Gluten Free Winter Lunch Menu
This delicious cool-weather menu is gluten free and includes a brothy fish soup, hot popovers (yes gluten free), and a super-most almond cake.
Pasta with Yogurt, Mackerel, and Arugula
My nutritionist buddy, Lulu Cook, the co-author of The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners has been encouraging me to eat protein, about 20-25 grams per meal to be exact. Scanning what was in the house I realized I could throw a pasta dinner together quickly. I had Greek yogurt, arugula, smoked mackerel, and lemon zest.
Cod Stifado – Greek Fish Stew
If you see "stifado" on a menu in Greece it could be beef, lamb, fish or chicken. And most likely it will have tomato sauce and herbs in it. I like to make my fish stifado with cod since cod is a firm fleshed fish.
More from the Cooking Class
We had several non cooking classes after our class on Pasta. We were very lucky to have Ronna Kabatznick, the author of The Zen of Eating come and conduct a class. Ronna took us through the stages of mindful eating and posed some interesting questions for us to explore about our relationship with food. [...]
Swordfish with Red Tomato Preserves and Mustard Roasted Cauliflower
We are heading into tomato season and since we’ve had many good hot days I’m guessing it will be a good year. I can only guess about that since I have a black thumb! I may have come from a family of farmers but I’m a city dweller on my father’s side and did [...]
Kakui Sushi
Most of Montclair was shut down for July 4th. Claire and I had some errands to do and had planned to have lunch at Kakui. A couple of our errands were thwarted by holiday closures so we started thinking we may need a plan B for lunch but luckily Kakui was open. Kakui is [...]