Good GF Pasta

I was talking with a coworker recently, and learned his daughter has gluten sensitivies, and some other allergies besides, including corn. Yikes! That would be hard for me, corn being one of the grains that powers my day.

We got to talking about pasta and I told him (and any others out there in DC GF blog land) that this is the one I like best. The key is to actually undercook, letting it coast to doneness, and make only what you are going to use at one time.

Bionaturae gluten free pasta can be found at Whole Foods, look for the pink packages.

http://www.bionaturae.com/gluten.html

Interesting sounding but as yet untested GF desserts...

A coworker forwarded me a link to some yummy sounding desserts on Apartment Therapy:

Honey Lavender Panna Cotta

and

Gluten-Free Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp

Amma Vegetarian Kitchen, or Ode to the Dosa

One night when my sweetie was out grabbing a burger with a coworker, I was driving home from work and said to myself, time for dosa! Inspired by the vision of tasy loveliness of the tangy lentil pancake filled with shredded paneer and other veg, I phoned in a takeout order and hopped over the bridge to Georgetown on my way home.

Amma is usually upstairs from M at around 33rd St. But recently for renovations, the dining room is actually at street level. In many ways I like this better - the diners/dining are more visible and i bet they get more walk in traffic too.

At any rate, one of my favorite things to eat there, and ever, are dosa. They are a huge flat pancake filled with one of a number of fillings. They satisfy the celiac's urge for something that goes crunch crunch crunch and you use the pancake thing to eat the filling. There are 2 dipping sauces that accompany, a veggie stewy thing and also coconut.

On this particular evening, I grabbed a paneer dosa and a mango lassi for takeout. Although the pancake part lost some of its crunch on the way home in the container, the flavor did not disappoint. I snarfed it all down and pronto.

CSA share veggies - week one

Our friends who just got married asked us if we wanted to pick up their CSA share while they were busy with wedding-stuff and honeymoon.

We said yes - natch! The farmer's market stand is at the Silver Spring market, it was super easy, they had a box ready to go and I picked it up on behalf of my friend. Inside: lots and lots of greens; turnips; swiss chard; spring onions; and I rounded this off by getting some baby zucchini, new potatoes and farm eggs at the market too.

Pictured is a salad I made today with some of the amazing greens, baby zucchinilettes, herbs, etc. I made a brown rice vinegar and orange juice dressing. Nice and tangy. Yum.