Burger Bar

When in Vegas......

Burger Bar @ Mandalay Bay
Chef Hubert Keller, designed some pretty incredible burgers like the Rossini:
with truffles and grilled onions. Or you can make your own burger:
Buffalo, Turkey, Salmon, even Vegan.
I had the all natural grass fed burger, w skinny fries.
We also ordered The best onion rings ever.


And tons of beer on tap.

Delicious

Desserts looked pretty spectacular, but we were too full to indulge.

vendr tv

Vendr TV awesome website and blog focused on street food around the country.

Wurstkuche

amazingly delicious. Specialty sausages in exotic recipes. VEggie sausage available in 3 recipes as well. And such a fun place to get dinner with friends and a beer in the "beer garden"

Garbanzo dip

I am allergic to sesame seeds which means no tahini, which means most store bought hummus is out. SO......this recipe is a great alternative, and it could be altered any number of ways add your own touch or substitute the mint with any other green, cilantro, basil

1 can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed. Set the liquid from can aside for later.
half a lemon squeezed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove chopped
1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
4 radishes chopped
pinch sea salt and cracked pepper

mash garbanzos, oil, and S&P until slightly creamy.
add radish,garlic, and mint
add the garbanzo juice slowly by the teaspoon until dip holds together better.
refridgerate for 30 minutes serve w veggies or pita chips
voila

Babycakes

Off to NY and just saw on their website that Babycakes opened one in downtown LA recently.
Gluten/Dairy free desserts. Derlicous.

Gluten free/dairy free pizza in NYC

We are traveling to NY in a week and the prospect of not being able to eat my favorite NY slice is making me very sad. Today I have decided I am going to take this opportunity to find the perfect GF/DF slice in NY instead of hanging my head in sorrow. Will be posting my findings soon.
IN the meantime if anyone has any recommendations of great GF/DF food in NY, I would be much obliged.
J

food allergies

went to allergist yesterday to see if i am in fact allergic to tomatoes after suspecting so from a slice of pizza and lots of salsa prior. I am apparently more allergic to wheat and dairy which would explain why i was all itchy and bumpy and throat closey after the slice. BUMMER!
So prognosis is allergic to: Wheat, rye, barley, oats, dairy, pork, beef, pistachios, sesame seeds, tomato, eggplant, and bell peppers. yeesh...
a 2 month elimination diet commences today, cutting out all of the above.
Dinner tonight, sauteed collard greens..yam..with carrots coconut raisin salad.
I am looking forward to seeing how my skin and overall health reacts to the new diet.
Today the worse part was realizing i can longer even have oatmeal.