Finger Food Brunch with Recipes

Submitted by trina on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 18:11

Last week I sponsored a finger food brunch for a local business meeting, Homeowner Services Network. Every now and then I like to show people how good gluten free food can be and also raise awareness.  As part of the menu I took along some of my gluten free Omega 3 and fiber rich loaves with Chia and everyone loved the bread. They were all wheat eaters too, so once again I got to confirm that everyone will love my gf breads.

Loaves of gf bread made from Trina's Yeast Dough Mix, a dark and a light loaf

You can make these delicious bread using Astoria Mills Italian Bread & Pizza Mix #5 as a base. The white loaf above is the straight mix with just eggs, oil and water added. The brown has a blend of whole grains added to the mix.

I also made a guacamole spread, here is my easy recipe.

 Guacamole

Two ripe avocados
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 dashes cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons gf mayonnaise
¼ teaspoon salt
Puree. Easy huh!

Also included in the buffet were
Slices of Cheddar Cheese
Washed grapes
a bowl of tangerines
a platter of bacon wrapped chicken breast pieces skewered with a toothpick and baked.
Butter for the bread and also my fresh homemade

Ginger and Citrus Peel Marmalade.

Recipe for easy marmalade:
Juice of 2 grapefruit
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 6 tangerines or 3 oranges
Juice of fresh ginger, a whole chunk.  (Peel ginger, grate and squeeze out juice, discard pulp)
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Slice peel thinly from each of the above fruits
Place in a heavy pot and add
½ cup water
4 to 5 cups sugar

Simmer slowly for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally; skim white froth off the top. Pour into sterilized mason jars (put fork in jar so it won’t break) seal with lid.

Everyone loved the food and some even want to make my bread even though they don’t have to eat gluten free, just because it tasted so good, and it is healthy.