This Monday our world wide dairy & gluten free weekly menu plan brought us to East Africa to enjoy the conversation-starting intimacy of injera from Eritrea with zigni, dorho tsebhi, alicha and shiro! Eritrean Injera This delicious flatbread is made from fermented naturally gluten free teff flour and water. Now as strange as […]
This Tuesday our world wide dairy & gluten free weekly menu plan brought us to Central Europe to enjoy the heart-warming deliciousness of Hungarian cabbage rolls. Hungarian Toltott Kaposzta We all know cabbage rolls, some people can do without them, and others love them quite fervently. My wife and I could easily be […]
This Monday our dairy & gluten free weekly menu plan called for the following: Protein: Tuna Vegetable: Snow peas Side: Lentils Seared Tuna Steaks in Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce Once in a while, ok hardly ever, like maybe once we ate tuna that was not prepared by searing in a cast-iron pan over high […]
Our gluten free / dairy free weekly menu plan this Monday called for the following: Protein: Trout Vegetable: Corn Side: Boston lettuce Oven Baked Trout Poaching is by far my most favourite method of preparing trout, but the real motivation behind our weekly menu plan was to try new techniques whenever possible. This […]
This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Sole Vegetable: Leeks Side: Doesn’t matter … has to be potatoes when leeks are involved! Gluten Free Sole Meuniere When I first discovered sole meuniere, it felt like a gap on my culinary life had finally been resolved. Sole had always seemed […]
Sometimes the weekly menu plan is unceremoniously pushed aside to accomodate a very serious craving. This Wednesday the craving was chana masala served over my favourite rice on the planet. The Many Flavours Of Chana Masala There are many subtle differences in everyone’s preparation of Indian cuisine, but some basic ingredients are […]
This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Organic beef Vegetable: Zucchini Side: Sweet potatoes Organic Braised Beef In Red Wine Sauce To be fair, when beef is on the menu I almost always try to find a nice piece of un-frozen organic steak that can be stretched to […]
This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Salmon Vegetable: Spinach Side: Eggplant More and more I find myself trying to sneak in a second vegetable as the second side dish, and the breaded eggplant slices on this menu easily become that second veg; a delicious comfort food addition that everyone […]
Every once in a while our weekly menu plan calls for one dish only rather than a protein, veggie and side. The purpose of course is to allow time to concentrate on something really special that takes a lot of time to prepare. The shrimp étouffée pictured above may not look particuly complicated, but […]
This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Cod Vegetable: Cucumber Side: Wild rice To be honest, haddock or cod both work well depending on price and availability, but be sure to buy fresh fish always! Gluten Free Baked Breaded Cod Fresh cod fillets from my local fishmonger are always […]