Recipes
We at the Healing Place have a passion not only to continue to learn new alternative healing practices to help our clients, but we also have a passion for good cooking and eating. Our clients have been asking us to recommend easy, tasty, and healthy recipes. All of our recipes have been submitted or developed by friends, clients, and staff of the Healing Place. These recipes were originally published in our newsletter. In order to serve our new and current readers, we will include both new and previously published recipes on our website.
Most of our recipes are low fat, and chosen for taste and ease of preparation. Since so many people have dietary intolerances, all recipes can be converted to gluten free and dairy free. (Recipes will include ingredient substitutions.) Most recipes can be prepared and cooked within 60 minutes.
We welcome your recipes. We will test each recipe for ease and taste in our test kitchen before the recipe is published. Please send your recipes to: helen@healingplacemedfield.com
Gluten-Free Flour Mixture.
To make Gluten-free flour, mix the following ingredients:
Yield: 3 cups
This mix can be used as a one-to-one substitution for wheat in most recipes
Ingredients
2 cups white rice flour
2/3 cup potato starch*
1/3 cup tapioca starch
**all the above items can be found at most supermarkets. I have these items cheaper at chinese market, “Super 88″ in Boston carries these products. If you cannot find these products at your local market, Whole Foods definately carries them in their baking isle.
Directions
Mix ingredients together. Store in a cool, dry place until ready for baking.
* Important: potato starch is not the same as potato flour.
All gluten-free recipes require a binding agent to make up for the lack of gluten. For each cup of gluten-free flour (or flour mix) use an appropriate amount of xanthan or guar gum (found in local market, I have not seen these items in the chinese market):
1 teaspoon for cakes
2 teaspoons for breads or pizza
1 teaspoon or none for most cookies
A great website to learn more about food allergies is http://www.recipenet.org/health/recipes.htm
Helpful Links
· Don’t know what to cook?
· National, USDA Food Comparison
· Nutrition, Analyze Food & Recipe, Calorie Count
· Plaster Safety and Information
