Monthly Archives: September 2014
Learning and trying
Thank you Lois and Darlene for your recipes. I will try them soon. I feel like a stranger in a foreign country with this new way of eating. I had no idea we were consuming that much wheat and at first thought it would be no big deal. HA!
Today I got out the package of Organic multigrain bread mix that I found at the store this week.. The ingredients are all organic and include: brown rice flour, sorghum flour, tapioca starch, quinoa flour, evap cane juice, xantham gum, yeast, and salt. ‘
Here it is nearly risen.
and after it came out of the oven
This is how a slice looks
Notice how dense it is. It holds together quite good and slices easily. It is edible with something on it. I think it will be okay for sandwiches thinly sliced, if the real thing isn’t around.. But it is NOT bread, nor does it taste like it. Still I am thankful we have food to eat.
I also tried this mix using the biscuit recipe on the package
This accidentally is not organic. The ingredients are brown rice flour, non aluminum baking soda, non GMO cornstarch, vanilla bean powder, sea salt, baking soda, xantham gum. Although this baked up fairly good, because it is not organic, I will try to come up with something similar from scratch.
with the strawberries and the “ice cream” (not real) we nearly fooled ourselves and it was a very pleasant treat.
I also made a batch of strawberry jam for a gift.
Gluten-free Sept 11
Breakfast – only had time for our smoothies and supplements
Lunch: We tried a new patty we found called Sunshine Garden Herb which consists of brown rice, sunflower seed, carrots spices, and sea salt. They were a bit bland for us so won’t buy them again. With that we had Quinoa cooked in vegetable broth, broccoli, cabbage/lettuce salad and hummus (on the quinoa. So we did better today
Dinner was another fruit smoothie and some vegan “ice cream”
I also signed up for a gluten free baking class on Craftsy. I feel so lost in this world.
An ordinary day?
Maybe, that is if there is such a thing, this was almost ordinary. I had a doctor’s appointment early this morning for a curling toenail. Somehow, between being early, the visit, the x-ray to make sure there were no spurs, and then going back to the doctor to make an appointment to have him remove the nail temporarily, we used up 2.5 hours. That was bad enough, but to make things really interesting, I managed to forget to turn off the lights when we arrived. It was just getting light when I left home, and very much daylight when I arrived there. So the next nearly two hours was spent relaxing while we waited for AAA to come with jumper cables. By the time we arrived home, it was noon and time to do the lunch tasks.
This is the Aurofil BOM for September that I did create this afternoon.
Gluten-free Sept 10
Breakfast: Kidney beans over baked potato plus blueberry, banana smooth with supplements
Lunch: Hummus and corn tortillas
Dinner: Banana, Strawberry smoothie with greens and supplements again
This is inadequate on vegetables, I know. However, I am having a difficult time with the veggie part. He tells me beans and potatoes ARE vegetables.
A new pair of socks and some weeding
This pair is all wool, so they will need to be hand washed.
The wool is some of my oldest and I purchased it in Australia about 14 years ago. As you can see by the label it says it was on sale for 1.19. At that time one American dollar was worth two Australian dollars.
Between knitting and other chores, I did take a look at the garden which has so outrun me.
And I did actually get most of this side weeded. Maybe after my appointment in the morning, I’ll be up to more, but since I’m having a toe worked on, I may have to just sit and baby my foot. What do you think?
Gluten-free Sept 9
Since DH started the deck at 6 this morning, he only wanted his smoothie with supplements. So that’s what he had for breakfast and again at lunch with different fruits. Because he is trying to gain weight, I put almonds in the breakfast drink and cashews in the lunch drink.
Supper was stir fry with rice, tofu and veggies.
A FINISH!
While DH was staining the back side of the deck – all 70 feet of it, (10-14 feet wide),
I was sewing and was so happy to be able to finish this top. I’m quite happy with the way it turned out and in the future will probably make a couple more for the military hospital.
Gluten-free Sept 8
Here is a photo of the large homegrown red potato baked
that went under the lentils
Breakfast: Gluten free granola, Banana, Blueberries and supplements
Lunch: Baked potato, lentils, side salad from our garden
Supper: Hummus and chips.
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