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3-Ingredient Classic Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Cookies (Allergy-Free)

December 5, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 42 Comments

Traditional Scottish shortbread couldn’t be any easier! These soft 3-ingredient Classic Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Cookies are allergy-free and sugar-free! A simple sweet biscuit for coffee or tea and an essential holiday recipe!

And you thought you could no longer have your favorite buttery soft shortbread anymore! Don’t worry! You’ll still be able to swipe these sweet and soft Scottish biscuits from the cookie platter now that you have this gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free recipe! With this base recipe for allergy-free shortbread you’ll be able to add any flavors or add-ins your heart desires!Read More

Classic Italian Gluten-Free Linguine with White Clam Sauce (Top Allergen-Friendly)

December 3, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 35 Comments

Pasta and seafood served up in a classic Italian way! This easy recipe for Gluten-Free Linguine with White Clam Sauce is top allergen-friendly and is ready in 10 minutes with the help of a few shortcut ingredients so you can have a delicious dinner on the table in a flash!

Italians, we like our pasta. We also like our seafood. Fancy to some, gross to others, and a top 8 allergen to a small percent (like my mom). Italians celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, with various plates of fish and seafood galore. My family never stuck to that whole-heartedly, but we did include some fish and seafood in our Christmas Eve festivities. This specific dish I’m sharing today was one that my mom would make my brother and I when we were growing up. Linguine with White Clam Sauce. We’d use any pasta and the sauce…you better believe it came from a can!Read More

Grain-Free Italian Wedding Snowball Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo)

November 28, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 36 Comments

Snowball cookies are a classic nutty, buttery, sweet holiday dessert with many forms: Italian wedding cookies, Mexican wedding cookies, or Russian tea cakes! But this almond-based recipe for Grain-Free Italian Wedding Snowball Cookies is gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and sugar-free! Just 4 ingredients, they’re a healthy low-carb addition for the Christmas cookie tray!

Nutty, buttery, and sweet! These bitable balls of almond cookie goodness are going to be more than just a holiday cookie for you now! They’re so simple and so easy to bake, not to mention these grain-free snowball cookies are pretty darn healthy too! You only need 4 ingredients to make these cookies and just 15 minutes of baking time! They can be that last minute bake for any holiday party or…of course…for Santa’s cookie plate!Read More

Lofthouse-Style Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies (Allergy-Free)

November 26, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 63 Comments

Everyone loves a light, buttery, and cakey Lofthouse sugar cookie! These Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies are allergy-free, kid-friendly, with naturally colored sugar-free frosting, and a healthier copycat recipe for homemade Lofthouse cookies! From holiday desserts to birthday celebrations, you’ll be addicted!

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Sure, you could make classic cut-out sugar cookies for decorating, but no one can pass up one of the soft, cake-like, frosted gems that have been gracing grocery store shelves since 1994 from Lofthouse! Like a cake and a cookie all baked up into one delicious buttery, sweet, colorfully frosted treat! Can you still have this classic cookie even if you’re gluten-free, vegan, or have food allergies? Sure you can! With this easy copycat homemade version of the classic soft-baked frosted cookie, you’ll never have to miss out again!Read More

Citrus Ginger Salmon with Sticky Garlic Noodles (Gluten-Free, Top Allergen-Free)

November 12, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 59 Comments

This Asian-inspired dinner recipe packs a huge flavor punch! A zesty Citrus Ginger Salmon with Sticky Garlic Noodles that’s gluten-free, top 7 allergen-free, even sesame-free! Sweet, savory, tangy, and umami, a healthy allergy-friendly meal that will wow anyone’s taste buds!

So many celiacs and food allergy sufferers feel like they can never enjoy a delicious flavorful meal, especially one that doesn’t take separate and special preparation from what they rest of their family is eating. Maybe it’s gluten, wheat, egg, dairy, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, even sesame, something like Citrus Ginger Salmon with Sticky Garlic Noodles sounds like a pipe dream. Let alone having such a delicious sounding Asian-inspired meal be so easy and no-fuss that you can make it right in your own home. Until now…Read More