Comfort Food Archives - Strength and Sunshine

Homemade Gluten-Free Copycat Totino’s Pizza Rolls (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

August 13, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 62 Comments

The iconic, bite-sized, pizza pillows that are a favorite snack and party food for kids (and adults!), now as a healthy homemade recipe! These Gluten-Free Copycat Totino’s Pizza Rolls are vegan, top 8 allergy-free, baked, easy to make, and 100% freezer-friendly!

It’s a pizza dream come true! The bite-sized, poppable, exploding, little handheld pizza pockets (aka: pillows) that have been providing microwave comfort to teenage boys’ insatiable appetite, college students’ all-night study sessions, and boisterous game day sports fans for decades. For some reason pizza and celiac disease/ food allergies never tend to go together. From actual pizza parlors to all the frozen and processed pizza goodies on the market. But, are we restricted eaters really going to take the neglect?Read More

Easy Vegan Maine Lobster Rolls (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

July 9, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 61 Comments

Nothing screams New England summer than a lobster roll! These Easy Vegan Maine Lobster Rolls are gluten-free, allergy-free, meatless, and fit for everyone to enjoy! A simple, healthy, and delicious recipe that redefines this classic fast-food sandwich!

The magic that is a simple, humble, lobster roll. A sandwich that defines New England summers, a Maine namesake, a fast-food comfort dish that’s so easy and minimal on ingredients, the quality of the sandwich all comes down to the fresh lobster. A traditional lobster roll just includes, fresh, cold chunks of lobster, mayo, maybe a little chopped celery, scallions, and squirt of lemon juice, served up on a buttered and grilled bun.Read More

Vegan Boardwalk Italian Sausage & Peppers Sandwiches (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

June 18, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 48 Comments

A Jersey Shore classic! These meatless Boardwalk Italian Sausage & Peppers Sandwiches are vegan, gluten-free, and top 8 allergy-free! A simple, delicious, and healthy recipe for your greasy favorite summer comfort food!

You can’t take a trip down to the shore without enjoying all the boardwalk eats and treats. A Jersey girl knows that summertime means boardwalks, beaches, lemonade, Kohr’s soft serve, arcades, and the smells of greasy boardwalk eats. The moment you step on the boardwalk, one of the aromas you are guaranteed to smell wafting from multiple food stalls is the steamy, greasy, goodness of what one can assume is some Italian sausage and peppers.Read More

Small Batch Gluten-Free Vegetable Lasagna (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

March 28, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 45 Comments

A quick and easy, healthy and lightened up version of a classic Italian dinner! This Small Batch Gluten-Free Vegetable Lasagna is vegan, top 8 allergy-free, packed with veggies, homemade tomato sauce, and on the table in 30 minutes! A recipe the whole family will love for those busy weeknight meal dilemmas!

Say it with me, LASAGNA! One of the most classic Italian comfort food dishes, make-ahead, freezer-friendly, and totally not gluten-free or vegan…until now! This recipe was made a year or two ago as a “loaf pan lasagna”, but I’ve since updated my original written recipe and decided to tweak the ingredients and make it a tad larger. So now it’s time to finally present the recipe to you, my lovely readers. I think you’ll be surprised by one of the “secret” ingredients I snuck in this vegetable lasagna 😉Read More

Gluten-Free + Vegan Harissa Grilled Cheese (Allergy-Free)

October 4, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 65 Comments

A grown-up grilled cheese sandwich that redefines the classic comfort food. With a kick of spice this Gluten-Free & Vegan Harissa Grilled Cheese is top-8 allergy-free, packs in the flavor, and veggies! An easy lunch or dinner recipe for when you don’t want to “cook”!

Before I start rambling, I have a serious question. Why is it called “GRILLED” cheese? During all of my 21 years of life, I have never seen someone actually grill a grilled cheese sandwich on a grill. It’s always pan-fried on the stove. Unless, that is…you’re supposed to make it on a grill pan? All it takes to answer that question is a quick Google search and the top result for “Why is a grilled cheese sandwich called grilled cheese?” comes from the snarky Cook’s Info and states, “And, the sandwich is not actually “grilled” — the term grilled there is partly an anachronism from the sandwich’s evolution, and partly from today’s confusion in the American mind over what a “grill” versus a “griddle” is (see the entry on Grill.) Grilled Cheese Sandwiches really should be called “fried cheese sandwiches” or “griddled cheese sandwiches” — but it’s far too late to try make the correction now.”Read More