Eat the Alphabet #14: P

The Letter P.

So...as I've mentioned, there are some letters that seem to have lots of good food associated with them and some that don't.
But P.....P.....I could make a week's worth of meals. Full meals.
I tired to narrow it down to a big dinner, but even then I felt like I was leaving to many good things out.
So, we did a P day. Albeit, we did it over a few days because it's a lot.
But the end result is a full day of P foods.

Breakfast:
Pomegranate seed Pancakes
Prosciutto wrapped Papaya

Gluten free Pancakes

2/3 cup white rice flour (brown rice is fine, I just find there's more of an aftertaste)
1/4 cup potato starch

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp xanthan gum

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup agave syrup

2 tsp canola oil

1 1/4 cup almond milk (or whatever milk)
2/3 cup fruit (optional)

Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Make a well in the dry ingredients and add oil, vanilla and agave.
Mix with a fork, slowly adding flour to the mix.
Slowly add milk  and mix well. Add fruit/nuts/chocolate chips if desired.
Let sit for a few minutes to thicken. Add a touch more milk if it seems too cakey.

Pour small blobs of batter in a hot non-stick pan (about 1/4 cup?)
Cook on medium heat until edges look dry. Turn over and cook for another minute until firm.
Makes about 8 medium/small pancakes.

Lunch:
Personal Pizza with:
Pesto
Provolone
Pineapple
Pickles
Pepperoni
Peppers
And Pomegranate juice to drink

Snack:
Popcorn
Potato chips
Peanuts
Pumpkin seeds

Pretzils
Pea chips

Dinner:
Pulled Pork made with Paprika
Penna Pasta Primavera with Parsley, Peppers and Parmesan
Peas
And Pina colada to drink

Dessert:

P fruit parfait made with:
Plum, Peach, Pear, Persimmon, and Passionfruit

And Peppermint tea

I still feel like we skipped so much.... Pumpkin Pie, Pappadums,
Pickerel, Pecans, Pistachios, Parsnip,  Pani Puri, Pumpernickel....

On to the next letter!!

Happy Eating!!

Eat the Alphabet #13: O

The Letter O.

O is a letter of unique choices...

First up, Oxtail soup.
This dish originated as a 'poor-man's' soup using an inexpensive, flavourful cut of meat, mixed with root vegetables that may be left in a cellar.
It's ironically become an item on many high-end restaurant menus.

Next.....Octopus... yep.
With Okra and Oregano and Oyster mushrooms.

I should have looked up how to cook okra BEFORE cooking it... cause It was all wrong. Turns out Okra turns water to phlegm, hence why it's used to thicken soups. I, however, just threw it in a pot to steam, and ended up with sludge. So I drained the sludge and added the frozen/thawed seafood mix I had and some oregano.
And then I overcooked it because I was afraid of getting food poisoning from under-cooked octopus, so it was really really chewy.

Toby kept saying how much he was looking forward to trying octopus (from a kid who won't eat fish unless it comes from a can), and he tried really really hard to 'like' it, but I said it was ok if he didn't cause I knew it was overcooked. So he spit it out. So did I.

He did, however, really really like the calamari chunks that were in the seafood mix.

Then I figured out homemade Onion rings!! My fav.

 Obviously there were Olives involved.

 And Oranges and Orange juice for dessert!!

Happy Eating!!