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About Vandy Roadifer

Vandy Roadifer has a M.S. in Human Nutrition and lives with complex chronic illnesses, which includes many food allergies and sensitivities. She enjoys creating and sharing great tasting recipes that fit her lifestyle, discussing food related topics, and educating people on how best to meet their individual nutritional needs from an evidence based perspective.

Gluten Free Chewy Sweet Potato Ginger Cookies

I love gingerbread and ginger cookies and this year I wanted to increase the nutritional value of them. Sweet potatoes seemed like the perfect vehicle for chewy ginger cookies with molasses. If I hadn’t mentioned they contained sweet potatoes none … Continue reading

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Almond Lemon Goat Cheese Cake

I love cheesecake, and cheese in general, but am finding I can only eat very small amounts of cow’s milk cheese. Thankfully my tolerance for goat cheese is higher. This year for Christmas I combined room temperature chèvre and my … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Ginger Pear Pie

Someone posted a photo of a pear ginger pie on twitter several weeks ago. I loved the idea but thought it could be improved upon with my dad’s favorite almond coconut crust. I made this the other day for my … Continue reading

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Moroccan Spiced Beef and Carrots with Couscous

I made preserved lemons and limes a few weeks ago and today finally came up with a dish I wanted to use them in. I combined several tagine recipes and created the following. It’s one of the best one pot … Continue reading

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Dairy Free Sugar Free Pumpkin Custard

As much as I love pie in all its forms, I’m still trying to reach my weight loss goal. Pie crust, with all its oily goodness, is not diet friendly. This year for Thanksgiving I made pumpkin custard instead. It’s … Continue reading

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Black Bean Breakfast “Sausage”

Day 1 of my rotation diet is the most difficult for me to eat enough protein, especially at breakfast. Seafood doesn’t scream breakfast to me unless it’s lox on a bagel. Since there are commercially made black bean burgers I … Continue reading

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Curried Rice & Lentils

My rotation diet is going fairly well. I’ve rearranged a few items but for the most part I’m finding the available foods for each day more than adequate. I made this rice and lentil dish last week but didn’t measure … Continue reading

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Chipotle Swai Fish Tacos

A few weeks ago a friend introduced me to Swai. I’d never heard of the white-fleshed fish before but it cooked easily, stayed moist and had a nice sweet flavor that took seasoning well. Swai is an Asian river catfish. … Continue reading

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Trout with Mediterranean Rice

It’s the third day of my rotation diet, though diet-wise it’s Day 1 since I started on Day 2. I’ve already moved a few food groups around so I can make specific dishes (most notably fish tacos) but so far … Continue reading

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New Dietary Plan

Now that my body isn’t overreacting to major food groups I’d like to keep it that way. Today I met with a nutritionist who is well-versed in food sensitivities and together we worked out a 3 day rotation diet with … Continue reading

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