Eat the Alphabet #7: G

The letter G

This meal happened sort of by accident.
We were grocery shopping and Toby saw a granadilla and got all excited because we had been looking for one.
Why the 'eff' were we bothering to look for THAT of all things? Because Toby watches a show called Are We There Yet that's basically a travel show for 7 year olds. Different pairs of siblings visit different parts of the world and learn about their games/food/culture/animals/art.
One episode takes place in Ecuador where two brothers are being shown different native fruits, and the guide tells them that the best way to open a granadilla is to smash it against your head, and he demonstrates.
Toby think's this is the greatest thing he's ever witnessed and keeps asking if the grocery store has granadillas.
So now there's one in the shopping cart. I grabbed some gooseberries because you rarely see them, and placed then next the the greek salad I picked up for lunch (all we came in for was chicken, I swear)
We seemed to be collecting G things, so we got carried away...

First course: Gazpacho (cold tomato soup)
and garlic goat cheese

I used This Recipe, and though it was good, we found it was too oniony, and even then I didn't put as much as they call for. It would probably be fine without, or maybe if the onion and garlic were cooked first. 

 One of our faves, guacamole with green onions!
...Couldn't think of anything 'G' to dip in it, so we brought out the corn chips...

 Toby wanted a G centerpiece and went out on his own to select granite and grape hyacinth.

 Main course: garlic and ginger grilled chicken (wanted to find goose, but it was too late at that point... we need to start planning ahead more)
Greek salad
Grilled green peppers
Grape juice

So goooooood!

At last, time for the grand granadilla moment

 Dessert: Granadilla
Grapes
Gooseberries
Guava (which was still pretty under-ripe, but we tried some anyway)

The granadilla has kind of the same texture as a pomegranate, but slimier. It tastes a bit like an orange, and Toby liked it, but Anthony detected a hint of old sock and declined to finish his serving.

Overall G was pretty GREAT!

Lots of foods to choose from.

Happy Eating!!

Eat the Alphabet #6: F

The Letter F

Fiddleheads are in season! Though we live right beside a gigantic patch of Ostrich Fern, I've never had fiddleheads before. After reading about them online I've realized why.
Eating the wrong type of fern can be dangerous. There are ferns and fiddlehead that look like Ostrich Fern, but aren't, and there is also sub-varieties of Ostrich Fern which will give you food poisoning.
Also food poisoning if you don't cook them properly.

So now that I'm good and paranoid as Toby walks into the kitchen with a sweaty handful of fidleheads, but can't remember the patch he picked them from, we went to the grocery store to find some guaranteed edible ones. While we're at it, more F foods for our dinner!!
(My mom said "I like the letter F cause you can eat anything.... cause 'food' starts with F....and that's everything") Not quite the point, mom, but yes :P

Tonight's menu:

Fusilli with Fried Fiddleheads, Figs and Feta
Fish (hoping to have fennel seeds on it, but couldn't find any and forgot to look at the store)

But first: French Fries for the way home!

Nom nom

After all that, Toby said he didn't like the fiddleheads, though he likes asparagus and they taste pretty similar. Ah well.

For dessert:

Fuji apples

'Fruitsations' Freezies

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Eat the Alphabet #5: D

The Letter D

Surprisingly there's not a lot of things that I found that start with the letter D.

We decided on:

Daikon, dill and dandilion salad

And Duck with dijon

Surprisingly, Toby at EVERYTHING. He usually doesn't like radish, but the daikon is a bit milder.

Then for dessert, Date doughnuts with dragonfruit.

Gluten-free vegan Doughnuts

3/4 cup rice flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp xanthan gum

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp powdered egg replacer with two Tbsp water, (or 1 egg)

2 Tbsp canola oil

2 Tbsp agave nectar

1/4 cup almond milk

1/2 cup fruit (strawberries, blueberries, dates, apple, cranberries, etc)

Preheat oven to 350F.
Chop or food process strawberries to make half a cup
In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, xanthan gum, salt and cinnamon with a fork.
In a separate bowl, combine oil, milk, agave and egg. Mix well. Add strawberries and mix again.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry bowl and stir until no dry flour remains.
Spoon into prepared non-stick mini muffin pans or doughnut pans, only filling half of each cup.
Bake for 15 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Leave in the pans about 5 minutes after pulling from the oven. Remove onto wire racks to cool further.

Makes 24 mini cups, or 6 large doughnuts

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