Egg Free, Dairy Free Creamy Sausage Potato Chowder

I served this Creamy Sausage Potato Chowder with biscuits. It was hearty and the flavors were perfect together. I sliced the sausage, but next time I'm going to dice it.

Creamy Sausage Potato Chowder

5 tbsp dairy free margarine
3 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups soy milk
1 package smoked sausage or Polska Keilbasa, sliced or diced
2 cans diced potatoes
1 can peas

Melt the margarine in a soup pot over medium high heat. Whisk in the flour, salt, and pepper. Add the soy milk then cook and whisk until smooth and thickened. Stir in the sausage, potatoes, and peas then cook until heated through.

Egg Free, Dairy Free Pumpkin Oatmeal

We love pumpkin and oatmeal so we decided to mix both of them into a yummy breakfast. Jazlyn really loved this oatmeal, especially toped with Craisins.

Pumpkin Oatmeal

1 cup quick cooking oats
1/3 cup pure pumpkin puree
1/2 cup soy milk
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Combine all of the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute or until set.

Egg Free, Dairy Free Ham and Potato Chowder

This Ham and Potato Chowder is hearty and perfect on a snowy winter night with warm biscuits.

Ham and Potato Chowder

5 cups peeled and diced potatoes
4 cups water
1-2 cups diced cooked ham
3 chicken bouillon cubes
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup dairy free margarine
1/3 cup flour
2 cups soy milk

Place the potatoes, water, ham, bouillon cubes, and pepper in a soup pot. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 10-15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Do not drain. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the margarine. Whisk in the flour. Whisk in the soy milk then cook and whisk until smooth and thickened. Stir the white sauce into the potato mixture. Cook and stir until heated through.

Pepperoni Garlic Drop Biscuits

My go to recipe for biscuits is our Drop Biscuits. If we want something a little different or with some extra flavor, I made these Pepperoni Garlic Drop Biscuits. They are perfect with spaghetti. My girls can't get enough of them.

Pepperoni Garlic Drop Biscuits

2 1/4 cup Bisquick baking mix
2/3 cup soy milk
Pepperoni to taste (I use about 30 slices cut into fourths)
Garlic powder or garlic salt to taste (I use 1 tbsp garlic salt)

Thoroughly combine all of the ingredients. Drop by spoonful onto a foil lined baking sheet. Bake at 450 for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
*  The biscuits pretty much retain the shape they are placed it. If you want prettier biscuits like the midde and bottom pictures, smooth out the biscuit mounds first before baking.
*  This recipe makes about 13 biscuits, depending on the size you make them. However, you can easily double or triple this recipe.
*  If you want more of a garlic flavor, you can brush the hot biscuits with melted dairy free margarine mixed with garlic salt or garlic powder.

Egg Free, Dairy Free Crispy Oatmeal Coconut Lace Cookies

These Crispy Oatmeal Coconut Lace Cookies are nicely crisp on the outside with a slightly chewy inside. The coconut flavor shows through nicely in these simple cookies.

Crispy Oatmeal Coconut Cookies

1 cup quick cooking oats
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flaked coconut
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup dairy free margarine
1 tbsp corn syrup
1 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp boiling water
1 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

Combine the oats, flour, sugar, coconut, and salt. Place the margarine and corn syrup in a microwave safe bowl then microwave until melted. In a separate bowl, stir the baking soda into the boiling water. Add the baking soda mixture and the vanilla to the margarine mixture then stir until combined. Add the combined mixture to the oat mixture then stir until thoroughly combined. Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper lined baking sheets. Bake at 300 for 12-14 minutes or until the cookies are completely golden with lightly browned edges. Cool slightly before removing from the baking sheet to cool completely. Store tightly covered.

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Egg Free, Dairy Free Sweet Cornbread

We love our Simple Sweet Cornbread and our Sweet Corn Cake. I wanted to make cornbread to go with our supper and I was out of the Jiffy Cornbread Mix, which is an ingredient in both recipes. This new Sweet Cornbread recipe is still easy to make and very good. It is more of a traditional cornbread that is fluffy and drier than my other two recipes, which is not at all a bad thing depending what texture you want and what you are using the cornbread for. This cornbread was perfect with the chowder I made. The girls liked their cornbread topped with dairy free margarine. I didn't find a need to put it on because I was dipping it in my chowder. This cornbread reminds me of the cornbread my mom used to make with her Chili when I was growing up.

Sweet Cornbread

2 1/2 cups cornmeal
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups soy milk
1/4 cup dairy free margarine, melted
1/4 cup water

Combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the soy milk, margarine, and water then mix until thoroughly combined. Pour the mixture evenly into a sprayed 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
*  You can substitute the 9x13 baking dish for two 8x8 baking dishes.