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

On  my YouTube Channel I made a video last year of all of our go-to GF places to eat in San Diego. If you live in San Diego, or if you are planning to visit, be sure to check out the GF Video . The places: Nectarine Grove Trilogy An's Hatmakers Sweetfin Himitsu Healthy Creations Northside Shack El Tianquis Enjoy!

Chef Thomas Keller starts by saying "if there is a better fried chicken , I haven't tasted it."  I would have to agree.  I have made this before I had to go gluten free and friends and family that had the pleasure of eating it agreed - it was the best fried chicken they have ever had. Like most good food it does take some time but the process is fairly easy.  First requires you to make a brine .  I am a fan of brining chicken, pork and turkey.  Chef Keller introduces you to his brines in his chapter on basics.  Here you will find a brine for chicken and pork.  The chicken brine contains salt (of course), lemon, peppercorns, parsley, thyme, bay leaves and garlic.  I use this brine for many chicken dishes and the kids love it. For the flour you combine gluten free flour with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne ( I omit this since the kids thought it was spicy the first time I made it), salt and pepper.  You can use any GF blend ...

 If you followed my blog in the past you know that we were big homemade pizza fans. Basically, every Sunday night was pizza night. Homemade sauce, store-bought cheese and GF pizza dough made from scratch. If you like pizza and want a ton of GF options for different crusts check out Peter Bronski's book on GF pizza -https://amzn.to/4r7zrIJ I have used many different recipes and tons of flour combinations but although our go-to was good it was still GF pizza. Enter Caputo's GF Pizza Flour. I heard about this and was interested. It is made with wheat starch which technically does not contain the gluten antigen but I was skeptical and cautions and did a bunch of research. Italy is the home of pizza and Italy has a lot of celiac patients and tons of GF options. So I ordered some Caputo's from Amazon. You can find it here -https://amzn.to/3MUGoip I followed the recipe on the bag. It was less liquidy than my other GF pizza dough flours and easier to work with. The dough, on a pre-...

 I used to love beer. I liked hoppy, darker beer. Pre-celiac I would drink Rogue and Sierra Nevada and Guiness and Negro Modela to name a few. But, that all changed after I was diagnosed. I tried New Planet and Redbridge but the taste was not to my liking. Then I found Ground Breaker a.k.a Harvester and loved their No. 5 IPA. They are located in Portland. I found Ghost Fish from Seattle and loved their IPA's too. Glutenberg from Canada was around but I believe they closed. Then Holidaly from Golden, CO popped up and they have some really nice beers. As I got older, alcohol just didn't agree with me so I stopped drinking. But, I missed the taste of beer. At times I missed the ritual, like cracking open one during a hockey game or after a long hike. The non-alcoholic beer market has exploded but I couldn't find any GF NA beers. I even reached out to a few places and was told that they got the request from others but it was not on the agenda for the near future. Enter  Go Brew...

 I'm back. It was 2021 when I last posted and unfortunately, I still have Celiac Disease. I have been spending more time working on my YouTube Channel where I cover Total Knee Replacement stuff and other Orthopedic Information -  My YouTube Channel For those of us that have to, or choose to, live a GF lifestyle, we all find great joy in finding a new place that offers GF food. Even better when it is 100% GF. And when the food tastes awesome, well, you get where I am going. So I was driving through Solana Beach the other day and saw a sign that I had not seen before - The Coop . I got home and checked it out and found out that it was 100% GF. I grabbed my wife and we headed there for lunch. The menu was pretty extensive. I got the turkey sandwich, and a pizza, and a cookie, and a cinnamon roll. I had worked up an appetite after a long hike (and I didn't finish it all, but tasted everything). The sandwich and bread was incredible. The pizza was like a personal deep dish with a l...

 Living in San Diego I am lucky to have a number of GF options. One place we have frequented for a while is Nectarine Grove in Leucadia, California. It is 100% Gluten Free. You can eat anything. They have awesome everything bagels and a number of pastries. Breakfast options, salads and sandwiches. I like their Chicken sammie which is a plantain encrusted fried chicken sandwich on their homemade GF roll. The spicy BBQ sauce is awesome and you get a side salad or fries. YES, GF fries in a GF fryer. I'll have to add a photo here next time I go for you to see... But, the nice thing is they opened another place even closer to home and what is cool is that the menu is totally different so there is a reason to visit both locations. First, they have GF croissants. So good that my son, who looks out for me, even asked "Dad, are you sure these are GF?" Super flaky and delicious. And, they have chocolate croissants. GF Sourdough bread. Delicious. Their chiliquilles for breakfast is ...