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Gluten free thanksgiving

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So many things on the table or used to make this meal came from so many people–gifts, items i received after their death, etc…so even if you don’t see yourself there consider that so many gifts and memories went into the prep as well.

Once again, i smoked a turkey.

I didnt follow my own recipe so it wasnt as perfect as usual (and grilled turkey people is great!)

Heres a peek at her prep:

Mashed potatoes, yams and pumpkin:

Gluten free stuffing:

Gluten free green beans with a nod to walmart for gluten free cream of mushroom and sprouts for gluten free fried onions.

Deviled eggs:

Pickled peppers with goat cheese, cucumber and mint:

A thanksgiving cocktail with sparkling apple, cranberry, sage, lemon and mionetto rose in our waterford flutes:

In the background of the table pic, you will see Jim’s watergate salad of pistachio, pineapple, nuts, etc.

And our pies:

Scratch pumpkin and a pecan with gluten free crust.

Lost of leftovers….just the two of us.

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Pasta bake

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So today was inspired by a bon appetit email about weekday pasta bakes

Turns out i had the items needed for my own bake at home.


Chickpea shells

Ricotta hidden within

Chickpeas

Mushrooms

Spots of sauce

Fresh mozzarella

Had a nice salad on the side

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Kimchi saurkraut

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So i bought some kimchi saurkraut (which is yummy by the way….its saurkraut with kimchi seasonings), and had no idea what to do with it.  My reference is saurkraut wih potatoes and sausage.

So thats what i did.  White rice, potatoes in tamari and shrimp sausage. I basically used a shrimp burger recipe and shaped it as sausages, rolled in foil, froze to firm up and baked them.

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Stuffed Red Peppers

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I have already misplaced the recipe for the red pepper recipe this week…but i made it! It was an ATK recipe challenge email featuring season produce

I slightly mashed some canned garbanzos 


Added capers, lime juice, olive oil, gluten free bread crumbs, garlic and crumbled goat cheese.


Roasted the pepper


Stuffed it..added some goat cheese on top with and olive oil drizzle.


Baked it


Served it up with a pile of salad

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Tofu with pickled veggies sandwich with fries and sangria

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I found this recipe in the new BH&G which is not my goto for veggie dishes, but this looked interesting for a hot summer day (100 plus)

I prepped the veggies first:


And got my vinegar, sugar and salt prepped


I want a pickle not a sog so i will combine in a bit.  Meanwhile i am draining a block of extra firm tofu.

And prepping my sangria:


And these guys will macerate for several hours before i top with a sparkling rose or prosecco.  Im gonna do room temp for a bit to help break things down then i will chill.

The tofu is sliced into steaks and allowed to marinate with sriracha mayo:



Later these slices will be fried with mayo side down.  The recipe doesnt suggest any time to marinate but im going to let this sit for several hours.

Meanwhile, my sauces for the fries.  All the recipes i saw were basically loaded fries with sauces cilantro and peanuts poured on top.   As i write this i havent committed to my process, but i am prepping my garlic mayo, got out hte gf hoisin and i think i will toss fresh potato in sriracha then grill or bake.


The garlic mayo is toasted garlic powder and minced fresh garlic with a touch of lime.

The fries have been cut and smothered with sriracha and then oil.



The fries were oven fried.   Rather than the nacho style recipes i found online with sriracha and hoisin over the top with cilantro, i had mine on the side as dipping sauces.   Here are the sauces and my veggies:


The tofu was fried mayo side down


And put on a gluten free roll:


And it appears that i failed to take pictures after i topped with the pickled vegetable slices.  I decided to make mine open face.

The sangria was topped off with prosecco for bubbles.  

Here is the BH&G version all finished.

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Blt salad inspired by bon appetit email

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Okay….this got posted incomplete!!!

Here is my mise en place for this email inspired idea…romaine, parmesan, homemade dressing, smoked blue cheese, tomato, avocado, bacon, garlic, radish, shishito (that i grew!), cucumber….i took like 4 pictures because this has the red pepper that i removed but didnt have the egg i added, etc


Grilled romaine…yep, i flipped and grilled again


Grilling avocado. They made nice grill marks


This is my first try at a grilled chopped blt salad.

It was good:-)


Tonights cocktail was bubbly rose with some Pama splashed in it.

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Arancini and shrimp meatballs…for super bowl

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From the silver palate, i am making arancini…and from my brain, shrimp meatballs.

Raw peeled and deveined shrimp in the vitamix

Maybe a little too vitamixed.

I added some gluten free bread crumbs and lemon juice…dill, salt

Meatball shaped, dipped in bread crumbs.  Put it in the freezer …

Brought them back out and up to temp and fried

Finished off in oven

TVP soaked in tomato andWorcestershire and vitamixed 

Draining the rice before mixing in butter and parmesan

Omg…i could stop here…buttery/parmesany rish rice cooling and drying.

Rolled up, filled with a piece ofmozzarella and tvp/tomato mix…then dipped in egg and then gluten free flour

Aperol spritz for jim and campari spritz for me

Pasta with chard and the shrimp meatballs

Egg noodle gluten free pasta was a fail.

Shrimp meatballs were perfect and arent so delivate icant sauce them better

Arancini…smaller next time.  But thatnrice was wonderful, i really did learn a new technique.

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My new favorite kitchen tool

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The oven crisper pan! Jim was watching HSN and a version of these came on the screen..they looked intersting so i was immediatly on the amazon app pricing and then ordering.


My first use was fries

Here they are getting ready for the over and i cannot find my “after pic” (which may mean that i forgot to take one)….

But I did remember to take a picture of my tofu fries when they were all nice and golden top and bottom

I have already bought a second set as a gift.   And im looking forward to using them fith zuchini and eggplant in the near future.

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Today’s pad thai

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I was planning to make a rice dish out of pulsed cauliflower…i did buy the cauliflower, but while shopping, i was consumed by the idea of pad thai fried rice made with the cauliflower.    I bought ingredients for my pad thai and returned to work.   The idea didnt sound so hot by the time i got home but i had brown rice thai noodles in the cabinet…

Here my mise:


No fish sauce….but i have my thai chili infused viengar ready to go and im using a sriracha baked tofu (trader joes).

I also was inspired to get out and scrub up my le creuset cast iron wok that has languished in the cabinet for 6 years since we moved in…


Next i start the peppers , garlic and ginger


In with the eggs


Next noodles, sauce (sugar, tamari, chili vinegar, coconut vinegar, pepper flakes) and after that gets a nice warming i added the sprouts.


Getting finished:


We had it with a bubbly nigori i saw in the fridge


And in the table


Actually, this was quick and easy for a weekday and i have a bit leftover for lunch tomorrow.

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A latin twist

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So yesterday’s slow grilled pork butt went latin today…

Oven simmered with potatoes, red pepper and a tomatillo simmer sauce




Add some homemade salsa


And we had the basis of tiny tacos

With agua chiles made from left over NYE shrimp


All tied together with a champagne tequila cocktail


Jim doesnt like the cocktail and i love it….hes not liking the reposado flavor…so he should be good if i do over with silver.  For me, this is like sipping reposado without any bite and a hint of sweet but the sparkling wine was extra dry….shifting to asti would be a whole new drink!  This one is the juice of 1/2 lime, 1 pt tequila, 2 parts triple sec, 2 part sparkiling wine

Cheers