This post is being guest-written by my friend Tori. My husband and I eat dinner with her and her husband most weekends, alternating between their house and ours. They are great about making sure I can eat safely at their house.
Karen and I have been friends for several years now and our friendship has always been grounded in good food, good wine, and shopping. When Karen was first exploring her gluten free way of life as her friend I was sad for her having to give up beer. Then as the absence of gluten became permanent I started to worry about our social life. In a normal week we (with the husbands) were sharing Tuesdays and Fridays out at local brew pubs and eating at least one home-cooked meal together a week and I like bread and pasta!
Initially Karen would bring special foods to our house when we invited her to dinner (I really like rice crackers). Karen has been known to bring her own food and make whole meals at our house (I try to plan this because I really like her cooking). Now there is Woodchuck in our fridge and we call and read the labels of our ingredients to Karen before she comes over. The other night was one such night. My husband, the cook in our house, was making a meal out of Cooking Light and when we realized it was gluten free we quickly called Karen and invited her over.
The meal was excellent, as was the company. (And it was really easy to make, since it was all in one pan!)
Roasted Salmon with Fresh Vegetables
