Me:
All you can eat salad bar/buffet- I took 2 trips-full plate of salad. Great selection.
Loaded baked potato-attempted to share with Eli-he wasn't super interested
Water
Andy:
Ruby Minis: 2 small mini cheeseburger with fries
Added on salad bar-he also took 2 trips to salad bar
Water
Eli:
He ate one of Andy's minis and fries
He had some veggies from my salad
Milk
The bill was <$20. We both walked away FULL! Like Rolly Polly full.
They had more gluten free choices on the menu, but I just felt like the salad.
=
SUCCESS
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Denial
I still don't really think I have "it".
It's going to take a long while before I reach the acceptance phase.
It's going to take a long while before I reach the acceptance phase.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Twinkie
Today I went to a gluten free bakery called "Molly's Bakery". It is tiny and sort of out in the middle of no where. It's attached to a small gluten free grocery store.
I bought a few fun treats.
But the highlight (I can say that now but haven't tried everything yet) was the "twinkie".
It is to be known that I have not had a twinkie for probably 15 years (at least). This is not something I crave. BUT! Earlier in the week I got a recommendation to try the "twinkie" which basically looks like a skinny, long donut that has a white cream filling.
I only bought one (they usually sell them in boxes of 4) because they are a fresh bakery item. These are not something that I could buy a box of and then slowly devour over 3 weeks.
I told her I was going to eat it on the way home in the car, if I could get away without my son seeing it.
She laughed and told me not to take a bite until we were 1 mile out. She said so many buyers pull out, and right back into the parking lot to buy more because they can't resist after that first bite.
So again...not a huge twinkie fan...but this freshly baked, twinkie-like, yummy treat was perfect. A true treat for pregnant ol' me. Great consistency. Awesome flavor. I'm sorta glad the bakery is far away so I can't indulge. But man!! What a success. Thanks "molly"!!!!
I bought a few fun treats.
But the highlight (I can say that now but haven't tried everything yet) was the "twinkie".
It is to be known that I have not had a twinkie for probably 15 years (at least). This is not something I crave. BUT! Earlier in the week I got a recommendation to try the "twinkie" which basically looks like a skinny, long donut that has a white cream filling.
I only bought one (they usually sell them in boxes of 4) because they are a fresh bakery item. These are not something that I could buy a box of and then slowly devour over 3 weeks.
I told her I was going to eat it on the way home in the car, if I could get away without my son seeing it.
She laughed and told me not to take a bite until we were 1 mile out. She said so many buyers pull out, and right back into the parking lot to buy more because they can't resist after that first bite.
So again...not a huge twinkie fan...but this freshly baked, twinkie-like, yummy treat was perfect. A true treat for pregnant ol' me. Great consistency. Awesome flavor. I'm sorta glad the bakery is far away so I can't indulge. But man!! What a success. Thanks "molly"!!!!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Rant
It drives me nuts....
I just want to make a simple recipe. We went to the pumpkin farm today and bought a bag of nice, yummy apples. My plan was to make an apple crisp to have with icecream tonight (for sweetest day?). I can just imagine the smell it will create in our house. And the warmth of eating it with some yummy vanilla icecream.
But looking up a gluten free recipe for apple crisp just bugged me so much. Just because I have Celiac Disease doesn't mean that when I make a gluten free recipe I also have to be dairy, soy and egg free. No-I just would like it gluten free please. No I don't want it gluten free. I need it to be gluten free. Big difference. I really WANT a regular piece. But I don't need it to be a healthier version, or other allergy free versions. I want real butter with real brown sugar etc for my 1 time a year piece of apple crisp.
I must have looked at 15 recipes (at least) and all of them either had some other sort of dairy/diet accommodation or it contained 3-4 ingredients that are expensive and I don't stock (yet) because I don't know how to use them. Sure, I can spend a few random hours shopping for these ingredients and then making the recipe, but if it doesn't taste good to me, if it doesn't taste like apple crisp, if it's "ok" but NOT apple crisp in my heart, mind, soul-then I don't want to waste those hours. I will just get frustrated. Those who know me, know I don't have hours to spend just playing around in the kitchen. I WILL throw it across the room if it doesn't turn out. (I did control myself when I tried making biscuits -from a mix none the less- and they didn't rise. They were literally cookies/hockey pucks).
I'm a dietitian. yes I like to be healthy. But when I"m going to have my 1 apple crisp for the year-yes I can control myself to 1 occasion-I want it to be good. I don't want it to be an "ok" version. When I say it's an "ok version" that means it's edible. It's a different dessert. It's NOT apple crisp.
So...I need xanthem gum, arrowroot, brown rice flower, almond flour, gluten free oats, or a gluten free cake mix (5$ a box!).
Yes, I can make something like this. but I know deep down it won't do it justice. Not to me anyways. I want the REAL thing.
(I wrote this in such a fury you would have laughed at how many spelling errors there were!)
I just want to make a simple recipe. We went to the pumpkin farm today and bought a bag of nice, yummy apples. My plan was to make an apple crisp to have with icecream tonight (for sweetest day?). I can just imagine the smell it will create in our house. And the warmth of eating it with some yummy vanilla icecream.
But looking up a gluten free recipe for apple crisp just bugged me so much. Just because I have Celiac Disease doesn't mean that when I make a gluten free recipe I also have to be dairy, soy and egg free. No-I just would like it gluten free please. No I don't want it gluten free. I need it to be gluten free. Big difference. I really WANT a regular piece. But I don't need it to be a healthier version, or other allergy free versions. I want real butter with real brown sugar etc for my 1 time a year piece of apple crisp.
I must have looked at 15 recipes (at least) and all of them either had some other sort of dairy/diet accommodation or it contained 3-4 ingredients that are expensive and I don't stock (yet) because I don't know how to use them. Sure, I can spend a few random hours shopping for these ingredients and then making the recipe, but if it doesn't taste good to me, if it doesn't taste like apple crisp, if it's "ok" but NOT apple crisp in my heart, mind, soul-then I don't want to waste those hours. I will just get frustrated. Those who know me, know I don't have hours to spend just playing around in the kitchen. I WILL throw it across the room if it doesn't turn out. (I did control myself when I tried making biscuits -from a mix none the less- and they didn't rise. They were literally cookies/hockey pucks).
I'm a dietitian. yes I like to be healthy. But when I"m going to have my 1 apple crisp for the year-yes I can control myself to 1 occasion-I want it to be good. I don't want it to be an "ok" version. When I say it's an "ok version" that means it's edible. It's a different dessert. It's NOT apple crisp.
So...I need xanthem gum, arrowroot, brown rice flower, almond flour, gluten free oats, or a gluten free cake mix (5$ a box!).
Yes, I can make something like this. but I know deep down it won't do it justice. Not to me anyways. I want the REAL thing.
(I wrote this in such a fury you would have laughed at how many spelling errors there were!)
Friday, October 7, 2011
10 hour day
At the beginning of the week I took 20 minutes and planned out our evening meals for the week. I took the list to the grocery store and made sure I had all the ingredients I needed for each night. This would prevent me from using an excuse to not follow my weekly "menu". Monday and Tuesday went as planned. Wednesday I worked a 10 hour day which meant I was out of the house by 6 am and didn't return until 5 pm. I had been on my feet for the majority of the day. I texted at least 2 people and said "screw that stir fry. I'm not going to stand there and cut everything up". What poor planning. Note to self-don't plan a tedious meal on my 10 hour days. But I came home and there was Andy Superman peeling, washing, cutting, chopping veggies AND keeping E happy. I did the rest. And I'm proud of it. Eli and Andy both scarf the stir fry, no matter what I put in it. We always make enough for leftovers for the next day.
The best part-it is very easy to make it gluten free. As long as you have gluten free soy sauce and you don't use any glutened ingredients to thicken the sauce-you're home free. Recently our secret ingredient is just a touch of peanut butter. Who wants some?
The best part-it is very easy to make it gluten free. As long as you have gluten free soy sauce and you don't use any glutened ingredients to thicken the sauce-you're home free. Recently our secret ingredient is just a touch of peanut butter. Who wants some?
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Snap and pop
Remember my post a few months ago about gluten free Rice Krispies? I tried them tonight. Andy bought me a box and I smiled huge. I've never been a huge Rice Krispie fan, but anything that adds variety with familiarity makes me happy.
Do you think Rice Krispies are a sweet cereal? I never thought so. They were almost boring to me. I like a cereal with granola, nut clusters or crunch. But like I said-I was excited and had expectations that this cereal would taste identical to the original (something I'm always seeking).
Unfortunately it didn't happen. They are definitely tolerable, doable, eatable. But now I realize why Rice Krispies taste sweet....the malt in them that are taken out of the gluten free version is probably what is used to "flavor" Rice Krispies. So although they were 80% similar in texture (and yes they snapped and popped etc) they tasted almost identical to Rice Chex cereal. I'm sure you can't imagine the difference. And if you are anything like Andy, if you tried it, you still probably wouldn't notice the difference. But the longer I am "sober" of gluten, the more I crave that old taste. I'm hoping years from now, I will forget what those flavors and textures were like in my mouth.
Don't worry. I'll still eat the whole box. But I might add banana or nuts to it.
Do you think Rice Krispies are a sweet cereal? I never thought so. They were almost boring to me. I like a cereal with granola, nut clusters or crunch. But like I said-I was excited and had expectations that this cereal would taste identical to the original (something I'm always seeking).
Unfortunately it didn't happen. They are definitely tolerable, doable, eatable. But now I realize why Rice Krispies taste sweet....the malt in them that are taken out of the gluten free version is probably what is used to "flavor" Rice Krispies. So although they were 80% similar in texture (and yes they snapped and popped etc) they tasted almost identical to Rice Chex cereal. I'm sure you can't imagine the difference. And if you are anything like Andy, if you tried it, you still probably wouldn't notice the difference. But the longer I am "sober" of gluten, the more I crave that old taste. I'm hoping years from now, I will forget what those flavors and textures were like in my mouth.
Don't worry. I'll still eat the whole box. But I might add banana or nuts to it.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Sick One
Last night I met a couple of awesome ladies out for dinner. We ate at an Italian restaurant that has a great deal-purchase an entree and bring another one home for the next day. We were all excited and made out on the deal! The best part of this ITALIAN restaurant is that it's not painful for me-b/c they have gluten free options. And they make you feel confident because they have the chef come out and talk to you and he/she knows what they are talking about. I had the fettuccine alfredo and ate the WHOLE bowl. I brought home the baked ziti. They offer a rice fettuccine noodle and a corn based rotini noodle that they used in place of the ziti. I was in my glory. it was a true treat.
I ate 1/2 of the ziti for lunch today and beamed. It tasted so "normal". But eating at any restaurant comes the risk of getting sick from cross contamination. It sort of looms there. I felt good all last night and this morning. After lunch (I had the day off) I took a little nap and as soon as I woke up, I knew I was going to be sick. Disappointing. I want to blame the restaurant but I really don't want to either. I've been really good to not take many chances because that is frowned upon in a major way during pregnancy.
Either way....I have lately been feeling yucky about getting sick every once in a while. Sometimes it's after eating something that could be questionable. Sometimes I think I should have read the label a little more closely or looked up an ingredient instead of just assuming. Sometimes I can't figure it out at all. It's not happening daily or anything, but enough that it's frustrating. Andy's pretty good about it but doesn't know what to say. What bothers me the most is that when you throw in this diagnosis, the Swine flu I had a few months ago, and now pregnancy, I just feel like I'm sick all the time. Andy is always asking me how I'm feeling. I sometimes have a complaint. He is never sick. He never gets an upset stomach. He never feels fatigued, has headaches (unless he had a lot to drink the night before)or has to question what he ate with confusion. I just never wanted to be the "Sick wife". I don't want him to feel like he has to put up with me. I want everything under control. I don't want him to regret or feel like he has to take care of me. I want to be a strong, independent woman who is confident about a lot of things. Getting sick makes me feel the opposite.
It's just a different aspect of having a disease I guess. At least it's not fatal right? I wonder if other Celiac's feel this way.
I ate 1/2 of the ziti for lunch today and beamed. It tasted so "normal". But eating at any restaurant comes the risk of getting sick from cross contamination. It sort of looms there. I felt good all last night and this morning. After lunch (I had the day off) I took a little nap and as soon as I woke up, I knew I was going to be sick. Disappointing. I want to blame the restaurant but I really don't want to either. I've been really good to not take many chances because that is frowned upon in a major way during pregnancy.
Either way....I have lately been feeling yucky about getting sick every once in a while. Sometimes it's after eating something that could be questionable. Sometimes I think I should have read the label a little more closely or looked up an ingredient instead of just assuming. Sometimes I can't figure it out at all. It's not happening daily or anything, but enough that it's frustrating. Andy's pretty good about it but doesn't know what to say. What bothers me the most is that when you throw in this diagnosis, the Swine flu I had a few months ago, and now pregnancy, I just feel like I'm sick all the time. Andy is always asking me how I'm feeling. I sometimes have a complaint. He is never sick. He never gets an upset stomach. He never feels fatigued, has headaches (unless he had a lot to drink the night before)or has to question what he ate with confusion. I just never wanted to be the "Sick wife". I don't want him to feel like he has to put up with me. I want everything under control. I don't want him to regret or feel like he has to take care of me. I want to be a strong, independent woman who is confident about a lot of things. Getting sick makes me feel the opposite.
It's just a different aspect of having a disease I guess. At least it's not fatal right? I wonder if other Celiac's feel this way.
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