garbanzo bean flour adds 20 grams of protein to the crust.  The recipe for the crust is simple, flour, water, salt and a little oil. That’s it! With this recipe there is no need to knead or …

Eggplant Boats

Eggplant is an Italian staple.  Although eggplant parmesan is the popular recipe, my favorite is a slightly lighter option that my grandmother used to make, eggplant boats.  With the option to be vegetarian and loaded with peppers, onions and mushrooms, this recipe lets the vegetable rainbow take center stage rather than covering them up with …

Chicken Parm Meatballs

I love chicken parmesan, but it’s not the easiest to make well and usually best the day it’s made.  To satisfy my craving for chicken parm and to make it into a lunch, dinner or snack friendly version I figured why not turn it into meatballs.  Besides, I could lighten up the recipe and cut …