living one day at a time
I just took The Best of Gluten Free Awards survey sponsored by Triumph Dining.
It only took 10 minutes or so. It was fun to give my 2 cents.
While you are there, check out the Dining and Grocery Guides found on Triumph’s site. They are amazing. I use my Grocery Guide all the time and we’ve taken our Dining Guide with us on trips. They also have some new Baking Guides that I haven’t tried but they look awesome.
Ligia
This week I bought a few meats on sale to do a mini freezer cooking session. I cooked some chicken breasts for tacos or enchilada pie. I also bought a tray of ground beef to make taco meat. I usually buy 1 large 2-3 pound tray and cook 3/4 of it and freeze the other 1/4 for use with new recipes that I may want to try.
Mini Session: Ground Beef Taco Meat
1. I brown the ground beef. I remove all the “fat juice” not sure what else to call it. I once read about “washing” the ground beef. As long as there are no spices added to it, you can wash the fat away. I don’t do this since I want some fat but not cups of it. Yuck.
2. I add McCormick taco seasoning. I learned last year that Lawry’s is NOT gluten free so now I only use McCormick. I usually use 1/2 of the envelope. We don’t like our meat too spicy. It asks for water so I do add a bit of liquid but not as much as the envelope says.
3. For dinner we have tacos! The rest of it I freeze in containers for other meals.
I can use the taco mix for another night of tacos, taquitos, beef enchilada pie, or taco salad.
Ligia
My family and I just spent a week in Bend, Oregon enjoying Mt. Bachelor and the Bend area. My most surprising find was that Bend is very Celiac Gluten Free Friendly. I was shocked to see “Gluten Free Bread” signs at the local Subway. Also a handful of pizzerias have gluten free crusts.
There were a few other great finds like:
There is also a gluten free bakery called Ida’s Cupcake Cafe .
I did alot of cooking but it was nice to have a few options for lunch. Thanks Bend for a wonderful time.