So what do you eat? And tuna salad recipe.

This is the question I hear most often. I understand how frightening it is to someone to hear that we can not eat (here goes!) .... Gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, corn, rice, grapes, raisins, onions, watermelon, banana, potato, tomato, eggplant, pepper....

It sounds scary, but it's reality here. That's the total list for all five of us and not every item applies to everyone here. For me, however, the only items I can eat on that list are....grapes. That's it.

"So what do you eat?"

The million dollar question! I eat vegetables, fruit, and meat. That's basically it and while it seems limited it's quite freeing. There's an ease to cooking that comes from being limited in choices, and that's what I want to chat about now.

"So what do you eat?"

Well, let's talk about what I ate today. For lunch I had tuna fish, cucumbers, and some leftover roasted Brussels sprouts and broccoli. I know what you're thinking about the tuna - what about bread? Mayo? Neither is included in this meal - no gluten, no grains, no eggs (mayo).

Tuna Salad
1 can tuna fish
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 chunk of cucumber, chopped
3 baby carrots, chopped
1 scoop Bubbie's kosher dill relish
Sea salt
Black pepper
1 avocado

The avocado acts as the "mayo" and holds it together. I tend to toss some dill in when I make this and it's a great on the go kind of meal. I took the girls to the library for a play date and a showing of Disney's "Brave" so tuna was a great meal to take for an on the go, 2 kids and a newborn lunch at the library.

"So what's for dinner?"

Dinner tonight - very simple and very tasty. The menu for Chez Stacey tonight boasts pork tenderloin, green bean bundles, steamed squash, and roasted Brussels sprouts.

The green bean bundles involve some effort but the rest is simple. The pork was seasoned with salt, pepper, basil, rosemary and cooked in a glass dish with some water. It came out very moist with just enough seasoning to be flavorful and not overwhelm our "ew it's spicy!" kids. The squash was steamed and the sprouts quartered and roasted with a touch of extra virgin olive oil. The green bean bundles require taking a few green beans and wrapping them with bacon (photo recipe to come) but its super easy and worth every effort. So there you have it, tasty simple dinner and you don't need to love to cook to achieve this!
~Stacey