I need your food help!

[inane_bugle]

Okay, all you vegan non-glutinous folks out there...I have a tricky one

Comments

[simonelo]

I actually have an entire cookbook dedicated to gluten free vegan food. (Why I didn't think about this sooner I don't know, except for the fact that none of it really falls into "normal midwestern food" categories.)

[jinasphinx]

I'd be inclined to make some kind of vegetable stew or thick soup with beans for protein and dried porcini mushrooms for kind of a meaty flavor. (Technically I guess porcinis would be "weird", but they probably won't know what the taste is.) Served with Ezekiel bread, if the gluten problem is not too severe.

[inane_bugle]

Well, it doesn't have to be vegan, per se. I consume more dairy and eggs than I do meat, so I tend to think of non-dairy/non-egg as 'vegan'. Silly me.

So, with some help from Heather, this is the non-threatening menu:

-salad made with mixed greens, my own salad dressing (olive oil, cider vinegar, mustard, herbs), sliced pears, and toasted walnuts.

-Grilled chicken, with rosemary/salt/garlic/oil rub

-wild rice/brown rice pilaf w/ olive oil, leeks, and thyme

-glazed cooked carrots (olive oil)

and, of course, our homegrown apple juice to drink.

[jinasphinx]

Cool, that sounds nice.