Hello! I hope you all had a great Halloween. We don’t get any trick-or-treaters out where we live, although this guy has been known to show up on our front door step. ..
But I don’t think he’s looking for candy…
Maybe one of these?
Ha! No worries, they are secure in their home. The girls got quite the Halloween treat yesterday after I roasted three pie pumpkins.
I didn’t make any treats (or tricks) for us this week but I do have something planned for later this week as part of Adopt a Gluten Free Blogger. I adopted Jenn of The Whole Kitchen. Go on over and check out her site and be sure to read about her transition to the gluten free lifestyle eight years ago. Amazing and inspiring! Plus she’s a wonderful cook. And I’ll be posting soon about some of her creations.
This week’s Gluten Free Menu Swap is being hosted by Celiacs in the House and the theme is peppers. I don’t have any pepper-centric recipes on the menu this week except for some green chile added to a couple of things, but we have had two batches of stuffed poblanos over the past few weeks. The first batch was quinoa stuffed and the second was cheese, corn and pecan stuffed. Both were delicious but need another trial session before they’re ready for prime time.
This week will be a bit calmer for us, no travel or evening meetings, as far as I know. So I should be able to do some cooking this week!
This week, we are planning…
Santa Fe Pumpkin Chowder with Pumpkin Corn Muffins
Green Chile and Cheese Tamales with fresh roasted salsas and Spanish Rice – Contains peppers – New Mexican green chiles!)
Veggie Burgers (or salmon burger for me) with Quinoa Tabbouleh – and as David Lebovitz says, tabbouleh is meant to be an herb salad, more herbs and vegetables than bulgur, or in this case, quinoa. (I had just read his post as I was making my meal plan and the green herbs and lemon juice sound wonderful right now!)
Sesame Noodles with Broccoli and Roasted Tofu
Anasazi Bean something… does anyone have any good recipes? I have never made them before but we grew some this year and I bought a big bag at the farmer’s market.
So that’s it for this week. I also will be making a sweet or two from The Whole Kitchen…so stay tuned!
Be sure to check out the other plans at Celiacs in the House and OrgJunkie.
Beyond Rice and Tofu 
Renee
Great menu this week. The Santa Fe Pumpkin Chowder and the Sesame Noodles are calling to me. Those might be lunches this week since three of us are home during the day. Also loved Jenn’s blog. I don’t think I’ve visited hers before or maybe not in a long while. She has some great recipes and her before and after pics are astonishing. Going gluten free made a new woman out of her.
Thanks for joining us.
Wendy
Thanks for the kind words, Wendy! The gluten-free life really did make a new woman outta me…and I couldn’t be happier! Love your blog, too!
Wendy – I know, isn’t her story amazing? As a past support group leader I used to love hearing everyone’s stories of how they came about to celiac or GF. Now I hear them on the web!
The sesame noodles were pretty good. But I love Karina’s chowder and muffins. I can’t keep my hands off the muffins. I should have made a half batch…
Renee – I am SO honored that you chose to “adopt” me for November! I can’t wait to see what you cook up from the blog! It still thrills me to see that people are not only reading the blog but cooking from it too!
I have had fun cooking your goodies this week. I need to write up my post now…
I’m slow making the rounds this week! :) Your menu sounds delicious and is super inspiring. I made another batch of stuffed poblanos this week, too, using the filling on my blog with the potatoes, nuts, corn, lime juice, and (vegan) cream cheese. They were every bit as delicious as the first batch. I’m excited to hear the reports from your filling adventures, too!
The tamales sound great, the pumpkin-on-pumpkin meal sounds amazing, and the sesame noodles have been Delicioused!
When are you moving to NM so we can cook together?
what is that? I know it’s a big cat but I’m not familiar…they’re not usually found a few minutes out of DC
Hi Cheryl – One of our neighborhood bobcats! You’d be surprised, we used to get them in Chicago… :-)