Plus when you make this, your kitchen will smell amazing. And that's a promise! :-)
This reminds me of something you would be served in Italy, because it's simple and only contains a handful of ingredients, yet is incredibly flavourful.
Plus when you make this, your kitchen will smell amazing. And that's a promise! :-)
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Earlier this summer I went to Umi Falafel for the first time and loved it! (I went again recently in fact) I'd passed by many times during the year, but assumed that there wouldn't be anything gluten-free... I was very much mistaken.
It's a Middle Eastern restaurant, which is completely vegetarian with vegan options. The vegan options aren't marked, but all ingredients are listed on the menu, so it's easy to figure out. The falafel and many of the salads are gluten-free too. I also love their spice jars on the wall! On our way back from the Fumbally Cafe, we stopped into Antoinette's Bakery - a completely gluten-free bakery with plenty of egg-free, soy-free and dairy-free options. They offer everything from vegan doughnuts to cupcakes and cookies.
I was in heaven. I used to be an absolute dessert-fiend, until I found out that I have coeliac disease (January 2013). In fact my desire to eat dessert was the catalyst for me learning to cook and bake just over a year ago. Before that I could just about fry an egg, but that was even pushing it! I recently went to the Fumbally Cafe (city centre) for lunch with my mom after an exhibition in the Science Gallery. We had been before and loved it (we both had the Falafel Plate last time), so were excited to go again.
The menu changes daily and includes gluten free, vegetarian & vegan options. The kitchen is open, so you can see your food being prepared, which I love! The interior is very cool with mismatched wooden tables, chairs and couches. You can sit at individual tables or large communal ones, which have giant fruit bowls on them. Before I get into the good stuff (the food!), I just want to share that I'm 99% sure that David O'Doherty, the Irish comedian, was sitting at the other end of our communal table. So that was exciting! This tastes like a decadent tropical dessert, but is full of goodness.
I love when food is both healthy and tasty. I used to always think that healthy food had to taste awful. I would grimace at the very thought of eating vegetables, especially green ones! I refused to eat anything that tasted "healthy". Now I'm happily chugging green smoothies... Oh, how times have changed. ;-) I like to think that my younger self would have enjoyed this smoothie, because it doesn't taste "healthy", just delicious! Recently veggie sushi has become my favourite snack. I always thought that sushi would be really complicated to make and require many ingredients... Apparently not! :P
It's perfect for snacking on when you're feeling too lazy to cook or just need something quick and easy. I brought some along on a picnic last Sunday and my friend B loved them too! She picked up the ingredients and made them herself yesterday - though she struggled with getting them to look pretty (I've included my method for getting them to look like restaurant sushi below) I have a bit of a kale obsession. Especially when it has been marinated in this lemony dressing.
I was chatting with my best friend last week and she was laughing at me for massaging dressing into kale... I've gotten so used to doing that I had forgotten that it wasn't always something that I did. (An excellent reminder to always remember that just because something is now second nature, doesn't mean that you should forget where you started) It may seem a bit odd at first, to massage kale, but it makes it so tasty! It also makes it much easier to eat, because raw kale can be a bit intense :P I had too many overly ripe plums... So the only logical solution was to make plum crumble!
I've always loved crumble (usually apple or rhubarb in our house), so I just had to make a plum version! I was inspired by a recent recipe on Cookie and Kate, in which I also learned that Americans refer to crumble as a crisp! I'm always fascinated by how much variation there is in the English language between different English-speaking countries. It was the subject of great discussion between my friends last year when I was on Erasmus in Germany. The arguments over the pronunciation of "aluminium" very nearly destroyed friendships... Not to mention the confusion I (& the other Irish) caused by using "grand" to mean alright/fine, as opposed to extravagant/elaborate (if any of them are reading this: It's alumINium, just to clarify) ;-) I recently received my exam results (I'm now officially finished college - for now anyway), so my Mom brought me out for dinner to celebrate. I chose Rasam, an authentic Indian restaurant in Glasthule, because I just love Indian food!
Indian food tends to be gluten free (but I still always check) and veg-friendly. There's an entire vegetarian section on their menu with vegan options. Our waiter double-checked with the kitchen that my order was gluten free, which put me at ease. My last dinner in Cork was in Ramen, an asian street food restaurant (similar to Neon in Dublin). They offer a wide selection of dishes from many asian countries.
They clearly mark what is or can be made gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free etc on their menu (and on their online menu), which is very helpful. |
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