Holy mole...

[primsong]

Seeking to please my DH who now can't have sugar and has missed the wonderful pollo en mole that our favorite restaurant makes, I tried making some sugar-free in the crock-pot today. Only problem - it made a LOT - good grief. I have a large crock pot up to it's lid - the plastic lid is actually floating - with sauce and chicken (mostly sauce). And then we stuffed ourselves on it and thanks to the large amounts of unsweetened chocolate in the sauce, we're all completely caffeine buzzed now. Thank goodness for freezers - I think we'd all be buzzing along on mole sauce for a week otherwise.

All this steer-around-the-ingredient stuff is coming easier to me with time - I've now learned to steer around wheat, sugar and salt. It is annoying how much prefab stuff is loaded with all of the above, I am terribly fond of lazy convenience when I can get it.

How's the food allergy situation in your house? Or are you one of the lucky ones who can eat anything they like?

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[primsong.livejournal.com]

Ooo... mole is so tasty! It has baker's chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, chicken broth, raisins, almonds, tomatoes, chilis, garlic... whirl it in a blender and cook the chicken in it all day. Yum.

I'm only beginning to explore alternate flours - spelt is the best for bread, but I've found oat flour cut with a little soy flour makes a very nice cookie/pancake type substitute, the flavor is so good. Rice flour is interesting stuff too, if you can figure how to keep it from being too gummy. I love exploring the health-food section.