Portabello Mushroommmmm Burger

[swaytosway]

This is my personal culinary discovery for the week. It is the absolute best F-stop-ing non meat burger ever.
I marinaded mine in olive oil, soy sauce, a whack of garlic, some ginger, and red chilli pepper flakes. Then you just bake em or broil em or grill em.
I had mine with jalapeno havarti cheese, avacados, black olives, and more jalapenos.
I swear, you should all try this, tweaked your own way. But maybe not if you don't like mushrooms.

[tinkerlion]

do you think it would still be good without the bun? is it essential to the burgerness of it?

[swaytosway]

well it is essential to the burgerness, but definately not to the taste. The bun wasn't paramount to the experience.
Actually you can eat this mushroom like a steak, it's very meaty. Isn't there gluten free bun alternatives out there?Edited by: swaytosway

[tinkerlion]

i have yet to find one that tastes good, but i did get a new cookbook that i haven't had the time to explore yet. i think my anniversary present to myself will be trying out the bagel recipe. i miss blueberry bagels and strawberry cream cheesesmileys/smiley6.gif.

[swaytosway]

fuckin gluten is in everything huh?
or at least I'm sure it seems that way.

[tinkerlion]

my husband is most entertained by me (in my opinion) when we're watching tv and i've seen one too many commercial with food i can't eat. this is followed by me throwing whatever is at hand at the television and telling them to fuck off.

so yeah, it feels that way sometimes. but on the positive side i love to cook, so i usually try to view it as a culinary challengesmileys/smiley1.gif!

[Barefoot2Dream]

I thought I was the only one that did that!smileys/smiley17.gif


With my little "sugar-free" skittle in the house we too often find ourselves doing the same thing. There is sugar and gluten in freaking everything! Although I will definitely say I think that accommodatingmy son's diabetic lifestyle is a piece of cake (no pun intended) compared to what you go through with celiac... just my opinion. smileys/smiley1.gif

[tinkerlion]

i'm just lucky i have a husband that's so accomidating. if i let him know that i can't have a certain food around, even if it's one of his favorities, he never complains. he even reads labels in the grocery store to make sure i can have it. his support makes it so much easier!

[swaytosway]

Hey Tinker, I was just looking up some tax info on disabilities (I'm at work)...and I came across new legislation for Canada that allows celiacs to claim the difference in food prices and ingredients used to prepare foods, as long as they have a medical certificate stating it is medically necessary. I'm betting that could add up to a lot, since all those specialty foods usually cost twice as much.
Are you able to do that?
If not, you should write your local political representative....(then watch nothing happen, or maybe something, you never know)

[tinkerlion]

i've heard something about it. from some people that have done it i heard that you don't save that much, so it isn't worth it. they are very specific about what types of food you can claim and such.

but that was awful nice of you to ensure i was aware!smileys/smiley31.gif