goatherder's pie

ok, so food intolerances abound: wheat, gluten, cane sugar, bananas...and now, yeast. this means no fortified/enriched food (usually comes from a fermented food source), so goodbye enriched rice dream. no fermented foods or drinks -- goodbye, new gf olives that just came in the mail, and goodbye, wine for another year. have to figure out salad dressings with no vinegar, aboo. goodbye, Bubbies sauerkraut, my favorite condiment. and the one that hurts the most, goodbye, bread machine, or hello, yeast substitute! and we were getting along so well...

no nightshades or citrus or gluten or cane sugar (or evaporated cane juice -- in everything!) was hard, but I was managing. I will just have to learn another way of eating to get healthy. I am feeling up to the task.

here is my goatherder's pie. no wheat, gluten , sugar, yeast, citrus, nightshades. and yet, glorious.

ginger turkey goatherder's pie

[totally great as a veg dish too...just leave out the turkey layer]

2 sweet potatoes
chop and boil til tender. mash up w/ splashes of rice dream, olive oil. season to taste. set aside.

shred, chop and mince:
1 small or 1/2 lg head of cabbage
2 carrots
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
a toe of grated ginger root
sea salt and bl pepp to taste
2 T olive oil
saute. set aside.

1 lb of ground turkey
1 T olive oil
fry it up. set aside.

tahini sauce:
4 T tahini
1 T Bragg's
splash of boiling water
sea salt and bl pepp to taste
whisk til you like the consistency of your sauce. tweak til it's right.

oil a 9 inch sq deep baking dish. layer in first the sauteed cabbage mix, then the turkey, then the tahini sauce, and finally the mashed sweet potatoes. if you're feeling adventuresome, sprinkle on a dash of nutmeg.

bake at 350 for 1/2 an hour ish, til bubbling and turning a little golden on top.

oh yeahrrr.

Baking Madness!

As I am whiling away my day off -- baking, making soup, practicing for an upcoming show and doing yoga, I am anticipating a yucky phone call. The one where I find out the results of my latest food allergy blood test.

Last week yielded some good milestones sought after and achieved, followed by some crashing and burning. So, there's been a bit of a pity party this week, and probably I will have some more bad news delivered today (my DH is back in full force, along with some other symptoms that have been kept at bay -- hoping I haven't developed more sensitivities/allergies, but it seems unlikely, given my state of inflammation). So, let the party continue!

pity party included:

turkey bacon BLAC's (bacon, lettuce, avocado, cheddar -- with sauerkraut, essentially a Reuben!
rice chips (Lundberg farms sea salt variety)
some sips of oogave root beer (g-f agave nectar root beer!)
scookies (see recipe below)
a half glass of Orleans Hill Organic and Sulfite-free Syrah
nightshade free homemade minestrone soup
buckwheat amaranth coconut loaf (see recipe below)

I went off-recipe with the scookies, but I experimented today and came up with this measured out recipe to share:

Scookies
half cookie, half scone. you decide. either way, they're really hottt with hot cocoa or tea.

cut together with a fork or pastry cutter:
1/2 c brown rice flour
1/2 c tapioca starch
1/2 c almond meal
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t sea salt
2 T spectrum shortening
2 T coconut oil, softened (or 4 T butter, Earth Bal, etc)

add:
1 egg, beaten
3-4 T honey
1/2 c pureed pumpkin
1-2 t bourbon vanilla

fold in:
handful of dried cherries, chocolate chips or whatever you're feeling

drop spoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet
bake at 350 8-10 mins

yields 9-12 scookies

YUM!


now for the loaf:

buckwheat amaranth coconut loaf

for your 2 lb loaf breadmaker...

1 1/2 c almond milk
3 eggs, beaten
2 T yoghurt
3 T honey
2 T app cid vin
1/8 c olive oil
mix and add:
1 c buckwheat flour
1 c brown rice flour
1 c amaranth flour
1/2 c coconut flour
1/2 c tapioca starch
1 t sea salt
1 t xanthan or guar gum
form a well in center and add in 1 T yeast

approx 4 hours later, you will have a yummy loaf to make sandwiches with or serve with soup (I made a homemade nightshade free minestrone soup = yum).

enjoy! happy 2011~