"songbird" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> My gardener likes these flavor profiles. He likes chicken and beef. Also
>> brown rice and brown rice noodles. Only veggie I know of that he doesn't
>> like is asparagus. He has to eat gluten free so a lot of prepared sauces
>> won't work. Also, he can't have HFCS. Corn in and of itself is fine.
>>
>> I have made Pad Thai, Pad Kee Mow, Teriyaki, Tomato Beef, Orange Chicken,
>> Fried Rice and just a generic stir fry of whatever meat and veg I have,
>> with
>> some soy sauce, maybe a bit of sugar or whatever sauce I have that he can
>> eat. He also loved the Hawaiian Fried Rice with Spam.
>>
>> I am not overly familiar with these foods as most don't appeal to me. I
>> don't mind making them but some, like Pad Thai have a lot of prep work,
>> use
>> a lot of dishes, and require foods or seasonings that I don't keep in the
>> house.
>>
>> Are there any dishes that are quick to fix and have readily available
>> ingredients? I have made Teriyaki sauce in the past. I suspect that I can
>> make many sauces if I need to as most of the bottled/jarred are not GF. I
>> do
>> have Teriyaki, soy and a couple of other things that are GF. I can't
>> really
>> look at a recipe and tell if it might be good as these sorts of things
>> don't
>> appeal to me. Thanks!
>
> coconut milk, a red or green curry, some kefir lime
> leaves and onions is a pretty good basic dish. the
> curries come in small cans and are usually available
> at any asian food/spice store. you can pick several
> and try them out. some are hotter than others so it
> pays to be cautious at first when adding them and
> then you can add more if it isn't spicy enough.
>
> i have one dish that i like to make a few times a
> year and i can eat it every day for a week or two.
> i don't make it more often because Mom has no
> tolerance for spicy/hot foods, but to me it tastes
> like a good chili with more heat and coconut milk.
> for some reason i love that combination of flavors.
>
>
> songbird

I may have to get this stuff online. Have never seen the leaves in a store
but then I never looked for them. Do you use dried or fresh? I do see some
curry that is GF online. What kind of coconut milk? The canned kind or the
box? Not sure how I would season this though. I could not do it by taste.
This is something I would not be willing to taste. We had a Thai neighbor in
CA. She had parties almost weekly. Only thing she made that I liked was some
kind of corn fritters. Probably not the right name for them. But that's what
they looked like.