Like many of you, I struggle to find new and exciting ways to serve our everyday food. Dinner is especially tough because that is where I like to mix it up a bit. The boys could live off of GFCF pancakes and fruit if I let them, but we can’t eat that for every meal. So Larry and I try to find GFCF foods the boys will eat and are still interesting and nutritious.
This weekend Larry wanted some fish, and being the typical man on a warm weekend, he wanted grilled fish. So we found a nice piece of halibut and decided to throw it on the grill. But how do we make that interesting to both us and the boys? We decided on a pineapple cilantro sauce. It was simple to make and was unbelievably delicious. Matthew ate every single piece of his fish with this sauce on it.
Pineapple Cilantro Sauce
1 can of pineapple chunks in natural juice (reserve the juice for next ingredient)
3/4 cup of the reserved pineapple juice from above
2 teaspoons lime juice
1 tablespoon water, cold
2 tablespoons corn starch or arrowroot
3 tablespoons cilantro leaves, minced
1 tablespoon jalapenos, minced (optional)
In a medium saucepan mix the pineapple chunks, pineapple juice and lime juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. In a small bowl mix the cold water and corn starch to make a slurry. Add slurry to saucepan and cook until thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the cilantro and jalapenos (if using). Serve warm over fish.
We also thought this would be wonderful on chicken or pork. It certainly brought a taste of the islands to our meal. We served dinner with grilled corn and broccoli in lemon, olive oil and red pepper flakes.
Pineapple mango salsa always works well too or a corn relish you can find those are pretty much GFCF if you make them yourself