Tuesday, March 8, 2011

My Dream

I have a dream....that one day I will have a restaurant that is ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT GLUTEN-FREE. Not "vegan and also has gluten-free", not "gluten-free but we cannot guarantee there is not cross-contamination", not "let me go ask the chef", not "you can have grilled chicken with no sauce", not "what is gluten??".

This restaurant will be a SANCTUARY full of tastey, satisfying food that has NO possibility of being contaminated. It will have EVERYTHING! All the food that I know and love and can eat only under the right conditions. I'd like the menu to look somewhat as follows:

Baked Macaroni & Cheese with Truffle Oil and Bread-crumb Crust
Crockpot Chili-Vegetarian or Beef- served with Cornbread and Honey-Butter
Chicken Tortilla Soup
BBQ Hamburger or Turkey Burger with Bacon, Avocado, and served with Fries.
Sweet Potato Fries
Warm Spinach and Bacon Salad in Balsamic Vinaigrette
Jamaican Jerk Shrimp served with Rice, Mango Salsa, and Fried Plantains
Chicken Enchiladas with Salsa Roja, Pinto Beans, and Sweet Corn Tamales

Dessert:
Strawberry Shortcake: fresh berries and creme fraiche on a buttermilk scone
Molten Chocolate Cake served with coffee and vanilla icecream and caramel drizzle
Apple Crisp: topped with golden brown sugar and oatmeal crumble, scoop of vanillabean icecream
Fried Banana Wontons: in a flakey pastry with caramel, cinnamon-sugar sprinkle, and vanillabean icecream

These are just a few that come to mind. Recipes will be made as healthy as possible using fresh and whole foods. And despite how it looks they will be 100% gluten-free. And taste sooooo good that even my brothers won't know they're gluten-free! Celiacs will come from all over the country to ENJOY FOOD again without ANY STRESS. This is my dream. And then maybe one day I won't be hungry.