Great Dinner

[Lisa]

Good Eve.

I am very new to the Celiac Diet and it has been quite the challenge. But, tonight did my best to cook gluten-free. Servered a wonderful dinner to my family and would be wonderful for guests. Here it is:

Tuna Steaks, merinaded in Lawry's Herb and Garlic with Lime (merinaded over night). Cooked on the Grill.

Fresh green beans, sauteed on the stove top with butter, TOASTED sessame seed oil, garlic and a little dill weed.

Brown Rice.

The Fam. really liked it.

To the best of my knowledge, this is gluten-free. but would welcome input, if not correct. Tasted mighty good and a good choice for company.

Would welcome any other dinner, breakfast or lunch suggestions. (not a very good baker).

My 21 yr. old daughter may have celiac disease and trying gluten-free for a while to see. She wakes up in the morning she has a terrible headache and after eating meals, she often has bad stomach cramping (due to constipations). So trying to go gluten-free with her. The good thing in this is that she is trying to try my diet but it will not be easy for her. BUT SHE ATE MY DINNER AND ACTUALLY LIKED IT. Oh, my gosh.....

Lisa

[Canadian Karen]

See, gluten free ain't all that bad, right??

Don't worry, the longer you are gluten free, the easier it gets until you can't even remember what life was like before being gluten free. It becomes second nature to you......

Have you checked out all your medications, shampoos, vitamins, make-up etc? Gluten is quite often hidden in there too......

Karen

[Guest Viola]

Way to go Lisa That sounds yummy

[Canadian Karen]

Hey Lisa, can you come up here and cook for me????

Seriously, with four kids, including 4 yr old twin boys, cooking meals like that ain't gonna happen!! That sounds like a dream dinner to me!!!! LOL!

Karen

[misskris]

Who says you can't eat great gluten-free?!?!??!

Would welcome any other dinner, breakfast or lunch suggestions. (not a very good baker).

Some ideas for you:

Breakfast

*scrambled eggs, sausage or bacon, cheese, onions, peppers & salsa wrapped in corn tortillas (You can put anything in these really)

*Breakfast casserole - scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon - put in a casserole dish, top with sour cream and salsa - hashbrowns or biscuits on the side

*I love Pamela's biscuit mix - you can make biscuits ahead of time and freeze even. I slice em and stuff em with ham, sausage, eggs, jam, whatever

Lunch

*I take leftovers from dinner!

Dinner (oh my gosh you got me started)

*Ground turkey or beef salisbury steak with garlic mashed potatoes and green peas

*Tinkyada pasta, either penne or fettucini, Classico Alfredo, Grilled Chicken, chopped steamed broccoli

*Quinoa spaghetti, Classico Basil Tomato Spaghetti Sauce cooked w/ black Olives, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Diced Tomatoes, Garlic and Oregano

*Tacos - Just use Old El Paso seasoning mix in the BOTTLE, cook diced steak or ground turkey/beef with seasoning, top with whatever you like and remember to use corn tortillas - we have a Mexican Tortilleria here that makes em fresh daily

----I make fresh salsa for these too...just throw onions, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, cilantro and a dash of lime in a food processor

*Beef Stew - In a crock pot, thrown in stew beef, cut potatoes, whole baby carrots, sliced onions, cut celery, gluten-free soy sauce (La Choy is actually even ok to use in this! Though I don't prefer it normally), a splash of red wine and cook it till it's done. I start it in the morning on warm/low and it's done by dinner time.

*You can also use the same recipe as above with a whole chicken instead of the stew beef - oh, but minus the soy sauce. And I like to add in some garlic, basil, orgeano and thyme.

*Manwich Sloppy Joes - we mix with ground turkey. We also use corn tortillas for our bread here. Top the tortilla with the sloppy joe meat, some shreaded cheese and salad mixture (if you like): diced tomatoes, chopped lettuce, mayo and Mrs. Dash. It's sounds a bit odd, but it's really awesome. Just stir all the salad mixture together when you start making the meat. The longer it sits together, the better it is I think.

Ok, one more and I'll shut up.

*AMAZING PIZZA topped with olive salad- Chebe garlic breadstick mix - just roll out like a pizza crust. Top with pizza sauce, thin-sliced ham, pepperoni and proscutto, provolone, swiss, and olive salad: chopped black olives, green olives, onions, mushrooms, capers, green peppers, garlic - mix with just a dash of olive oil. This is SOOOOOO AWESOME.

Hope this gives you some ideas...

[Jonesy]

MissKris

*Breakfast casserole - scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon - put in a casserole dish, top with sour cream and salsa - hashbrowns or biscuits on the side

This cassarole sounds good. Can you give us more details about it. I'd like to try it but can't visualize the steps (I'm not much of a cook)

So, do you cook the cheese and bacon in with the scrambled eggs? My idea of a cassarole is a dish of several ingredients mixed and then baked in an oven. How long do you bake it?

Do you have any kind of breakfast that would be good for guests. I'm having overnight guests next week and need something I can fix the night before and cook or re-heat in the morning. Any suggestions? None of my old recipes will work for this type of situation anymore. I had a great Breakfast cassarole but it calls for bread and I don't have access to gluten-free bread.

I'm learning to cook all over again and I didn't really like it the first time around!

But it sure beats being sick.

Maryellen

[misskris]

Ahh! Hope I'm not too late in replying to this for you to cook for your guests.

So...scramble the eggs, put em in the bottom; cook the bacon (I put it in the microwave on several layers of napkins - less greasy that way - or use turkey bacon) crumble it and put on top of the eggs; cover with shredded cheese; put in the oven (say on about 400) until the cheese melts. Take it out and top with sour cream and salsa...and voila!

This is a great dish to serve for a crowd. We eat it every year for Christmas brunch. It's great 'cause you can do everything the night before. Just wake up, pop it in the oven to heat it through and melt the cheese and then top it. We eat this with sausage balls usually. I haven't made those gluten-free yet, but I will this year. I imagine you can just use sausage (we like one roll of spicy and one roll of mild) mix with Pamela's gluten-free biscuit mix and shredded cheese. You roll these into meatball-sized balls and bake on like 400 for 20 minutes? The actual recipe used to be on the back of the Bisquick box. I'll have to call my mom about baking times. But just use a moderate oven and check 'em until they look done. This is also something that is great when you have to feed a crowd for breakfast b/c you can roll them out ahead of time - even freeze them before you bake them if you want to do it a couple days in advance. You can also freeze these after you bake them. They are SO yummy with a little spicy mustard!!!