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Skinny Gluten Free Low Glycemic Carrot Cake, grain free

I make this wonderful sugar free and gluten free carrot cake each year for our Easter celebration and it always comes out moist and delicious. It's a healthy and nutritious low carb that takes hardly any time at all to make.  The secret is in the raisin sauce. Normally, I don't like the taste of raisins or dates in my baked goods, but oh my, it works perfectly and tastes incredible. To top it off, I used organic  rainbow carrots from local growers and I think they made this cake even better.   

Skinny Gluten Free "Fabulous Florida" Frittata

Skinny Gluten Free "Fabulous Florida" Frittata
We love Frittatas!  On a hot Florida day, it makes a perfect dinner or an elegant breakfast.  I can whip it up in minutes, so not much standing in a hot kitchen is required, and that makes me very happy.
I use whatever is in the fridge and it's always wonderful.  Don't get crazy and pile up the pan too high or it won't cook through, but be creative!
We make gluten free frittatas at least once a week and the leftovers are just as good reheated. Sometimes I stir in rice but most of the time I just fill it up with veggies.

You can use cooked chicken, hamburger, pepperoni, steak or ground sausage- the options are endless!  Make sure you use a big heavy pan that can go in the oven.

This recipe was featured on Gluten-Free Wednesday's
Below is the one I made tonight with hamburger, portabella mushrooms, and  mozzarella.  Sometimes I throw in cooked sweet potato. It never fails to thrill us with the moist texture and infinite flavor combinations.  Hope you enjoy.
Skinny Gluten Free "Fabulous Florida" Frittata 

This recipe makes 8 servings

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cups chopped veggies, mushrooms, green peppers, zucchini- whatever you have on hand!
  • 2 cups fresh washed raw spinach or 2 big hand fulls or try chopped collard greens!
  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • 1 clove crushed garlic
  • salt and pepper and seasonings to taste
  • 9 large eggs 
  • 1/3 cup plain fat free yogurt or milk of your choice
  • 1 cup shredded low fat Cheddar or mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan, Romano, or Feta cheese
  • 1 cup cooked meat, chopped-opt

Instructions:    Preheat oven to 350 degrees

  1. Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet or other oven safe skillet over medium heat. 
  2. Saute the onions, mushrooms or other veggies on until just tender- apx 5-7 min, then mix in garlic. 
  3. Season with salt and pepper and additional seasonings, if using.  We like a salt free Cajun spice mix.
  4. Lay spinach on top and simmer for a few minutes until spinach is slightly wilted. 
  5. In a medium bowl, beat together eggs and yogurt and Parmesan. Add your seasonings. Pour into the skillet over the vegetables.  The eggs should cover the filling and then press it down a bit with your spatula.  Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese.  
  6. Bake in 350 oven for 15-20 minutes, or until eggs are just firm, puffed up and edges are slightly brown.

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