The trouble with sauces

Are you bored? Of course you are, but not just in general, of your food? When people eat grain it gives them an entire variety of foods to eat. Eating grain-free gets pretty boring sometimes, with the same meats and veggies every night for dinner. I make it a point to explore as much as I can with healthy, grain free dishes on a weekly basis. Here is a short list of grain-free sauces and marinades to make every night a little more interesting.

1. Pickapeppa sauce.
Pickapeppa has an array of "real food" in it, such as tomatoes, onions, sugar, cane vinegar, mangoes, raisins, tamarinds, peppers and spices. Its aged in oak barrels for an entire year before its put in a bottle. Based in Jamaica, the sauce is tangy, sweet and spicy but its not going to burn your mouth off. Its almost similar to Worcestershire sauce, in my opinion. Its also relatively cheap and found in most large grocery stores. I usually put it on chicken, but it tastes great on a variety of meats, or anything you might use barbecue sauce.

2. Gluten-free soy sauce.
Oh, the wonders of the internet! I found gluten free soy sauce on a great website called vitacost, along with many other asian favorites.

3. Gluten free teriyaki sauce
Once again, a great find from vitacost. Also, did I mention, the prices wont leave you broke? This one is delicious on meats and veggies alike, and I found it tasty to dip broccoli in. Try it on fish sometime like salmon or seared tuna, I think its even better than the usual beef or chicken teriyaki.

4. White or red wine
The rule is, never cook with a wine you wouldn't drink. But besides that, all wine is gluten free unless the label says otherwise.

5. Garlic, rosemary and olive oil
Great on lamb and chicken, and an all around classic for cooking meat and veggies. I would say a garlic crusher is a staple in almost any grain-free house hold.

This is all I got for now. In the future I'd like to experiment with things like pineapple and orange juice to add a citrus pep. Also, many sauces are dairy based and you can cook them up in your house instead of deriving them from a bottle. If you need to thicken a sauce, try almond flour instead of corn starch or white flour. If you want a dairy free, grain free substitute for milk, try unsweetened, unflavored almond milk. Till the next adventure!