For those who are unaccustomed, gluten-free bread is kind of terrible. It’s like the bread can’t commit to being bread. It starts out strong – looks good, smells good – but once you try to make a sandwich out of that sucker, it falls apart into a crumbly mess in a matter of milliseconds. For the last year, I’ve been entirely…
“I spent [insert slightly obscene amount of money] at the grocery store this afternoon … again,” I said as I put the grocery bags on the kitchen floor. Chris looked over and assessed the content of the bags. “It goes into our bodies. This is what we should be spending our money on.” Food is an important topic in our…
I don’t have celiac disease. I don’t have gluten-sensitivity antibodies. My endocrinologist ran a slate of tests to determine if my body was pro- or anti-gluten, and nothing came back weird. As I mentioned last September, the basic gist is that my body seems to have no trouble at all with gluten. Except that it totally does. For a good,…
I can’t cook, but I can bake. (Which is a bit ironic, because the things I create are best avoided, for my own, personal blood sugar reasons. /digression) And for our annual holiday dessert party, I worked with a cookie recipe from the How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook to bake up some delicious treats. Here’s the low-down on…
Pros and Cons of Going Gluten-Free. (and a brief lament about the smooshed banana)
Diet and Food, Gluten Free, TravelingIt’s been about seven weeks on this “no way, gluten!” lifestyle, and I’m starting to find my footing. But there are still many pros and cons to balance, so I’m listing them here. That way, I can look back at this post in a few months and be all, “Pfffft. Whiner. You’re in the zone now.” Here we go –…
I’m five-ish weeks into a gluten-free life, and the waah waaaaaah is starting to wear off. (I can’t pretend to be above the waaah. Diabetes is such a food-anchored disease, and an additional restriction acts as an extra fun vacuum, sucking the fun out of meals even more.) But I’m rounding a corner with this new (and admittedly self-imposed, but…
Skipping gluten was once classified as a preference, but the last few weeks have shown me – beyond a shadow of a doubt – that gluten is not “guten” for my gut. It feels good, figuring out what was causing so much chaos, and I feel more human, and much healthier. So all that “oooh, so healthy!!” stuff aside, going…
My celiac tests came back negative. So did my IgA or IgG AGAs (these could be exactly the same as a celiac test but I do not know all the lingo and thus, I remain clueless). The basic gist is that my body seems to have no trouble at all with gluten. Except that it totally does. I don’t know…
[Insert whole paragraph about how I hate to cook/am bad at cooking/have no interest in cooking/would rather paint the deck.] I don’t normally do anything resembling a “food review” because that’s not my bag (baby). But I’m lazy when it comes to preparing food, so if I stumble across something that makes being a lazy chef even easier, well then…
Earlier this week, Birdzone asked if we could bake some bread. (We’ve been baking bread for her since she was very small, avoiding gluten for the first 15 months of her life and becoming gluten-free bakers, after a fashion, for a year or two.) Now, thanks to a bread machine that makes baking bread easier, we whip up random recipes. …
Today is Cookie Day, as my mother is coming over and she, Birdy, and I are going to bake the hell out of some cookies. (My mission is to make these and have them end up delicious.) In keeping with the baking theme, and in time for the holiday gluttonous rush, I wanted to re-share a recipe for gluten-free Nutella…
When we were in Montreal, a company had their marketers out on the street, handing out snacks. We gladly accepted, hoping it wouldn’t end up being a bag filled with poisonous razorblades (of course not, because it’s Canada, eh?). “I don’t like these, Mawm,” said Birdy, deftly spitting hers back into my hand. “Me neither,” said Chris, thankfully not as…
Here’s an attempt at gluten-free chicken noodle and vegetable soup. It tasted quite nice, actually, and no one died as a result of eating it. We’re marking that as a win. Note to real cooks: Don’t judge. I use pre-made soup broth and frozen vegetables. I’m so lazy I don’t even make my own insulin. Sensing a theme? Note re:…
In keeping with the “all I can cook are things I shouldn’t eat” theme, I made a flourless chocolate cake with Nutella for my mother-in-law’s birthday party. Chocolate-y goodness AND gluten-free! The recipe is from this fantastic site that has wonderful editorial and pictures, but I’ll be damned if the ingredients aren’t measured in grams, making my almost-comatose inner mathematician completely unresponsive. …