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

First of all - I want one.  It was so nice to go to a true GF GastroPub where you can order a flight of GF  beer and anything on the menu because it was all GF.  If they want to open one in San Diego I would in line to be an investor. I found Harvester Beer  when I first traveled to Oregon.  I have been through the GF beer train and have settled on New Planet as the closet anyone has come to making a GF beer taste like a beer.  That was until I found Harvester - their beer is incredible and I would easily serve it to non-GF friends and not feel embarrassed that they had to drink it - I'm sure many people wouldn't even notice it was GF.  Actually I'm too selfish to offer it to friends since I can't find it in San Diego yet.  Any bottles I bring home I cherish and save for special occasions. When I heard that Harvester opened a Gastropub next to the brewery I made plans to go there on my next trip to Oregon. This was a good sign that I was ...

I really love garlic.  It is great in pasta sauce, soups, veggies and meats.  The one problem is that peeling a lot of garlic can be a chore, the skins stick to your skin and buying a bottle of pre-peeled garlic is expensive. So, I have a new method for you.  I can't remember where I exactly learned this - but I remember it was around some holiday and everyone was talking about cooking. WARNING:  This makes a lot of noise , but it is fun and you can take out some anger if you have to. First, break off the cloves from the head.  Use as many as you need. Next,  toss them into a metal bowl.  You can peel as many as you need, I have peeled two whole garlic heads at once.  You will need two bowls of the same size and I find it is best for it to have a lip to hold onto the bowls when you shake them. Cover the bottom bowl with an similar size bowl (identical if you have it - we have lots of bowls).  You can see how the lip gives you ...

For those of that live in southern California we are extremely lucky to have Disney, Legoland, Sea World, The San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park all within close driving distance.  For visitors there are tons of places to visit. Most of these places do not offer great dining options for the Gluten Free traveler.  Disney has done a really good job, you can see my post  here on the blog.   Legoland is another place that offers a bunch of GF options and the staff always seems to be well trained, you can see my post  here.   The San Diego Zoo and Animal have much to be desired when we were there last so pack your own food. All of these years here we had never visited  Knott's Berry Farms.   It is only a few miles past Disneyland if you are coming from San Diego and two turns off the highway and you are pulling into the parking lot. If you search the Knott's website under dining it lists all of the dining options but there is no mention of GF opt...