Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Juventino

As you know by now date night is my favorite night of the week!  Mr. Man and I decided to do a nice Park Slop walk on Saturday.  We just headed down to 7th ave and walked.  We passed a delicious coffee shop - Cafe Dada  - and had a Mochaccino which was absolutely scrumptious.  Then we continued down 7th and passed The Community Book Store of Park Slop which has a very current and trendy selection of food and design books.  Almost puts Anthropology to shame!  When we hit Back to the Land natural grocery store which is like Whole Foods on steroids in the gluten free and supplement department!  Did need to pick anything up but I can't wait for the chance to go back.  We made it all the way to Brooklyn Industries and then headed back to 5th ave to make our way back.  the plan was to have dinner and watch some of the March Madness games at 200 5th the sports bar (insert wife of the year award here....) but we passed Juventino on the way and couldn't eat bar food after reading the menu.  I was incredibly luck and got to try their Elk which is no longer listed on their online menu.


The decor is fantastic - I wish my kitchen had that much wine on newspaper lined shelves! 

No the bread isn't gluten free but the cheese was soooooo yum!


 I don't normally eat water creatures but I tried this salmon tartare and it was pretty great!

 This is my oh so delicious elk with black lentils and creamy yummyness!  It was already gluten free - a lot of things on their menu are - and it was a great size.  I gave Mr. Man a few pieces of meat in the end but it was pretty perfect portion wise.
This is the most magical desert.  Sadly, they do not have desert listed on their website.  It probably changes daily.  All I can tell you is Peanut butter and Jelly!  There was gelato and rice puffs and peanut butter powder.  Some chocolate and I don't know the rest but it was gluten free and amazing!  If you are in the area I would highly recommend stopping by.  Their staff is friendly and very knowledgeable about their menu and the ingredients used to create each item.

Monday, March 18, 2013

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Weekend Eats!

Friday was date night - always my favorite night of the week:)  We went to dinner in Park Slope at Convivium Osteria. Super adorable Spanish/Italian/Portugese food in a cozy split level restaurant with hanging brass pans and candle light to read your menu.  Their menu is fairly gluten free friendly.  All appetizers are GF and the rabbit and sea bass are GF.  They also have a fantastic wine list with a great selection of Italian and Spanish wine.
 Flappin' Jack Pancake Mix makes DELICIOUS waffles!!!  And a little maple syrup and butter never hurt;)  Sir Shankupotamus - aka my husband - had the gluten kind of waffles but it was a fun Sunday Brunch.

 In the constant quest to have a happy tummy and eat better a home I'm always searching for great GF recipes.  In my instagram/web/Pinterest search lead me to the blog My New Roots.  Sarah Britton is charming with her posts and her pictures are wonderful.  I searched through some of her posts and came across The Life Changing Loaf of Bread.  It was Sunday, why not??  I used ground flax rather than the seeds and I think my dough was a little dry because it didn't hold together well and crumbled a bit after I took it out of the oven.  It still was very yummy but I think if you can get a hard loaf that is slice ready it will take better pictures AND make better toast!  I guess Nutella cancels out all of the good stuff in the bread, but it just tastes so good!!






While my bread was setting I made some Red Bean and Chorizo Stew from Aran Goyoaga's - Cannelle Et Vanille - Cook Book Small Plates and Sweet Treats.  This book was the first purchase I made after I found out I was gluten intolerant (I found her blog first which was consequently right before her book was published so the timing was impeccable).  It is beautifully photographed and everything I have made so far has been delicious!  I wrote to Aron to thank her for creating such a wonderful book and she was very kind and encouraging about the start of my GF journey.




 These little suckers are 2 ingredient cookies from The Burlap Bag.  As lovely Lauren suggests, I chose several "add-ins" for my cookies.  Some have dark chocolate chips, and some have cranberries.  I also added some vanilla and maple syrup to make them taste more like oatmeal cookies.  Next time I'm going to try peanut butter and maybe some coconut!  These are super easy and work well with frozen bananas.  Isn't it CRAZY how fast bananas go bad??  New plan: freeze immediately and then make yummy baked goods as desired:)   The recipe can be altered to make single portions - by this I mean using only a single banana and measuring oats accordingly.  What?  An entire banana plus oat meal seems like it would make more than one serving of cookies?  Well lets see how long healthy cookies with pieces of melted dark chocolate last in your kitchen.  Hey, I'm just saying.... plan accordingly or you will end up eating 2 bananas worth of cookies!

Sunday sounds busy....but Saturday I did nothing until lovely Erica Youns's B-day Party at the Jimmy!!  She is a very fancy lady so I had to step up the wardrobe. Sadly I miss-judged the dress code....... The Jimmy is more of a dress establishment!  Make note ladies!  It was still a great time and she still looked AMAZING on her big day:)

Pretty birthday lady:)

And then it was Monday.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Sperry Top-Sider’s Vacationland Party!

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Sperry Top-Sider's even at their 5th ave store last Thursday.  It was a presentation of their Spring 2013 Collection. 

 Super cute prints and neons


 My Favorite!!




More NEON




They are launching a watch line which has all sorts of the charming little details from the shoes carried over like the texture on the sole in the background of the watch face and the leather lacing.



Outfit for the evening.  My fabulous new lucite Milly for Sperry stilettos will look fabulous with the in the Spring - or when ever it stops snowing!