Recently, struggling to come up with food for Bumblebee, I couldn't help but wonder when we got to this point. And was immediately assaulted by the memory of sitting in a professionals office, discussing Bumblebee's reluctance to attend school and food issues and being told that she shouldn't be expected to eat the veggies and whole grains I make, since she doesn't have Celiac Disease she deserves "real food". And an interview with a nutritionist shortly after I was diagnosed with both Celiac Disease and Corn Allergy, tearfully explaining that there was NOTHING I could eat, and the kids needed food too...and being told that I couldn't deprive them of "real food".
Each time I was on overload, so I nodded, blinked away any tears threatening to fall, and agreed that my limited diet was intolerable for kids.
But I never thought to step back, narrow my eyes and ask what exactly they considered "Real Food"? What, exactly, is wrong with a gluten free diet that makes people think of it as "fake" food? Rice bread isn't any less valid than wheat bread...it just tastes different. Rice pasta, again, simply has a different texture and taste than 'regular' pasta. It's not fake. It's just made from a different grain.
Looking through gluten-free cookbooks always makes me shake my head. While I am in need of inspiration for nightly meals, I find that specific cookbooks for gluten free foods have a distinct focus on baking. Breads, cakes, cookies. Carbs. Of which we, as a society, get way too many of to begin with.
Real food. Is it cake? Pizza? Macaroni? And when did it get that way?
I look at last night's meal (which was a sort of quiche-filling poured over leftover pasta. Not gourmet, but tasty and chock full of spinach and pepper and onion, as well as protein from eggs) I wonder what ever possessed me to think that serving cereal or a sandwich to Bumblebee was somehow superior? A valid choice if she doesn't like the meal, sure. But more appropriate because it's "real" and has gluten and/or dairy plus corn?
What's happened to our priorities?
I'm exaggerating a bit. I've never really thought a sandwich was "superior" to the rest of the meal. But there's been that nugget of guilt. Poor Bumblebee. Poor Mr. Violets. They have to put up with fake food, when they could be eating...GLUTEN.
Well, the guilt is ending (er, well, okay...by ending I mean 'being hidden away and ignored to the best of my ability') right now.
Tonight's meal is rice and beans with salad. It's a meal offered on dozens of restaurant menus, and enjoyed by thousands of households in the american continents. Plural. There's nothing fake about it, even if I only serve avocado and no cheese or sour cream. In fact, I believe some would find it even more traditional that way.
Real food isn't about gluten, or dairy, or any other allergen. It's about food. It's about seeing your food, knowing where it came from, and enjoying it. It's about food that's approachable. Simple. Nourishing. It's the opposite of what you'd pull out of the Star Trek Enterprise holo-replicator mechanism. It's the good chocolate. (you know, the only kind I can safely eat that costs a fortune) It's old fashioned oats or Quinoa flakes. It's pure cane sugar. It's water instead of Kool Aid. It's food that formed on a farm, not in a laboratory, and grew from seeds that weren't GM. (at least, in my opinion)
Real food is a recurring theme on allergy boards. Missing, wishing, dreaming of "real food". But food without allergens IS real. It's valid. It's tasty. It's nourishing because of what IS in it, not lacking because of what's not.
And you know what? In many ways, it CAN be superior to the so called "real" of the Standard American Diet. Real Food is often gluten free. Why shouldn't it be?
Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinner. Show all posts
Friday, July 08, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
So...What do you eat?
Last week we started a Candida diet that was also (mostly) free of gluten, casein, corn, and a host of other smaller allergens.
The verdict? Success. And Mr. Violets is sick of salad.
In the world of food allergies, one question seems to arise more than any other. At least, when the subject of either corn or gluten is involved. That questions is..."What do you eat?" (said in a variety of tones ranging from pity to suspicion or outrage)
So here's a list of dinner dishes for a week's worth of meals.
Baked cod on a bed of spinach and onions. (3 thumbs up. Bumblebee declined to taste.)
Homemade 'quiche' (4 wavery thumbs up. It's better with some sort of cheese. Off the candida diet, we make two dishes, one with dairy cheese one with dairy free corny cheese.)
Chicken breast with mashed turnips and salad. (It's better than it sounds. 3 thumbs up, Bumblebee only gives a 4th thumb up for the salad. But she at least contemplated the turnips.)
Tuna casserole. (not gourmet, but we like it.)
Crepes with nut butter and soup.
Spaghetti soufflee
Omelets
There are a lot of eggs in there, but eggs are a good source of protein, calories and fat. And they're cheap, which goes a long ways in their favor. Next week, we're looking forward to Mr. Violet's diet including beans and sweet potatoes again...adding several potential delights to our menu.
We found that the second week was a bit harder than the first week. We wanted to revert to our old "make a starch and everyone chooses their own veggies and protein" cycle. And the heat wave that hit made our appetites wane. But we seem to be muddling through. Tonight's menu is stuffed squash for Mr. Violets and the girls; leftovers for me. Not bad; and could be made corn free if you have a safe source of ground beef. (or you could probably use lentils. They aren't listed on the candida free diet, and I haven't actually tried adding them back to my own diet...but I can't eat squash and am still deciding how well tomato sits.) While nothing we made was gourmet, and probably doesn't compete much with restaurant fare, it was homey and tasty and filling. What more can you ask for?
That it feed a whole family? Well, it did that, too. (Or it would have if Bumblebee were just a little less stubborn. But again, she tried and gets points for eating salad almost everynight.)
The verdict? Success. And Mr. Violets is sick of salad.
In the world of food allergies, one question seems to arise more than any other. At least, when the subject of either corn or gluten is involved. That questions is..."What do you eat?" (said in a variety of tones ranging from pity to suspicion or outrage)
So here's a list of dinner dishes for a week's worth of meals.
Baked cod on a bed of spinach and onions. (3 thumbs up. Bumblebee declined to taste.)
Homemade 'quiche' (4 wavery thumbs up. It's better with some sort of cheese. Off the candida diet, we make two dishes, one with dairy cheese one with dairy free corny cheese.)
Chicken breast with mashed turnips and salad. (It's better than it sounds. 3 thumbs up, Bumblebee only gives a 4th thumb up for the salad. But she at least contemplated the turnips.)
Tuna casserole. (not gourmet, but we like it.)
Crepes with nut butter and soup.
Spaghetti soufflee
Omelets
There are a lot of eggs in there, but eggs are a good source of protein, calories and fat. And they're cheap, which goes a long ways in their favor. Next week, we're looking forward to Mr. Violet's diet including beans and sweet potatoes again...adding several potential delights to our menu.
We found that the second week was a bit harder than the first week. We wanted to revert to our old "make a starch and everyone chooses their own veggies and protein" cycle. And the heat wave that hit made our appetites wane. But we seem to be muddling through. Tonight's menu is stuffed squash for Mr. Violets and the girls; leftovers for me. Not bad; and could be made corn free if you have a safe source of ground beef. (or you could probably use lentils. They aren't listed on the candida free diet, and I haven't actually tried adding them back to my own diet...but I can't eat squash and am still deciding how well tomato sits.) While nothing we made was gourmet, and probably doesn't compete much with restaurant fare, it was homey and tasty and filling. What more can you ask for?
That it feed a whole family? Well, it did that, too. (Or it would have if Bumblebee were just a little less stubborn. But again, she tried and gets points for eating salad almost everynight.)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
I love it when dinner goes surprisingly well.
Tonight's plan was to finally make that tuna noodle casserole Penguin was too sick for last night. (Friday is casserole night; and this week it was going to be Thursday because of rehearsal but everyone got sick.)
This is a meal that will feed Mr Violets, myself and Penguin. Bumblebee will eat the noodles with a bit of cheese, if I save the noodles before assembling. Sometimes. Other times she makes faces at the dinner table and licks her veggies until her toast is ready. Yes, she's a bit old for that kind of behavior. But since it's an improvement and we can see the visual struggle she goes through not to throw a full out tantrum...it's a compromise we live with. Most of the time.
Anyways. Back to my story.
I started with the onion. Chopped it up and started carmelizing it on the stove. (I'm not very good at this part...I usually charcoalize bits and soften bits and brown bits. But I didn't do too bad tonight.) Then I rinsed out the spinach. Then I discovered we were out of peas, so I decided that tonight's experiment would be to add peppers.
Bell peppers are an excellent source of vitamin C, and since the kids both have an exceptionally nasty case of the flu vitamin C sounds like a good plan.
The water was boiling by now, so I opened the cupboard to pull out the pasta.
I found spice cake mix for making lunch 'muffins'.
I found spaghetti.
I found the Trader Joe's brand rice spaghetti my husband bought by accident and Bumblebee didn't like because it's thinner than Tinkyada and doesn't hold up to overcooking as well.
I found an extra bottle of grapeseed oil, the mint tea bag I keep up there as protection against food moths and a mysterious curly ribbon.
Drat.
Then I remembered telling myself to write "TJ--corkscrew pasta" on the list last time I made pasta. Before I got distracted by having to play referee and Mr Violet's arrival home.
Double drat.
I looked at the softening onions, the casserole dish with spinach and bell peppers and the boiling water. I furrowed my brow. I looked at the spaghetti in my hand and thought "But, spaghetti and tuna just sounds...gross. It's...wrong."
Then Penguin called out, and I answered.
"Mommy, if it's not too much trouble, could I have rice and beans for dinner? I think there's leftovers. And then you and Bumblebee can have mac and cheese I guess." (This is a big sacrifice. Penguin hates when the rest of us have mac and cheese because she can't eat it. But she's sick, she knows her sister is sick and she wanted to do something nice for her.)
I looked at the casserole dish again, and let the wheels in my brain turn, vaguely a recipe for savory noodle kugel I once read about. I assessed my options...and made the spaghetti. We weren't going to eat it as spaghetti anyways. Well, I might. The kids and my husband will continue to hem and haw and choose cereal if we're out of Tinkyada. (Ironically, they prefer the TJ corkscrews, though.)
Then I cubed up teensy tiny cubes of cheese. I didn't feel like grating it.
I beat 2 eggs. I probably could have beaten 3, but I was just experimenting at that point. I really didn't want tuna with spaghetti, I didn't want beans with all those veggies tonight, and I did want a protein.
I mixed it all together. Added a ladle full of veggie broth. Stuffed it in the oven and let it bake for half an hour while I refreshed water bottles, redosed everyone on medecine and started Penguin's leftover rice and beans on the back burner.
I ended up with a meal that fed 3; just as planned. It just didn't feed the 3 that I expected it to feed. And Bumblebee wasn't nearly as thrilled with my concoction as Penguin tends to enjoy regular casserole.
So it's a definite make again meal. Maybe next time I'll even try it with an extra egg or two and no cheese. But, I like the cheese. It added extra pockets of creamy flavor. It wasn't a 5 star meal. It wouldn't earn any acclaim.
But it was tasty and free of corn, gluten, nuts and dye. What more can one ask for in a meal?
Tonight's plan was to finally make that tuna noodle casserole Penguin was too sick for last night. (Friday is casserole night; and this week it was going to be Thursday because of rehearsal but everyone got sick.)
This is a meal that will feed Mr Violets, myself and Penguin. Bumblebee will eat the noodles with a bit of cheese, if I save the noodles before assembling. Sometimes. Other times she makes faces at the dinner table and licks her veggies until her toast is ready. Yes, she's a bit old for that kind of behavior. But since it's an improvement and we can see the visual struggle she goes through not to throw a full out tantrum...it's a compromise we live with. Most of the time.
Anyways. Back to my story.
I started with the onion. Chopped it up and started carmelizing it on the stove. (I'm not very good at this part...I usually charcoalize bits and soften bits and brown bits. But I didn't do too bad tonight.) Then I rinsed out the spinach. Then I discovered we were out of peas, so I decided that tonight's experiment would be to add peppers.
Bell peppers are an excellent source of vitamin C, and since the kids both have an exceptionally nasty case of the flu vitamin C sounds like a good plan.
The water was boiling by now, so I opened the cupboard to pull out the pasta.
I found spice cake mix for making lunch 'muffins'.
I found spaghetti.
I found the Trader Joe's brand rice spaghetti my husband bought by accident and Bumblebee didn't like because it's thinner than Tinkyada and doesn't hold up to overcooking as well.
I found an extra bottle of grapeseed oil, the mint tea bag I keep up there as protection against food moths and a mysterious curly ribbon.
Drat.
Then I remembered telling myself to write "TJ--corkscrew pasta" on the list last time I made pasta. Before I got distracted by having to play referee and Mr Violet's arrival home.
Double drat.
I looked at the softening onions, the casserole dish with spinach and bell peppers and the boiling water. I furrowed my brow. I looked at the spaghetti in my hand and thought "But, spaghetti and tuna just sounds...gross. It's...wrong."
Then Penguin called out, and I answered.
"Mommy, if it's not too much trouble, could I have rice and beans for dinner? I think there's leftovers. And then you and Bumblebee can have mac and cheese I guess." (This is a big sacrifice. Penguin hates when the rest of us have mac and cheese because she can't eat it. But she's sick, she knows her sister is sick and she wanted to do something nice for her.)
I looked at the casserole dish again, and let the wheels in my brain turn, vaguely a recipe for savory noodle kugel I once read about. I assessed my options...and made the spaghetti. We weren't going to eat it as spaghetti anyways. Well, I might. The kids and my husband will continue to hem and haw and choose cereal if we're out of Tinkyada. (Ironically, they prefer the TJ corkscrews, though.)
Then I cubed up teensy tiny cubes of cheese. I didn't feel like grating it.
I beat 2 eggs. I probably could have beaten 3, but I was just experimenting at that point. I really didn't want tuna with spaghetti, I didn't want beans with all those veggies tonight, and I did want a protein.
I mixed it all together. Added a ladle full of veggie broth. Stuffed it in the oven and let it bake for half an hour while I refreshed water bottles, redosed everyone on medecine and started Penguin's leftover rice and beans on the back burner.
I ended up with a meal that fed 3; just as planned. It just didn't feed the 3 that I expected it to feed. And Bumblebee wasn't nearly as thrilled with my concoction as Penguin tends to enjoy regular casserole.
So it's a definite make again meal. Maybe next time I'll even try it with an extra egg or two and no cheese. But, I like the cheese. It added extra pockets of creamy flavor. It wasn't a 5 star meal. It wouldn't earn any acclaim.
But it was tasty and free of corn, gluten, nuts and dye. What more can one ask for in a meal?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Living the Mixed Kitchen Life
Tonight, I ,anaged to get dinner on the table somewhere around the time that 3 of us were hungry. It was nothing fancy. Simply rice pasta (courtesy of Trader Joe's), and a scramble of eggs with carmelized onion and a few greens of varying kinds for those who wanted and could eat them.
Bumblebee ate early, and was requested next door, where I offered to walk her.
"Don't poison my dinner," I teasingly warned Penguin and my dear husband.
Amidst their protests that they love me, would never poison me, did I even have to remind them? I headed out the door with Bumblebee, gave her a kiss, told her when to return and to be good, and returned home.
Writing the prior paragraph took longer than the entire process.
However, when I stepped into the kitchen, Penguin was staring at her plate and my husband was at the sink. My place was empty.
"What happened?" I queried, trying to see the joke in the matter and thinking that it really looked like my dish in the sink that was being furiously scrubbed.
Dh turned and gave me the look that I deserved to give him.
"One thing. You asked me to do one little thing. And I couldn't do it!"
"I was only gone two minutes!" I exclaimed, more confused than upset.
"I know!"
At this point Penguin couldn't help bursting into laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation (and probably scared that her parents were going to start a full fledged fight at the dinner table) And confessed that they'd poisoned my plate accidentally.
Apparently he reached across the table to help Penguin pour some sauce, and a small amount splashed onto my plate.
If we were a normal household, I'd have had a sprinkle of undesired flavoring, and ignored it.
But with food allergies? It meant an extra plate and eating tomorrow's leftovers.
Dh was really upset with himself, but like I told him...better to acknowledge the error and not make me sick (I might have suspected eggs! Or onion! Or the cheaper TJ pasta! Or heaven forbid the handful of chocolate chips I treated myself to after dinner)
It disturbs us because neither of us like the message we send our kids when a crumb, or a drop, of something unintentional happens to land in an unexpected area. But, the kids aren't satisfied on a corn free diet, and my husband doesn't really want to restrict his diet that far. And asking makes me feel bad.
So, we'll continue to be supervigilant. I'll try not to lose my temper when accidents happen (I try...And this time there was plenty to eat so I really wasn't upset!) And he'll have to forgive himself when things do. The real point is that we need to continue to be aware and avert disaster.
Bumblebee ate early, and was requested next door, where I offered to walk her.
"Don't poison my dinner," I teasingly warned Penguin and my dear husband.
Amidst their protests that they love me, would never poison me, did I even have to remind them? I headed out the door with Bumblebee, gave her a kiss, told her when to return and to be good, and returned home.
Writing the prior paragraph took longer than the entire process.
However, when I stepped into the kitchen, Penguin was staring at her plate and my husband was at the sink. My place was empty.
"What happened?" I queried, trying to see the joke in the matter and thinking that it really looked like my dish in the sink that was being furiously scrubbed.
Dh turned and gave me the look that I deserved to give him.
"One thing. You asked me to do one little thing. And I couldn't do it!"
"I was only gone two minutes!" I exclaimed, more confused than upset.
"I know!"
At this point Penguin couldn't help bursting into laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation (and probably scared that her parents were going to start a full fledged fight at the dinner table) And confessed that they'd poisoned my plate accidentally.
Apparently he reached across the table to help Penguin pour some sauce, and a small amount splashed onto my plate.
If we were a normal household, I'd have had a sprinkle of undesired flavoring, and ignored it.
But with food allergies? It meant an extra plate and eating tomorrow's leftovers.
Dh was really upset with himself, but like I told him...better to acknowledge the error and not make me sick (I might have suspected eggs! Or onion! Or the cheaper TJ pasta! Or heaven forbid the handful of chocolate chips I treated myself to after dinner)
It disturbs us because neither of us like the message we send our kids when a crumb, or a drop, of something unintentional happens to land in an unexpected area. But, the kids aren't satisfied on a corn free diet, and my husband doesn't really want to restrict his diet that far. And asking makes me feel bad.
So, we'll continue to be supervigilant. I'll try not to lose my temper when accidents happen (I try...And this time there was plenty to eat so I really wasn't upset!) And he'll have to forgive himself when things do. The real point is that we need to continue to be aware and avert disaster.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Getting creative
Well, trying to get creative, anyways.
I have figured out my problem. The real trouble is quite simply the vast number of intolerances I'm juggling. Lets see...The sum total of everyone's current avoidances?
Gluten
Corn (and all of it's derivatives)
Dairy
Squash/gourds (Includes cucumber and melon)
Citrus
Cruciferous vegetables (broccolli etc)
Soy (lecithin okay)
Potatoes
Yeast
Refined sugar
pecans (and possibly other nuts)
Artificial dyes and preservatives
sesame (including oil)
kidney beans
asparagus
beef
pork
shellfish
Olives (including oil)
green beans
lentils
It seems like I'm forgetting something...Hmmm...
Plus all foods need to be carefully washed, peeled, and thoroughly cooked. Even fruit.
Avocados are the exception. Maybe overly ripe bananas.
Still crunchy onion in scrambled egg? Yum, but bad. Stuffing with nice, thick chunks of celery for crunch? Delish, but bad.
And there are foods that are good, but only in moderation. Sauteed spinach. Guar gum/xanthan gum (not good on any of our tummies) Quinoa. Beans. Artichokes. Sweet potatoes.
And foods that we're supposed to try under controlled conditions. Nuts/nut butters, tomatoes, anything "new".
And then there's the whole clueless-when-it-comes-to-meat issue.
It's hard to find food we all can eat!
Then you have to take into account food preferences. Bumblebee won't touch beans. Or chicken. Or sweet potatoes. Or...well, she's picky. It's better if her foods don't touch too much. And if they aren't soup. Or saucy. And if she can dip them in parmesan.
Penguin will experiment a bit. But she draws the line at fish. And you can never second guess her. Serve eggs at the wrong moment, and you hear for an hour about how they're "okay, except that they are just disgusting."
And if she doesn't eat, she gets a migraine and misses 2 days of school. (I'm not exaggerating. I can send her, but they send her right back.)
Tonight I was pondering the options. Penguin requested spaghetti (Tinkyada rice pasta) and I was obliging. Since I was craving beans and cheese, I made that on the side for dh and I.
It occurred to me that it wouldn't seem like spaghetti every day, if I could do more with it.
Perhaps stir in some tomato sauce. No, wait.
Maybe just veggies and cheese for a nice...no, wait.
Hmmm.
Well, I could do chow mein for all, sautee onions, garlic, peppers and scramble in some eggs. Drizzle with soy...oh, wait.
Dh and I like the soy-less chow mein. But Penguin prefers the soy cooked in. That takes an extra pot.
We'd like any of the cheese creations, too. But they're blends, so bumblebee will only look. And Penguin can't touch. 2 pots, again.
And Penguin and dh would enjoy the tomato bake, especially with olives. But me? Um, I'd like the taste. Tomorrow I'd regret it. And the next day. And the next. Maybe even next week.
We get back into the question of "what will I serve the rest of us?"
*sigh*
Roasted sweet potatoes and eggs for 3
Spagghetti with a variety of toppings feeds all
Rice feeds 3 (we can add beans, or fry it sans soy)
Chicken (with leftover starchy foods) feeds 2-3 of us
3 can eat dinner salads (or side salads made dinner size for those not partaking of the full meal) But the pots and stress of preventing cross contamination drive me batty.
I want to make the kitchen safe for all.
First, I need more options to play with...
Keep your fingers crossed that we pass the wasabi test this weekend. (hopefully this weekend, I reserve the right to back out at any moment.)
I'm not sure it will increase our options any, but man...do I want something spicy!
I have figured out my problem. The real trouble is quite simply the vast number of intolerances I'm juggling. Lets see...The sum total of everyone's current avoidances?
Gluten
Corn (and all of it's derivatives)
Dairy
Squash/gourds (Includes cucumber and melon)
Citrus
Cruciferous vegetables (broccolli etc)
Soy (lecithin okay)
Potatoes
Yeast
Refined sugar
pecans (and possibly other nuts)
Artificial dyes and preservatives
sesame (including oil)
kidney beans
asparagus
beef
pork
shellfish
Olives (including oil)
green beans
lentils
It seems like I'm forgetting something...Hmmm...
Plus all foods need to be carefully washed, peeled, and thoroughly cooked. Even fruit.
Avocados are the exception. Maybe overly ripe bananas.
Still crunchy onion in scrambled egg? Yum, but bad. Stuffing with nice, thick chunks of celery for crunch? Delish, but bad.
And there are foods that are good, but only in moderation. Sauteed spinach. Guar gum/xanthan gum (not good on any of our tummies) Quinoa. Beans. Artichokes. Sweet potatoes.
And foods that we're supposed to try under controlled conditions. Nuts/nut butters, tomatoes, anything "new".
And then there's the whole clueless-when-it-comes-to-meat issue.
It's hard to find food we all can eat!
Then you have to take into account food preferences. Bumblebee won't touch beans. Or chicken. Or sweet potatoes. Or...well, she's picky. It's better if her foods don't touch too much. And if they aren't soup. Or saucy. And if she can dip them in parmesan.
Penguin will experiment a bit. But she draws the line at fish. And you can never second guess her. Serve eggs at the wrong moment, and you hear for an hour about how they're "okay, except that they are just disgusting."
And if she doesn't eat, she gets a migraine and misses 2 days of school. (I'm not exaggerating. I can send her, but they send her right back.)
Tonight I was pondering the options. Penguin requested spaghetti (Tinkyada rice pasta) and I was obliging. Since I was craving beans and cheese, I made that on the side for dh and I.
It occurred to me that it wouldn't seem like spaghetti every day, if I could do more with it.
Perhaps stir in some tomato sauce. No, wait.
Maybe just veggies and cheese for a nice...no, wait.
Hmmm.
Well, I could do chow mein for all, sautee onions, garlic, peppers and scramble in some eggs. Drizzle with soy...oh, wait.
Dh and I like the soy-less chow mein. But Penguin prefers the soy cooked in. That takes an extra pot.
We'd like any of the cheese creations, too. But they're blends, so bumblebee will only look. And Penguin can't touch. 2 pots, again.
And Penguin and dh would enjoy the tomato bake, especially with olives. But me? Um, I'd like the taste. Tomorrow I'd regret it. And the next day. And the next. Maybe even next week.
We get back into the question of "what will I serve the rest of us?"
*sigh*
Roasted sweet potatoes and eggs for 3
Spagghetti with a variety of toppings feeds all
Rice feeds 3 (we can add beans, or fry it sans soy)
Chicken (with leftover starchy foods) feeds 2-3 of us
3 can eat dinner salads (or side salads made dinner size for those not partaking of the full meal) But the pots and stress of preventing cross contamination drive me batty.
I want to make the kitchen safe for all.
First, I need more options to play with...
Keep your fingers crossed that we pass the wasabi test this weekend. (hopefully this weekend, I reserve the right to back out at any moment.)
I'm not sure it will increase our options any, but man...do I want something spicy!
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