Well last week was HARD! I was hungry ALL the time. The only way I could stay focused was to promise myself a large bowl of my “ice cream” every night/day. Some of the recipes were positively nasty. I have permanently decided that raw ginger first thing in the morning is NEVER going to happen…
Food Substitute: Oatmeal
I haven’t always loved oatmeal. In fact, when my mom used to serve it to be for breakfast when I was a wee tad, I would look at it askance. It would take me a long time to eat that bowl of oatmeal. Playing with it helped a lot. The mound of oatmeal was an…
Menu Plan Monday!
One of the first things I started doing when I found out I had to eat a meat-free, peanut-free, oat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free diet was menu planning. At one point I just wanted someone to tell me what to fix to eat because it was just so complicated. I found that without a menu plan someone…
Taste Memories: Hot Cocoa
Due to the cold front hitting Florida I’ve been thinking about hot cocoa! There is nothing like a warm drink when it is cold outside and nothing like chocolate anytime! Whipped cream or marshmallows are just extra. Most of my school life except for one year of highschool I spent at home being homeschooled. This…
The Saga of the Nesting Bowls
During our nuptials we were extremely blessed with all sorts of household gifts. One of those gifts was nesting bowls! I got three different sets and they were all different! Two sets were red, but one came with lids and the third set was glass. I found space to store them all in my tiny…
Taste Memories: Coffee
I have wonderful memories of coffee! One of my first memories was when I would go out to breakfast in Portugal with my family and we would have Galãos with pastries. My choice of pastry was the “Pastéis de nata” (egg tarts).The creaminess of the coffee with the sweet pastries is forever embedded in my…
To Eat Cheese Or Not?
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. ~G.K. Chesterton I was not satisfied with the results of my dairy free week-long trial. I wanted to eat cheese so bad that I was not being unbiased when evaluating my health after I ate it! I decided it was time for another check-up…
Ah-Mazing Soft Serve Dairy Free Sugar Free Gluten Free ICE CREAM!
When I think of ice cream, I think of half and half, some pure vanilla extract, some organic raw sugar, and some milk along with my frozen ice cream maker in the freezer. Simple vanilla ice cream never failed to make me smile. Food allergies have made me change how I think! Last night after…
Food Allergies Are Insane!
My previous knowledge about food allergies was nonexistent. I always thought that if you ate something that you were allergic to you would just break out in red bumps or something similar. Here were the symptoms that made me decide to talk to my chiropractor: • Low energy • Extreme tiredness • Weight gain/feeling fat…
A Dripping Faucet
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and in no way am I saying this is what you have to do to improve your health. This is my story and the steps I took on my own road to health. Just like a dipping facet will cost you hundreds of dollars before you realize it…