Gluten Free Mom

You can have your gluten and casein free quiche and eat it to!

I have written many times about the joy of spending an afternoon in the kitchen with the gluten free teen.  This time together has truly been one of the blessings of celiac disease.

Yesterday started like most evenings with me pondering, what's for dinner tonight?  How many times have you had the same question?  Will it be tacos, or quesadillas, too late for anything marinated and grilled, maybe spaghetti?  Nothing was sounding too appealing.

Then the Gluten Free Teen saved the day once again (how did she get so smart?).  She said Mom "I feel like quiche."

"Quiche?" I replied. 

Who knows why this particular craving hit on this day.  We had not had quiche in years.

"Quiche" I asked again.

And, by the way, we are gluten and dairy free and how was I to make a dairy free quiche that tasted good?

If we would not have had frozen gluten free pie crust in the freezer, I would of ditched that idea from the start. 

Gluten Free and Casein Free Frostings

How does a Gluten Free Mom celebrate her birthday!  With lots of love and a gluten free birthday cake of course!

Despite the fact that the Weekend Chef left for London in the early afternoon, I actually had a wonderful birthday.

The celebration started on my Birthday Eve with dinner with great friends at Bis on Main in Bellevue.  They were very knowledgeable about gluten and all of the places it can hide.  They served me a wonderful dinner; for an appetizer we had Pepper Crusted Ahi Tuna with fresh ginger and wasabi in lieu of the sauce.  For dinner I had the special which was a delicious Grilled Pork Tenderloin.  I skipped the standard gluten and casein free dessert of fresh berries and opted for the traditional italian dessert of  grappa.