Thursday, November 23, 2006

We had the most awesome meal today.  It was all gluten free and allergen free for me, but seriously tasty. 

Thanksgiving has always been a food holiday for me.  My mom loved to cook.  She would make this monster turkey and have all the trimmings. There were only four of us in the family, but family and friends always came by.  People loved her cooking at the holidays.  Can you tell I miss that?

I decided this year was the year to try to make my own holiday memories.  I decided to do a romantic meal for Thanksgiving for me and Paul.  All glutenfree, all really tasty.

The menu for tonight was supposed to be this:

Appetiser
Frisee Salad with Warn Bacon Vinaigrette (never got to it sadly, but it is wonderful)
Wine - Pinot Grigio
Main
Roast Duck
Port Wine Demi-glace
Herb roasted potatoes
Apple-Cranberry stuffing (done with cauliflower and sausage)
Homemade bread (glutenfree)
Roasted veggies (didn’t do)
Wine - Zinfendel
Dessert
Apple tart with homemade caramel sauce (glutenfree crust)
Wine - Muscadet

I can’t believe how good it was. I was really happy with it.  It’s been a long time since I’ve had a “normal” meal.  It was fantastic.  Especially the bread and the tart.  They were as good as the gluten counterparts. The tart, even better.  I need to play with the crust a bit more to get a rollable crust (i patted the crust into shape), but man… YUMMY!!!  The homemade caramel was made with dairyfree milk, so it made a nice creamy sauce.  That was as good as anything I could get out of a jar.

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Friday, September 01, 2006

Bard’s Beer, the gluten-free beer, is now available in Massachusetts!!!

That is all

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

We just moved to the new house and I really wanted to make a special meal for me and my DH.  But what to make?  Here’s what we ended up with (minus the salad - it was on the menu, but we were too full to eat it)

Amuse Bouche: Frisee with crab.  Frisee and celery leaves mixed with olive oil and salt topped with crab meat.
Appetiser:      Prosciutto rolls with Aurgula and Figs.  Dried figs, goat cheese and arugula with marinade rolled in prosciutto. How can this be a bad thing?
Main Course:  Herb crusted Lamb with sauted baby veggies.  I also did a Mushroom Gravy, made from a homemade veal stock.
Salad:          Frisee salad with Warm Bacon Viniagrette
Dessert:        Cava gelatin with raspberries and semi-sweet chocolate chips

It was an ambitious menu, but I pulled it off and if I may, pulled it off well. :D Go me!!  Some days I think I could do this for real.

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Friday, May 12, 2006

Super huge THANK YOU to Liz to sending me all those recipes.  I’m sure most of those will be put to good use.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

I’ve been BUSY this week!!  I have so much to post about, recipes, wine, the party for IamGlutenFree that I helped out with on Saturday.  There is so much going on.  But the point of this particular entry is how I’ve been spending my mornings.

We have two pugs who now have gotten the idea that daylight=walks. That means I’m awake no later than 7:30.  I work 11am to 7pm.  How do I fill the time?  I cook!  I’ve started making our meals up in the morning, either by cooking them outright or like this morning - cooking and prepping another.  Today I had 4lbs of chicken that I was going to use up.  I was using part of it for Sweet and Sour Chicken, the rest was destined to be marinated later on for Lemon Mustard Chicken.  I usually just throw the chicken in a ziplock bag to marinate later, but today I fugured, “You are already going to the effort of bagging it, do something with it!”.  So I went ahead and got the marinade whipped up, and the veggies for the side dish prepped and stored.  Then I shredded all the cauliflower so it’s all ready for the sweet and sour, as well as the Thai Beef and possibly the Spicy Basil Chicken later in the week.  While that was cooking in the microwave, I got the chicken all ready and cooking.  Now I’m just waiting for the chicken to cool so it can be packed away for lunch and dinner.

Not a bad use of my morning if you ask me.  It got me up out of bed, something that is a feat even with coffee.

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