The Prudent Wife

Breakfast Casserole - Baker's Dozen!

We love the simplicity of a  breakfast casserole on Sunday mornings. It makes getting out the door a breeze and can be made in so many different ways! Small changes whip this easy, breezy recipe into a hot baker's dozen that is sure to please any crowd! Versatile enough to hit any budget and great for using leftovers up in the fridge! Your imagination and ingredients on hand are all you need to turn out fantastic breakfast casseroles!

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Grandma Wilkie's Buttermilk Biscuits

Grandma Wilkie's Buttermilk Biscuits spelled love, pure and simple. She was an extraordinary cook, a woman raised in the South, who brought a love of cooking to California in the 1940's. Famous in the whole family for her extraordinary biscuits and Chicken n Dumplins, we knew time with Grandma would mean food that was simple, country, yet utterly fabulous in it's simplicity! Nothing ordinary ever came out of her kitchen!

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Jalapeno Coconut & Almond Flour Waffles GF CF

Oh happy gluten free, grain free, casein free anniversary-waffle-machine-making-day! Jalapeno Coconut & Almond Flour Waffles were born today! A savory treat that takes the place of bread! YUM! Today, had made a tuna salad with peppers, and put it on top of the waffle, with thick slices of heirloom tomatoes - PERFECTION! Was completely unsure of it - but it was stunning! Roasted padron peppers, plum slices = good eating!

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Grain Free Herbed Flatbread

We love our new Grain Free Herbed Flatbread so much we can hardly stand it! It is so wonderful to feel relatively "normal" and have a go to recipe for truly grain free coconut flour based bread, versatile enough to go from soup side, to sandwich, to hamburger! This step by step recipe for Grain Free Herbed Flatbread is simple to make, and will quickly becoming a vital staple in your grain free, gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet!

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Almond Blueberry Muffins ~ Grain & Sugar Free

Almond Blueberry Muffins are the perfect way to start the day. Grain free, sugar fee, GF CF Almond Blueberry Muffins are so good, so happily satisfying, that they will make your heart sing, especially on a gluten free, casein and dairy free diet in the realm of GAPS, paleo, primal, anti-flammatory. Coconut and almond flour load these muffins with staying power, protein and fiber, sweetened only by a touch of stevia and the natural sweetness of blueberries, in a CF "buttermilk" base.

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Blueberry Pancakes Coconut Flour

Blueberry Coconut Flour Pancakes ~ Grain & Sugar Free are perfect when your pancake craving goes into overdrive. This yummy pancake recipe is gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free (just stevia!) and high protein, high fiber, low carb and tons of staying power!!

Is there anything more inspiring than a free box of blueberries from Earth Fare? Taste one, and they just CRY for something lemony, in the desert realm, but how to satisfy that craving on a grain free, gluten free, dairy free, sugar free diet? Especially after a doctor's appointment where he said "NO MORE GLUTEN" to our daughter, then biopsy results from a second doctor later on that said "Gluten free diet" for that girl?

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All American Oatmeal

All American Oatmeal is a fun, patriotic way to jazz up regular oatmeal, and feed your family a burst of delicious anti-oxidants. Simply cut up fresh stawberries, rinse blueberries and top with a dollop of coconut milk, or whipped cream if you can tolerate dairy.

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Herbed Focaccia from Coconut Flour

Herbed Focaccia from Coconut Flour, gently baked into a flavorful toast. Below, the finished product on a rainy, dark day!

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Rosemary Focaccia with Roasted Garlic and Olives

The olive bar at our local Earth Fare inspired this versatile new Rosemary Focaccia with Roasted Garlic and Olives. Truly grain free coconut flour based breads are the easiest thing, quickly becoming a vital staple in grain free, gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, anti-inflammatory diet, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet!

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Resurrection Rolls for Easter

Resurrection Rolls are the ideal thing to make for Easter morning. Absolutely delightful, these buttery, cinnamon sugary croissant rolls tell the historical account of the resurrection, making it come alive for kids.

A huge thank you to my friend Lucy, who is always posting great recipes and links online and an even bigger thanks Homegrown Mom (who has a fabulous site) for posting it so Lucy could find it!

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Buttermilk Cornbread ~ Skillet Sizzled

This was adapted from the Skillet Sizzled Buttermilk Cornbread recipe in the Dairy Hollow House Soup and Bread book by Crescent Dragonwagon. I found this jewel of a book, in the library, and devoured it in a few days. Dairy Hollow House is a bed and breakfast in beautiful, romantic Eureka Springs, ARK. We honeymooned in a similar B&B, just down the road and never forgot that wonderful slice of perfection, honeymooning in the Ozark Mountains. As always, use as many organic ingredients as you possibly can for your families health! This recipe is for Hope.

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Baked Blueberry Pancakes Coconut Flour

On a super busy morning, how about making some BAKED Blueberry Coconut Flour Pancakes ~ Grain & Sugar Free. You can pop this yummy recipe into the oven, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free (just stevia!) and high protein, high fiber, low carb and tons of staying power!!

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Coconut Flour Scones ~ Grain & Dairy Free

I simply love scones. Everything about them makes me happy, except the fact that we live a gluten free, dairy free, grain free, sugar free lifestyle and scones are filled or topped with all of those forbiddens. Rather than live in a completely scone free world, I created my own recipe with coconut flour

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Coconut Flour Buns ~ GF CF

Nothing inspires me like a new ingredient! We finally found coconut flour locally, and we have been working on a new recipe each week, using coconut flour. Coconut Flour Buns are the easiest thing to make ever, quickly becoming a vital staple in a gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, anti-inflammatory and GAPS diet friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet! Coconut Flour Buns is packed with protein and fiber, and fills you up with a small amount, making it both healthy and yummy!

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Crunchy Baked Breakfast Burritos

We are huge fans of breakfast burritos and had some beautiful fresh tortillas, which my brilliant husband whipped into the perfect Sunday morning, get-out-the-door-quick-breakfast! Crunchy Baked Breakfast Burritos are loaded with breakfast meats, and could easily be made the day before and popped into the oven on those busy Sunday mornings, to give everyone a hot breakfast before church.

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Chile Relleno Breakfast Bake

Mother's Day brought up a craving for chile rellenos. After 2 months of glutening up for the evil "Gluten Challenge" and subsequent testing for Emily, we were free! It was happily time to return to our nourishing, delicious, energy giving diet! Woo hoo! Chile Relleno Breakfast Bake was born out of that desire to eat a GAPS and anti-inflammatory diet, paleo and primal friendly baked egg dish, loaded with veggies and flavor.

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Mushroom Ham Egg Muffins GF CF

Mushroom Ham Egg Muffins fit just about any diet plan you can think of, low carb so good for Paleo and Primal, Atkins, South Beach Diet, anti-inflammatory and GAPS friendly and just overall tasty, fix these easy breezy egg muffins and freeze for the perfect, fast breakfast on the go!

Makes 12-18 of the most fabulous gluten free, dairy and casein free happy little Mushroom Ham Egg Muffins in the world! Easy GF CF muffins for breakie on the run!

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Spinach Mushroom Ham Egg Muffins GF CF

Spinach Mushroom Ham Egg Muffinsfit just about any diet plan you can think of, low carb so good for Paleo and Primal, Atkins, South Beach Diet, GAPS friendly and just overall tasty, fix these easy breezy egg muffins and freeze for the perfect, fast breakfast on the go!

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Spring Asparagus Casserole with Chicken Apple Sausage

Spring brings renewal, freshness, and asparagus, and our wonderful new Spring Asparagus Casserole with Chicken Apple Sausage! We enjoyed the Mushroom Ham Egg Casserole GF CF so much, that a version with fresh asparagus was swirling through my mind. Tender, steamed, new spring asparagus along with Chicken Apple sausage, sauteed onions, make a great power breakfast to get us through a busy weekend. Low carb, Paleo and Primal friendly without the worldview, GAPS friendly, with no gluten, dairy, casein, grains or sugar.

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Mushrooms Ham and Egg Casserole GF CF

Have you ever just had way too much for lunch, needed a bite for dinner, but just did not feel like making dinner? Well, the idea for Mushroom Ham Egg Casserole GF CF cropped up out of a desperation to whip up a quick dinner, and have a few breakfasts to power us through a busy week. Low carb, Paleo and Primal friendly without the worldview, GAPS friendly, with no gluten, dairy, casein, grains or sugar.

Mushrooms Ham Egg Casserole GF CF is a veggie infused egg casserole with a bit of coconut flour, for extra protein, fiber and holding power! Great for breakie, brunch, dinner or a quick dinner after a long day. Freezes well and reheats beautifully.

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GF Cornbread with Coconut Flour

Our amazing Skillet Sizzlin Cornbread ~ Gluten Free and Sugar Free recipe has been changed to incorporate coconut flour, for more protein and lower carbs and no GF CF allergens, and renamed GF Cornbread with Coconut Flour! Yes, a simple cornbread recipe made with corn meal and coconut flour. This recipes is completely unique, since it has no other "grains" or GF flours filling it out. Just pure stoneground corn and coconut and sweetened with a touch of wholesome stevia, making GF Cornbread with Coconut Flour sugar free too!

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Coconut Bread ~ GF CF

Nothing inspires me like a new ingredient! As we nail down our grain free, gluten free lifestyle, we finally found coconut flour locally, and we have been working on a new recipe each week, using coconut flour. Coconut Flour Bread is the easiest thing to make ever, quickly becoming a vital staple in a gluten free, casein free, truly low carb, zero sugar, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, diet!

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Coconut Bread French Toast GF CF

Do you ever just c.r.a.v.e. something like French Toast? Looking for something different for breakie that is truly low carb, zero sugar, GAPS friendly, Paleo/Primal without the worldview, healthy and yummy and remains both gluten and casein free?

Try our delectable Coconut Bread made into Coconut Bread French Toast, and enjoy oohing and ahhing over a new brand new breakfast favorite! This is something we might make once a month or per quarter - not an everyday thing by any means. But what a delightful treat after eggs, eggs, eggs!

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Chocolate Gravy GF CF

As we were busy making our delectable Coconut Bread into French Toast, and oohing and ahhing over a new breakfast favorite, something possessed me to come to Facebook. I don't normally stop in the middle of cooking and run to FB, but it was definitely Providential!

A true Southern lady, Mrs. Betty, tagged me in a post about a Chocolate Gravy recipe with these fateful words:

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How to grind Coconut Flakes into Coconut Flour

Searched the web non stop to figure out how to grind the coconut flakes sitting on your back shelf, into coconut flour? Looking for step by step instructions on how to grind dry, dessicated coconut flakes or shreds into luscious coconut flour, ready to use in new recipes....here you go! The Prudent Wife presents, how to use your VitaMix to grind coconut flakes into coconut flour, for cheap!

Put about a cup of coconut flakes in your VitaMix "Dry Container." Vitamix makes the Dry Container especially to grind things down, like wheat. Any time you use this special container, make sure there is no moisture in it, or you will get coconut glue.

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Gourmet Pomegranate Pancakes ~ GF CF

Experimenting with making pancakes out of coconut flour, when you are following a grain free diet, can be quite a challenge. We have tried several recipes over the years, and never found one we loved. Until today, when we nailed this easy, breezy Gourmet Pomegranate Pancakes ~ GF CF, starting with a base of our Coconut Stevia Flour Pancake recipe!

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Coconut Flour Stevia Pancakes

Experimenting with making pancakes out of coconut flour, when you are following a grain free diet, can be quite a challenge. We have tried several recipes over the years, and never found one we loved. Until today, when we nailed this easy, breezy Coconut Stevia Flour Pancake recipe!

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Coconut & Almond Flour Stevia Pancakes

We are experimenting in The Prudent Wife Test Kitchens, otherwise known as our kitchen, with creating the perfect low carb, GF CF, paleo, GAPS friendly, GRAIN FREE pancake.

No small task!

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Broccoli Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Broccoli Sausage Egg Breakfast Casserole is GF/CF, low carb, anti-inflammatory, GAPS diet friendly, brain building with turmeric, spicy with sausage & habaneros (optional) and filling...not to mention breakie for the rest of the week!

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Skillet Sizzled Cornbread GF

Skillet Sizzlin Cornbread ~ Gluten Free and Sugar Free

This delectable cornbread is my version of a delicious recipe found in one of my all time favorite cookbooks, the Dairy Hollow House Soup and Bread, A Country Inn Cookbook. A lovely bed and breakfast in Eureka Springs Arkansas is the stage for this fabulous cookbook full of delicious soups, breads and salads and the riveting stories of Crescent Dragonwagon. Dave and I had honeymooned in the charming Ozark Mountains, at a B&B just down the road in Eureka Springs. It drew me back to that happy time, and has been a favorite ever since!

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Festive Breakfast in Puff Pastry

We have been making a Festive Breakfast in Puff Pastry every Christmas and New Year's morning, since our girls were little. We all look forward to this delectable breakfast pastry, bursting with eggs, cheese, onions, potatoes and ham and savor the delicate, flaky crust and delicious taste.

Festive Breakfast in Puff Pastry is definitely a treat to be enjoyed on occassion! 

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Fire Roasted Green Chile Breakfast Casserole ~ Easy

Fire Roasted Green Chile Breakfast Casserole was an absolute low carb, high energy HIT!! Whipped out quickly for brunch on a Saturday, there was plenty left over for an easy Sunday breakfast before church, and even a portion for hubby before work on Monday. Add a grapefruit and you have a fantastic low carb, gluten free breakfast loaded with nutrition, protein, anti-oxidants and flavor!

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Blueberry Yogurt

We make tons of yogurt in our home, and we eat it all different ways for breakfast. We started with our Prudent Wife Crockpot Yogurt Recipe, then added some fun things for a delicious, anti-oxidant loaded, brain healthy breakie!

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Spicy Ham Breakfast Casserole

Looking for the perfect weekend casserole to eat before working out? Spicy Ham Breakfast Casserole - loaded with protein and fresh vegetables, this will fuel you through a work out, or just a busy weekend! Great to use up that leftover ham from the holidays!

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Garden Fresh Frittata (plus 3 options)

What do you do with your basket full of  fresh vegetables from your garden or Farmer's Market? Make a delicious Garden Fresh Frittata chock full of garden fresh veggies, perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner! 

Frittattas are extremely flexible main dish whips up within 15 minutes,begins on the stove and ends with a little baking time!

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Whole Grain Breakfast Bagel Sandwich

Craving a quick homemade Egg McMuffin to start your day with?

Whip together Whole Grain Breakfast Bagels, a super fast breakfast sandwich in minutes! Great for husbands on the way out the door, kids breakfasts, Sunday's before church or a quiet morning at home.

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How to Make Homemade Yogurt in the Crock Pot

Saving money, eating nutritiously and making yogurt in the crockpot is all the rage these days! Follow this simple recipe we have been using for the last few years, and learn How to Make Homemade Yogurt in the Crock Pot for your family! We have made healthy, homemade, slow cooker yogurt out of regular milk, skim milk, organic milk, marked down milk, and we have perfected a recipe for our cow share raw milk yogurt in the crock pot. All those yogurt recipe options contain dairy and casein. We have even perfected taking them to a creamy, delicious, Greek yogurt that is out of this world, and straight out of your crockpot!

We have worked on casein and dairy free versions for our new life, starting with goat milk and an as yet, unperfected coconut milk, with an almond milk coming up soon.

We love healthy, homemade yogurt with live cultures - no matter what eating plan we are on! We have consistently sweetened all of our homemade yogurt recipes with stevia and all sorts of fresh fruits and delicious n.a.t.u.r.a.l. and organic flavorings. We aren't going clean and then ruining it chemical laden fake colorings and additives. No thank you!

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