Another dinner last night

[aklap]

After Torrey's inspiring post, I thought I'd post my dinner last night. It was one of those "Clean out the fridge" dinners. These are veggies we usually have in the fridge.



1-2 tblspn of olive oil
1/2 cup of chopped white onion
1 tspn of garlic (or as much as you like. This was freshly whized up in the food processor - so it stronger than store bought.)
1-2 cups of chopped broccoli
1/4 of a yellow bell pepper coarsely chopped
1/4 of a green bell pepper coarsely chopped
6-8 baby carrots quartered
1/4 of zucchini cut in moons 1/4" thick
1 cube of frozen basil pesto (or 1-2 tblspoons of basil pesto)*.
Juice of 1/2 of medium lemon.
McCormick's Montreal Chicken Grill Mate Seasoning.
Whatever shrimp that were left in the bag (probably 10-15)

I got out my trusty pan, heated it up, put a few slashes of olive oil in it. Threw in the onion and garlic. Sauteed that for a minute two. Next I threw in my chopped broccoli and my cube of frozen pesto*. Sautee that for another 2-3 minutes. Add the carrots. Sautee for another 1-2 minutes. Add the peppers & zucchini's and shrimp. Squeeze a 1/2 lemon over the top. Plus a number of shakes of the Montreal Chicken Seasoning. Give it a few more stirs to combine the seasoning.

I added the veggies that take the longest to cook 1st and then started working my way down. I like my veggies slightly crunchy when the dish is all done. I really don't like soggy peppers. The shrimp were peeled, deveined and cooked already so they only needed to be heated up.

As I said this is what I had laying around. I don't really measure. You can mix and match whatever veggies you like. Yes you could chicken in here too. This is kind of a take off of our Broccoli Chicken w/ Pesto which has become a favorite of ours. That will be for another post I have story to go along with that one too! I can laugh about it now.

*The reason I have cubes of pesto laying around is...We have a farmers market every year and one of the vendors sell fresh basil and other herbs. She said what they do is make up a bunch of pesto and pour it in ice cube trays and freeze it. That way they can have fresh frozen pesto in the dead of winter!! I burned out our little stick blender ( w/ chopper attachment) by making pesto every week for 3-4 weeks I can't wait for this year to roll around because we got a Cuisinart food processor. It's gonna be soooo much easier to make pesto now!! I'll only have to make 1 big batch instead of make several smaller batches due to limited bowl capacity

I also made a batch of almost crushed garlic too. I got 1lb of bulk garlic at the store. A whopping 2.79 per lb. I peeled about 3-4 heads (I still have about 3 heads left out of that pound), threw 'em in the processor. Added 1 tspn of lemon juice. Scrapped down the sides a few times and whizzed it around some more until it was really finely chopped. Put it in a sealable jar.
_________________
Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[dkad]

That looks like something you would find in Martha Stewart's magazine. Looks great
Donna

[Torrey]

Oh, now I feel bad that I didn't take a photo of my very colorful dinner!
I did bring leftovers in for lunch, but I have one of those Ziploc containers and it just wouldn't do the dish any justice!
I *promise* to take pics of the next homemade dinner!

Al, that looks yummy--how do you think it would work with chicken? (I don't eat seafood...) Broccoli and peppers--two of my fave veggies!
_________________
~Torrey

August 24, 1975
GF BD July 12, 2004

[cruelshoes]

OMG, Al. That looks so colorful and delicious.
_________________
-Colleen

Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handcart?

[aklap]

Thanks gang!

Torrey, I stared taking pictures of our food probably 1-2 years ago. Seeing the pictures with the recipe just "brings a bit more to the table" so to speak I wanted people to SEE that GF food is not bland, boring or yucky!!! It's every bit as good, if not better than that gluten polluted food the others are eating.

When I first started taking pictures, Peg would just laugh at me and roll her eyes. I'd be sprawled out on the kitchen counter taking pictures of God-knows what. Now...she's used to it and accepts it as "normal" behavior. LOL.

Oh...I added the recipe in my original post.
_________________
Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[Torrey]

Thanks so much for sharing your "art" and the recipe, Al!

We went over to my boyfriend's sister's townhouse last night for dinner, and she went above and beyond the call of duty to make it a totally GF meal. It was awesome, and I was so tempted to ask if I could take a picture, but I chickened out. (No pun intended!! )
In any event, she made chicken enchiladas from scratch and they were SO YUMMY! I ate more than anybody else at the table--I was so happy to have something so good and GF to eat!
It was so nice to realize, again, that it's *very* possible to be GF and have delicious meals still!
Thanks for all of the inspiration, guys!
You're all the best GF buddies!
_________________
~Torrey

August 24, 1975
GF BD July 12, 2004

[dkad]

[Professor]

[Torrey]

Ok, so I just completely laughed out loud in my cubicle/pod when I read that quote from Closer, Lexi! Too funny! I haven't seen the movie yet, but that quote is great!

Yeah, as if gluten intolerance wasn't difficult enough! I am *the* pickiest eater around! My seafood-loving boyfriend is determined to get me to eat a piece of tuna one of these days...I don't think so hehehe
_________________
~Torrey

August 24, 1975
GF BD July 12, 2004

[Professor]

[Professor]

[dkad]