This is a great hearty lunch or a salad to go alongside fish or beans for dinner. This is as healthy of a salad as it gets so eat up and make extras for the next day! Also great to bring to a party. Watch out for turning your cutting board and fingers a nice pretty ruby color!
Beet and Kale Salad
Salad:
Dressing:
Directions:
Wash beets and bring to a boil in a large pot. After boiling bring to a simmer, continue to simmer for one hour, until tender. Let cool, then peel beets and cut into 3/4 inch pieces.
In the meantime, lightly toast the pumpkin seeds by placing them in a dry skillet and cooking voer medium heat. Constantly stir the seeds to ensure even cooking (or buy toasted sunflower seeds). When they begin to pop and give off a nutty aroma, they are ready. Set aside to cool.
Wash kale and place in a large pot of boiling water for 30 seconds. Place in strainer and cool with cold water, cut into bite size pieces. Finely dice the greens onions and peel the carrot. Slice into 1/8-inch rounds.
Place all dressing ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a wire whisk. In a separate bowl place chopped beets, chopped kale, dice green onions, sliced carrots and pumpkin seeds. Add dressing and toss gently. Serve chilled. Make six servings!
From Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair
This is a great side salad to burgers (vegan/gluten-free) or anything else that is a bit more hearty. Fish would be a great option as well. This would also be a great gluten-free/vegan option to bring to a party so that you have an option of something interesting to eat that everyone else will love too!
Lemon and Garlic Quinoa Salad
Salad:
Dressing:
Directions:
Cook Quinoa. Prepare dressing in large bowl, add carrots, seeds and parsley. Add cooked quinoa and toss well. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
Adapted from Feeding The Whole Family by Cynthia Lair
One of the best restaurants on the West Coast, Canlis a place for special memories to be made. Caleb and I went there the first time for my birthday after our daughter was born. She was only 6 weeks old and I tearfully left her for 2 hours with a good friend. The evening was amazing and I adored every minute of it. It didn’t work out to go again this year for my birthday but my hubby had been trying to find a special time to just go for drinks and light food and sit in the bar. Last Saturday night was the perfect night, we attended a wedding (re-commitment ceremony where I couldn’t eat anything) so then we decided to go out for food afterward. Caleb had the special surprise in mind as we were already all decked out in our fancy clothes. It is amazing, very expensive and totally worth it once a year if you are a food lover!
I had their lemon drop martini (amazing), prawns, and arugula salad (that comes with gilled melon!). I let them know I was gluten-free and vegan (minus seafood) and they just substituted where needed. If you do go for a romantic night out and need a gluten-free/vegan full meal just call ahead and they can specially design you a meal that will work for you! Happy Eating!
Oh – their bar is absolutely amazing! Order anything/everything and enjoy their color changing drink and super fun drink list. Let the bar tender know you are gluten-free!
For breakfast today we made Gluten Free and Vegan Pancakes! I have tried mixes before and have never enjoyed the product but this one is actually very tasty. Trader Joe’s Gluten Free Pancake and Waffle Mix with Egg Replacer or try using applesauce. IF you are eating eggs then using eggs will make your pancakes more light and fluffy. I served the pancakes with hot maple syrup and a bowl of applesauce and everyone liked it a lot. Quote from my husband “These pancakes are better than the gluten filled kind!” He is normally quite difficult to please!
Also – I haven’t tried making it yet but there is a coffee cake recipe on the side of the pancake mix and it looks scrumptious – so we’ll be trying that soon!
