Ivana ([info]inane_bugle) wrote,
@ 2008-12-30 15:00:00
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I need your food help!
Okay, all you vegan non-glutinous folks out there...I have a tricky one:

My brother, his wife, and three teenage daughters have a long layover on their trip to Hawaii, so I thought I would fill it up with a quick city tour and lunch at our house. Their taste runs along the lines of upper midwestern, bland, overcooked, non-adventurous (i.e., no fish, no spicy, no "weird").
 
So, what should I make for lunch?

The other wrinkle is that I am picking them up around 11, after working the morning, so something made beforehand would be nice.

Maybe I'll stop by the flying apron bakery tonight. Sucks that they moved.

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[info]cheesepuppet
2008-12-31 01:17 am UTC (link)
It has to be vegan and gluten-free?

AIYEE.

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[info]simonelo
2008-12-31 03:51 am UTC (link)
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.)

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[info]jinasphinx
2008-12-31 01:51 am UTC (link)
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.

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[info]inane_bugle
2008-12-31 04:33 pm UTC (link)
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.

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[info]jinasphinx
2009-01-02 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Cool, that sounds nice.

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