Here were are again. This time last year I was newly gluten free and still eating dairy and yeast. So much has changed in a year, what I eat only being a tiny part. This week is full of old and new traditions, allot of planning, candy making, and baking. The guy has to work on Christmas Day. We have no choice in this, it's just the way the cookies are crumbling this year. Last year we had our big dinner on Christmas Eve and we are again this year. I am cooking at a shelter while he works, then we will get together with some of his coworkers for a potluck meal Christmas Day night.
To keep my personal spiritual priorities on track this week, I am cooking for peace. When we eat the foods of the people we are being programed to call enemy or forced to choose a side for or against, it changes us by reminding us they are people, not just points on a map. Food, children, family traditions everywhere, count, as much as yours do to you. These are people. This is their food. This is the the world we share. Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
MONDAY
Prayer for peace in Korea
Bulgogi, rice, stir fried garden greens and kimchi
TUESDAY
Prayer for peace in the Middle East
Garnet yams w/ red lentils and cardamom, flat bread, picked vegetables
WEDNESDAY
Prayer for peace in Israel and Palestine
Latkes, roast beast, cucumber salad, flat bread
Save leftover beast for Sunday/freeze
THURSDAY
Prayer for world peace
Global leftover fiesta!
FRIDAY
Chinese roast chicken, buckwheat scallion pancakes, chow fun noodles, and Chinese-American appetizers
SATURDAY
Pot-luck: Carnitas, tortillas, salsa verde, bitter greens and clementine salad, gluten free desserts
SUNDAY
Garden greens topped with roast beast, candied walnuts, raw chopped veggies and perhaps a goat cheese crumble or 2
BAKING
Yeast free flat bread, cookies, yf/gf cinnamon buns, gingerbread, and lots of candy making. I'm making the guy homemade peanut butter cups as a gift :)
