Friday, March 2, 2007

A Heart Full of Love and Fistfull of Change

I was sitting in my friend's dorm room tonight after a rehearsal for a friends directing class (my face and eyes are all red, watery, and itchy, because aside from being gluten intolerant I am also cat intolerant.) and I wasn't particularly hungry, but as I watched her eat those chips ahoy cookies, I just wanted to grab them from her and shovel them in my mouth.

Lately, I find I want the things I can't have more and more. I almost say, "what the hell?! a little gluten now and then can't hurt, right?" Of course I know that is a horrible idea. I feel that if more gluten-free options were easily available I wouldn't be creepily staring at my friends bag of dry and not so tasty chip's ahoy. It's really quite difficult being gluten intolerant and living in the dorms. While the cafeteria does offer gluten-free, white rice bread, the bread is unfortunately somehow not as good as the bread I have in my fridge. Even though it's the same brand, Food for Life, my brown rice pecan bread holds up so much better. My cafeteria needs to try harder.

Today I went in to the restaurant services office with recipes and demands in hand. I was all ready to declare war on wheat and the SodexHo representive for my school with much to say about how little they have done to help me when they promised me so much, but then the representative, Mr. Nargi, wasn't there. Figures. So I left him the recipes and a note. If there are warnings on our entrees that list "May Contain Pork" and "May Contain Peanuts", then there needs to be labels declaring what is safe and gluten-free. really now is this symbol so difficult to place?





I think not. I plan on e-mailing Mr. Nargi tomorrow to ensure that he received my note. None of the recipes I gave him included ingredients that the cafeteria does not already have. These came from the book Living Gluten-Free for Dummies.
So I'm hoping to see these meals integrated into mass servings. Not just for me. How cool and educational would it be for a meal to be made en mass that glowed with the gluten free logo that all my school would see? They'd be wondering what it meant as they devoured the delicious and nutritious meal.

Until I have a home of my own I can't cook things like Pineapple Salsa Chicken Enchiladas




I got this recipe from a fellow gluten-free blogger at glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com


2 cups of your favorite salsa
3 cups cooked chicken, torn or shredded pieces
Juice from one fresh lime
sea salt and ground pepper, or Lemon Pepper
olive oil, as needed
8 corn tortillas
1 cup chopped pineapple
1 4-oz. can chopped green chiles
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
hot red pepper flakes, to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Pour about a half cup of salsa into the bottom a lightly oiled 9x12" baking dish.

Squeeze lime juice all over the cooked chicken; season with sea salt and pepper and toss well to coat.

Heat a dash of olive oil in a skillet, and heat one corn tortilla until softened, turning it over once to coat with oil. Place the tortilla into the sauced baking dish; fill with 1/8 of the chicken, and roll up seam side down, placing it at the far end of the dish. Repeat for the remaining tortillas, adding more oil, if needed.

Pour the remaining salsa all over the rolled tortillas. Top with the pineapple, then the chiles. Sprinkle with cheddar and red pepper flakes.

Bake in a 350 degree F. oven until the enchiladas are bubbling and heated through, about 30 minutes.

This recipe is easily doubled [with a larger pan, or use two pans].

Serves 3 to 4, depending upon appetites.


I'd say that beat whatever I ate today...
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Stop eating gluten and you may no longer need that Adderral.

10 comments:

Sea said...

Try kinnikinnick Montina Chocolate Chip Cookies... They are similar to Chips Ahoy and totally Gluten free.

http://www.kinnikinnick.com/

I also like their donuts, and their bagels are not too bad.

Hey- any way you could sneak an electric burner or rice cooker into your dorm room? Your college really should try offer you access to a kitchen, if at all possible...

Best,
Sea

Niko Turko said...

someone is a PRO BLOGGER. wow your entire blog is so well put together and so imformitive while tieing in your personal story. I think there should be a "Gluten-Free Food Day" where we bring in some of these treats....just an idea.

Jenni said...

niko yes!!!

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