Celebrate New Year's Gluten Free at Bountiful Eatery

Bountiful Eatery New Year's Eve Dinner

Seatings at 7 p.m., 9 p.m., and 11 p.m.

$30 per person plus tax and tip

BYOB

For people with gluten intolerance, celebrating New Year's Eve can be challenging. Bountiful Eatery (3313 N. Broadway, Chicago; 773-687-9811) is making it easy for everyone to enjoy a romantic yet affordable and intimate candlelit celebration. The restaurant, which usually doesn't accept reservations, is opening its doors for three seatings, 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Guests will enjoy a delicious healthy menu with a number of options.

The four course menu, priced at $30 per person (excluding tax and tip), is a steal. It's also BYOB. Make your reservations early. Bountiful Eatery has only eight tables!

The evening begins with an appetizer sampler of gluten-free crostini topped with sundried tomatoes and parmesan cheese; lettuce wrap of its famous marinated chicken with bbq sauce, tomatoes and onions; and black bean & avocado gluten free burrito.

The second course offers a choice of one of Bountiful Eatery's freshly made soups or its kale and mixed greens salad with homemade dressing.

The entrée selection includes a choice of Dijon Marinated Salmon, Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast; Marinated and Grilled Tofu Kabob; Marinated and Grilled Chicken Kabob; Ground Bison Plate; Jalapeno and Ground Turkey Plate and Latin Bowl.

Dinner concludes with dessert.

Entertaining at home? Bountiful Eatery offers a complete catering menu of healthy, fresh and gluten free options. Visit BountifulEatery.com for details.

Holiday Gift Ideas

You don't have to be gluten intolerant to enjoy gifts from Bountiful Eatery. This holiday season, Bountiful Eatery is offering gift cards starting in denominations of $5 with a special offer: buy a $50 gift card and receive an additional $10 free.

It also will customize a gift basket for you, starting at $25 and including a variety of popular gluten free and healthy treats.
 

About Bountiful Eatery

Bountiful Eatery (3313 N. Broadway, Chicago; 773-687-9811) is a cornerstone of the Lakeview community where customers feel comfortable and regulars dine in or order out daily. Bountiful is sensitive to the allergy sufferers, dieters, health conscious and workout enthusiasts seeking gluten free food. Bountiful Eatery is dedicated to the need for healthy and delicious gluten free foods while maintaining delectable tastes. It believes in serving delicious food at reasonable prices.

Bountiful Eatery serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Brunch is served on weekends until 2 p.m. Delivery is available from Congress on the Southside, north to Devon, west to Damen in the West Loop and west to Kedzie to Devon and Kedzie on the Northside.

Bountiful Eatery opened on July 11, 2012, and is Chicagoland's first completely gluten free restaurant. It is dedicated to the need for healthy, delicious and gluten free food while making sure all of its food tastes scrumptious. Bountiful Eatery believes in serving this food at reasonable prices. Ed O'Brien is the founder and owner.

Glen Prairie Launches New Spring Menu Today

Welcome the arrival of spring with new menus featuring seasonal ingredients from executive chef Daniel Ovanin, launching Monday, May 3 for lunch and dinner at Glen Prairie (1250 Roosevelt Rd., Glen Ellyn, Ill; 630-613-1250).

Featured lunch appetizers include Daily Selection of Local Cheeses with crostini and cranberry relish ($9) and Buttermilk Fried, Herb Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms, horseradish sauce and garlic chile sauce ($7). Try a variety of salads including Radicchio and Butter Lettuce Salad, shaved red onion, Stickney Hill Farm goat cheese mousse and truffle balsamic vinaigrette ($7) and Prairie Cobb Salad, Amish chicken, Romaine, Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, fresh tomatoes, red onion, farm fresh eggs, avocado, Mindoro bleu cheese and champagne-cider vinaigrette ($12).

Entrees include Express Lunch, a choice of ½ sandwich of the day, soup of the day, field greens or Caesar salad (choice of two is $7; choice of three is $9), Farm Fresh BLT, Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, crisp market greens, fresh tomatoes and toasted challah bread ($8), Miller Farms BBQ Grilled Chicken, housemade bbq sauce, mac ‘n’ locally farmed cheese and market three bean salad ($20).

For dinner, enjoy starters including Pasture Fed Lamb Chops, buckwheat blini and apple and cherry root salad ($11); La Quercia Organic Prosciutto Plate, grilled sourdough, olive tapenade and olive oil ($9); and Becker Lane Organic Pork Sliders, horseradish root coleslaw and housemade bbq sauce ($8). Try new salads like the seasonal Local Farmed Asparagus, prosciutto, wild mushrooms, truffle baslsamic vinaigrette and Pepato cheese ($8).

Dinner entrees include Pan Seared Wild Caught Sea Scallops, sweet pea and Nueske’s Bacon Risotto and organic carrots ($24), Wild Caught Alaskan Halibut, caramelized cauliflower and sautéed organic spinach ($23) and Grilled Dakota Farmed Bison Ribeye, celery root whipped potatoes and grilled asparagus ($34).

For customers with dining restrictions, ask servers about gluten-free menu items. For reservations or more information, call (630) 613-1250 or visit www.glenprairie.com. Follow them on Twitter at @glenprairie.

Deerfields Gluten-Free on WLS-TV

In case you missed it, Deerfields Bakery's own gluten-free baker, Lisa Albertson, appeared on WLS-TV this morning to prepare holiday gluten-free treats. With the help of anchors Linda Yu and Judy Hsu, she demonstrated how to make her gluten-free Chocolate Pecan Pie, just in time for the holidays.

Deerfields not only offers its gluten-free pies for the holidays, but also has gluten-free brownies, cookies, cheesecakes, and even gluten-free stuffing cubes!

To view the segment online, press here: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=6556225.

For more information on Deerfields' gluten-free line, visit http://www.deerfieldsglutenfree.com/.

Gluten-Free on TV

Yesterday, Deerfield Bakery's gluten-free baker, Lisa Albertson, demonstrated how to make her tasty gluten-free Halloween sugar cookies on WGN-TV's midday news. With the help of anchor Micah Materre, Lisa showed how easy it is to make the cookie dough and decorate the sweet treats with natural organge icing and chocolate ganache.

Deerfields' gluten-free treats are the perfect solution for those on a gluten-free diet looking for tasty, high-quality baked goods. Even people who aren't on gluten-free diets will enjoy these soft, tasty cookies.

To celebrate Halloween, Deerfields is offering these Halloween cookies in individual 2-0z. packages for just $2.29 from now through October 31. You can even purchase Deerfields' gluten-free flour mix for $4.95 and use the easy recipe on the back of the package to make these cookies at home.

In case you missed the segment, you can view it here: http://www.wgntv.com/pages/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3029069.

Micah loved the cookie she sampled. I was lucky enough to try one, and trust me-- these taste just like regular sugar cookies!

For more information on Deerfields' gluten-free line, visit http://www.deerfieldsglutenfree.com/.