Gluten Free Grilled Mustard Chicken

Ingredients

Cooking with a seasonal strategy is the best way to ensure variety in your everyday meals. Even though we can buy apples year round, they are best in the fall and that's when this recipe comes up on my never ending rotation of simple, healthy dinner ideas.

• Dijon mustard & whole-grain mustard - see substitutes below

• Lemon juice & white wine vinegar

• Apple juice - Keep small juice boxes in your pantry so you're ready for this recipe anytime.

• Shallots - More often I use cooking onions but would look for mild shallots if I was cooking for friends.

• Apples - Try a few different varieties during peak season and find your favourite.

See recipe card for exact amounts.

Substitutions

Apples - There is a greater variety of apples to choose from when they are at their peak. Read the little stickers on the apples to see the variety and where they come from. The only downside is that everyone in your house will have a different favourite, I guarantee it!

Mustard - Dijon mustard is a pantry staple and can be used as a substitute for almost any specialty mustard. Every fall I buy a jar of grainy mustard to make this chicken recipe, Beef Rouladen and a mean Croque Monsiuer. To keep control of the jars in the fridge I intentionally try to use it up before spring. Then I start over the next fall.

Shallots - Shallots are more mild than yellow, white or red onion but you can try any of them as a substitute.

Get The Tools

My dad had one of those gadgets that peels and cores whole apples. I'm sure he never cooked anything in his life but when my son was young the two of them had fun peeling apples together. Buy one for any young cooks because when they're having fun in the kitchen they'll keep cooking. Here are a few tools for apples and grilling.

• A fancy apple peeler and corer that will take up space in your cupboard but if you make a few recipes that requires a lot of peeling it might be worth it.
• The apple slicer, corer, divider won't make rings but you can grill wedges too. I went through two of these gadgets cutting apple slices for school lunches over the years.
• A basic, inexpensive apple corer is handy for baked apples.
• Gluten free cooks love reusable grilling sheets to prevent cross contact. They also prevent small pieces of food from falling through the grill yet somehow still allow the food to get the nice grill marks we all want to see.
• Coleman road trip, stand up barbecue might be ideal for families that attend gatherings and have a few people who need to ensure their food is safe. Just wheel in your own barbecue and join the cooking team.