The Un-Gluten Guy (My Gluten Free Recipes & GF Adventures)

Ocean Vodka  is a family owned vodka maker on the island of Maui.  Although all vodkas should be gluten free secondary to the distillation process I want to be extra safe.  I gave away all of my wheat distilled vodka.  Even if the distillation process rids the vodka of the gluten protein I could not be certain that cross contamination did not occur in the factory. So I recently found Ocean Vodka at my nearby BevMo.  It is a vodka made from organic sugar cane.   It is distilled off site with water from Hawaii and then sent back and bottled in Maui. As far as taste it is a great vodka - clean, crisp and no stinging alcohol on the back of the throat.  Enjoy it on the rocks or with your favorite mixer. Cheers, The Un-Gluten Guy

It can get hot in the summer.  Sometimes a nice cool drink is what you need. We make this from time to time and it is easy and delicious. All you need is a watermelon, mint, a mesh strainer and a blender. Cut or scoop out the watermelon making sure not to get the bitter white rind.  Place into a blender. For a full blender of melon I add about 5 to 6 mint leaves.  Add more or less to your liking. Hit the on button a let the blender do its work. Strain the mixture through a mesh strainer to get rid of excess pulp and seeds. Pour into glasses and enjoy, The Un-Gluten Guy

This is a group effort by me and my daughter.  She also has gluten issues and is 100% GF. One of the issues I have is knowing how difficult being a child is and the added difficulty of having to watch what you eat is an addition burden to her just being a kid.  At school, friends houses, parties and camp it is always a challenge to make sure she has food and does not feel the stigma of being different. I made some gluten free thin mints and do-si-dos and her and the other girls in her girl scout troop loved the do-si-dos (the thin mints were not so good).  We look at this as an opportunity for other kids to enjoy her food and think it is special and good. At home we have made some simple GF things are fun to eat.  This is the first in hopefully many posts that will show you what she likes so that you may develop some ideas to share with your kids or yourself. Apple-Cheddar Sandwich This one is simple.  We toast two slices of Udi's bread or any one of your favorite GF brea

I never ate a lot of fried foods.  I even passed up deep fried pickles and other strange concoctions at the county fair.  But on occasion I enjoyed tempura if I went out for sushi.  Now it is rare to find a dedicated GF fryer at a restaurant and I have never found one at a sushi place.  So I had this craving for tempura and looked into it. Well, this is what I came up with and it was pretty damn good. Sauce .  You need a dipping sauce. Add 1/4 cup tamari, 1/2 cup water, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar to a small sauce pan.  Heat to dissolve the sugar.  If you cook it down, it will become more concentrated so adjust to your liking. For the tempura you'll need rice flour, xanthan gum, salt and cold club soda. Heat some oil in a bowl.  I used peanut oil heated to 375. In a bowl mix 2 Cups of rice flour, 1/2 tsp xanthan gum, 1 tsp salt and about 2 cups of cold club soda.  It should be the consistency between paste (remember that from grade school)