Manda of Asparagus Thin is our kind hostess this week, and her food of choice is rice. Rice is such a versitile food, and probably the mainstay of most GF diets. Most regretfully, I’m quite sensitive to rice. Despite my repeated requests, my body is quite insistent that rice stays on my “to avoid” list. But I have posted my favorite rice recipe from the past…and hopefully future, Spiced Forbidden Rice pudding.
This isn’t a glamorous, snazzy menu, it’s much more one of those utilitarian, how do I get by kind of weeks. I get the joy of a colonoscopy, and thus will be on a liquid diet Thursday and Friday and no nuts OR seeds between now and then. I can’t say I’m looking forward to any of it, but I did make a ginormous vat of turkey broth for the occasion.
Monday:
Sea’s Chickpea and Spinach Curry
Tuesday:
Tuna in lettuce cups with avocado
Roasted Red peppers
Weds:
Chinese 5 spice chicken with broccoli
Thursday:
Coconut water and turkey broth
Friday:
Coconut water and turkey broth
Baked good of the week:
I’ve been experimenting with a dairy free frozen almond mousse…and hopefully will revisit the crackers, too.
Quinoa, a Peruvian grain, is always a staple in my diet because it’s such a great source of vegetarian protein and fiber (and super yummy!). And


made a few mini chocolate hazelnut cakes (AKA Erik’s Cake) I will post the recipe soon, and shrimp scampi was even on the menu! What can I say, I’ve missed playing in the kitchen and enjoyed playing again.


What a week to stay snuggled and bundled up! When I mentioned to friends that our cats tend to do the “furry yin yang” in the winter months, I was met with blank stares. So this is what it looks like, even though we may need to put “yin” on a diet…. Moral of the story is that when the world gets cold, snuggle up! I’ll have to work on that advice.
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