Funnily enough, liver is gluten free. I don't know about you, but having celiac disease has messed with how my body absorbs iron and I am anemic. I think that is why I love liver. I liked it even when I was a child but after I had my first baby, I craved it, and the one vegetable I couldn't stand, growing up, became my favorite. (Squash! still love it!)
My husband didn't care for liver much, and for a time there I was hesitant to cook it so I would order it occasionally when we went out. Some of those smaller, family style restaurants can do a decent job on liver.
I cooked it for my family occassionally and once I started to cook it a bit more often, it became easier. I found something out too. It's better if it's still pink in the middle. Yes it is. If your liver is cooked all the way through, it is going to be like the soles of your best dress shoes!
I was over talking with some friends last evening and mentioned it's liver for dinner tonight in my house, and I let her in on that little secret. She likes liver, but her husband doesn't. It doesn't need gravy either if it's properly handled.
Another thing you must know about liver is where and when to buy it. Ask your butcher or the fellow working in the meat department at your grocery store if they get young liver and what day it comes in. If you're not sure those veins will let you know. I choose the pieces of liver that have the smallest holes from where the veins went. Our butcher here pulls them out. It isn't something to complain about, it is what it is. It is good for you. I go on Thursday afternoon to pick it up because they get it sometime in the morning and it's out by around three o'clock.
It has taken me probably twelve years to get over being squeamish of things like raw oysters and liver but my body needs the nourishment that comes from them. My family benefits too. It's one of those things one of my grannies would have said "buck up and do it, it's good for you!" . Those old ladies KNEW what they were talking about. We should listen.
Liver, my way
6 potatos, mashed
3 sweet or yellow onions, sliced in rings, cooked in the bacon grease
1 pound of bacon, cooked
Have the above cooked and keeping hot in the oven when you are ready to do the liver. Make sure you have lots of bacon fat in the pan.
1 pound (two packages) of fresh liver
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup potato starch
pinch of salt
pinch of paprika
big pinch pepper
Mix the dry ingredients together in a shallow plate or pie pan. Dredge the liver in this and place in hot frying pan, in bacon drippings. Fry only until the edges crisp, look carefully, you'll see the color of the meat change about halfway, thats when you flip them. WHen one piece is done, put on a plate in the oven with the rest of the meal until all the liver is cooked. Serve immediately with butter on your mashed, and season with salt and pepper. Remember, liver is meant to be slightly pink in the center, it cooks fast!
Enjoy!
(I'll share a picture when I've cooked ours this evening. I can hardly wait!)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Bubble and Squeak
EWWW Grosss!! That would be me, about circa 1975 when Grandma or my mom would make Bubble and Squeak. I don't recall ever actually eating the stuff. What a silly kid I was. I was the worlds pickiest eater.
Flash forward and what did I make for dinner tonight? Yup. There were no chorus' of yuck from my peanut gallery, either. I'm very blessed to have kids that have figured out you either eat what Mom gives you or starve... :p (No, really, if they really don't want to eat it, they have to make themselves a sandwich, no easy feat these days!!)
My kids are great. They will eat anything and try anything once. They surprise themselves that they like it. It's awesome.
This week we have been working on a study of Explorer's from Great Britain and the book has recipes from around the world. Today we had Cheese Soup for lunch and a traditional Irish meal for dinner. I can't help but start waxing nostalgic with a meal like this. Even if I didn't like it as a kid!
It's well worth trying. We all enjoyed it, and have enough leftover for breakfast tomorrow morning, with the addition of a couple eggs.
Bubble and Squeak
3 large russet potatoes, chopped, skin on
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small head cabbage
few slices bacon
Cut potatos into chunks, leaving the skins on. Bring to a boil. Cook until tender and drain. Steam cabbage, cool and give a rough chop. I cut mine in half, then remove the tough core before slicing it lengthwise and then turning it crosswise.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet. When it's brown remove it from the skillet.
Add in your chopped onion and cook until transparent.
Add your cooked, chopped cabbage and potatoes. Fry up until nice and steamy, adding back the bacon (or ham if you like).
Serve it up with a couple of fried or poached eggs, a salad and you have a nice meal. And it's naturally, gluten free! :p
Flash forward and what did I make for dinner tonight? Yup. There were no chorus' of yuck from my peanut gallery, either. I'm very blessed to have kids that have figured out you either eat what Mom gives you or starve... :p (No, really, if they really don't want to eat it, they have to make themselves a sandwich, no easy feat these days!!)
My kids are great. They will eat anything and try anything once. They surprise themselves that they like it. It's awesome.
This week we have been working on a study of Explorer's from Great Britain and the book has recipes from around the world. Today we had Cheese Soup for lunch and a traditional Irish meal for dinner. I can't help but start waxing nostalgic with a meal like this. Even if I didn't like it as a kid!
It's well worth trying. We all enjoyed it, and have enough leftover for breakfast tomorrow morning, with the addition of a couple eggs.
Bubble and Squeak
3 large russet potatoes, chopped, skin on
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small head cabbage
few slices bacon
Cut potatos into chunks, leaving the skins on. Bring to a boil. Cook until tender and drain. Steam cabbage, cool and give a rough chop. I cut mine in half, then remove the tough core before slicing it lengthwise and then turning it crosswise.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet. When it's brown remove it from the skillet.
Add in your chopped onion and cook until transparent.
Add your cooked, chopped cabbage and potatoes. Fry up until nice and steamy, adding back the bacon (or ham if you like).
Serve it up with a couple of fried or poached eggs, a salad and you have a nice meal. And it's naturally, gluten free! :p
Monday, September 27, 2010
Friends, Family, Food
We had friends over on the weekend andI cooked barbequed chicken thighs that were marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and garlic. It was greek night, so my eldest child who likes to make a mess in my kitchen (it's a really small kitchen) made tziki, and greek salad. All I did for the entire meal was make the marinade, put the chicken in it, and rice. I made a big pot of rice in my enamelled cast iron pot. It turned out perfectly done, which is saying something. I do not have the gift of perfect rice. My husband does so it's usually his job. HE was at work until just before our friends came over so I made the rice. My dd however, could have made the rice, but she did enough. She even made a different Naan recipe to compare with Brians (and Brian's was better, just so you know). Dinner was terrific. And fun, too. It's always great to have company around the table.
One day last week, I cooked a lovely locally raised pork roast which was fabulous. Much better than any pork you can find in the grocery store. I used the leftovers in this recipe. It was really, really good. And the leftovers make for a terrific lunch for my hubby!
We have been blessed with the gift of Salmon too. Our friends brought a piece of smoked salmon for us, and my husband had brought home a huge couple of pieces of salmon from one of his co-workers the night before. I tell you, dinner plans will change if fresh fish comes home. I threw that filet on the barbeque with butter, lemon and dill and made rice, and peas. Simple and good! The smoked salmon was last night's dinner, along with the left over naan and greek salad and tzikiki. Tasty.
My friends made sure the smoked salmon was made with ingredients I could have, knowing wheat and certain food chemicals are out. I am truly blessed with good people in my life.
Would you believe, there is still greek salad in my fridge? Yep. I am going out this afternoon and will not be home over the dinner hour but there is enough salmon, salad and rice still to feed everyone tonight. Dear husband whom I love soo much suggested I make spaghetti sauce and he would cook some noodles when he gets home, but that would still leave tons of leftovers in my fridge and that won't do. I have many jars of pickles fermenting away in there, we're running out of room for more leftovers. Blessed with an abundance, for sure. So they will eat the food that is in the fridge and they will be happy. I will too. BTW, does anyone want some tzikiki, or salad? She made a LOT. :p
My eldest child is learning how to cook. I have another one behind her. My kitchen is really small. Can I learn to live with the chaos??
One day last week, I cooked a lovely locally raised pork roast which was fabulous. Much better than any pork you can find in the grocery store. I used the leftovers in this recipe. It was really, really good. And the leftovers make for a terrific lunch for my hubby!
We have been blessed with the gift of Salmon too. Our friends brought a piece of smoked salmon for us, and my husband had brought home a huge couple of pieces of salmon from one of his co-workers the night before. I tell you, dinner plans will change if fresh fish comes home. I threw that filet on the barbeque with butter, lemon and dill and made rice, and peas. Simple and good! The smoked salmon was last night's dinner, along with the left over naan and greek salad and tzikiki. Tasty.
My friends made sure the smoked salmon was made with ingredients I could have, knowing wheat and certain food chemicals are out. I am truly blessed with good people in my life.
Would you believe, there is still greek salad in my fridge? Yep. I am going out this afternoon and will not be home over the dinner hour but there is enough salmon, salad and rice still to feed everyone tonight. Dear husband whom I love soo much suggested I make spaghetti sauce and he would cook some noodles when he gets home, but that would still leave tons of leftovers in my fridge and that won't do. I have many jars of pickles fermenting away in there, we're running out of room for more leftovers. Blessed with an abundance, for sure. So they will eat the food that is in the fridge and they will be happy. I will too. BTW, does anyone want some tzikiki, or salad? She made a LOT. :p
My eldest child is learning how to cook. I have another one behind her. My kitchen is really small. Can I learn to live with the chaos??
Friday, September 24, 2010
Soup Bones
He he what do you have in YOUR freezer? :-)
My young friend and I decided to do PE at a local park this morning and we were gone an awful long time. Observing critters in their natural habitat gives way to Science, so PE became observation and science, too. Fun, and we take advantage of the good weather this time of year.
We came home a bit after lunch, hungry and thirsty so what to have for lunch?
Since she is GFLF it is difficult at times to make quick lunches so we're grazing right now on crackers and cheese that she can have, fruit and what have you in the fridge!
Poking around a bit in the freezer for something or other I came across a chicken carcass I had been too lazy to make soup from about a month ago. Since last nights dinner was a lousy rotisserie chicken (my rotisserie decided to be a bit of a hag) I have some more bones and meat left over.
I'm pleased to have a pressure cooker to do up my soup stocks in. Bless my mum, she was prepared and I managed to get a number of her cooking things when she passed on. Some of the things I got were her canning kettle and two pressure cookers. On for canning and one for cooking. She was a smart lady, my mum.
Once the grazing is over, I'm throwing some water and some onion and the ends of a celery into the pot and tossing in the carcasses and leaving them for an hour or two. I'll have to run up to the market for some carrots as we're out, but I have some wilty kale that can go in... rummaging around the fridge I find a cabbage but that will get sliced up and steamed in butter to go along side tonights soup.
I may try a gluten free bun to go alongside as well. I love soups for dinner, my hubby likes them for lunch. I'll have to make him a quick stir fry with leftover pork chops tonight. As a side with the soup. He'll like that.
Next Monday, I'll have to be much more organized as it will be crock pot dinner night for the next few weeks. Every one has activities that take them away from their duties but there is no need to go for takeout if you have a crock pot!
Off to make the soup.
My young friend and I decided to do PE at a local park this morning and we were gone an awful long time. Observing critters in their natural habitat gives way to Science, so PE became observation and science, too. Fun, and we take advantage of the good weather this time of year.
We came home a bit after lunch, hungry and thirsty so what to have for lunch?
Since she is GFLF it is difficult at times to make quick lunches so we're grazing right now on crackers and cheese that she can have, fruit and what have you in the fridge!
Poking around a bit in the freezer for something or other I came across a chicken carcass I had been too lazy to make soup from about a month ago. Since last nights dinner was a lousy rotisserie chicken (my rotisserie decided to be a bit of a hag) I have some more bones and meat left over.
I'm pleased to have a pressure cooker to do up my soup stocks in. Bless my mum, she was prepared and I managed to get a number of her cooking things when she passed on. Some of the things I got were her canning kettle and two pressure cookers. On for canning and one for cooking. She was a smart lady, my mum.
Once the grazing is over, I'm throwing some water and some onion and the ends of a celery into the pot and tossing in the carcasses and leaving them for an hour or two. I'll have to run up to the market for some carrots as we're out, but I have some wilty kale that can go in... rummaging around the fridge I find a cabbage but that will get sliced up and steamed in butter to go along side tonights soup.
I may try a gluten free bun to go alongside as well. I love soups for dinner, my hubby likes them for lunch. I'll have to make him a quick stir fry with leftover pork chops tonight. As a side with the soup. He'll like that.
Next Monday, I'll have to be much more organized as it will be crock pot dinner night for the next few weeks. Every one has activities that take them away from their duties but there is no need to go for takeout if you have a crock pot!
Off to make the soup.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Adopt a Gluten Free blogger
Good morning!
I was just scrolling through (or maybe that's trolling??) the blogs I visit and came across The Book of Yum, and she is hosting ADOPT A GLUTEN FREE BLOGGER beginning September 28th (deadline to sign up!).
I'm new to this whole thing but remember the breakfast for dinner? Well I made http://fireandsalt.blogspot.com/ 's breakfast casserole for dinner the other night and then he posted about lamb kebabs. I love lamb. ANY way . . he made Naan bread. That's right. Naan. I tried it last night. It was so good. My husband and the teenager were practically fighting over who would take the last one for lunch. Hubby wins, he earns the dough that buys the food!!
The bread turned out soo good, I'm almost tempted to try making a loaf of bread again.
Thanks Brian! I've obviously adopted you! Hope you don't mind. We're making your lamb kebobs with a twist on Friday, rain or shine! lol
I was just scrolling through (or maybe that's trolling??) the blogs I visit and came across The Book of Yum, and she is hosting ADOPT A GLUTEN FREE BLOGGER beginning September 28th (deadline to sign up!).
I'm new to this whole thing but remember the breakfast for dinner? Well I made http://fireandsalt.blogspot.com/ 's breakfast casserole for dinner the other night and then he posted about lamb kebabs. I love lamb. ANY way . . he made Naan bread. That's right. Naan. I tried it last night. It was so good. My husband and the teenager were practically fighting over who would take the last one for lunch. Hubby wins, he earns the dough that buys the food!!
The bread turned out soo good, I'm almost tempted to try making a loaf of bread again.
Thanks Brian! I've obviously adopted you! Hope you don't mind. We're making your lamb kebobs with a twist on Friday, rain or shine! lol
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Breakfast for Dinner
Do you eat breakfast for dinner? My family loves breakfast,but it's often hard to find time on busy mornings to make a full breakfast. I think that is probably why so many of us have it for dinner. And it's easier than many other meals. It is also, gluten free.
Last night I made a breakfast casserole for dinner and added in some frozen chopped spinach to the recipe I found at another blogger's site, Fire and Salt. One day I'll figure out how to link to other's posts but for now, sorry.
This morning the kids are after a Dutch Baby. Living Without, a magazine for people with allergies to foods, had an article recently on pancakes and the recipe for the Dutch Baby looked so good, we tried it and were we ever happy with it. It has been made several times since.
I'm getting the 'hang' of eating gluten free. Are you? What about other allergies? My youngest is lactose intolerant and gluten free so I've been buying Rice Dream for her, and just found out that Rice Dream is not Gluten Free.. HAVE TO CHECK EVERYTHING. And it will take time and practice. I hope we don't make lots of mistakes like that though.
I read Gluten Free Diet by Shelley Case and that is where I found out about the rice milk. It's a very good resource if you have gluten issues, full of brand names and foods that we can eat and suggestions.
N, GF
Last night I made a breakfast casserole for dinner and added in some frozen chopped spinach to the recipe I found at another blogger's site, Fire and Salt. One day I'll figure out how to link to other's posts but for now, sorry.
This morning the kids are after a Dutch Baby. Living Without, a magazine for people with allergies to foods, had an article recently on pancakes and the recipe for the Dutch Baby looked so good, we tried it and were we ever happy with it. It has been made several times since.
I'm getting the 'hang' of eating gluten free. Are you? What about other allergies? My youngest is lactose intolerant and gluten free so I've been buying Rice Dream for her, and just found out that Rice Dream is not Gluten Free.. HAVE TO CHECK EVERYTHING. And it will take time and practice. I hope we don't make lots of mistakes like that though.
I read Gluten Free Diet by Shelley Case and that is where I found out about the rice milk. It's a very good resource if you have gluten issues, full of brand names and foods that we can eat and suggestions.
N, GF
Friday, September 17, 2010
Pork?
I am priveledged to live where I do.
I have clean water, cool breezes and access to farmers who raise their own meat.
We bought half a pig in the spring and have been eating it all year
I pulled out the last package of pork butts to thaw this morning and blasted them off on the grill.
Lawry's seasoning salt is gluten free, (surprise!) and my eldest child used a heavy hand but it turned out alright. I served the meat with grilled peach halves, steamed brocolli and boiled potatos.
Simple.
Naturally gluten free...
I have clean water, cool breezes and access to farmers who raise their own meat.
We bought half a pig in the spring and have been eating it all year
I pulled out the last package of pork butts to thaw this morning and blasted them off on the grill.
Lawry's seasoning salt is gluten free, (surprise!) and my eldest child used a heavy hand but it turned out alright. I served the meat with grilled peach halves, steamed brocolli and boiled potatos.
Simple.
Naturally gluten free...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday is Chicken Night
You know the commercial. Nice looking man in a white suit saying It's Chicken Thursday!
Well, I don't usually keep to a schedule like that but we are having Turkey breast tonight.
Occassionally I pick up Turkey filets at the grocery store when they're reasonably priced and either cook them that night or put them in the freezer.
This morning after getting rid of two bodies (one to work, one to school, not iced or anything like that!)
I took out the turkey from the freezer.
I'm going to need to do a fairly large grocery shopping trip in the near future as we have no carrots and I didn't get a garden planted this year, so we will use the broccoli I have in the crisper drawer and I'll cook some lovely wild rice medly that I bought at Costco last time I was there. A very simple and basic dinner, jazzed up with a dessert. I think I'll make rice pudding with fruit, it goes well in a lunch the next day and it is Friday, tomorrow.
We're going to have to make more of an effort to be dairy free for the lactose intolerant child so I will be making the pudding with coconut milk. The dad doesn't care for the flavor of coconut so I'll have to add lots of vanilla.
The braised celery was a hit, surprise! I'm glad.
Talk tossed around after the meal was that someone is going to purchase Julia Child's cookbook and we will work our way through it (a la Julie and Julia ~ that was such a cute movie and Meryl Streep was perfect as Julia!!) however, we will have to convert to gfdf. I hate the idea of baking however . . . and this from a baker.
Yes, I have been baking for over 25 years and make a mean loaf of bread but changing stripes mid stride . . . I'm not yet ready to plunge into all the intricacies of Gluten free flours. I make do with a quick mix from Pamela's or Arrowhead Mills for pancakes and dredging and beyond that well... I'm not there yet.
Give me a year and maybe.
I'm learning so much about this whole gluten free thing, and I'm also doing some fermented foods and kefir so enough is rolling around in my brain right now.
I need to make some yogurt today and make up my shopping list so I will remember all the items I need instead of forgetting half . . . Are you organized when you go shopping?
Naturally, Gluten Free
Well, I don't usually keep to a schedule like that but we are having Turkey breast tonight.
Occassionally I pick up Turkey filets at the grocery store when they're reasonably priced and either cook them that night or put them in the freezer.
This morning after getting rid of two bodies (one to work, one to school, not iced or anything like that!)
I took out the turkey from the freezer.
I'm going to need to do a fairly large grocery shopping trip in the near future as we have no carrots and I didn't get a garden planted this year, so we will use the broccoli I have in the crisper drawer and I'll cook some lovely wild rice medly that I bought at Costco last time I was there. A very simple and basic dinner, jazzed up with a dessert. I think I'll make rice pudding with fruit, it goes well in a lunch the next day and it is Friday, tomorrow.
We're going to have to make more of an effort to be dairy free for the lactose intolerant child so I will be making the pudding with coconut milk. The dad doesn't care for the flavor of coconut so I'll have to add lots of vanilla.
The braised celery was a hit, surprise! I'm glad.
Talk tossed around after the meal was that someone is going to purchase Julia Child's cookbook and we will work our way through it (a la Julie and Julia ~ that was such a cute movie and Meryl Streep was perfect as Julia!!) however, we will have to convert to gfdf. I hate the idea of baking however . . . and this from a baker.
Yes, I have been baking for over 25 years and make a mean loaf of bread but changing stripes mid stride . . . I'm not yet ready to plunge into all the intricacies of Gluten free flours. I make do with a quick mix from Pamela's or Arrowhead Mills for pancakes and dredging and beyond that well... I'm not there yet.
Give me a year and maybe.
I'm learning so much about this whole gluten free thing, and I'm also doing some fermented foods and kefir so enough is rolling around in my brain right now.
I need to make some yogurt today and make up my shopping list so I will remember all the items I need instead of forgetting half . . . Are you organized when you go shopping?
Naturally, Gluten Free
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Inaugural Post
Today is Wednesday September 15 2010 and this will be my first post.
I have spent the last three months perusing blogs, websites, cookbooks and other information for gluten free foods, and information on Celiac Disease.
I cook for myself, my husband and our two girls, both of whom have symptoms of CD and since I have given up gluten for good, my kids have too. My husband still wants to eat what he wants so we are retraining him.
Example. Peanut butter. Yes, please have peanut butter on your toast. Please use a spoon to get the butter out of the jar so as to not contaminate it for the rest of us.
Oh~ please use the cutting boards, not the ones marked "NO BREAD" :-) It's a journey.
Hey I got a new dishwasher out of the deal, it's easier to wash the dishes and hope the gliadin comes off than for him to change his habits. Dear heart is trying though, and that is wonderful for us girls.
Tonights dinner will be naturally gluten free . . . the name of this blog.
Many many foods are naturally gluten free. Meat. Cheeses, vegetables and fruit. I'm quite happy with it. I like the Specific Carbohydrate Diet recipes for some things, and I love love love Kinnickinick Foods pizza crust. So much I ordered a case at my local Natural Market and put them in the freezer. We're learning a new way of eating some favorites and discovering new products and simplifying things. Thank goodness I was a home cooking kind of gal before this diagnoses or I'd be having a really hard time adjusting.
Back to tonights dinner . . .
Braised Beef Short Ribs, crash hot potatos, braised celery and a salad. Yummy.
For the ribs:
I heated my dutch oven and put a little olive oil in the pan, and browned the ribs on all sides. Remove ribs and add diced veg of your choice. I used onion, carrot and celery this time, but I have used fennel, carrots and onions before and it works beautifully.
Add the meat back to the oven, add 2 cups of beef or chicken stock and simmer all afternoon.
I don't always season the foods I'm cooking this way as the vegetables and meat have a wonderful flavor on their own, and finding seasonings other than herbs, salt, pepper has been a challenge.
Crash hots are simply boiled new potates that are flattenened and finished in a hot oven for a bit of crunch.
Braised celery is simple, washed and cut celery braised in the cast iron frying pan with butter . . . yes, butter.
Salad tonight will be simple spinach and arugula with goat cheese. Flax oil and lemon juice dressing.
Simple. Satisfying. Naturally Gluten Free
I have spent the last three months perusing blogs, websites, cookbooks and other information for gluten free foods, and information on Celiac Disease.
I cook for myself, my husband and our two girls, both of whom have symptoms of CD and since I have given up gluten for good, my kids have too. My husband still wants to eat what he wants so we are retraining him.
Example. Peanut butter. Yes, please have peanut butter on your toast. Please use a spoon to get the butter out of the jar so as to not contaminate it for the rest of us.
Oh~ please use the cutting boards, not the ones marked "NO BREAD" :-) It's a journey.
Hey I got a new dishwasher out of the deal, it's easier to wash the dishes and hope the gliadin comes off than for him to change his habits. Dear heart is trying though, and that is wonderful for us girls.
Tonights dinner will be naturally gluten free . . . the name of this blog.
Many many foods are naturally gluten free. Meat. Cheeses, vegetables and fruit. I'm quite happy with it. I like the Specific Carbohydrate Diet recipes for some things, and I love love love Kinnickinick Foods pizza crust. So much I ordered a case at my local Natural Market and put them in the freezer. We're learning a new way of eating some favorites and discovering new products and simplifying things. Thank goodness I was a home cooking kind of gal before this diagnoses or I'd be having a really hard time adjusting.
Back to tonights dinner . . .
Braised Beef Short Ribs, crash hot potatos, braised celery and a salad. Yummy.
For the ribs:
I heated my dutch oven and put a little olive oil in the pan, and browned the ribs on all sides. Remove ribs and add diced veg of your choice. I used onion, carrot and celery this time, but I have used fennel, carrots and onions before and it works beautifully.
Add the meat back to the oven, add 2 cups of beef or chicken stock and simmer all afternoon.
I don't always season the foods I'm cooking this way as the vegetables and meat have a wonderful flavor on their own, and finding seasonings other than herbs, salt, pepper has been a challenge.
Crash hots are simply boiled new potates that are flattenened and finished in a hot oven for a bit of crunch.
Braised celery is simple, washed and cut celery braised in the cast iron frying pan with butter . . . yes, butter.
Salad tonight will be simple spinach and arugula with goat cheese. Flax oil and lemon juice dressing.
Simple. Satisfying. Naturally Gluten Free