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Thing-A-Day #6: Gluten-Free, Cow-Milk Free Pizza

Well, this project has certainly gotten away from me!  Nonethless, I made what felt like a worthy entry tonight:  Gluten-Free, Cow-Milk Free Pizza.  (My nutritionist says I can have goat and sheep dairy products, just now cow's mil

Basically I just made the "Pizza Crust" recipe from Pamela's Amazing Wheat-Free Bread Mix (making sure to do it with some really good olive oil), then used pizza sauce, goat mozzarella, and pepperoni from Whole Foods.  I also covered it with Garlic powder!  The crust was great (partly because I covered the pan with dried polenta for a nice crunchy bite before laying the crust down.  We were all so hungry I almost didn't get to take a picture of it!

Thing-A-Day #5: Salmon Pasta Salad

Extra proud of this one as I just "whipped it up" (i.e., no recipe):

1 3.5 oz packet of sockeye salmon
1.5 cups cooked rice pasta
1 TB mayonnaise
1 pinch of dried dill
2 chopped scallions
1/2 tsp dijon mayonnaise

Combine all ingredients.  Can be served at room temperature or chilled.

Thing-A-Day #4: Soy Sauce Substitute (different recipe)

Oh, my goodness.  This one is SO much better than my last attempt.  Night and day, really.  An easy recipe that I will easily and happily cook again

SOY SAUCE SUBSTITUTE

• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 tsp cider vinegar
• 1 tsp molasses
• 1/8 tsp ground ginger
• one dash each of pepper, onion powder and garlic powder

Combine all in saucepan. Boil until reduced to 1/2 cup. Refrigerate.

Thing-A-Day #2: Soy-Sauce Substitute

Each day for the month of February I will be creating and/or preparing a gluten, dairy, and soy-free dish and posting it both here and at Thing-a-day.com

So far, one of the biggest challenges I've found in eliminating soy from my diet is that I miss soy sauce terribly.  Now, when I was just focusing on being gluten-free, there were options:  "Wheat-free" tamari and Bragg's Aminos are fine substitutes for soy sauce.  But, they both have soy in them.  It's kinda hard to do a soy-free soy sauce.  That's kinda like "peanut-free" peanut butter.  Soy is simply what soy sauce does.

But how to flavor stir-fries?  My nutritionist did a quick search and gave me the following recipe (with no guarantees of its success as she hadn't tried it herself)

Soy Sauce Substitute

8 oz molasses
3 oz balsamic vinegar
sugar to taste

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Refrigerate.

The result?

YUCK-O! 

You know, I might have guessed I wouldn't like this, as I don't like molasses or balsamic vinegar.  But I hoped that some sort of alchemy might have taken place with the combining of them.  Nope.

The basic problem here is that soy sauce is salty, and this is very sweet.  I've got another recipe on the docket...this one is beef-broth based.  I have a feeling I might like it much better. 

Thing-A-Day #1: White Bean Hummus

Each day for the month of February I will be creating and/or preparing a gluten, dairy, and soy-free dish and posting it both here and at Thing-a-day.com

Today's dish:

White Bean Hummus

It was Super-Bowl Sunday and I wanted something deliciously snacky.  This fit the bill!  It was very good, and quite hummus-y.  The only difference between this and traditional hummus (which is made with chickpeas instead of cannelini beans) is that it was slightly milder tasting.  Chickpeas have a stronger flavor.  I served this with thin rice crackers.  Yummy!