The Bluegrass Grill and Bakery/OkayYellow Party!

I was in Charlottesville this Friday for my older brother's companies 3 year anniversary party. Okayyellow is an advertising firm my brother started with two of his good friends. They are pretty awesome, you should check out their site by clicking [HERE]

My parents came down for the occasion and this is the whole fam all yellowed out :-) The men got yellow ties and the woman yellow scarves. You can't tell here, but I even painted my nails yellow!

Anyway, Charlottesville is a pretty cool town and we headed out for breakfast at this cute little place the next morning, The Bluegrass Grill and Bakery. While they did not offer anything specifically gluten free, they were very aware of the gluten free diet and able to accommodate it no problem. (they were aware of cross-contamination issues and even brought out our food separately from everyone elses)

I ordered some delicious scrambled eggs, bacon and home fries with a side of fruit and my sister ordered an omlette and fries. We also had some tea that came in an adorable pot :-)

Amy's Kids Meals

I've been told by my sister that I should blog about how yummy Amy's gluten-free kids meals are! I'll take her word for it. Also...she mentioned they come with a fake tattoo!! ha :-)

UPDATE: Turns out only the Baked Ziti version is gluten free!

Shepherds Pie

This recipe is delicious...I left out all the vegetables because I'm super picky but feel free to add all sorts of vegetable goodness!

Ingredients:

Filling:

1 lb. sirloin tips
1 Tbsp of shortening or butter
3 cups of GF beef broth (I use Pacific Natural Foods beef broth)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 bay leaf
2 Tbsp GF flour or corn starch
1 small onion

Topping:

4 large potatoes
2 Tbsp butter
milk or heavy cream

Directions:

Filling:

1. Coat the sirloin tips in GF flour, salt and pepper.
2. Brown sirloin tips on medium heat in a 12 inch skillet. Chop onion and add.
3. Add 3 cups GF beef broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until beef is tender.

Topping:

1. Peel, cube and boil potatoes for 15-20 minutes.
2. Drain water and add butter.
3. Mash and add milk until desired consistency.

Combine:

1. Pour stew into a medium sized casserole dish and cover with mashed potatoes.
2. Broil until potatoes begin to brown.