Gluten Free Schnitzel

For a delicious and healthy substitute, try replacing wheat flour with chestnut flour and bread crumbs with shredded coconut.


4 servings:

4 chops (either chicken thigh, chicken breast or pork chops)
1/4 cup gluten free flour (such as chestnut flour)
1 egg, beaten
1.5 cups shredded coconut
1T coconut oil


1. Preheat oven to 400 F

2. Dust schnitzel (I use chicken but traditional pork will work as well)in chestnut flour. It work very well as a substitute for regular wheat flour but sometimes it's little hard to find. If you can't get it in your local gluten free store, use any other gluten free flour.

3. After flour dusting, dip schnitzel in beaten egg.

4. Crust with shredded coconut - the finer shred, the better it will stick.

5. Sautee in coconut oil in oven proof skillet (cast iron works well) until coconut turn golden.

6. Place in the oven and bake until done, appr. 20 minutes.

Baked Papaya with Lamb and Cheese

I have so many different recipes and meal ideas lined up that it is very seldom for me to make the same dish twice, unless it made it to the list of my absolute favorites. This one tops that list.

There is something absolutely magical about pairing the sweetness of the fruit with the distinct taste of the lamb, and even though some people find the combination little "unusual" at first, it really only takes that first bite to fully fall in love with the dish.


INGREDIENTS:

1 lb Ground Lamb
1 cup mushrooms - chopped into smaller pieces
1 onion - finely chopped
2 garlic cloves - minced
4 tbs fresh thyme


3 tbs tomato paste
1 16 oz can diced tomatoes

2 Mexican papayas (they are the ones that are about 12 + inches long)
1 cup shredded cheddar or mozzarella cheese


PREPARATION:

1. In a saucepan, saute onions, mushrooms, garlic and thyme for about 3-4 minutes. Add the meat and cook until browned. Drain the juice.

2. Stir in tomato paste and diced tomatoes. Cook for additional 1 minute. Set aside.

3. Prepare papayas by cutting them lengthwise into 2 halves. Scoop the seeds out. You will need deeper hole in the middle to be filled with the meat mixture, so you might need to scoop some of the pulp out as well.

4. Fill papayas with meat mixture, place into a baking dish. Fill the dish with boiling water - you want the water level to reach at least 1.5 inches.

5. Bake covered for 25 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with cheese and put back to the oven until the cheese had melted.

Makes 4 servings.

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I really like the versatility of this dish. You can add, take away or adjust the ingredients to your liking. For example if you fancy spicier filling, dash of chili powder, cayenne pepper or 1 small jalapeno pepper will do the trick. If you're not a mushroom fan, simple leave them out. The dish goes the best with lamb but if lamb is not your favorite meat, use beef, veal, or even chicken instead.

Enjoy your meal!

or as we say back at my home country of Czech Republic

Dobrou Chut!