Saturday, September 1, 2012

What's for dinner when you have mother hubbard's cupboard?

It's crazy but sometimes magic can happen! (actually its creativity awakening but I like to call it magic) I had a little of this and a little of that but I was missing a key ingredient to make anything dinner worthy and I didn't feel like driving to the market. Of course I'm pretty easy when left to figure out dinner for myself. I would've been okay with oatmeal or pancakes. Even toast with almond butter and fruit would've sufficed but not for my husband. What I did have was a small container of ground turkey and offered him a burger. (even though there was no bread) He said "just a patty? that's all?" I said "Don't worry honey I'll do something.". I had a huge (I mean huge!) zucchini from my sisters garden, a small amount of spinach, a container of my "Spaghetti Sauce"in the freezer (which is like a marinara) and not quite a cup of coconut milk in a container left over from making gingerbread waffles. I started cooking away....my husband wanted to see what I was doing and saw the zucchini and frowned. I told him to leave until I was done then he could make his comments. When all was done I had it beautifully displayed on the plate (next time I make it I'll be sure to photograph it, sorry this time I didn't) So here's what I did.....................I formed 2 patties with the ground turkey and pan grilled them with a light spray of extra virgin olive oil in the pan and seasoned them with salt, pepper, Mrs. Dash garlic herb seasoning, and dried minced garlic. When they were cooked I set them aside. I heated up the marinara, covered and left on low. I heated about 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet. I then cut the zucchini in 1/2 inch thick ring slices dredged them in white rice flour then dipped in the coconut milk and pressed again in the white rice flour laying them into the hot oil. I seasoned them with salt and pepper and when one side was brown I carefully turned them over until the other side was crispy golden brown. I then took a dinner plate and laid out about 5 fresh spinach leaves and placed the burger on them. Then lined about 4 of the fried zucchini slices in a row. I then poured the marinara across the zucchini and voila'! there you have it! My husband who thought this couldn't be dinner was actually amazed at how good and filling it was. It just goes to show that you can be creative and still be tastefully gluten-free! "Happy cooking and happy eating!".....Jan

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