Bistro Grillware from Williams Sonoma |
Sweet Butter sweets |
Now, my Valentine happens to be out of town so I'm planning a great "reunion" dinner for Thursday with Krista's Trifle (oh, yum) for dessert. Okay, yes, there will be sweets! Sue me. LOL
Here's a little "cuppa" I am giving him for Valentine's to help him keep on his diet after our Valentine's dinner. He loves his coffee, so I stuffed a mug with those sugar-free Werther's Candies.
Back to the main course.
I had to do a trial run of the entree to make sure that this meal was going to be good. I just wasn't sure. I had seen a recipe in the William Sonoma catalogue. Do you know about those? They have recipes in every catalogue. Of course, many require fancy-schmancy cookware. I went for the simple grilled meal. I did get this grillware at WS and I love it.
Now, most of the recipes have gluten (rats), so I have to tweak, but this one caught my eye. Pork stuffed with squash and apples. Well, I tweaked a ton, and what I came up with was something that tasted like Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one. I'm so pleased with it that I can't wait to share it with my sweetheart.
The recipe in WS called for summer squash and onions and apples and bread crumbs. I took out the squash, added more apples, added syrup because, well, it sounded like a good fit! And I replaced the bread crumbs with crushed rice cereal that was gluten-free. Voila. Stuffing! A stuffing that I will create again and again on Thanksgiving from this day forward. And I added cheese, of course. Havarti melted like a dream. Whee.
Can you tell I'm a little "high" from all the excitement this last week since my latest book, CLOBBERED BY CAMEMBERT, came out? I've been busy...busy with promotion and writing a new outline for a new book and finishing up the edits on the latest book (#5 in the series). My head is awhirl. But I'm having fun.
Oh, by the way...while I'm in the whee-stage. I'm having a contest on my website. If you join my mailing list (so you can get up-to-date info on releases and other contests and such), you will be entered. All who are on the mailing list are contestants!!
In addition, I'm having a giveaway today.
Leave a comment. Two of you will win your choice of one of my three books: THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE, LOST AND FONDUE, or CLOBBERED BY CAMEMBERT.
So lots to do today, in addition to salivating over a delicious new recipe. Enjoy.
APPLE AND HAVARTI STUFFED PORK
CHOP
GLUTEN-FREE
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This recipe sounds absolutely delightful...but now I need to buy one of those grill pans. I look forward to reading your latest...a friend in Houston graciously went to your book signing for me-so I'm looking forward to receiving it in the mail!
ReplyDeleteKatreader, aren't you up late!!! I just checked this before heading to bed myself. Yes, the grill pan has been a savior to me. I can grill in the kitchen without smoking up the whole darned place. It's fabulous. And I'm so thrilled to hear a friend in Houston got you a book. We had such fun time at Murder by the Book!
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I adore the idea of anything that tastes like Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one. Thank goodness for experimentation!
ReplyDeleteLil, I agree. Thank goodness for experimentation! :)
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Avery - This is a fabulous recipe and your tweaks are great. (You and I clearly have a thing for maple syrup, yep!) LOL on the gift for your Valentine. (Heart mug with sugar free candy.) Keeping him on his diet; now that's love. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats again on the success of CLOBBERED and happy writing on the new outline, too!
~ Cleo
Thanks, Cleo. Yeah, the maple syrup thing... I do adore it. Scrambled egg that happen to slip into the syrup left over from a waffle. Yum. Candies with maple flavor? Yum. And I'm glad you noticed the sugar-free candies for my sweetie. They sure help at times.
DeleteThanks for all the good wishes re: CLOBBERED. It's done very well so far. I hope readers continue to savor a new series.
~Avery
Those look very yummy. You have so many great ideas - foods and books! Thanks for all
ReplyDeleteSo Sarah Sew: Thanks! I try to keep my mind whirling with new ideas. Sometimes experiments don't work, but this one did. :)
Delete~Avery
Apples and pork are such a wonderful combination. I always look forward to combining them in apple season. This looks delicious! What a lucky Valentine!
Delete~ Krista
Krista, you mean just having me by myself wouldn't make him lucky? LOL!!
Delete~Avery
Sounds like delicious eating is in your future. I know gluten-free eating is not easy. My daughter is allergic to MSG so we have to check ingredients when buying groceries (even chips have it) but also when eating out. So many places don't know if there is MSG in their food so when they are not sure she can't eat there. She has to have her epie pen with her at all times. The first time she had a reaction 10 yrs ago she stopped breathing just as her friend got her to the doctors office. Thank goodness they realized what was happening.
ReplyDeleteI love cozy mysteries and looking forward to reading Clobbered and the other books in series. I already have them on my wish list. Keep writing those great cozies..Congratulations on Clobbered.
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
Miss Kallie, I did not know that MSG reaction could be anaphylactic. Wow! I'm so sorry for your daughter. And you. The stress has to be unimaginable. A friend has a son with four anaphylactic types of allergies. Horrible. Let's hear it for the epie pen.
DeleteThanks for your kind wishes and interest.
All the best,
Avery
Oh this sounds divine!! I love fruit with pork and adding the Havarti sounds like a wonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteI think I know what's for dinner this weekend.
Deb, so nice to see you! Let me know how dinner turns out. This recipe will be a keeper for me for Thanksgiving stuffing, too. :)
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Sounds yummy. I'm going to have to try it.
ReplyDeleteLibby, nice to see you here today. Hope you enjoy!
Delete~Avery