PF Changs 5 New Gluten-Free Beef Dishes *****

Someone is smiling on me, or I guess, us anti-glutites! OH! Its PF Changs! DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS??? PF Changs has five (5) NEW Gluten Free Beef dishes...

• Gluten Free Mongolian Beef
• Gluten Free Hong Kong Beef with Snow Peas
• Gluten Free Beef a la Sichuan
• Gluten Free Pepper Steak
• Gluten Free Beef with Broccoli

I can't explain my excitement! PF Changs has a gluten free version of Mongolian Beef? Can you hear the disbelief in my voice **voice of disbelief**

Back when I was a wee anti-glutite, I couldnt hold my own and fell victim to eating such yummy glutenous PF Changs Mongolian Beef (Might I add a horendous aching came of it and I didnt feel well for a couple days). Now that there is a gluten free version of this wonderous beef dish, I say to all anti-glutites, ENJOY, without the aching, rash or whatever comes of eating gluten!

Happy eating, learning and living! Gluten Free...

It's My Birthday and I Will Binge If I Want To!

My birthday was awesome. I was in heaven! Gluten free heaven! Everywhere I looked was gluten free food. Gluten free desserts, gluten free sandwiches, gluten free pasta. Heaven! What anti-glutite wouldn't love to be here! The smells of such delectable food. The sights of such perfect food. Perfect for ME! Heaven!

As you first stroll in you can see desserts on your left. Chocolate covered Strawberries, Creme broulee, cakes, parfaits and cookies. As you stroll further down you reach the entrees where they had the best tomato basil pasta, stuffed chicken, pork with some yummy sauce and panini's. Walk a bit further into the buffet toward the end and you'll see a smorgasbord of fresh fruit and vegetables with delicious sandwiches. More Heaven!

Is this me being dramatic? I think not! I think this was one of the happiest days I've had in a long time! My husband and girls to my right and my mom and dad to my left of this perfectly circular table. It was a special day with special people and food. Who ever though food and family could make someone so happy?

It was so perfect, that after I cut some food on my daughters plate, I was able to lick my fingers. An act so little as licking your fingers after preparing something is truely big to me. Did I already say perfect?

I would like to say think you to the chef at the Four Seasons Aviara for preparing a wonderful feast on the first Saturday of every month. You have made many, many anti-glutites extremely happy and many, many more anti-glutites to come!

I am eating, learning, and living...Gluten Free!

Pictures to come soon!

Four Seasons Aviara Gluten Free Buffet *****

I was reading through some of my favorite Gluten Free blogs and at the top of the Gluten Free in San Diego Blog was a post on the Four Seasons Aviara.

The Four Seasons Aviara is now having a monthly gluten free buffet for $29. It is on the first Saturday of every month. The buffet includes an appetizer bar, a salad area, hot entrees, cold entrees and a fabulous dessert bar. EVERYTHING is gluten free (unless marked otherwise). When I went, there were just a couple of sandwiches that were marked as containing gluten, otherwise, everything else was gluten-free. The dessert bar must have had about twenty items on it ranging from flourless chocolate cake, to all kinds of cookies, to chocolate-covered strawberries, to creme brulee and more! Go and bring your appetite, but not your thirst. A small bottle of coke will run you $5 with no refills!

Buffet Hours are from 11:30pm - 2:30pm. The Four Seasons offers a Gluten Free menu everyday upon request. Who wants just a menu when you can have a BUFFET!!!!

• Take I-5 to Carlsbad
• Exit at Poinsettia Lane/Aviara Parkway
• Head (east) at Poinsettia Lane
• Turn right (south) at Aviara Parkway
• Turn right (west) at Four Seasons Point and follow signs to Hotel entrance.

Free Parking and Shuttle 7447 Batiquitos Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92011

• Take I-5 to Carlsbad
• Exit at Poinsettia Lane/Aviara Parkway
• Head (east) at Poinsettia Lane
• Turn right (south) at Batiquitos Drive follow signs to Golf Course entrance.

Four Seasons Aviara 7100 Four Seasons Point - the California Grill Carlsbad, CA 92011 (760) 603-6800 http://www.fourseasons.com/aviara/

Happy eating, learning and living! Gluten Free...

I know I will the first Saturday in Feb for my B-Day weekend!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year to all you Anti-Glutites!

Did you happen to set a New Years Resolution? I did! I am going on a search for the best Gluten Free doughnut recipe. 

I already started my search and came upon what the blogger, Going Gluten-Free, calls a "Punkin". These lil' Punkin's are such a fabulous little treat. To me they taste like a the funnel cakes you would get at a fair or amusement park. I'm going to try to make them again tonight and top them with with some kind of jam to see how they taste (all the ones from my batch have been eaten!)

 

Mine for some reason look alot different than the ones from the blog where I got the recipe. Maybe I needed to thin the batter out or maybe it was the Pamelas Mix... either way they were DELICIOUS!

 

Gluten Free Punkins (with my ingredients)

 

Ingredients

1½ cup Pamela's Baking and Pancake Mix (Original recipe called for Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Flour Mix)

¼ cup Corn Starch

2 tsp Xanthan Gum

2 tsp Baking Powder

¼ tsp Salt ¼ tsp Cinnamon (I rounded this scoop)

½ cup Sugar (a little more is okay, but don't overdo or they'll be too sweet)

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3 - Eggs

½ cup Milk (take out 2 tbsp and reserve just incase you need to thin it a little)

¼ tsp Vanilla

Oil for frying Powdered Sugar for coating

Directions

Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl.

 

Using an electric mixer beat together milk and eggs until fluffy.

 

Add dry ingredients and mix very well.

 

Allow dough to rest for 20 minutes.

 

In a deep fryer (Was excited to use my deep fryer I got for Christmas!!!) or deep sauté pan heat 1" of oil to 375 degrees.

 

After dough has rested, drop by tablespoons full into hot oil. Holes might flip to the next side when first side is complete. Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes per side.

 

BE CAREFUL that your oil is not too hot...if it is the outside will burn before the inside gets cooked.

 

COOL COMPLETELY.

 

Shake in powdered sugar, or powdered sugar mixed with cinnamon to coat the outsides.

 

Serve with tea or coffee and feel normal. Be careful, they are very addicting.

Happy eating, learning and living! Gluten Free...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Wow... its been a while since I've posted. That means I have nothing to complain about =o) I do, however, have something to rave about! I am on day number 13 of eating Gluten Free Oatmeal. I seriously cant get enough! I forgot how wonderful oatmeal was. I get full and than binge on the last 1/4 of the bowl because I don't want to waste it.

Do you eat Gluten Free Oatmeal? How do you eat it? I mix 1/2 cup oatmeal with 3/4+ cup water, make 2 circles with maple syrup and sprinkle brown sugar on top. I then place it in the microwave for 2 minutes and let it sit about 10-15 minutes. SO SIMPLE and SO DELICIOUS!

Im not going to say Happy Holidays because I celebrate Christmas... SO...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hope its as Gluten free as mine!

Happy eating, learning and living! Gluten Free...