Gluten and Egg free Gyoza (Potstickers)

Today was my Mom's birthday. She is also gluten free. So...that means we can't just "go to the store" and pick up the dumpling wrappers like everyone else, yes...we MUST make it from scratch!  So, with the help of my brother Paul, who flattened the dough balls into flat round wrappers using the Tortilla maker, I made these for our Mom's birthday. :-)
You can see some of the flours that go into the gluten free dough: Sorghum, Millet, Tapioca, Xanthan Gum, Brown Rice flour, etc.  If we could use egg, the gluten free dough would be MUCH more pliable, but our son is allergic to egg as well, so I used Ener-G brand Egg Replacer powder.  Here they are before cooking.

Here's a batch all done and crispy. Next time I'd like to make the skins a tiny bit thinner, to accomplish this, I may need to add another tsp of xanthan gum for pliability

I used homegrown Garlic Chives and some Broccoli stems chopped up in them too! Yummy with a dipping sauce made from gluten free soysauce, homegrown Lemon juice, and toasted sesame oil.

Homegrown Meals, Sept 3rd. 2011

I didn't get much time to take pic of the foods I make almost daily. Here's what I have...

This one is like a Bibimbap. It has HG(Home Grown) Green Beans, HG Carrots, farmer's market brown onion, ground turkey and sweetened with fig jam. All piled on steaming organic rice. I'm sorry my photos are a bit out of focus.

Hiyashi Chuka (冷し中華) with homegrown Cucumbers, Carrots and Myoga. The other items are organic eggs from the farmer's market (the eggs are really supposed to be fried really thin, then julienned, but we were hungry!), mung-bean sprouts, organic turkey bacon, Tapioca verimicelli noodles, with home-made sauce: (organic gluten free soy-sauce, toasted sesame seed oil, organic rice vinegar, organic raw agave nectar & water) .

Cucumber Kimchee in the making: HG Cucumbers, HG mashed Figs, HG Orange(juiced), HG Garlic Chives, Salted Grunion Roe (from when we went Grunion hunting). Other ingredients include organic paprika, sea salt, and shaved bonito flakes.  We let the fruits ferment for a day on the counter, then refrigerate.

Homemade lasagna. The sauce is a combination of HG and canned tomato sauce. HG Peppers and HG Zucchinis are hiding under the organic soy cream cheese, and "Tinkyada" gluten free lasagna noodles.