Dinner Tonight: Gluten Free Burrito Bowls with Beer Braised Carnitas and Cilantro Lime Quinoa

January 15, 2014 Drew Fleisher

A Gluten-Free take on the Burrito Bowl that I like better than those served at the popular chains

I was trying to decide what to do for dinner tonight, and Wednesday are always hard with church, school activities and work schedules for everyone to eat together. I decided I needed to find something that would be easy for everyone to eat or re-heat as they got home this evening, and started thinking about the burrito bowls at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants. One of the things I decided right away was that I would do carnitas in the crock-pot so I wouldn't need to keep an eye on it all afternoon, and the next thought was "maybe quinoa would work instead of rice to make this more nutritious and gluten free".

Review: Baja Fresh

May 30, 2013 Drew Fleisher

I went to lunch with my cousin the other day, and the place I wanted to go had closed down, so we went looking for something else. Baja Fresh was in the neighborhood, so we decided that would work.

Dinner Time - Pork Carnitas with GF Sweet Corn Muffin

May 31, 2012 Drew Fleisher

I was looking for something to do for dinner tonight, and ran across a very easy to follow recipe for carnitas. I thought that rather than doing tacos or serving it with beans and rice, I would try and come up with a gluten-free bun that would work with it. I decided on a sweet corn muffin using a gluten-free cornbread mix, but dressing it up a bit with honey and a few other tricks.

Drew's Sweet Corn Muffins

Ingredients:

2 eggs
3/4 cup dairy free milk
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Cornbread mix
1/4 cup honey

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350, spray large muffin or bun tin with non-stick cooking spray
Whisk eggs until fluffy. Add milk, oil, vinegar, vanilla, and honey and mix until well combined.
Add cornbread mix, and mix thoroughly.
Divide batter evenly between 6 wells of muffin/bun tin
Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Test with toothpick until pick comes out clean when stuck through center of muffin.

You can find the recipe I used for the carnitas here. Enjoy this little taste of FatBoyHeaven!